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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The enclosed essay explores the eerie borderland
between environmental law, human rights, disarmament - and the arrogance of
power. For background documentation, see <A
href="http://us.macmillan.com/unitedstatesandbritainindiegogarcia">http://us.macmillan.com/unitedstatesandbritainindiegogarcia</A>,
and the case notes in <EM>American Journal of International Law</EM> 103 (2009)
317, and <EM>Revue Générale de Droit International Public</EM> 113 (2009) 365.
The homepage of the <EM>Chagos Refugees Group</EM> (whose lawsuit against the UK
is now pending in the European Court of Human Rights) is <A
href="http://www.chagosrefugeesgroup.net/">http://www.chagosrefugeesgroup.net</A>.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With best regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.jura.lmu.de/personen/sand_peter_h/">Peter H.
Sand</A></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>