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Termination of Maritime Boundaries Due to a Fundamental Change of Circumstances

Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, 2016
An unforeseen fundamental change of circumstances can be invoked to prompt the termination of a treaty, under the customary rule 'rebus sic stantibus', which is codified in Article 62 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT).
Snjólaug Árnadóttir
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Conceptual and contextual perspectives on the modern law of treaties /

, 2018
In recent years there has been a flourishing body of work on the Law of Treaties, crucial for all fields within international law. However, scholarship on modern treaty law falls into two distinct strands which have not previously been effectively ...
Bowman, Michael,, Kritsiotis, Dino,
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Transformative, Iterative or Performative? Conceptualising Patterns of Fossil Fuel Phaseout Leadership

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Global leadership in phasing out fossil fuels is an important new frontier in climate governance, yet remains undertheorised within existing scholarly accounts of climate leadership. In this paper, we argue that ‘phaseout leadership’—climate leadership centred on curtailing fossil fuel supply—is a distinct kind of leadership that dominant ...
Freddie Daley, Lukas Slothuus, Daniela Soto‐Hernandez   +2 more
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The Oxford handbook of United Nations treaties /

, 2019
The United Nations is a vital part of the international order. Yet this book argues that the greatest contribution of the UN is not what it has achieved (improvements in health and economic development) or avoided (global war or the use of weapons of ...
Villalpando, Santiago,, Chesterman, Simon,, Malone, David,, S. Zappala   +3 more
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Attacks on sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn healthcare in armed conflict: Accountability for the gendered reverberating effects

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Attacks on sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn healthcare are an increasingly prominent feature of contemporary armed conflict, yet their gendered effects remain underexamined. This narrative review synthesizes evidence from global health, humanitarian practice, conflict studies, and international law, drawing on examples from Gaza ...
Sunneva Gilmore, Luke Moffett
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The law of treaties /

, 2014
This classic treatise states the law relating to treaties from an international aspect and in the light of international sources, while at the same time preserving the point of view of the average common ...
McNair, Arnold Duncan McNair,
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The Relevance of Apology to Reparations for Historical Injustice

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explains the centrality of apology to an adequate account of reparations. I look in depth at what goes on in apology. As I have previously argued, apology is an expressive action through which we seek to mark adequately the significance of our own wrongdoing. I claim that apology so understood is not merely ornamental.
Christopher Bennett
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Food Security Versus Environmental Health: The Nitrogen Dilemma

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nitrogen is an essential element for plant growth and, consequently, crop production. However, the cycling of nitrogen in the environment can have negative effects. Here, we review the historical development of scientific and public awareness of these effects and the influence this has had on political action to control them.
Henrike Mielenz, Norbert Bischoff, Klaus Butterbach‐Bahl, Uwe Häußermann, Kurt‐Christian Kersebaum, Karin Rather, Burkhard Stever‐Schoo, Reinhard Well, Claas Nendel   +8 more
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GENERAL ASPECTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU LEGAL ORDER, UNDER PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2014
We believe that achieving a uniform legal order, as the European Union order, is nothing new at international level, as long as at the basis of what today is forming the European Union law, we find several international treaties concluded under the ...
Roxana-Mariana POPESCU
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Mechanisms and impacts of future plant invasions: research agendas and management needs under disruptive social‐ecological change scenarios

Oikos, EarlyView.
No‐analogue futures are characteristic of the Anthropocene, but how global change, and societies' responses, will affect plant invasions remains unclear. Conducting research now to address future needs is crucial for guiding invasion management and policy.
Jennifer L. Bufford, Angela J. Brandt, Rowan Sprague, Christopher E. Buddenhagen, Richard P. Duncan, Nichola Harcourt, Philip E. Hulme, Hao Ran Lai, Kate G. McAlpine, Chris McGrannachan, Fiona J. Thomson, Vincent van Uitregt, Duane A. Peltzer   +12 more
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