Puffin food fight and more
Recommendations for Wednesday, 29 January 2024
Puffin food fight: the EU is taking the UK to arbitration because the UK has banned the fishing of sand-eels—a small fish eaten by puffins—on environmental grounds. The EU argues that the UK has violated a post-Brexit trade agreement. Denmark wants the right to catch sand-eels in UK waters. Thrilling stuff! #TradeLaw #EnvironmentalLaw https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz95v18qpo
Let’s not talk about Greenland, says the EU. “Hopefully he will be distracted by something else.” Bad idea. Mark Rutte is the Trump-whisperer and he wants dialogue: “This is not about who rules or controls Greenland … This is, of course, about making sure that the Arctic stays safe.” #SeaLaw #UseOfForce https://www.ft.com/content/dbb70dc0-0038-4b40-9f5f-f56a867b5eaf
What is the ICC doing in the Philippines? Nothing, as Tom Smith explains. There is no evidence. There are no witnesses. The government is controlled both two political clans who have agreed to cooperate. And the public don’t care about deaths during a drug war. #CriminalLaw https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/140756-icc-caught-clan-rivalry-philippines.html
Who are the Crimean Tatars? Why has this community been targeted for mistreatment by Russia? Mansur Mirovalev explains the ethnic background of Ukraine’s new ambassador to Turkey. #HumanRights https://aje.io/mon55v