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• From the editors 0

  Summer break

  The blog will be taking a summer break for a couple of weeks – back in September, including some great new podcasts! ...

  On August 24, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
• Business and Human Rights 0

  Parent company liability for human rights abuses in the UK? We need clarity

  Dalia Palombo argues that the legal framework surrounding parent company liability for human rights abuses is unclear and inconsistent, a situation which is detrimental to both victims and ...

  On August 3, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
• Arbitration 0

  English Court finds that the foreign act of state doctrine may apply to arbitration proceedings

  Andrew Cannon, Adam Johnson, Hannah Ambrose and Vanessa Naish of Herbert Smith Freehills look at an important decision for those who enter into contracts with state entities. ...

  On August 1, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
• Business and Human Rights 0

  Holding companies criminally liable for human rights abuses

  Andrew Smith and Alice Lepeuple of Corker Binning look at the current debate surrounding criminalisation of UK companies for overseas human rights abuses, how existing legislation could be ...

  On July 26, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
• Public International Law 0

  The Syria strikes: still clearly illegal

  Marko Milanovic looks at the Government's stated reasons for the bombing of Syria, and concludes that they fail to provide any legal justification for the use of force. ...

  On April 17, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations
• From the editors 0

  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
• 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
• 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
• From the editors 0

  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
• Public International Law 0

  A “phenomenon of our time”: when are intelligence leaks admissible in court?

  Emma Dowden-Teale and Joanna Howard look at the recent Supreme Court decision on the use of WikiLeaks documents in litigation. ...

  On February 26, 2018 / By The Law Of Nations