Two Qatar University (QU) law professors have been given a platform to speak in New York recently, at the UN General Assembly and another professor speaks at the National Human Rights Committee.
Dr Jon Truby, Director of Qatar University’s Centre for Law & Development from the College of Law spoke at the General Assembly on the environmental impact of blockchain technologies.
Dr Ioannis Konstantinidis, Assistant Professor of International Law also at the College of Law and Affiliate Member at QU Center for Law and Development (CLD), spoke at the Qatar National Human Rights Committee event on ‘The Blockade on Qatar: Challenges and Opportunities in Human Rights’ organised on the sidelines of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly.
Dr Truby was invited to the event following his recent publication on the environmental impact of blockchain technologies. Amidst worries that blockchain uses up too much energy, Dr Truby argued at the UN that not all blockchain technologies are harmful to the environment, but some can be extremely damaging and threaten the worlds progress towards achieving the Paris Agreement on climate change.
In a separate event, Dr Konstantinidis attempted to reassess the human rights redress mechanisms of the Arab system for protection of human rights, in light of both the Gulf diplomatic crisis and the flagrant human rights violations.
