Greenpeace International announced on Tuesday that Russian authorities dropped criminal charges against the first of 30 people accused of taking part in a Greenpeace protest in the Arctic. The 30 jailed activists were accused of hooliganism after...
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New Zealand judge rejects refugee status based on climate change
A New Zealand High Court judge on Tuesday held that two Kiribati citizens, could not be granted refugee status based on the effects of climate change on Kiribati. Ioane Teitiota and his wife moved to...
Russia judge orders Greenpeace activists to be detained for three months
A Russian court on Monday refused to release one of 30 activists for Greenpeace International who were detained in September while trying to board an oil rig. Russian authorities arrested the Greenpeace activists in September for...
President Barack Obama on Friday established by Executive Order a Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience. The task force, with members including state, local and tribal officials and executive agencies, is to advise the federal...
Netherlands asks international court to order Russia to release Greenpeace activists
The Dutch government on Monday asked the UN-backed International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) to order Russia to return a ship used by Greenpeace International and the activists who were...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Friday that Canada and the EU have reached an agreement in principle on a comprehensive free trade agreement. The Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement...
UN SG urges business leaders to promote sustainable development
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on business leaders to work with the US to pursue and promote sustainable development worldwide in a statement made on Friday at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit ...
An Analysis on Independent Reports: Uses, Reliability and Legality
Kathryn Young, University of Virginia School of Law
