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Item Temporalities in crisis: analysing the Sacchi v. Argentina case and children’s rights in the climate emergency(John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2025-02-25) Paz Landeira, Florencia; Horizon 2020This article examines the Sacchi v. Argentina case, a landmark legal action led by children against five states for their role inclimate change, analysed through the lens of temporality. The case, brought before the Committee on the Rights of the Child,was pivotal in linking the climate crisis to children's rights, despite being ruled inadmissible. This paper explores the multipletemporalities inherent in the climate crisis, such as urgency, gradualness and intergenerational effects, and how they intersectwith legal frameworks and children's unique experience of time. By focusing on the narratives and claims of the child petitioners,this study investigates the disproportionate impacts of climate change on younger generations and the ways in which the lawconstructs time, offering a new perspective on the relationship between human rights and environmental justice. The analysiscontributes to the broader discourse on how to address children's rights within the growing field of climate litigation.Item The use of sanctions to achieve EU strategic autonomy: restrictive measures, the blocking statute and the anti-coercion instrument(Wolters Kluwer, 2023) Lonardo, Luigi; Viktor SzépSanctions are increasingly used by the European Union to pursue foreign and security policy objectives. Nowadays, these objectives include the protection of the Union’s strategic autonomy too. As our empirical analysis suggests, restrictive measures – the official EU notion for sanctions – define strategic autonomy as much as they are defined by it. We understand the notion of ‘sanctions’ widely, not only encompassing measures adopted within the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), but also other EU acts closely connected to sanctions – including the Blocking Statute and the Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) – that also aim to strengthen the Union’s strategic autonomy. The picture sanctions paint is one of strategic autonomy as a principle not only of processes, but also of substance. In terms of processes, it is an objective that allows for selective uses of partnership; and in terms of substance, it is also in the name of this principle that EU institutions have proceeded to a balancing between rights, interests, and values.Item Pax nostra: the role of armed forces in replacing the bonds of war with the bonds of charity(Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, 2024-10-04) Lefeuvre, EliseMilitary work is, in essence, the use of force; or more explicitly, the capacity to kill and destroy. This is the singularity of military work, making it unique and demanding for military personnel who must comply with extremely strict rules of conduct and decision-making. This essay looks at the latter i.e. decision making, which essentially refers to soldiers’ inner lives, beliefs, and values. The Roman Catholic Church has developed ethics of war, which are characterised by a strong focus on each soldier’s capacity for judgement and on defining soldiers as peacebuilders. Considering soldiers as enlightened men building peace during their military operations is, therefore, the proposal of the Church. This goes much beyond peacekeeping, which is the maintenance of an acceptable level of security and an avoidance of escalation. The Church believes instead that soldiers have the power to replace the bonds of war with the bonds of charity, thereby being peacebuilders even in times of war.Item Statutory leave for early pregnancy loss: A comparative study(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2024) Kelly-Harrington, Ruadh; Murray, Claire; Hennessy, Marita; Leitao, Sara; O’Sullivan, Maeve; Dalton-O’Connor, Caroline; Nuzum, Daniel; O’Donoghue, Keelin; Donnelly, MaryPregnancy loss prior to fetal viability is a common experience for women worldwide – 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. Increased recognition of the impact of such loss has put the issue of statutory leave in this context on the policy and legislative agenda in an increasing number of jurisdictions. This article seeks to help inform these debates by presenting the findings of a comparative study of jurisdictions which have introduced such leave. From this, the article identifies two main approaches: leave based on the sick leave model and leave based on the compassionate leave model. The article argues that both models have strengths and limitations. What works in each individual jurisdiction will depend, among other factors, on the way in which the jurisdiction in question addresses the issue of leave more broadly. However, regardless of the model adopted, the article argues that some form of statutory leave for miscarriage and other pregnancy loss should be introduced on the basis that such leave serves to reinforce the equality agenda, provides a chance for care and recovery following pregnancy loss, and serves an important expressive and educative goal in ensuring better understanding of the impact of pregnancy loss on those who experience such loss. © The Author(s) 2024.Item Choosing to Provide: Early Medical Abortion and Clinician Conscience in Ireland(Springer, 2024) Donnelly, Mary; Murray, ClaireProviders are essential to the delivery of abortion care. Yet, they often occupy an ambiguous space in political discourse around abortion. The introduction of a new abortion service in Ireland invites us to look afresh at providers. Since the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 came into force, by far the most common form of abortion care has been early medical abortion (EMA). This is typically provided by General Practitioners (GPs), with approximately 10% of GPs having chosen to provide EMA. This article draws on an empirical study of providers to investigate their motivations for, and experiences of, provision and their views on colleagues who have not chosen to provide. The study shows that for many providers, the choice to provide was grounded in a moral commitment to protecting women’s rights to autonomy and health and ensuring that the harms of the past were not repeated. The article argues that notwithstanding increased normalisation of EMA in Ireland, conscience still has a role to play in abortion care provision and it is important to reflect on the various aspects of this role. © The Author(s) 2024.