Day: December 3, 2023

Small Island Nations Take Climate Justice Case to U.N. Court

On September 11th, Prime Ministers Kausea Natano of Tuvalu and Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda presented opening statements at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Germany. The two leaders serve as co-chairs for the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law

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Colombia Named Deadliest Country For Environmentalists

After 60 activists were murdered within its borders, Colombia has been named the deadliest nation for environmental defenders. According to international N.G.O. Global Witness, relatively few murderers of environmental activists are ever brought to justice, and the organization claims that murderers’ impunity is provoking new acts of violence. Incidents of

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Uncertainty As Russia Exits Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

At the start of November, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill that revokes Russia’s ratification of a nuclear test ban. The nuclear test ban, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1996 (C.T.B.T.), is meant to stop the testing of nuclear weapons around the world. Given the ongoing war

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