Philippe Sands: International law does not permit regime ... Diplomacy needs to continue and the rules followed, says barrister and professor of law Philippe Sands

Philippe Sands: International law does not permit regime change in Iran

Diplomacy needs to continue and the rules followed, says barrister and professor of law.

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The ocean treaty is signed. Now what?
In the new #ZaöRV, @carcru.bsky.social examines the potential of the Implementation and Compliance Committee under the BBNJ treaty as a tool for advancing cooperation under the Law of the Sea Convention. Read now: www.nomos-elibrary.de/de/10.17104/...

Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral resources in shared waters.

Breaking News: President Trump took a major step toward mining vast tracts of Pacific Ocean seabed that nearly every other nation considers off limits.

📢 New Issue Alert!
The new #ZaöRV (Issue 1/2025), is out now and available #OpenAccess! Explore fresh takes on US foreign policy, global justice, climate change and more.

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The Implementation and Compliance Committee of the ABBNJ: a Legal Prospection on Potential Modalities and Pro- cedures - Nomos eLibrary The Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (ABBNJ) stands for the new gene…

Pleased to share my article on the BBNJ Implementation and Compliance Committee, where I relfect on its modalities and synergies. I hope it contributes to the ongoing discussions on the matter at the #BBNJ #PrepCom1 and subsequent meetings. @zaoerv.bsky.social
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Philippe Sands on America: ‘How courageous are we going to be?’ The writer and human rights lawyer discusses Trump, Israel-Palestine, and the relationship between law and literature

Human rights lawyer and writer @philippesands.bsky.social: Trump’s America is “extremely worrisome. The playbook is very, very familiar... When will people start being disappeared off the street?”

Philippe speaks to @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and @aloner.bsky.social.
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Opinion | Human Embryo Research: What Time Limit Should We Set? For decades, scientists have abided by a 14-day boundary on their work. Now science can do more. But should it?

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

For decades, scientists have agreed not to grow embryos for research beyond the 14-day mark. “No one, it was thought, could grow an embryo in a lab for anywhere close to two weeks anyway,” Anna Louie Sussman writes. So what happened once we could?

Why has Britain's last colony dominated news headlines in recent months?

In today's episode
@anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social are joined by the lawyer who went up against the British government, Philippe Sands, to discuss the story of the Chagos Islands...

Map of Western Hemisphere from Britannica 1st Edition.

Anyway, here's a map from our 1st Edition (1768).

Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons:

-We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S.

-The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous.
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