La marcha más grande de Chile. Over a million people gathered in the streets of Santiago on Friday 25th October after a full week of continuous protests claiming the government to put an end to the increasing social gap in the Latin American State. The economic crisis the country is going through has become the …
From Santiago To Beirut: Social Revolution Against Economic Inequalities Read More »
Where are we at the 2018 World Food Day? Is the “Zero Hunger” SDG number 2 near to be reached? The Global Hunger Index 2018 provides an answer and many questions at the same time. Progress has been made, but the trend should be accelerated. On October 11, The ‘Forced Migration and Hunger’ conference was …
2018 GHI: the fight against hunger needs to be accelerated Read More »
After months of waiting and trying to imagine how this new experience would be, the first day has arrived. Why did we choose to study Sustainable Development? As the 2030 Agenda is a ‘collective journey’, action towards reaching the SDGs is a mutual obligation. The new academic year has just started and with it a …
The new type of litigation that links climate and rights is emerging. In the US the number of lawsuits aimed at holding oil companies responsible for the impacts of climate change is also on the rise. Still the climate action aimed at transforming responsibility into the liabilities does not enjoy a great support of the …
The NGO Major Group, tasked with facilitating the participation and enhancing the engagement NGOs in the processes related to the High Level Political Forum, the focal point for sustainable development at the UN, has published its 2018 HLPF Position Paper. The NGO Major Group calls for “a new development paradigm that prioritizes the flourishing of …
On the 22nd of May, the PAX Moot Eliminatory Round took place in Paris with 8 universities from all around Europe mooting a cross-border climate change case which addressed a number of complex transnational legal questions in Private International Law and was hosted by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The Università Degli Studi di …
Litigators for a day: LL.M student experience @PAX MOOT’18 Read More »
For over a week, here at the University of Milan, we had the pleasure to discuss issues of innovation and digitalisation with Prof. Giancarlo Vilella, who currently serves as the Director-General at the European Parliament for Innovation and Technological Support. According to the European Commission (EC) innovation is vital to European competitiveness in the global …
LL.M Students Reflect: Innovation & the Law – the issue of privacy Read More »
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