The Reform of the United Nations Security Council and the Italian position
The Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the United Nation (UN) was celebrated with a one-day high-level event at the General Assembly (UNGA 75)[1], under the theme: ‘The Future we Want, the UN we Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism’. World leaders came together, virtually, on Monday 21st to discuss about the effectiveness and […]
Black tide in Mauritius: liability and compensation according to the Bunker Convention
On the 25th of July 2020, the merchant ship Wakashio ran aground on the coral reef southeast of the tropical island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The ship, a Japanese-owned but Panamanian-flagged freighter designed to carry unwrapped goods such as coal or wheat, was unloaded, but still carried around two hundred tons of diesel […]
COVID-19 and Pollution: the link between infectious diseases and the environment
Discussion about how Covid-19 has to do with pollution is increasing, especially after the WHO declaration of pandemic[1]. According to the results of a multitude of scientific jornals and the last reports of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – IPCC[2] , no one can deny that the composition of the atmosphere has substantially changed, affecting our […]
Towards the International Tribunal For Environmental Disasters: from Chernobyl until the case of Norilisk
Introduction The concept of environmental justice was explained for the very first time during the World Climate Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992[1]. In this occasion, the Convention was drawn up, underlining the importance of the principle according to which “Parties must protect the climate system for the benefit of this and future […]
Agenda 2030 and the International Environmental Awareness
Introduction Over the past thirty years, environmental protection has become an increasing need felt by the international community, which has gradually recognized the value of the international environmental law and the programmatic guidelines to follow. Due to the inadequacy of national environmental measures (measures a posteriori), there was the necessity to define a new, worldwide, […]
Climate Change and Climate Refugees: the new challenges of the Century
1. Introduction The 1951 Refugee Convention of Geneva spells out who a refugee is and the kind of legal protection, other assistance, and social rights he/she should receive from countries that have signed the document. Even if the definition of “refugee” is linked to the concepts of “persecution, war or violence”[1], the UN has expressed […]
