Publications

ILGSPD Publication Series aims to showcase the work developed by the programme’s postgraduate students, in the form of a dissertation, working paper, or policy brief. Publications address themes of global security, peace and development, broadly understood, through the lens of international law, international relations, and/or sustainability.

Publication No 2/24: "The European Court of Human Rights in a New Era: The Rising Trend of Rights-Based Climate Change Litigation"

This working paper by Rusudan Shashikadze focuses on rights-based climate change litigation before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). It identifies the legal challenges that the ECtHR is likely to face in its development of a climate change jurisprudence and explores potential legal approaches that the Court can adopt in response to these challenges, drawing on the jurisprudence of domestic and international courts that have to date dealt with climate change cases.

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Publication No 1/24: "Paving the Way to Paris: Sports Sanctions and the Russia-Ukraine War"

This background paper by Nina Valentini analyses the developments in the Olympic sports sanctions landscape in response to the Russia-Ukraine war, exploring the interplay of sports neutrality, peace, and human rights considerations in the decisions of the International Olympics Committee and International Sports Federations. In addition, the paper includes a rich compilation of sanctions imposed by International Sports Federations and political statements made by states, international organisations, and other international actors in this context.

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