International law
Report
Low Earth Orbit, satellite constellations and regulation
With the cost of placing assets in space rapidly declining, and access to capital becoming easier as commercial uses of space are becoming normalised, new regulatory issues are emerging. This report identifies and evaluates the legal and regulatory arrangements and risks for these low Earth orbit satellites, with the aim of providing an Australian perspective...
Briefing paper
Climate law and public policy innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals: accelerating pre-CoP27 Paris Agreement compliance
The science is clear. Human activities, particularly rising emissions levels due to fossil fuel combustion and other embedded high carbon intensity economic systems, are causing dangerous consequences. This paper argues that institutes of all kinds must play a critical role in scaling up contributions to build climate change action.
Blog post
Model law on environmental liability
During the last 15 years, climate change litigation has also spread across the globe. However, classic tort law has, in most jurisdictions, not adapted to process tort climate change claims. This model law covers both the public law and the private law side of environmental liability, offering more choices for regulators.
Report
Multilateral trade arrangements and climate provisions
This paper evaluates climate provisions in trade architectures and makes recommendations for including climate provisions, including sectoral standards, in trade arrangements in a way that encourages increased multilateral collaboration in a WTO-compliant manner.
Report
Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: cruel system of domination and crime against humanity
This work builds on decades of Amnesty International research collecting evidence of violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), and on publications by Palestinian, Israeli and international organisations.