Plastic Pollution: International Legal Regulation
The outspread of plastic waste and the hazardous properties of some plastics and their constituents have prompted regulation of the problem, including at the international environmental level. The ICLRC has prepared a brief review (in Russian) of the key international legal instruments regulating or affecting the production, handling and disposal of plastic and related chemicals and the problem of plastic pollution in general.
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In 2003 Sofia graduated from the Law Faculty of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. From 2003 to 2018 she worked on international law matters (law of treaties, law of the sea etc.) in the diplomatic service – at the Foreign Ministry and the Russian Embassy in the Netherlands, and later on – with the Ivanyan and Partners Law Firm. For several years she was assistant to member of the International Law Commission Roman Kolodkin, during his work in the ILC. Prior to coming to the ICLRC, Sofia worked with the Center as an expert, and in 2021 she joined the team as head of Public International Law.
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Education: bachelor's degree RUDN University (1999-2003); master's program RUDN University (2003 - 2005); postgraduate study at RUDN University (2005-2008). Defended Ph.D. thesis in 2008 under the supervision of Professor Abashidze A.Kh. on the topic: "The role of international judicial institutions in resolving international environmental disputes." Experience: · University of Amsterdam (University van Amsterdam, Law School, UvA) (2001-2002); · Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva, March 2012); · Academy of Human Rights in Venice (July 2013). · From 2005 to the present, he has been teaching various international legal disciplines at RUDN University. He also teaches courses at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), a branch of MGIMO in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), at the Eurasian National University L.N. Gumilyova (Kazakhstan). · Under the supervision of Solntsev A.M. 11 dissertations were defended for the degree of candidate of legal sciences, including foreigners (Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Iran, Burundi, Kazakhstan and Vietnam). · The sphere of scientific interests is the problems of theory and practice of international law, especially the issues of international environmental law, international space law, peaceful settlement of disputes, problems of protecting human rights, African studies. · He is author of more than 700 works have been published in Russia and abroad. · Speaker at international conferences in Great Britain (Manchester, Glasgow), Norway (Oslo), Denmark (Copenhagen), China (Xi'an, Hainan), Philippines (Cebu), Poland (Wroclaw), Italy (Naples, Venice), Kazakhstan (Astana), Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Voronezh, Novosibirsk). · Member of the Russian Association of International Law · Member of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) · Member of European Society of International Law (ESIL) · Member of the European Environmental Law Forum (EELF) · Member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) · Member of the working group of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States to prepare the draft Convention on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes (Convention was adopted in 2018) · Member of the working group No. 13 “Combating Climate Change” on the preparation of the voluntary national report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2019 · Member of the working group No. 15 “Conservation of terrestrial ecosystems” on the preparation of the voluntary national report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2019