by Harris Institute | Aug 5, 2020 | Climate Change, Global Public Interest Law Internships, International Law, United Nations
By: Freya Doughty, JSD Candidate, Washington University School of Law On June 23, 2020 Tijjani Muhammad-Bande announced the formal postponement of the International Law Commission’s 72nd Session, a first in the history of the ILC. It is currently unknown when this...
by Harris Institute | Oct 11, 2016 | Climate Change, Comparative Law, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Negotiations, Uncategorized, United Nations
By: Marla Borkson Thanks to the generosity of Washington University School of Law and the Harris Institute’s Dagen-Legomsky Fellowship, I was able to secure a position with the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai, China this summer. First established in 1844, the U.S....
by Harris Institute | May 5, 2016 | Climate Change, Human Rights, Negotiations, Public Health, United Nations
By: Tamara L. Slater In the finals weeks of 2015 under the auspices of the UNFCCC, 195 nations adopted a global climate change agreement in Paris, France that has the potential to save humanity from the increasingly devastating impacts of climate change. The so-called...
by Harris Institute | Dec 11, 2015 | Climate Change, Environmental Law, Foreign Relations Law, Human Rights, Negotiations, Uncategorized, United Nations
By: Hari Osofsky Expectancy has dominated the last two days as people awaited each day’s new draft of the agreement. Because the negotiations are taking place behind closed doors, people use relationships to learn ever-evolving information about the state of...
by Harris Institute | Dec 8, 2015 | Climate Change, Environmental Law, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Relations Law, Human Rights, Negotiations, United Nations
By: Hari Osofsky I appreciate the opportunity to guest blog with Opinio Juris while at the Paris climate change negotiations this week. I will aim in my blogs to complement Dan Bodansky’s excellent assessment of the negotiations among state parties by examining the...
by Harris Institute | Oct 22, 2015 | Climate Change, Environmental Law, Human Rights, Negotiations, United Nations
By: Tamara L. Slater The final two weeks of negotiations over a global climate change treaty will commence in less than 40 days, but confusion about the likely outcome remains high. The 196 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
