At #COP30 CIEL & partners are sounding the alarm: investment treaties are a systemic barrier to climate action that demands a systemic solution. The #ICJ made clear, States have a legal duty to regulate fossil fuels & prevent climate harm. But ISDS lets investors sue them for doing just that.

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From Harmonization to Coexistence

Much has already been said about the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ)  Advisory Opinion (AO) on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change which was delivered in July 2025 upon request of the United Nations General Assembly, particularly with regards to systemic integration and harmonious interpre

#ClimateChange #ClimateChangeAdvisoryOpinion #ICJ

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/from-harmonization-to-coexistence/

From Harmonization to Coexistence

Thank you all for over 200,000 legal dataset downloads! You can download all of my 19 open, ethically sourced and reproducible legal and political datasets here: https://seanfobbe.com/data/

+ International Court of Justice (ICJ)
+ Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ)
+ UN Security Council (UNSC)
+ International treaties
+ German federal courts (BVerfG, BGH, BVerwG, BFH, BPatG, BAG)
+ German federal law
+ German federal parliamentary debates and materials
+ Auxiliary datasets (e.g. stopwords, docket numbers)

Questions about the data or the process? Ask away!

#OpenData #OpenScience #OpenAccess #LegalTech #BVerfG #BGH #BVerwG #BPatG #BAG #ICJ #PCIJ #UNSC

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Mirage of Legality, Miracle of Legitimacy

The International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) long-awaited advisory opinion on climate change has already generated an avalanche of scholarly commentary. Some have hailed it as a “historic legal victory” for climate justice, a “landmark decision” which has significant positive impacts. Yet other

#ClimateChangeAdvisoryOpinion #ICJ #LegalityAndLegitimacy

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/mirage-of-legality-miracle-of-legitimacy/

Mirage of Legality, Miracle of Legitimacy

Gaza: War has made children violent, sad and bereft, says UN

—> “Why do they hate us? Why do desperate, homeless, starved orphans become terrorists? Why did Nakba 2.0 lead to generations of war, like Nakba 1.0? Who could have known?”

- Western pundits and politicians, now and forever

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/11/1166356

#Genocide #Gaza #ICC #ICJ #War

Gaza: War has made children violent, sad and bereft

More than nine in 10 children in Gaza are displaying signs of aggressive behaviour linked to more than two years of war between Hamas and Israel, welfare agencies have reported.

UN News

al Jazeera: Former #UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in #Canada - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/15/former-un-special-rapporteur-richard-falk-interrogated-for-hours-in-canada

The 95-yo #US expert in Intl #Law and his wife, also a legal scholar, were pulled aside on #CBSA's suspicion they pose "a national security threat to Canada." They were flying to #Ottawa to participate in the #Palestine Tribunal on #Canadian Responsibility.

The couple were detained & questioned for more than 4 hours.

#cdnpoli #politique #Israel #Gaza #ICC #ICJ #WarCrimes #fedilaw

Former UN rapporteur who investigated Israeli abuses interrogated in Canada

Falk, who is in Canada for Palestine Tribunal, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel’s war on Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Hat irgendjemand Informationen was die Deutsche Bundesregierung alles im Hintergrund unternimmt um die Klage wegen unserer Beihilfe zum #Völkermord in #Gaza vor dem #IGH/ #ICJ los zu werden?
Wird im Hintergrund Druck auf den Beschwerdeführer #Nicaragua ausgeübt? Werden dort Oppositionelle unterstützt die diese Klage nicht weitervervolgen werden? Irgendwelche anderen Druckmittel?

Frage an die informierte #Außenpolitik Bubble.

#GermanyGazaShitshow #Deutschland #Israel #Palästina

South Africa to probe unexpected arrival of Palestinian group

130 Palestinians admitted to South Africa despite lack of papersUnregistered organisation accused…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AFR #Asia #ASXPAC #CIV #CWP #DEST:METOP #DEST:OUSWDM #DEST:OZABSM #DEST:OZATPM #EMEA #EMRG #fin #GEN #ICJ #IL #IMM #INTAG #Israel #MEAST #NEWS1 #PACKAGE:WORLD-NEWS #POL #PS #RULES:IMMIGRATION #RULES:ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS #RULES:SOUTH-AFRICA #SAFR #SWASIA #TOPCMB #TOPNWS #UN1 #ZA
https://www.newsbeep.com/250472/

How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers

Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.

Al Jazeera

The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), which is named after a five-year-old girl murdered along with her family by an Israeli tank in Gaza and which pursues justice against Israeli perpetrators, says it has struck a triple blow this month. The targets: Israel’s habitual impunity and Europe’s collaboration in it.

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/11/12/hind-rajab-foundation-quadruple-strikes-against-israeli-impunity/

#HRF #hindrajab #news #uk #IsraelTerroristState #genocide #gaza #palestine #westbank #icc #icj #eu #europeanunion