Development of Russian Law blog at the University of Helsinki invites submissions for the blog series titled Law in the Time of ‘Emergency’. The series would provide an overview of the debates on how the law in various contexts does, and could, relate to current global developments which have seen an increase in right-wing political movements, as well as the currently provoked state of exception by the ongoing pandemic. We invite a broad variety of contributions, ranging from more conceptual overviews of the impact of climate change on human and non-human migration, declarations of emergencies and derogation from the 1951 Refugee Convention, Constitutional Changes, emergencies and pandemics, and other specific policies, cases, and doctrinal discussions.
Here are some of the suggested topics:
Emergencies and contemporary governance
Gender and sexuality in the state of emergency
State of Exception in 2020
Constitutional Change (e.g. Russia) and elections
Climate change and global governance
Border restrictions, old and new
Human Rights and Humanitarian Crises
Arbitrary deprivation of life in the context of mixed migration
Anthropocene and agency (animal rights, non-human agency, rights of nature, pandemic, etc.)
If you are interested to contribute, get in touch as soon as you have an idea. It is an open call for contributions.
For submissions, please contact Dr. Elena Cirkovic (elena.cirkovic@helsinki.fi) or Prof. Marianna Muravyeva (marianna.muravyeva@helsinki.fi).
