VF: Developing PIL law for clients.

In the brief 60 years of space flight, humanity has sent over 60,000 space objects and 1 million pieces of smaller debris into orbit around the planet.  This has created the risk of a legal and physical log-jam in space.  The congestion and space-junk problems are projected to become even more acute as the space race broadens its participants.

During the 29th annual session of the International Seabed Authority (“ISA”), Malta, Tuvalu, Honduras, Guatemala and Austria declared their support for a precautionary pause on deep-sea mining.  To date, now over thirty States have called for a halt in the exploitation of the deep seabed minerals.  These calls come as the ISA struggles to adopt a final set of regulations on mining exploitation.

On 30 May 2024, the European Council adopted decisions enabling the European Union (“EU”) to denounce (the proper international law term for ‘withdraw from’)  the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”). 

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant gaps in the global health system, leading to immense human and economic losses.  In response, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) and its member States decided to draft a comprehensive international treaty—the Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Accord.

In the recent months, there have been a number of significant developments in international law. On 22 March 2024, Barbados submitted a written statement to the International Court of Justice (“ICJ“) providing its observations on the relevant legal and factual issues in the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change Case.

In the recent months, there have been a number of significant developments in international law. On 1 March 2024, the Republic of Nicaragua instituted proceedings at the International Court of Justice against the Federal Republic of Germany under the Genocide Convention and requested the indication of provisional measures.

Volterra Fietta is pleased to announce that, in the last few months, the firm and its partners have yet again been highly ranked and commended by world-leading independent directories Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.

Recent months have continued to see major new developments in public international law.  Volterra Fietta continues to be actively engaged in many of these developments on behalf of our clients around the world.