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Lys Kulamadayil, The Pathology of Plenty: Natural Resources in International Law

Lys Kulamadayil’s The Pathology of Plenty gives a critical account of the role of international law in governing natural resources, primarily those of the Global South. While readers might be familiar with various existing accounts of the issue of p

#NaturalResources #TWAIL

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/lys-kulamadayil-the-pathology-of-plenty-natural-resources-in-international-law/

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P is for Parents, P is for Politics

‘Gravity of Tenderness’ by The Fabler.

Researchers spend their time trying to deconstruct (themselves) before daring to hope they might add another brick in the wall. They seek to strike hard at the metal-and-steel structures of our institutions, so as to expose their rickety foundations. For the boldest, it is about hurling paving s

#ArtAndLaw #SWAIL #TWAIL

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/p-is-for-parents-p-is-for-politics/

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Revisiting a Rejoinder on past Wrongs

#Genocide #Germany #TWAIL

https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/revisiting-a-rejoinder-on-past-wrongs/

"[R]ights (regardless of their subject) are innately structured by a possessive, narcissistic and alienating logic incommensurable with justice."

Reviewing Emily Jones, Usha Natarajan (Columbia University) voices scepticism towards a rights-based mentality. #TWAIL
https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/nature-and-the-conceit-of-law/

fantastic to see applications now open for the inaugural TWAIL Summer Academy on ‘Democratizing International Law’. Focusing on international law and its relationship to pressing issues of our time - conflict, mass displacement, economic inequality and environmental injustice - with particular attention to the position of the Global South and to building North-South solidarity. 17-21 July 2023, deadline 29 January.

https://twailr.com/twail-2023-summer-academy-call-for-applications/

#intlaw #TWAIL