Bitter chocolate: beyond Nestlé v. Doe
In June, the judgment of the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) in NESTLE USA, INC. v. DOE ET AL diminished the impact of the US Alien Torts Act on US based corporations with international supply chains.…
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2021
Taking Fundamental Rights Obligations Seriously: Examining the Duties of Pharmaceutical Corporations to provide the COVID-19 Vaccine
Pharmaceutical corporations are centrally involved in the fight against Covid-19. In many cases, their research – often generously funded by states – has been of vital importance in the development of vaccines.…
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ILO C90: A roadmap on tackling violence and harassment throughout business operations and activities
Violence and harassment are pervasive throughout all countries, occupations and workplaces. According to the WHO, 1 in 3 women, around 736 million, are subjected to violence throughout their lifetime.…
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Transnational Environmental Law celebrates its tenth anniversary
Transnational Environmental Law (TEL) has celebrated its tenth birthday this year. For its Founding Editors-in-Chief, Thijs Etty and myself, this is a huge landmark as we proudly celebrate the success of TEL in establishing itself among the premier peer-reviewed publications for legal scholarship worldwide, and look back with gratitude at our growing community of contributors, reviewers, editors and, of course, our loyal readership which made it all possible.…
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Reconciling Biotechnology with Human Rights and the Protection of the Environment under International Law
International trade and investments concerning biotechnology is a means to global economic growth. Indeed, countries planting, and trading biotech crops gained U$186.1 in only a decade.…
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Making gratis greener
In 2020 Cambridge reviewed our policy of providing print copies to Editorial Board members of Cambridge-owned journals. In our Q&A with Ella Colvin , Director of Publishing – Journals, reflects on this project and our plans for a greener future.…
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Gender Representation and Equal Opportunity in Pakistan’s Corporate Boards of Directors
Women’s human rights continue to be restricted when it comes to equal access to leadership opportunities. Although there has been a global increase in women’s representation on corporate boardrooms, the number of women leading boardrooms across the globe still remains low.…
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Greater real-world impact, at a reduced environmental cost
Transforming how we operate at conferences, by significantly reducing the number of print copies, as we seek to reduce our global organisation’s carbon footprint.
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GLJ Editorial Message for Issue 22.7
Esteemed Readers,Dear friends,Allow me to exceptionally begin with a housekeeping issue. While preserving its cherished identity, the German Law Journal is expanding geographically.…
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CoP26 – Will it listen to those affected by global warming?
In the run up to CoP26, Tesla became the first electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer to have a market value of over $1 trillion.…
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In Defence of Newcastle Fans: Business, Human Rights and Amoral Capitalism
Newcastle United is now owned by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The UK media has almost universally condemned the takeover, and Newcastle fans support for the takeover, as paradigmatic examples of contemporary amorality, valuing football over human rights.…
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John Ruggie Tribute
Modest, humble, self-effacing, gentle, calm, good humored, and generous—and at the same time one of the most powerful intellects and impactful scholar-practitioners of his time: that was my experience of John Ruggie.…
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Creating opportunities for transformative climate adaptation by farmers
Climate responses necessitate trade-offs, which may reinforce inequality. A gender and social equity approach is required to ensure that farmers with least resilience benefit from climate action through transformative climate adaptation.…
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GLJ Editorial Message for Issue 22.6
Dear Reader,It is my great pleasure to welcome you all back from your summer break and announce the publication of issue 6 of the German Law Journal.We…
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External Border Control Techniques in the EU as a Challenge to the Principle of Non-Refoulement
Over the past decade the EU has witnessed an increasing number of third-country nationals trying to reach its borders to find a safe haven there.…
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EU COVID-19 Certificates: A Critical Analysis
On 1 July 2021 the Regulation on the EU Digital COVID Certificate started to apply across the EU. It includes three categories of EU citizens, their family members and third- country nationals legally staying or residing in the EU: those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, those who have recovered from COVID-19 and those who can produce a negative test result.…
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Special Issue on “Business and Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe”
At the time when the world celebrates the 10th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), their uptake in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe remains extremely low.…
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A new BHR paradigm for multilateral development banks? Links between the UNGPs and the 2021 IFC/MIGA independent accountability mechanism (CAO) policy
Introduction The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) is the independent accountability mechanism for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), private sector arms of the World Bank Group (WBG).…
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GLJ Editorial Message for Issue 22.5: Sexual Violence and Criminal Justice in the 21st Century
Esteemed Readers,Only two decades into the 21st century, it seems premature to take stock of it already, unless it concerns an area where the tides have shifted as dramatically as with regards to the treatment of sexual violence in criminal law.…
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Cambridge Journals: 2020 in numbers
Looking back on 2020 with metrics and highlights from our Journals team.
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Sustainable Finance and the UNGPs: towards a grievance mechanism for victims of climate action
Sustainable finance is ordinarily considered a force for good aimed at mobilising financial support for climate action (SDG 13), among other environmental objectives.…
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GLJ Editorial Message for Issue 22.4
Dear reader,It is with great pleasure that I can announce the publication of issue 22(4) of the German Law Journal, which compromises a rich selection of papers on European law and theory.…
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Looking back to move forward: two decades of advancing company guidance on how to operate in complex environments
The increased importance of human rights due diligence (HRDD) in conflict affected areas or contexts that otherwise have a complex security situation was recently highlighted in the UN Working Group’s report Business, human rights and conflict-affected regions: towards heightened action UNWG 2020.…
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Numbers in an Emergency: The Many Roles of Indicators in the COVID-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 crisis has shaken the world. The authors of this blog post have edited a special issue of the International Journal on Law in Context (IJLC) that is specifically interested in the role of indicators in the COVID-19 crisis.…
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Journal of African Law Special Issue on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa
The African Union (AU) declared 2019 the Year of Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa.…
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Windows on the World of International Books
Law and Social Inquiry is excited to announce a new feature—building a community of book authors who both write books and who also write essays on others’ books.…
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Business and Human Rights, Conflict and the Converging Legacies of Colonialism in the Palestinian Present
We cannot solve problems with the same mindset that created them. -Albert Einstein As I sit to write this post on business and human rights in relation to conflict, the Palestinian people face yet another cycle of violence in their struggle for the right to self-determination, bringing forward the academic challenge that comes with trying to detach one’s self from a personal connection to a topic.…
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Special Issue in Celebration of Peter Fitzpatrick and his Scholarship. International Journal of Law in Context
Peter Fitzpatrick (1941-2020) contributed immeasurably to the intellectual, organisational, and cultural life of postcolonial legal studies, critical legal studies, law and social theory and law and the humanities – fields he helped to consolidate.…
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COVID-19 and Soft Law
A year and some months into the COVID-19 -pandemic, it is trite to say that it has been an unprecedented challenge to many legal systems around the world.…
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The Small and the Vulnerable: Captive Companies in Conflict Zones
The most recent Report of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights centered around business and human rights in conflict zones.…
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Unsustainable: Investment Agreements and Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies
Michael Scott – the incompetent but somehow highly successful manager at the heart of the US comedy The Office – once claimed, “Truth be told, I think I thrive under a lack of accountability.”…
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Plus aucun enfant autochtone arraché : Pour en finir avec le colonialisme médical canadien
After my review of the original version of Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain’s book appeared in the journal, I thought a translation might encourage readers to take up the recent French translation.…
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Towards consolidating synergies between business and human rights and transitional justice
Last October, the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights launched its report ‘Business, human rights and conflict-affected regions: towards heightened action’.…
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The Working Group and the New Right to Coltan in International Human Rights Law
In July 2020, the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (Working Group) issued its report, Business, human rights and conflict-affected regions: towards heightened action (A/75/212), which purports to clarify “the practical steps and outlines practical measures that States and business enterprises should take to prevent and address business-related human rights abuse in conflict and post-conflict contexts, focusing on heightened human rights due diligence and access to remedy” (p.…
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GLJ Editorial Message for Issue 22.3
Esteemed Friends of the German Law Journal,It’s Special Issue time again!Today we are excited to deliver to you another one-of-a-kind Special Issue of the German Law Journal .…
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The Escazu Agreement: a game changer for business and human rights in the Americas?
On 22 April 2021, the Escazu Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean entered into force.…
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The implications of technology transforming our everyday lives – an interview with Matt Gallaway on Technology in Society, a Hot Topic from Cambridge
We’re partnering with GOBI Library Solutions on a series of blog posts to give our customers insights into our Hot Topics collections.…
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Making Rights Material
In evangelising businesses to follow the UN Guiding Principles, the business and human rights movement has weighed the advantages of wielding the ‘business case’ versus the moral case.…
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Businesses, Remedy and Vaccine Trials: Reflections on the Business and Human Rights issues in the Irish Mother and Baby Homes Report
In this blog post we address a business and human rights issue that emerged from the recent report of Ireland’s Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: that of corporate complicity in unlicensed clinical trials carried out upon incarcerated children.…
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Legal Information Management – the winter 2020 issue – now published!
The winter issue of LIM has been published online and print copies of this issue will follow in due course! Reviewing the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 The issue begins with a feature article entitled ‘The Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003: a Mere Coming of Age or Trusted Guardian of the Nation’s Treasures?’…
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Six Years of the UK Modern Slavery Act: Reconsidering Supply Chains Regulation and Moving Beyond Transparency
Today marks the sixth anniversary that the UK Modern Slavery Act (MSA) was enacted into law. The UK Government has recently announced proposed changes to the transparency in supply chains (TISC) provision of the MSA, which requires companies to detail their efforts to address modern slavery risks in their operations and supply chains.…
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GLJ Editorial Message for Issue 22.2
Dear readers,We hope you are well. Welcome to yet another issue of the German Law Journal. Before I introduce the wonderful articles that fill this issue – rich in concepts and surprising findings – a brief reminder that our yearly call for Special Issues was just launched.…
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When the Police Break the Law
When police officers act (or appear to act) outside of the criminal law, community trust in the criminal justice system is put to the ultimate test.…
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Human Rights and Political Economy: A New Project at the Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association
This blog post announces the formation of a new special interest group at the Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association, Human Rights and Political Economy, sketching some core interests of the field and why they matter today. …
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How can the Black Lives Matter riots be justified, whereas the “Stop the Steal” riot is not?
This post first appeared on Jonathan Havercroft’s blog in January 2021. During the middle of the Stop the Steal riot on Wednesday, some commentators on social media argued that this showed how those who defended Black Lives Matter riots in the summer were wrong.…
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Chasing the essence of essential use
This article introduces “The Concept of Essential Use: A Novel Approach to Regulating Chemicals in the European Union,” a new Open Access article in Transnational Environmental Law.…
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The ‘Conflict Minerals Regulation’ or the ‘Regulation on Responsible Sourcing of Minerals’: Evolving Purpose and Terminology
On 1 January 2021 the ‘Regulation (EU) 2017/821 laying down supply chain due diligence obligations for Union importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold (3TGs) originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas’ (CAHRAs) came into force.…
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Fair Trade of Commodities: What’s in a Label
Recently, Nestle decided to end the relationship between its Kit Kat brand of chocolates and Fairtrade, a UK based labelling organisation.…
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A message from the German Law Journal editors for Vol. 22.1
Dear readers,It is our pleasure to bring to you this latest issue of the German Law Journal, (vol. 22 issue 1), the first of a new year that has already been highly eventful.…
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Human Rights Defenders Versus Big Corporations: A Promising Field of Inquiry
Environmental activist and indigenous leader Berta Cáceres – who in 2015 was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize – was assassinated in Honduras one year later, in 2016, for leading a protest against a hydroelectric power dam.…
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Does Foreign Electoral Interference Violate International Law?
Interference in democratic decision-making processes carried out by outside powers is anything but a novel phenomenon. Especially during the period of the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union almost routinely meddled with elections in foreign countries, with varying degrees of subversion and coercion.…
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The China Quarterly at 60: A Special Anniversary Issue
Founded in 1960, The China Quarterly is on the eve of entering its seventh decade of publishing world-class research on China.…
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