Ratification


Rudd can get moving on Kyoto ratification

Kyoto ratification won’t take effect for 90 days but there appears no real obstacle to getting the documentation in the diplomatic bag as soon as the new cabinet is sworn in, writes international law lecturer Tim Stephens.

Kyoto ratification not without its headaches for Rudd

One of the new government’s first priorities when it is sworn in later this week will be ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. This simple act may create the first set of headaches for the new government, writes international law professor, Donald R. Rothwell.