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horsesarecreatures · 1 year ago

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Here's the ITLOS schedule and live stream if anyone is interested in listening (I have to listen to at least 3 hours of it for one of my classes lol) : https://www.itlos.org/en/main/cases/schedule-of-hearings/

Note that its Central European Time.

#itlos hearing #the purpose of the hearing is to give an advisory opinion on whether nations have a duty under UNCLOS to mitigate climate change #UNCLOS doesn't explicitly mention climate change but it's definition of pollution is broad enough to include GHGs #there is some debate as to whether itlos actually has jurisdiction over this issue though #new zealand and japan are arguing that itlos doesn't have general advisory jurisdiction except in the context of the seabeds dispute chambe #Art. 21 of ITLOS says it has both contentious and advisory jurisdiction but UNCLOS itself is silent #international tribunal of the law of the sea #united nations convention on the law of the sea

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