Torbjørn Graff Hugo – Norwegian Academy of International Law

Events

Gro Nystuen spoke at launch of Norway’s new humanitarian strategy

The Norwegian government's new strategy for humanitarian policy was launched on Wednesday 15 May, by Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide and Development Minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim. During the event, NAIL's Gro Nystuen gave a speech on the status of international humanitarian law. — Reports of the death of IHL are…

Posted on June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

Reports

Report: A UN Tax Convention?

EXPLORING THE MERITS AND FEASIBILITY OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON TAX AND FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY Every year, billions of US dollars in government revenue are lost through corporate tax avoidance, profit shifting, and other tax-related illicit financial flows. This is an issue of transboundary concern, undermining States’ fiscal independence and…

Posted on September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

Commentary

Marine plastic pollution: Why a framework convention with a first protocol on single-use plastics is the right way forward

The resumed session of the fifth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) is right around the corner, and everything is lined up for a decision to start negotiations on a new treaty on marine plastic pollution. The support is overwhelming. More than 180 UN Member States have publicly announced their support for a…

Posted on February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

Reports

Report: The merits and feasibility of an international taiga agreement

The taiga is a natural resource of enormous scale, with great value for wildlife and all of humanity. It provides a range of vital ecosystem services at local, national, regional, and global levels. Its role in global carbon sequestration and as a driver of precipitation makes the protection and sustainable…

Posted on January 21, 2022February 4, 2022 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

Commentary

Seminar on starvation as a method of war in Yemen and Syria

NAIL co-organized an international expert seminar together with the Norwegian Centre for Holocaust and Minority-studies (HL-senteret) on December 7. where we examined the return of starvation as a method of war and its effects on vulnerable communities in Yemen and Syria, discussing how deliberate strategies to deprive food have been used in…

Posted on February 1, 2021February 19, 2021 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

Issues

Marine plastic pollution

Every year, millions of tons of plastic waste enter the world’s oceans,[1] the equivalent of dumping one garbage truck of waste every minute. In a business-as-usual scenario, it is estimated that by 2050 there will be more plastics than fish in the ocean.[2] Plastic affects wildlife, contaminates fish stocks, and degrades the…

Posted on January 20, 2019January 21, 2022 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

Reports

The case for a treaty on marine plastic pollution

The call for a new international treaty on marine plastic pollution is growing in strength. Scholars and civil society actors are now calling for a global regulatory framework to be put in place. At the first session of the open-ended ad hoc expert group on marine plastic litter and microplastics,…

Shaping our common future through international law

Author: Torbjørn Graff Hugo

Events

Gro Nystuen spoke at launch of Norway’s new humanitarian strategy

Posted on June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

Reports

Report: A UN Tax Convention?

Posted on September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

Commentary

Marine plastic pollution: Why a framework convention with a first protocol on single-use plastics is the right way forward

Posted on February 14, 2022February 14, 2022 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

Reports

Report: The merits and feasibility of an international taiga agreement

Posted on January 21, 2022February 4, 2022 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

Commentary

Seminar on starvation as a method of war in Yemen and Syria

Posted on February 1, 2021February 19, 2021 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

Issues

Marine plastic pollution

Posted on January 20, 2019January 21, 2022 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

Reports

The case for a treaty on marine plastic pollution

Posted on November 28, 2018January 7, 2020 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo