Just posted a message to my LLM Int’l Environmental Law class - crazy world: “Dear all Up until probably 2 weeks ago, we would have possibly said climate change is the biggest global challenge of our time - and in the long term - it arguably remains so...”

Word!

(Reuters) - The U.S. Navy announced on Thursday it had relieved the commander of the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, who wrote a scathing letter that leaked to the public asking Navy leadership for stronger measures to control a coronavirus outbreak onboard.

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#AfricanLivesMatter Resist the temptation to be petty ...decline the opportunity to give a harsh or unkind answer ...shun pointless discussions with persons hell-bent on playing the social media clown or fool .....turn your back to unhelpful discussions of personalities&not ideas

Really excited about the rise in environmental litigation across the world. In this brand new paper Dr Brews Soyapi and I investigate the often neglected situation in Africa and how African courts rely on environmental law principles. OUP Law academic.oup.com/jel/advance-ar…

The cost of inaction to address violence against children is huge! Thank you UNESCO Health & Education Resource Centre for sharing my piece! #ENDviolence

In this recently published article, Hadiza Okunrobo & I analysed the African Union’s response to COVID-19 from a child rights lens… the findings are less encouraging. upjournals.co.za/index.php/CILS… Prof Anél du Plessis Professor Louis Kotzé fd Elvis Fokala Musa Chibwana, PhD Robert Nanima

On Decolonizing the Law: Views from a South African Legal Scholar thisviewoflife.com/on-decolonizin…

More evidence of the catastrophic impacts of plastic pollution--a new disease afflicting birds. Adds urgency to the negotiations of a new global treaty on plastic that must reduce production and use, eliminate toxic additives and make polluters pay! theguardian.com/environment/20…