One of my SIDS4 Antigua & Barbuda highlights was meeting Tuvaluan lawyer & leader Ese Apinelu Read her research on human rights in post-colonial Tuvalu here: researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/file/c9c1e15f-…

PM Teo of Tuvalu ⁦SIDS4 Antigua & Barbuda⁩ discussing the ITLOS opinion & ⁦COSIS on Climate Change and International Law⁩

All star line up - join us in the Interactive Dialogue room to discuss how to harness the momentum COSIS on Climate Change and International Law work has been generating

Small island states here ⁦SIDS4 Antigua & Barbuda⁩ justifiably proud of ⁦COSIS on Climate Change and International Law⁩ extraordinary work at ITLOS. Now the q is how to translate the opinion into action ⁦Margaretha Wewerinke⁩

#SST
Bound to lose? How do #smallstates use their smallness in their strategic narratives during armed conflicts fought with a bigger power?
They can use their smallness to gather support, gain sympathy, and deflect responsibility

👉🏽um.edu.mt/l/rv3fj

Stefano Moncada

From Geneva, Patricia Galvao Teles highlights complementary of the ILC’s work on sea-level rise and the CIJ_ICJ’s efforts to illuminate States’ obligations and legal consequences related to #climate change.

Vanuatu Minister Regenvanu on deep sea mining - the coming meeting in July is probably the most significant of the ISA. SIDS need to prioritize this meeting.

Impassioned called by Khadija Stewart from Sustainable Ocean Alliance Caribbean - ppl are claiming deep sea mining is for the benefit of “everyone” but who is that everyone? It’s not us, the young people working to save our ocean.

Full room persisting through the heat on the important ⁦SIDS4 Antigua & Barbuda⁩ session on the energy transition - with excellent intervention by ⁦Stefano Moncada⁩ from ⁦UM | Islands & Small States⁩

126 F in Delhi, a city with a population of 35 million people.

Tuvaluan 🇹🇻 counsel for COSIS on Climate Change and International Law Naima Te Maile highlights role of #SIDS in shaping international law, at terrific all-women panel unpacking International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea advisory opinion also featuring nilufer oral, Monica Feria-Tinta & Shobha Maharaj #PromiseEurope2024 .

📢'What kind of court is this?'- article exploring deeper understanding of #justice from the perspective of #Rohingya survivors,🖊️by #PayamAkhavan AntoniaMulvey bechamilton is live on Human Rights Quarterly.
Check it out now➡️tinyurl.com/49z57c4t

Project MUSE Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights

Jeff Sachs ⁦SIDS4 Antigua & Barbuda⁩ “The global financial architecture does not work for the world’s goals more generally.”

Packed house for Pacific Island Forum side event ⁦SIDS4 Antigua & Barbuda⁩ with Tuvaluan PM calling for sea level rise to be a permanent issue in the UNGA agenda

This x 1000

Presenting our Climate Vilnerabilty and Resilience Index at the SIDS4 Antigua & Barbuda, . Great collaboration with OACPS Secretariat and super grateful for all the support from Affarijiet Barranin, Malta at the UN 🇲🇹🇺🇳. UM | Islands & Small States bechamilton University of Malta

Essential conversation underway SIDS4 Antigua & Barbuda about reframing culture as something to be shared with tourists, to understanding it as essential to the survival of a people as a people in the face of looming displacement

2nd plenary SIDS4 Antigua & Barbuda. Leader after leader of SIDS laying out the irrefutable data and moral case for climate justice.

Lovely recognition of my UM | Islands & Small States colleague Prof. Lino Briguglio who has been at every SIDS conference from the beginning (that’s 4 decades of commitment to raising awareness and measuring the vulnerability of small island states) #SIDS4

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is holding its hearings on the climate emergency in this gorgeous theatre in the Amazon city of Manaos in Brazil. Representatives of indigenous communities from all over Latin America are present.

This hearing is not just historic but also full of symbolism.