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Sam Varvastian
@samvarvastian.bsky.social
Lecturer in Law at Cardiff University. I work on human rights, environmental protection, and public health. I currently focus on human rights approaches to the triple planetary crisis. https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/varvastians
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Excited to share my latest work "Climate Change and Mental Health: A Human Rights Perspective" out in OPEN ACCESS in the @jlme-journal.bsky.social. While the impacts of climate change on physical heath are globally recognized as potentially endangering human rights ...1/3
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Next week I'll be visiting @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-stg.bsky.social as part of Welsh Government's @taithwales.bsky.social research mobility award! I’ll also be presenting on international legal framework for the clean-up of marine plastic pollution @eui-law.bsky.social.
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Towards an international legal framework for the clean-up of marine plastic pollution
This event features a discussion with Dr. Sam Varvastian (Cardiff University).
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November 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
My submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the draft General Comment No. 27 on children’s right to access to justice and to an effective remedy. I have proposed some changes to the text of the Draft that concern access to justice in the context 1/3
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September 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The latest issue of the @jlme-journal.bsky.social is hot off the press, including my piece “Climate Change and Mental Health: A Human Rights Perspective”. Many thanks to the editorial team for their excellent work on this issue - it's an honor to be included. 1/3
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August 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
More book review news from this week: happy to see my review of the excellent Jolene Lin and Jacqueline Peel, Litigating Climate Change in the Global South (‪@oxfordacademic.bsky.social‬ 2024) now out in the latest issue of @teljournal.bsky.social!
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August 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Happy to see Sam Adelman's wonderful review of my book in @journallawsociety.bsky.social, which raises key concerns about the efficacy of international environmental law - for example, the fact that the ongoing session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a treaty on plastic 1/2
August 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The International Court of Justice has just delivered a powerful advisory opinion on the obligations of states in respect of climate change. Some key takeaways: 1/
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July 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Our new @scientistscoa.bsky.social policy brief on the importance of regulating plastic products and taking other steps to avoid the releases/leakages of chemicals and other pollutants from plastics, thus protecting both the environment and human health, is now out.
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Article 7 on Releases and Leakages: Why is this article important and what could be improved?
This policy brief is one within a series focused on examining the wording within articles of the Chair’s draft text (version published on December 1, 2024) for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Commit...
zenodo.org
June 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Excited to share my latest work "Climate Change and Mental Health: A Human Rights Perspective" out in OPEN ACCESS in the @jlme-journal.bsky.social. While the impacts of climate change on physical heath are globally recognized as potentially endangering human rights ...1/3
doi.org/10.1017/jme....
May 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM