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On 27 June 2023, 17-year-old Nahel M. was fatally shot by police during a vehicle stop in Paris, sparking nationwide riots. On the basis of video evidence, a number of...

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The “Responsibility to and for Progress” in International Law

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How do we achieve a responsible approach to progress and its consequences? This old question of humankind has been given new momentum by recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI): Numerous...

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Agenda 2030 Between the Ideology of Progress and the Reality of Poverty and Exploitation

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Adopted in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development promises to eliminate poverty and promote sustainable development, peace, and prosperity for all by 2030. The Agenda introduced 17 Sustainable Development...

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Towards a Feminist Interpretation of the ECHR’s Provisions on Access to Abortion

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While applications regarding the incompatibility of deadly restrictive abortion policies with the European Convention on Human Rights (‘ECHR’) are piling up before the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’, ‘Court’),...

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Locating Progress in the European Convention on Human Rights

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Keynote: Searching for Progress in International Law

As the conclusion of the online symposium on “Progress and International Law”, we welcome you to the livestream of the keynote speech by Hilary Charlesworth on “Searching for Progress in...

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Contemporary sanctions based on extraterritorial control of national products and infrastructure such as currencies, high-tech products, and cyberspace are stretching established doctrines of states’ jurisdiction under international law. The presenter...

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