Public international law summer in @UN Geneva sees @UCLLaws /alumni out in force, as members of Int'l Law Commission @olufemielias, their assistants @yanwen_zhang, participants in Int'l Law Seminar @KangYinuo -- w the Secretariat's @MAOXiao0808 working away in the Swiss airspace!
Very delighted and grateful to #ILC_2025 colleagues for electing me as the Chair of the International Law Commission https://t.co/mbjXmHX9a3. Look forward to working with the Bureau, Masahiko Asada @PeppeNesi Ahmed Fathalla @mariooyarzabal, Secretary @arnoldpronto
Exciting update! 🎉 Our Policy Briefs on the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement are now available in Chinese.
Visit our website to access them in all five languages: https://t.co/ugcW9DKz8E
#UNFSA#HighSeas#FisheriesManagement
Excited to share our recent work "Flexible gating between subspaces in a neural network model of internally guided task switching", just out on @NatureComms!
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The #BBNJ Agreement Preparatory Commission met at UNHQ last week and decided on several organizational matters, including electing Janine Coye-Felson (Belize) and Adam McCarthy (Australia) as Co-Chairs. The first substantive session will take place in April 2025.
Photo: IISD/ENB
The Ocean Governance Capacity Building Training Programme's virtual workshop for Latin America & the Caribbean kicks off this week and will run from 6 to 23 May 2024. It offers self-paced e-learning and live sessions in English & Spanish,delivered by DOALOS/OLA and many partners.
Looking forward to discussing the identity of govts in int'l law @UCLLaws on 3 June, with Sir Michael Wood KC and Belinda McRae (@TwentyEssex), Roger O’Keefe (@Unibocconi), @federica_paddeu (@QueensCam) & Alex Mills (@ucl).
Few seats left! To register: https://t.co/RCfOkKsN5U
From 29-30 April 2024, OLA/DOALOS is delivering a Regional Workshop on Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for members of the Organization of Africa Caribbean and Pacific States #OACPS in Brussels, Belgium with over 39 participants from 35 countries. #OceanGovernance#UNDOALOS
This @ITLOS_TIDM Advisory Opinion on climate change & international law is important beyond the law of the sea - it will be the 1st AO that will be delivered to clarify the obligations of states concerning climate change (other AOs are pending before @CIJ_ICJ & @IACourtHR). 🌊
🌊 The summary of the UN International Symposium on Strengthening the Ocean Science-Policy Interface is now available at https://t.co/6vUllq6qQd.
The Symposium was hosted by UN DOALOS, in collaboration with @IocUnesco.
#WOA#UNDOALOS#UNESCO#OceanScience#OceanHealth
Our Satellite Events at the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference sparked insightful discussions on two topics, drawing 100+ attendees from governments, intergovernmental orgs, scientific entities, philanthropies & private sector.
#OceanDecade24#WorldOceanAssessment#BBNJ#OceanHealth
📢Join us for an online briefing in our “BBNJ deep dive series” on environmental impact assessments (#EIAs), under the #BBNJ Agreement. 🌍🌊
⏲️7 May 2024, 8-9 am EDT (UTC-4)
✍️Register by 29 April 2024
This week, we welcomed the 2024 cohort of United Nations-Nippon Foundation Fellows and the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Fellow, comprising government officials and ocean professionals from 15 developing States. We extend our best wishes for a fruitful 9-month journey!
📢 Join us at the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference!
Don't miss our two satellite events at the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona, Spain (10 to 12 April 2024).
🐠 🌊#WorldOceanAssessment#WOAIII#BBNJ#OceanHealth
I wrote a short letter reflecting on the recent ILC draft conclusions on general principles. Some of the thoughts are based on the difficulties that arise when I tried to apply it in my DPhil thesis.
We're excited to announce the launch of our Short Course offering!
🎓 3-week Summer School for students & grads to develop their legal knowledge
⚖️ Intensive 4-day Executive Education Courses for working professionals
🔗 View our Courses and apply: https://t.co/40R11eiJ3M
📣 We are hiring a Capacity Needs and Priority Assessment for Caribbean SIDS (Promotion of a better understanding of the BBNJ Agreement) Consultant.
Application deadline: 14 March 2024.
For more detail and application instructions, visit: https://t.co/m9VeTwfTXt
Earlier this month, Prof Lavanya Rajamani (University of Oxford) delivered a #CurrentLegalProblems Lecture on 'Interpreting the Paris Agreement in its Normative Environment', chaired by Prof @MariaLeeLaw (UCL Laws). A recording is now available to watch 👇
https://t.co/wjueuKuxmH