“Carrying the Family Burden”: The Paradox of the Kayayei Migrants in Ghana

ANALYSIS John Yajalin 8 April 2022 Introduction On the 22nd of November, 2021, myjoyonline.com carried a sensational headline: “We are tasked to buy motorbikes and iPhones for our husbands after…

Mass influxes from armed conflict in Ukraine: How the African system could provide a model for an expanded global refugee definition

ANALYSIS Bantayehu Demlie Gezahegn 4 April 2022 In less than a month since 24 February 2022, at least 3.6 million people fled armed conflict in Ukraine according to the UN…

Need to give more importance to climate justice than to net zero targets

OPINION Prof. Dr Phillipe Cullet 31 March 2022 COP26 specifically recognized the importance of the concept of climate justice in the preamble to the Glasgow Climate Pact. Yet, the main…

Indigenous Peoples’ Rights to Consultation and Participation in the Inter-American and African human rights system

In the last two years, we have found ourselves confronted with a series of global crises that seem to have pushed the pressing issues of environmental protection and climate change…

From Paris to Glasgow: Towards an African-Focused COP 27

ANALYSIS Kilili Nthiw’a 31 March 2022 The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place…

Plastic Waste and Waste Disposal – Current Issues of Global Environmental Change

ANALYSIS Julia Reiher 25 March 2022 Alarming pictures of burning landfills at the margins of our cities or dying marine species in large garbage swirls come to mind when thinking…

Winds of Change: Youth and Climate Activism

OPINION Dr Bright Nkrumah 11 March 2022 The State of Affairs At the turn of the millennium, a growing number of young Africans have joined global movements to agitate for…

Hands-on Deck in Climate Change Action

ANALYSIS Gift Gawanani Mauluka 04 March 2022 During the recent Conference of Parties (COP 26) in Glasgow, the High-Level Climate Champions formally reported to the parties on the progress made…

Celebrating a Salient Revolution – Towards Black Economic Empowerment in South African Mining Law

ANAYLSIS Ange Dorine Irakoze 28 February 2022 The month of February is devoted to celebration of Black men and women who brawled for civil rights to establish social justice and…

(In)destructibility of Neo-Colonial Knowledge Production – Decolonisation in the Representation of Research Subjects

OPINION Isabelle Zundel 27 February 2022 In another blog contribution in July 2021, I stressed the importance of “Decolonizing Law and its Practitioner’s Minds”. Today, I would like to continue…