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DC dispatch: 75 years of NATO at Georgetown University

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Since 1949, NATO’s membership has grown to include Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Türkiye, the UK and the US.

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No violation of right to life in euthanasia case, European Court of Human Rights rules

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The European Court of Human Rights Tuesday ruled that Belgium did not violate the rights of a person suffering from depression by allowing her to proceed with a medically assisted euthanasia procedure. He also claimed that he wasn’t properly informed of his mother’s decision undergo the procedure.

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Future Trends in Climate Litigation Against Governments

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Netherlands , Germany and recently Belgium ), to clarify their climate plans (e.g. Out of the successful cases to date, judgments issued in the Netherlands , Germany and in Belgium have required, or caused, the relevant government to increase the ambition of their emissions reduction targets.

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Beyond troubled waters? Unprecedented cross-border transportation and injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) for offshore storage shows promise

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March 8, 2023, marked the start of the demonstration phase of Project Greensand , shipping carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from Belgium for storage in a depleted oilfield in the North Sea off the coast of Denmark. Both of these studies, and others, support the use of CCS as a complement to emission reductions.

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Legal Issues in Oceanic Transport of Carbon Dioxide for Sequestration: Sabin Center Launches New Report

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We focus, specifically, on the shipping of carbon dioxide that was captured in Europe to the United States for sequestration there. A new report published today by the Sabin Center examines the laws governing international transport of carbon dioxide for sequestration.

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The Transformation of European Climate Change Litigation: Introduction to the Blog Symposium

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The implications are far-reaching – not only in terms of the positive obligations of the Council of Europe member states regarding climate protection but also for the judicial enforcement of human rights related to the climate crisis by NGOs. Moreover, the Court found a violation of the right of access to court (Article 6 of the ECHR).

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Guest Commentary: New Italian Constitutional Reform: What it Means for Environmental Protection, Future Generations & Climate Litigation

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Positive obligations upon the Italian State to ensure a fundamental right to a healthy environment can be drawn from Article 2 and 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) as interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Rights-based climate litigation has been increasing substantially in recent years.