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The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: Key Takeaways from the 2024 Hearings (Part 1)

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On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on States obligations regarding climate change. Some States even argued that the climate treaties constitute lex specialis and lex posterior.

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Small island nations to testify before international tribunal seeking advice on obligations to reduce marine pollution

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Other stakeholders such as the United Nations have also filed written submission with the Tribunal. Notably, T he United Nations also requested an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in March on state obligations relating to climate change.

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EU dispatch: G7 leaders’ breakthrough on regulating artificial intelligence complements EU initiative

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AI enables technical systems to perceive their environment, deal with what they perceive, solve problems and act to achieve a specific goal i.e. a computer received data prepared or gathered through its own sensors, processes and responds to it.

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HRW: UN must act to recognize the right to a healthy environment

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Human Rights Watch released a report on Wednesday urging the United Nations Human Rights Council to act to recognize the right to a healthy environment and stated that governments should prioritize addressing the global environmental crisis.

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High court rules parts of UK Government’s Illegal Migration Act should not apply in Northern Ireland

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The aim of the act was “to prevent and deter unlawful migration, and in particular migration by unsafe and illegal routes, by requiring the removal from the United Kingdom of certain persons who enter or arrive in the United Kingdom in breach of immigration control.”

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Eye of the Storm: How Will Alternative Business Structures Affect Traditional Law Firms

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Utah is creating a sandbox environment to explore the same option. Mixed ownership law firms are called ‘ alternative business structures ’ , and they already exist in other parts of the world, most notably the United Kingdom. It’s only a matter of time before the traditional lawyer monopoly is broken.

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Kyrgyzstan adopts bill modeled after Russia ‘foreign agents’ law

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A joint statement by the European Union Delegation and the Embassies of Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States urged Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov to not sign the bill into law. The draft law has been strongly criticized by human rights activists, foreign governments and NGOs around the world.

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