Message from the AsianSIL President Dear Honourable Members of the Executive Council of the AsianSIL and Distinguished Colleagues, It is my great honour to have gained your trust and be elected as the eighth President of the AsianSIL and it is also my privilege to inherit the success of the AsianSIL from the previous Presidents of the Society.…
This latest issue of the German Law Journal opens with a bold idea: the establishment of a ‘World Citizens’ Initiative’ as a means by which individuals would be able directly to ‘influence the agenda of the primary organs of the United Nations’.…
Introduction On 12 January 2023, the Swedish mining company LKBA announced the discovery of Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth elements – materials that are crucial for the production of a variety of renewable energy technologies – in northern Sweden, in the area of the city of Kiruna.…
Read the article “Whose Equality? Freedom of Religious Associations and Gaum v. Van Rensburg” in the Journal of Law and Religion.…
The updated draft business and human rights (BHR) treaty of July 2023, that forms the basis of negotiations for the ninth session of the Intergovernmental Working Group during the 9th session of the OEIGWG meetings beginning the week of 23rd October has had some interesting changes.…
Cambridge University Press and the Law & Society Association (LSA) are excited to announce that, beginning in January 2024, Cambridge University Press will publish the Association’s prestigious journal the Law & Society Review (LSR).…
Part II: In the previous part, the author delved into the intersection of International Law and Queer legal theories, examining the standpoint of Indian Courts.…
Part I: In recent times, South Asian courts have been deeply engaged in important discussions concerning fundamental aspects of Queer rights.…
ASEAN has progressed consistently as a responsive regional actor, especially through its economic initiatives. The organization declared its commitment to regional economic integration as early as the 1976 Declaration of ASEAN Concord/Bali Concord I, and indeed, it tends to be in the economic sphere where the most detailed and formal agreements are signed.…
In the heart of New York City, from August 10th to 12th, 2023, a cohort of twelve scholars hailing from multiple countries, backgrounds and disciplines converged for the 8th Business and Human Rights (BHR) Young Researchers’ Summit.…
If summer felt too short to you, we are excited to have an intellectual energizer on offer: Our latest special issue is devoted to a conceptual tension that runs through many legal fields—and that our guest editors identify as a key register for European law: the relation between an individual case, doctrine or breach and a possible systemic dimension.…
I am honoured to be taking on the role of Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Cultural Property, following in the footsteps of Alexander Bauer.…
Does Article IX of the Indus Water Treaty Constitute a Multi-Tiered Arbitration Clause? Reflecting on the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s Award on the Competence of the Court in the Indus Waters Treaty Arbitration (Pakistan v.…
Reflecting on the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s Award on the Competence of the Court in the Indus Waters Treaty Arbitration (Pakistan v.…
Introduction In 2018, Indonesia introduced a new Government Regulation No 4 Year 2018 concerning the Security of the Airspace of the Republic of Indonesia.…
The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted on August 1, 2023 a resolution looking forward to the 125th anniversary of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) next year and commending it for its significant contributions to world peace and justice.…
This latest issue, comprising content published separately in FirstView, is wide-ranging in its scope. With articles discussing solidarity with migrants at sea, the international legal-historical insights of Charles Henry Alexandrowicz, attorney-client privilege, and European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy, there will be something here for everyone.Our…
World leading innovation is going on right now in granting legal personhood for mountains, rivers, and forests in New Zealand and elsewhere – but what will this mean for governance and how these new ‘entities’ relate with both companies, people and the law?…
Recently President Putin officially revealed that the Wagner group had been financed by the Russian State. Specifically, he declared (see also here) having financed the group for around 1bln dollars between May 2022 and May 2023.…
Moments of political and societal transformation are often generative episodes for legal thought, bringing new theories to the fore and expanding the reach and visibility of others.…
On June 1, 2023, Members of the European Parliament voted, with a large majority, in favour of new European rules on corporate sustainability due diligence.…
Introduction On 30 December 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) passed Resolution 77/247 on ‘Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories’.…
The June issue of International Legal Materials includes four international legal documents. The first is the reparations judgment from the International Court of Justice in the case concerning Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Dem.…
As the European Union’s three legislative bodies sit down to reconcile their proposals for a draft directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, legislators have a brand-new tool to support their negotiation: the newly updated and renamed OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises for Responsible Business Conduct (Guidelines).…
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it was laying off its AI ethics department, joining earlier cuts of ethicists at Meta, Google, Amazon and Twitter, and thereby setting a precedent for smaller tech companies with minimal financial resources that cutting corners in ethical and humane technological advancements is acceptable. …
In 2022, the European Commission (EC) proposed a new Regulation to ban products made using forced labour from the EU market.…
On February 3, 2014, I wrote here about the hell which workers at Rana Plaza had gone through, and finished by asking ‘Where do we go from here?’…
The Rana Plaza collapse in 2013 in Bangladesh exposed the severe safety issues and exploitative practices in global supply chains and the need for greater corporate liability.…
Zambia defaulted on its debt in November 2021 but has not yet reached an agreement with its creditors. Its president recently warned that this situation is hurting its citizens and undermining its democracy because “you cannot eat democracy”.…
An important case is making its way up the appellate system of England & Wales. The case, reported at its last stage asMcGaughey v USS [2022] EWHC 133 (Ch), concerns the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).…
States are currently discussing the future of one of the most important instruments for international peace and security and the room is almost empty.…
A collaboration between CIL Dialogues and AsianSIL Voices The legacy of the Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) is a hotly debated topic.…
A collaboration between CIL Dialogues and AsianSIL Voices On 16 March 2018, the Philippines formally submitted its notice of withdrawal from the Rome Statute (RS).…
A collaboration between CIL Dialogues and AsianSIL Voices Lawyers and Journalists: greater than the sum of our parts The story of the Myanmar Accountability Project (MAP) is a story about the confluence of international criminal law and public advocacy.…
A collaboration between CIL Dialogues and AsianSIL Voices On 3 March 2023, published on 8 March—International Women’s Day—2023, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (Committee) issued its decision in Natalie Alfonzo et.…
A collaboration between CIL Dialogues and AsianSIL Voices [This blogpost is based on a talk for the NUS Centre for Asian Legal Studies in November 2022, recording available here.]…
A collaboration between CIL Dialogues and AsianSIL Voices While most ASEAN states are not parties to the Rome Statute, this fact should not distract from the region’s growing engagement with accountability for core international crimes at the domestic, regional, or international level.…
It is my great pleasure to introduce issue 24.2, which is the first of our issues to be composed from articles published under our new FirstView process.…
As the sun sets over the vast cocoa plantations of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the hardworking farmers who tend to the crops are left in the dark shadows of poverty and inequality.…
It is too early to historicize the Covid years and the health crisis remains present in many parts of the World.…
The United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (Protect, Respect, and Remedy Framework) were a breakthrough initiative. The Principles have brought considerable business attention to the issue of human rights and provided ways for businesses to begin to begin to be held accountable for egregious violations.…
In the 1990s, author Neal Stephenson envisioned an immersive world that would be accessed by virtual reality goggles. He named the world the metaverse.…
This blog post by Dr Tara Van Ho is the first in a series of blog pieces by describing a change or changes the writer would like to see in any part of the field of business and human rights. …
We are grateful to you for sharing in our celebration of this Element series. Why write on this topic? Because we are excited about the series and what it represents to scholars.
On May 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) published a report which documented that the majority of the internet shutdown was reported in Asia. …
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is in clear violation of the rules governing the use of force enshrined in the United Nations Charter.…
Big pharma companies have gone to extreme lengths to squeeze every last dollar out of the Covid-19 pandemic, regardless of the huge human cost.…
Genocide is one of the most severe international crimes. The meaning of genocide and the acts that fall under it are defined in the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide or the Genocide Convention of 1948 and in Article 6 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.…
Introduction: Since international law so often involves the application of treaties, the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (“VCLT”) serves as a key instrument governing this process.…
Secularism as a principle and religious freedom as a fundamental right are qualifying elements of the modern concept of constitutional democracies: while putting emphasis on individual autonomy, habeas corpus and liberty of the one against the many, freedom of religion and secularism give special attention to religious groups.…
As we enter 2023 here are the most read Business and Human Rights Journal blog posts of 2022: 10 Human Dignity abused is at Number 10 of our most viewed blogs.…
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