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Towards an International Convention on Business and Human Rights by Carlos Lopez [Carlos Lopez is a Senior Legal Advisor at the International Commission of Jurists.] The first draft of one of the most important international human rights treaties of recent years, and instrument addressing on business and human rights has …

World Refugee Day 2018 As part of World Refugee Day 2018 we are excited to share with you a collection of books and journal articles related to the academic study and understanding of lives and situations of refugees globally. The journal articles and selected book chapters will be free to access until 20th July …

Here Comes the Name Again: Treaty Making at the Epicenter of the Greek Debate over the agreement with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia This week, the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia reached agreement over the long running dispute regarding the …

Interesante sentencia de la CIJ sobre excepciones preliminares en el caso ‘Immunities and Criminal Proceedings’ (Guinea Ecuatorial contra Francia): discusión sobre abusos procesales y del derecho, distinción entre principios y sus derivados Por Nicolás Carrillo Santarelli La Corte Internacional de Justicia (en adelante, CIJ) acaba de emitir y publicar su …

The International Community and the Challenge to the Rule of Law: The Future of Iran Nuclear Deal by Katayoun Hosseinnejad and Pouria Askary [Katayoun Hosseinnejad is a university lecturer of international law and attorney at law in Iran and Pouria Askary is an assistant professor of international law at law school of …

70 Years of the International Law Commission: Drawing a Balance for the Future by Christiane Ahlborn and Bart Smit Duijzentkunst [Christiane Ahlborn and Bart Smit Duijzentkunst are Associate Legal Officers at the Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs in New York. This post, and its sister post …

ICERD and Palestine’s Inter-State Complaint On 23 April, The Guardian reported that Palestinian diplomats had filed an inter-state complaint against Israel for breaches of its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of …

Achmea: The principle of autonomy and its implications for intra and extra-EU BITs On 6 March 2018, the CJEU issued its judgment in Case C-284/16 Achmea, where it opined that intra-EU BITs and in particular their ISDS provisions are incompatible with the principle of autonomy of EU law. In a …

Did the Trump Administration’s Jerusalem Declaration Violate International Law? by David Hughes [David Hughes is a Grotius Research Scholar at the University of Michigan, Law School and a PhD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.] On 6 December, President Trump signed a Proclamation recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital …

The IACtHR Advisory Opinion: one step forward or two steps back for LGBTI rights in Costa Rica? On 9th January 2018, the IACtHR issued Advisory Opinion No. 24 on gender identity, equality and non-discrimination for same-sex couples, a ground-breaking decision for the advancement of LGBTI rights in the Americas. However, the …

Human Rights and the Protection of the Environment: The Advisory Opinion of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights On 7 February 2018, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (the Court, IACtHR) issued the much awaited advisory opinion (A/O) concerning the obligations of States Parties to the American Convention on Human …