Treaties
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Environment
Book extract
When Australia’s first Environment Ambassador helped save Antarctica from mining
Australia has had a special Ambassador for the Environment since 1989, and without that first appointment, Antarctica might’ve been open to commercial mining
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Politics & Society
The World Health Organization as pandemic police?
While the idea that the World Health Organization could investigate disease in countries like weapons inspectors is interesting, there are clear problems
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Politics & Society
International law, diplomatic asylum and Julian Assange
A changing interpretation of complex international laws and diplomatic treaties ended the WikiLeaks founder’s nearly seven-year stay in the Ecuadorian embassy
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Politics & Society
Podcast
Is the world suffering from treaty fatigue?
International Court of Justice jurist James Crawford on the diminishing appetite of nation states to join new or remain in established international agreements
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Business & Economics
We need one law for all
North Korea’s nuclear test again proves that everybody needs to sign up if the world is to be rid of the worst of all terror weapons