Go On! "Arctic Sovereignty"

(Go On! is an occasional item on symposia of interest.)
Ice caps are melting.*
Polar bears are perishing.**
The Russians are coming.***
An oceans treaty remains LOST somewhere in the U.S. Senate.****
"Arctic Sovereignty: Cold Facts, Hot Issues," a conference on the law underlying these events, will take place 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. On Friday, October 3, at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. Panels will cover a variety of topics – Territory & Security, Environment & Natural Resources, Indigenous & Human Rights. Among those presenting papers, which will be published in the Southwestern Journal of International Law, include: IntLawGrrls’ own Rebecca Bratspies; Suzanne Lalonde, Université de Montréal; Rosemary Cooper, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; Sarah Krakoff, Colorado Law School; Sophie Thériault, Université de Ottawa; and Angela Riley, Southwestern Law School.
Details and registration here.

* Climate change (here).
** Bears (here).
*** Back last summer (prior post here), and again, this week (see here).
**** Law of the Sea Treaty (here).


 
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