Adithya Anil Variath, at The Blogs

Jun 2, 2022, 4:57 PM

UNCLOS at 40: Advancing Ocean Governance to deal with Marine Plastic Pollution

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The anthropogenic crisis of marine plastic pollution is adding a new layer of complexity in dealing with issues of climate change. Lewis and Maslin in their seminal article Defining the Anthropocene argued that recent global environmental changes suggest that...

Jun 1, 2022, 4:53 PM

UNCLOS at 40: Future of Law of Seas, Marine Pollution and Climate Change

In today’s global governance discourse, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 is perhaps one of the most pivotal global environmental law agreements. Popularly known as the ‘Constitution for the Ocean’, UNCLOS which provides...

Jun 23, 2021, 3:02 PM

Defining ‘Ecocide’ as the Fifth ‘Crime Against Peace’ for a Sustainable Future

The words ‘climate emergency’, ‘climate change’ and ‘ecocide’ have been the buzzwords in the international diaspora for the last few years. However, when it comes to obligations under international law and collective responsibility to protect nature, the term ‘ecocide’...

May 26, 2021, 8:09 PM

ASEAN’s (non) response to Myanmar Coup, ‘Law of Gravity’ and the R2P norm

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Since 1st February 2021, Myanmar is witnessing political turmoil due to a military coup taking control of the government and detaining the democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country’s President Win Myint. Over the last 100...

About Me

Adithya A. Variath is the Coordinator of Centre for Research in Air and Space Law and Ph.D. candidate at Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, India.