Asia and the International Financial Institutions
In this post we examine Asia’s engagements with the international financial institutions-notably the World Bank (“the Bank”) and International Monetary Fund (“the Fund”).…
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A new space for Brazil? Prospects under a Lula Presidency
The blog analyses Brazil´s role in the business and human rights agenda after 2014, when two processes came together: the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on a Business and Human Rights Treaty and the Working Group on Business and Human Rights known by its efforts to have the National Action Plans based on the UN Guiding Principles approved.…
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The real meaning of participation: Conflict in the Las Bambas mega-mining copper project in Peru
Peru is highly dependent on the mining sector (mining accounts for 10% of its GDP and 60% of exports). The Peruvian legal framework promotes mining investments and, at the same time, incorporates business and human rights standards, such as citizen participation in environmental impact assessments (EIA) and prior consultation of indigenous communities before the commencement of operations.…
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Counter Terrorism, International Humanitarian Law and an Opportunity for India to Promote Congruence
In a first since its establishment in 2001, a special meeting of the UN Security Council’s Counter Terrorism Committee (UNSC-CTC) has been hosted in India.…
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Contextual Legal Pedagogy
Why is teaching law contextually important, and how might it be done? Such questions have had an important role in legal study since at least 1970, when the Law in Context series was launched with the aim of broadening the study of law.
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Harmonious Construction and the International Law Allegory in India
Introduction The debate on whether international law can be considered as true ‘law’ has been unremitting, with no definite answer to the bindingness of international law.…
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Genocide or Natiocide?
On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched an open armed aggression against Ukraine. The main purpose of this so-called “special military operation” is the “denazification” of Ukraine contrived by the Russian leadership.…
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What’s next for Business and Human Rights in Africa? An interview with Dr. Oyeniyi Abe
Dr Oyeniyi Abe’s book Implementing Business and Human Rights Norms in Africa is a vitally important publication that comes at a time of urgent international security challenges and global climate and health emergencies.…
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Fishing and Fishing-Related Activities: A Deadly Mutualism in the IUU Fishing Chain
Should fisheries support vessels play a more active role in addressing illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and its associated crimes?…
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Feminist realities must be reflected in corporate accountability mechanisms
This week, feminists and human rights defenders from around the world will gather in Geneva to push for action on a matter of great urgency – the 8th session of negotiations for a UN Binding Treaty on Business & Human Rights, legislation at the international level that would hold corporations accountable for their business impacts.…
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Symposium on Latin American International Law
This symposium marks the first time AJIL Unbound publishes in a foreign language, in an effort to open the conversation to a broader community.…
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Loopholes in the Application of the “Fork-in-the-Road” Provisions in Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanisms
I. Introduction Foreign investors often make their investments by setting up or investing in a local company in the host state to carry out large-scale projects for public services such as road construction or electricity supply.…
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Time to Manifest Ourselves against a Total Collapse
International law is in turmoil, and under challenge. It has been likewise for centuries, but particularly since 24 February this year.…
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Has Germany made a mistake in pursuing its claims against Italy in the ICJ?
On 29 April 2022, Germany instituted proceedings against Italy for allegedly failing to respect its jurisdictional immunity as a sovereign State, and, subsequently, requested the indication of provisional measures.…
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“New” Human Rights and Human Dignity
Introduction Some “new” rights have recently been added to the international human rights catalogue, such as the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.…
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ASIANSIL Voices Blog Series
We are delighted to launch ASIANSIL Voices, the blog of the Asian Society of International Law (ASIANSIL). The blog seeks to pursue the same broad goals that underpin the Asian Society and its journal, the Asian Journal of International Law (ASIANJIL), namely, to promote international law in Asia and foster the development and articulation of Asian perspectives on international law. …
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Breaching the Boundaries of Law and Anthropology
With the new academic year either already underway or just around the corner, we truly hope you had a relaxing and inspiring summer break, with plenty of opportunities to turn towards your summer reading list and finish the stack of books and papers you wanted to devour for a long time.…
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Preventing another Abramovich: Let the beautiful game remain free from sportswashing
Introduction The UK government’s sanctions on the assets of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich- the owner of Chelsea Football Club (Chelsea) – have brought to light English football’s problematic relationship with foreign capital.…
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When bureaucrats become political
Over the last years, public servants from across the world, from French nurses and Belgian social workers to Beninese judges, have been protesting their governments.…
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International book essays from Law & Social Inquiry
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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UK Law Commission: Options Paper includes criminal offence of failure to prevent human rights abuses
The failure to hold to account criminally UK companies (and companies which operate in the UK and/or have UK listings) which are complicit in human rights abuses abroad stands in stark contrast to more promising developments in countries such as France, with the Lafarge case, and Sweden with the Lundin case.…
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Publishing for Posterity: The Daily Front Page and the ILM
A central point in every daily newspaper’s publishing cycle is the late afternoon meeting where, traditionally, editors sit around a table and decide which stories belong on the next day’s front page.…
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Musings on ILM
ILM is an exceptional resource for scholars and practitioners of international law. As an active ASIL member for well over a decade, I have relied on ILM to keep me informed of developments across the field, from the latest U.S.…
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Reflections on 26 Years with International Legal Materials
It seems like only yesterday that Domingo Acevedo, my colleague at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights asked me whether I would be interested in serving on the Editorial Advisory Committee of International Legal Materials (ILM) since he was rotating off.…
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La Guajira in Colombia between paradoxes of ancestral care and exploitation
La Guajira: Natural wealth vs exploitation As a Guajira woman, feminist and social researcher, I want to share some personal reflections from the vision of female leadership as caretakers of the land and the fight against different forms of colonization and exploitation present in La Guajira.…
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GLJ Special Issue on New Private Law Theory
Do you like books? So do we. And do you like book reviews? Same here. But why does the German Law Journal hardly publish book reviews?The…
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Expanding your summer law reading list
This small and compact 5th issue of the German Law Journal reaches you from a sunny office but can be consumed at the beach, in the mountains or anywhere else you are travelling this year, whether physically or not.In…
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Anti-Constitutional Populism
On 3 April 2022, Victor Orbán won his fourth straight election victory in Hungary. On 9 May, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, the son of a former dictator of the Philippines followed President Duterte, with Duterte’s daughter as Vice President, to victory in the Philippines.…
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GLJ Editorial Message for 23.4
We are delighted to bring this issue 23.4 to you. It contains seven excellent articles alongside a special section of short-form papers dedicated to the analysis of recent developments in criminal law and procedure in Germany.…
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The Climate Council: Groundbreaking work or missed opportunity?
The ratification of the Paris Agreement opened a new chapter in Turkey’s climate policies. Followed by the declaration of a net-zero emissions target for 2053, Turkey’s ratification of the agreement came after a six-year delay, with exhausting bilateral post-Paris negotiations.…
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Lahore High Court declares maternity leave a fundamental human right: Women’s access to employment and its benefits to business in Pakistan
Women’s economic empowerment (WEE) is central to realising their human rights. The access of women towards employment opportunities and economic empowerment is also beneficial for corporations and the wider community.…
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Law, Religion, and the COVID-19 Crisis
For the last two years, a big story in law and religion, in the United States and throughout the world, has been the COVID-19 crisis.…
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The crackdown on trade unions in Hong Kong: what response from responsible investors?
The Hong Kong government has vowed to potentially further criminally punish the leaders of the now disbanded the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), which was Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy trade union.…
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The Rational and Not So Rational Life of International Law
Russia’s armed attack on Ukraine has prompted many to despair of international law . What is the value of a legal order that has no effective remedy in store against even the most blatant violations?…
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What is Marginalisation? a special issue of the International Journal of Law in Context
When we think about what it is that legal scholars share in common, and whether there is any single concern that connects us all as part of a single endeavour, it is difficult to avoid concluding that marginalisation is key.…
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John Lewis, the Mariel Cubans, and Human Rights
The concept of “human rights” is one that most educated people would likely claim to understand in a straightforward manner. Upon closer examination, however, scholars and politicians alike have engaged in fierce disagreements about its meaning and scope.…
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Human Dignity Abused: The Global Financial System and the Case of Venezuela
A dominant idea in international human rights practice is that states must respect human dignity. In the case of Venezuela, human dignity has been systematically and repeatedly violated.…
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GLJ Editorial Message for 23.2
Dear Readers,Didn’t we all wish for a fresh and calm but rather uneventful spring – where we would renew the joy of the wonderfulaspectsof academic life: engaging with colleagues and students, visiting conferences?…
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GLJ Editorial Message for 23.1
We hope you have had a good start to 2022. We are here to make it better still with a new issue of the German Law Journal with a focus on public law.…
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Russia, disinvestment, business and human rights
The Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 has resulted in serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.…
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‘From Formalism to Feminism’ Special Issue of the Business and Human Rights Journal
Feminist perspectives on inequalities have been long been eclipsed from discussions on business and human rights (BHR). When efforts have been made to put a ‘gender lens’ on business and human rights, these have often been underpinned by neoliberal thinking and the related ‘business case’ for gender equality that merely seeks to insert women into existing markets and labour relations.…
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A Future World of Mandatory Professional Liability Insurance for Police?
The 2014 killing by police of unarmed African American Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri ignited the Black Lives Matter (BLM) social movement.…
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Some initial thoughts on the proposed EU Due Diligence Directive
After some unexpected delays as some of the lesser known – and opaque – structures of EU law making came into play, there is finally a published proposal for mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence from the European Commission.…
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Managing Conflicts between Indigenous Rights and International Trade Obligations
Canada’s international treaty obligations must not restrict Canada’s ability to honour its obligations to Indigenous peoples. However, Indigenous peoples have longstanding concerns about conflicts between Canadian trade and investment treaty commitments and these obligations, especially commitments to protect foreign investors in Canada.…
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Hotels, shadow detention and human rights due diligence
In a strange meeting of worlds, the beginning of 2022 saw an international tennis championship colliding with Australia’s historical abuse of asylum seekers.…
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Human Rights Vernacularization in Hong Kong
To allege that something is a matter of human rights is to tap into a powerful, affective narrative that indexes people’s responsibilities to each other.…
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Critical Reading of Advertisements in Mongolia
The new constitution of Mongolia was adopted on January 13, 1992. It stated that respecting and upholding human rights, freedom, and justice are crucial in Mongolia.…
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Theory and Practice: Remembering John Gerard Ruggie
There have been many heartfelt and thoughtful tributes to John Gerard Ruggie since his passing in September 2021. Some academics expressed their sentiments by exploring the ways in which his scholarship profoundly influenced the field of international relations, and their own path in that field.…
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Are there winds of peace for La Guajira? When wind energy is intertwined with militarisation
Businesses engaging in energy transitions are developing sophisticated tools to report their commitment to tackling environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues.…
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From Khyber to Cyber and the Limits of Economic Statecraft
The chaotic scenery during the evacuation of Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul following the withdrawal of U.S. troops in August 2021 documents the limitations of the Western approach to spread human rights and democracy globally.…
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GLJ Editorial Message for Issue 22.8
It is my great pleasure to announce the publication of issue 22.8 of the German Law Journal. This bumper issue – delayed as a result of industrial action in the UK, my apologies – contains not one but two special sections (‘Climate Litigation’ and ‘Views from the Bench’) and a selection of excellent articles across topics united by an interest in governance at international level.…
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