Sam Varvastian

Very excited to announce the forthcoming publication of my book 'Human Rights Approaches to Planetary Crises: From Climate Change to Plastic Pollution'. Many thanks to @cardiffuni @CardiffLaw and to all friends & colleagues! A sneak peek at the contents:🧵 routledge.com/Human-Rights-A…

which the limits of conventional regulatory responses are brought into view and where human rights arguments acquire practical relevance, moving from the periphery toward the centre of environmental claims." Very grateful for the thoughtful engagement with the book😊

Many thanks to @thalia_viveros for this wonderful review of my book in @RECIELjournal. If I had to summarise the core idea of the book in a single sentence, I could not put it better than this: "adjudicative bodies have increasingly become forums in... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/re…

If you’re around, I’d love to connect, share ideas, or simply say hi - please feel free to reach out!

Next week I'll be visiting @EUI_EU Florence School of Transnational Governance as part of Welsh Government's @TaithWales research mobility award! I’ll also be presenting on international legal framework for the clean-up of marine plastic pollution @eui_law eui.eu/events?id=5830…

civil society organisations in facilitating children’s right to access to justice and to an effective remedy.

in the context of planetary crises: a) acknowledging the combined impacts of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss on children, including the importance of considering the best available science when dealing with health harms; b) more explicit recognition of the role of

My submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the draft General Comment No. 27 on children’s right to access to justice and to an effective remedy. I have proposed some changes to the text of the Draft that concern access to justice 1/3 ohchr.org/sites/default/…

approach that links human rights, mental health, and climate change in ways that can drive meaningful progress. Full issue: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Special thanks also to @ProfessorLGable for the insightful and thought-provoking commentary. I fully agree that expanding research, regulation, advocacy, and institutional support - alongside litigation - is essential to building a multifaceted... 2/3 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

The latest issue of the @JLME_ASLME is hot off the press, with my piece “Climate Change and Mental Health: A Human Rights Perspective”. Many thanks to the editorial team for their excellent work on this issue - it's an honor to be included. 1/3 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

This book is a vital resource - not only for scholars and practitioners of climate litigation, but also for anyone with an interest in transnational and comparative environmental law, and related fields.

More book review news from this week: happy to see my review of the excellent Jolene Lin and Jacqueline Peel, Litigating Climate Change in the Global South (@OUPAcademic, 2024) now out in the latest issue of @TELjournal! cambridge.org/core/journals/…

on plastic pollution has been facing the well-known challenges of anti-regulatory lobbying, similar to those encountered in earlier negotiations on climate change and other planetary crises. 2/2 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo…

Happy to see Sam Adelman's wonderful review of my book in @JournLawSociety, which raises key concerns about the efficacy of international environmental law - for example, the fact that the ongoing session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a treaty 1/2

@JiriPriban @CardiffLaw @cardiffuni @JournLawSociety @CLS_Cardiff Brilliant Jiří, many congratulations!

Today, I feel honoured having received LLD - higher doctorate from Cardiff Uni. I can never repay what Cardiff did for me over the past 32 years but I will pass it on everywhere I happen to go. Proud to be part of this place. @CardiffLaw @cardiffuni @JournLawSociety @CLS_Cardiff

- Each State that has suffered harm can seek responsibility of all States that have contributed to that harm, reparations determined on a case-by-case basis.

- If States fail to take appropriate action with regard to climate change (including failure to properly regulate the conduct of private parties), this mayconstitute a wrongful act under international law;

The International Court of Justice has just delivered a powerful advisory opinion on the obligations of states in respect of climate change. Some key takeaways: 1/ icj-cij.org/sites/default/…