Tag: Sovereignty

Underwater curtains: a risk for the Antarctic Treaty?

Camille Lin

Underwater curtains could be installed in Antarctica, but this technique for preserving glaciers is controversial. Two researchers, a lawyer and a political scientist, have explored the consequences of their deployment on the functioning of the Antarctic Treaty.

Should sea ice be considered sovereign territory of the Inuit?

The Greek PhD-student Apostolos Tsiouvalas during his field work in Avanersuaq, Northwest Greenland. There, he interviewed locals to figure out how they had been affected by international law. Photo: Apostolos Tsiouvalas

Ole Ellekrog

International law does not consider Inuit spatial values and forces ‘sovereignty’ onto a people who does not believe in it, a new PhD project argues.

Cables in Nunavik, "a lever for improving living conditions"

Camille Lin

Three new communities in the Eastern Hudson Bay region have been connected to the fibre-optic network, according to an announcement by Hilda Snowball, President of the Kativik region, on Monday.

Vitamin D deficiency in Nunavik, modern diet to blame

Camille Lin

A new study has just documented an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency in the villages and communities of northern Canada. The solutions are multi-factorial, but essentially depend on the food sovereignty of indigenous peoples.

Javier Milei's vision of the Falkland is clear-cut

Camille Lin

The political sequence that brought Javier Milei to the helm of Argentina was not without its daring positions. Among them, a geopolitical vision of the Falkland Islands that offers a more important path for the archipelago's inhabitants and favors long-term negotiation over confrontation with the British.

Chile, Antarctica and the new constitution

Camille Lin

As part of Chile's constitutional reform and the second phase of drafting a new constitution, the U-Antarctica group of university experts has formulated an amendment on the status of Antarctica.