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Symposium on Climate (Im)Mobility and the African Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion: Climate Displacement and Protection from Refoulement – A Defining Moment for the African ...

Cleo Hansen-Lohrey is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Tasmania whose research focuses on African regional refugee law and climate-related displacement. Tamara Wood is a Senior ...
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Symposium on Climate (Im)Mobility and the African Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion: A Shared Call for Climate Justice – The Amicus Submissions Before the African Court

Priyanka Naidoo is a South African human rights lawyer and an African Lawyers Alliance Fellow. She holds a BSocSci in Politics and Law, LLB and LLM from the University of Cape Town. She writes in ...
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Key International Legal Obligations and Principles Relevant to Marine Geoengineering

Stephanie Prufer J.D. is a Legal and Policy Officer at OceanCare and holds a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School and a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment.
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UN Fact-Finding Mission on Iran: U.S. War Crimes and Precautions in AI-Enabled Warfare

Jessica Dorsey is an Assistant Professor of International Law at Utrecht University School of Law and Managing Editor of Opinio Juris.]The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the ...
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Symposium on Climate (Im)Mobility and the African Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion: Putting Workers at the Center of Africa’s Climate Advisory Opinion

Jacquline Wambui Wamai is a labour rights lawyer and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She is currently the Regional Coordinator for Sub‑Saharan Africa at the International Lawyers ...
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The Iran IIFFM’s Unconvincing War Crimes Analysis

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (IIFFM), created by the Human Rights Council, has released a new report. It’s a depressing read, ...
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INTERPOL and the Enforcement Gap in War Crimes Cases

Veronika Vozniuk is a Ukrainian legal and policy professional working on issues related to international humanitarian law, human rights, and the legal consequences of armed conflict.] Since the ...
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How the Politics of National Determination Erode Trust in Climate Cooperation

Wassim Dbouk is a Research Fellow at the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute at the University of Southampton and serves as a climate negotiator for Lebanon, where he leads on the ...
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The Potential Emergence of African Universal Jurisdiction Legislation to Address Atrocity Crimes

Godfrey Odongo is a nonresident senior fellow with the Strategic Litigation Project at the Atlantic Council.] Introduction Africa has witnessed several intractable armed conflicts, political ...
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Symposium on Climate (Im)Mobility and the African Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion: An Introduction

Beatrice Njeri is a human rights lawyer, an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and Regional Litigator for Africa at the Global Strategic Litigation Council. Maria Jose Alarcon is an Assistant ...
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Symposium on Climate (Im)Mobility and the African Court’s Climate Advisory Opinion: An Opportunity for the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights to Address the Climate ...

Dzimbabwe Chimbga is an international human rights and climate justice lawyer. He is currently the Team Leader at the African Climate Platform and the lead drafter of the Request for an advisory ...
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Events and Announcements: 20 September 2026

To have your event or announcement featured in next week’s post, please send a link and a brief description (1-2 paragraphs) to ojeventsandannouncements@gmail.com. Mainz Masterclass in International ...