March 2018 - The Law of Nations

Browsing Archive March, 2018

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Spring break

The blog will be taking a spring break, back on 16 April – thank you to all our readers and contributors so far this year! ...
On March 29, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
Human Rights 0
Refugees and the EU-Turkey deal, two years on

On the second anniversary of the EU's action plan to stem the flow of refugees through Turkey, Lea Main-Klingst reflects on the up to date situation. ...
On March 27, 2018 / By Lea Main-Klingst
News Round-up 0
The view from outside – the fortnight in review 12 – 25 March 2018

This week's update includes the UK-EU transition period agreement, and Strasbourg's ruling that the UK did not torture detainees in the Troubles in Northern Ireland. ...
On March 26, 2018 / By Legal Support Service
Arbitration 0
The English court sets aside a tribunal’s findings of lack of jurisdiction under a BIT

Andrew Cannon, Naomi Lisney and Vanessa Naish of Herbert Smith Freehills look at a rare example of a domestic court setting aside an award of an investor-state arbitral ...
On March 22, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
Public International Law 0
Russia, the UK and the expulsion of diplomats

As diplomatic relations between the UK and Russia remain strained, Alison Macdonald QC looks at the scope of the UK's power to expel diplomats, how that power was ...
On March 20, 2018 / By Alison Macdonald QC
Business and Human Rights 0
Corporate criminal liability under international law

Alessandra de Tommaso looks at ways in which international law is moving towards holding corporations criminally liable - meaning that companies and their advisers can no longer assume ...
On March 13, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
News Round-up 0
The view from outside – the fortnight in review 26 February – 11 March 2018

This week's update includes the UN's report of the inquiry into the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, and the latest Brexit updates. ...
On March 12, 2018 / By Legal Support Service
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Celebrating International Women’s Day

The day this blog went live, on 1 December 2016, it had six posts on it. It was only afterwards that we realised that every one of those ...
On March 8, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
Business and Human Rights 0
“Anyone can make claims” – is the KiK case proof of access to remedies for corporate human rights violations?

Claudia Müller-Hoff and Dr Carolijn Terwindt look at how victims of a factory fire in Pakistan have managed to bring a civil claim against a multinational company in ...
On March 7, 2018 / By Alison Macdonald QC
Arbitration 0
An important contribution to the discussion on climate change disputes

Angeline Welsh reviews a timely and thought-provoking new collection of essays - Dispute Resolution and Climate Change: The Paris Agreement and Beyond, edited by Wendy Miles QC. It ...
On March 2, 2018 / By Angeline Welsh

Browsing Archive March, 2018

Spring break

Refugees and the EU-Turkey deal, two years on

The view from outside – the fortnight in review 12 – 25 March 2018

The English court sets aside a tribunal’s findings of lack of jurisdiction under a BIT

Russia, the UK and the expulsion of diplomats

Corporate criminal liability under international law

The view from outside – the fortnight in review 26 February – 11 March 2018

Celebrating International Women’s Day

“Anyone can make claims” – is the KiK case proof of access to remedies for corporate human rights violations?

An important contribution to the discussion on climate change disputes

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