Bottom-Up Approach to Just Transition in the Mining Industry

Amid escalating impacts of climate change, energy transition is strikingly necessary to tackle climate change. There is an equally important question as the necessity of transition: how this energy transition…

A legitimacy critique of the usage of IFC Performance Standards (2012) in relation to human rights by development financiers and agencies

This blog piece is part of our ongoing “Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa” symposium. To access the introduction explaining the framework, click here (ALS / LDC), to access…

Global tug of war in international negotiations: Global South and North standpoints on victimhood in the draft legally binding instrument

This blog piece is part of our ongoing “Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa” symposium. To access the introduction explaining the framework, click here (ALS / LDC), to access…

Revisiting ICC Convictions as a Manifestation of Power Asymmetries in Public International Law in 2026?

This blog piece is part of our ongoing “Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa” symposium. To access the introduction explaining the framework, click here (ALS / LDC), to access…

A case for African perspectives in Law and Anthropology: beyond data and disciplinary boundaries  

This blog piece is part of our ongoing “Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa” symposium. To access the introduction explaining the framework, click here (ALS / LDC), to access…

Moving Beyond Positivism and Western-Centric Thinking in Francophone Legal Academia

This blog piece is part of our ongoing “Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa” symposium. To access the introduction explaining the framework, click here (ALS / LDC), to access…

Symposium Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa: Setting the stage     

Introduction Welcome to the Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa blog symposium where the africanlegalstudies.blog and the Law and Development Conversations Blog join forces! This symposium emerged from the…

A Digital Pathway to Integration Beyond Legal Frameworks to Digital Reality

Introduction The region’s track towards integration has been long: legal frameworks have been established, the Customs Union has been formed,[1] the Common Market Protocol has been put in place,[2] and…

Decentering Legal Research: Decolonial Approaches, Normative Pluralism, and Epistemic Justice from the Congolese Context

Introduction On 3 April 2026, within the framework of the Séminaires Boussoles at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of the Université catholique de Louvain, Nina Bries Silva and I…

Are attacks on energy infrastructure in armed conflict compatible with international humanitarian law, given their environmental and humanitarian consequences?

Introduction The ongoing conflict between Iran and US/Israeli forces has proved to have a significant effect on the environment, while also raising serious issues regarding international humanitarian law. What began…