Thinking globally, acting globally
The case of corporate criminal liability and economic crimes
…Rights (ACJHR) drafted in the Malabo Protocol. The planned criminal law chamber stirs academics as much as practitioners because of its not yet defined relationship to the International Criminal Court…
Strengthening the means of (international) law enforcement
Symposium on alternative dispute resolution
…have a meaningful international legal system and legal certainty, existing rules – be they treaty or customary rules – must be respected in the long run and non-compliers should be…
Investor-state arbitration: rationale and legitimacy
…also increasing importance for investors as well as receivers. Christian Tietje, claiming in the title that investor-state arbitration is a part of the international rule of law and, therefore, a…
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Basing the Legal Status of the OSCE on Participating States’ Duty of Loyalty
…immunities. Given that it is not likely that general legal status will be conferred on the OSCE under treaty law any time soon, it is worth mining other international law…
German Genocide in Namibia before U.S. Courts
Ovaherero and Nama sue Germany over Colonial Injustices – Again
…violation of international law by the German colonial authorities during the 1885 to 1909 period”. Second, the plaintiffs claim that their exclusion from negotiations between Germany and Namibia regarding the…
The magic effect of UN resolutions
Diplomatic restraint and a lack of protection in the ECJ Shepherd C-472/13 case
…normally required in international and European refugee law. As expressed in Article 2 (f) of the revised QD (2011/95/EU) an applicant is to be recognized as a refugee if he…
A new Solange judgment from Germany – or nothing to worry about?
…(which was an amendment of Council Framework Decision 2009/299/JHA) and Sec 83(3) of the Act on International Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters which implements the framework decision. The framework decision…
Interrogating “Constitutionalism of the South” and New Pathways for Research: The Case for a Central America in the Global Debate
…international law, creating a multi-tier regime for the recognition and protection of constitutional structures embedded in representative democracy and human rights. This openness to international law by Central American states…
Reforms of the World Health Organization in light of the Ebola crisis in West Africa: More delegation, more teeth?
…the WHO Director-General to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Second, I will briefly mention some questions about the legal weight of temporary recommendations for WHO Member States…
Rainbow Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court?
Gender-based Persecution of Gays, Bisexuals and Lesbians as a Crime Against Humanity
…or other status” (emphases added). Considering generally the immense development of gay rights within international human rights law during the previous decades, this rule appears to militate in favor of…