Author: Henrique Marcos
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Towards a New Environmental Law of the Sea? (TEGL Conference, 2024)
A quick throwback to the ‘Transformative Effects of Globalization and Law‘ Conference, which took place on 16 December 2024 at Maastricht University Faculty of Law. I had the pleasure of organising and chairing the panel ‘Towards a New Environmental Law of the Sea? Navigating Legal Uncertainties in Warming Oceans’. My presentation focused on my ongoing…
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Multinaturalism, Climate Change, Human Rights
Last Friday (Dec 13th, 2024) at the University of Hasselt, we had the pleasure of presenting some remarks on the epistemic and anthropological complexities of climate change litigation. Focusing on Viveiros de Castro’s notions of ‘multinaturalism’ and ‘perspectivism’, André Nunes Chaib and I presented our work at the ‘Enhancing Compliance with Human Rights from Below…
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Waves of Change: Nurturing Ocean Resilience & Chartering Sustainable Futures (The Maldives)
Last December 10th, I had the pleasure of presenting my ongoing research on the technical panel at the ‘Waves of Change: Nurturing Ocean Resilience & Chartering Sustainable Futures’ Conference at the Villa College, FSL, The Maldives. In my paper, I examine the 2024 ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change to show how the tribunal has…
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Book Chapter on Customary International Law
I am happy to share the publication of my book chapter ‘Addressing the Chronological Paradox of CIL,’ in the Cambridge University Press volume edited by Marina Fortuna, Panos Merkouris, Andreas Follesdal, Kostia Gorobets, Pauline Westermann, and Geir Ulfstein for the TRICI-Law project at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. In this chapter, I try to disentangle the chronological…
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The ‘Narratives, Frontier Technologies, and the Law Conference’ was a Success!
On 30-31 October and 1 November 2024, Maastricht University Faculty of Law held the Narratives, Frontier Technologies & The Law (NFT-L) Conference. Our conference featured nearly thirty presentations across six panels and six keynote speeches. It provided an engaging platform for academic and cultural diversity, bringing together experts in mathematics, biomedicine, philosophy, law, and the…
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Decoding Discretion in International Environmental Law: A Study of the ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
Later this week (on Wednesday, November 6, 2024), I will present my ongoing research at the Maastricht Foundations of Law Colloquia. This early-stage work focuses on using large language models to analyse discretion in climate change litigation. In particular, I am examining the 2024 Advisory Opinion on Climate Change from the International Tribunal for the Law…
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New Article in Springer Nature’s AI & Society Journal
My new open-access article was published in Springer Nature’s AI & Society journal, ‘Can large language models apply the law?’ In this piece, I argue that LLMs cannot apply the law. Note that this is not a matter of whether LLMs should apply the law. Rather, I examine whether they can—I conclude that they can’t.…
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Conference Organisation: NFT-L (Narratives, Frontier Technologies, and the Law)
Tina Ishak and I are organising a three-day conference at the Maastricht University Faculty of Law: the Narratives, Frontier Technologies & the Law (NFT-L) Conference. It’s happening from 30 October to 1 November 2024, both on-site at the Faculty and Online. In this conference, we’ll explore the intersection of frontier technologies—artificial Intelligence, robotics, neuro-technology, biotech,…
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Climate Change & the Law of the Sea
Tomorrow, October 15th, I will have the privilege of presenting my ongoing research on using Large Language Models to map exercises of discretion in climate change at CEDMAR/USP’s conference on the “Law of the Sea and Climate Change”. I am incredibly grateful to the organizers for the opportunity to present my work alongside outstanding scholars…
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Climate Change as a catalyst for Armed Conflicts
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to lecture to the Globalisation and Law Masters students at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law on the “Foundations of Global Law” course. My lecture examined the emerging dynamics of armed conflicts, particularly the role of climate change and natural disasters in fuelling unrest. Using the Syrian Civil War as a concrete example,…
Henrique Marcos 