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Francois Lion-Cachet

@francoislct

Advocate at the Johannesburg Bar, legal and cultural scholar

 Johannesburg
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Joined June 2010
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On making ‘justice under a tree’ a justiciable norm lioncachet.substack.com/p/ju…
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Johannesburg is South Africa’s judicial capital, not Bloemfontein: lioncachet.substack.com/p/so…
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‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30? theguardian.com/environment/…
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?

‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?

Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability

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(1/10) Hearing on 19 to 22 August 2025 at 10h00: Is the decision of the Competition Appeal Court of 28 February 2020 (CAC I) binding in respect of the adequate connecting factors test for personal jurisdiction...
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The Centre for Law and Society is pleased to announce the publication of Edwin Cameron: Influences & Impact edited by Nurina Ally and Leo Boonzaier. The collection of essays, celebrating the life & work of Justice Cameron is avail online (open-access) at pulp.up.ac.za/.
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Edwin Cameron: Influences and impact Edited by Nurina Ally & Leo Boonzaier 2025 Free PDF available: pulp.up.ac.za/edited-collect…
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A day in the scene of Goodman Gallery botsotso.org.za/robin-scher-…

Robin Scher – vol. 21

Six Days in the Life of a Gallery by Robin Scher MondayMike, Head of Communications (SA), Curatorial Office – Mondays at the office, sweet respite. Industry-wide galleries aren’t open to the public…

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Sigmund Freud in a letter to Carl Jung
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“The Whole Thing Is a Con Job” – Trump’s Windmill Rant at EU Presser
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The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: An Introduction - Climate Law Blog blogs.law.columbia.edu/clima…
The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: An Introduction - Climate Law Blog

The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: An Introduction - Climate Law Blog

“An existential threat” – this is how the International Court of Justice (ICJ) characterized climate change in its long-awaited advisory opinion on the obligations of States with respect to climate...

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"The occupiers must therefore get their shelters back. [...] the structures to be erected must be capable of being dismantled." Tswelopele v City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality 2007 (6) SA 511 (SCA) (30 May 2007) saflii.org/za/cases/ZASCA/20…
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Polar bears in shopping malls, fibreglass mountains, indoor rainforests: how humans got addicted to faking the natural world theguardian.com/environment/…

Polar bears in shopping malls, fibreglass mountains, indoor rainforests: how humans got addicted to...

In his new book, The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson reflects on the surreal environments created as people destroy nature, yet crave connection to it

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JANNIKE BERGH in conversation with HAIDAR EID herri.org.za/10/jannike-berg…
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Israel blocking aid from Gaza is creating ‘chaos and death’, say humanitarian groups theguardian.com/world/2025/j…

Gaza suffering man-made mass starvation, says WHO chief

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issues warning, as more than 100 aid groups urge Israel to ease blockade

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Judge Dennis Davis blasts government over climate inaction, says courts alone can’t save the planet dailymaverick.co.za/article/…

Judge Dennis Davis blasts government over climate inaction, says courts alone can’t save the planet

At a climate law discussion at Stellenbosch University, former judge Dennis Davis took aim at government inertia on both the environment and the economy, saying the real work lies not in the courts,...

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There are just and compassionate alternative solutions to corporal punishment in prisons dailymaverick.co.za/opinioni…
There are just and compassionate alternative solutions to corporal punishment in prisons

There are just and compassionate alternative solutions to corporal punishment in prisons

Our country’s history warns us away from more violence, more state-sanctioned brutality.

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