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Inter-American Court of Human Rights enforces the human right to a healthy environment
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has issued a landmark decision regarding the right to a healthy environment. In the judgment published …
CROSS POST: FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA AFFIRMS JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE ARBITRAL AWARDS AGAINST FOREIGN STATES PARTY TO THE NEW YORK CONVENTION
In a recent post on our Arbitration Notes blog, Andrew Cannon, Antony Crockett, Chad Catterwell, James Allsop, Imogen Kenny and Joy Rao consider the …
MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU TO APPLY COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION TO STATE IMMUNITY
The PRC has passed a new Foreign State Immunity Law which will apply the "restrictive" approach to foreign state immunity with effect from 1 January …
RECENT ICSID DEVELOPMENTS: CASELOAD STATISTICS AND THE FIRST YEAR OF PRACTICE UNDER THE ICSID 2022 RULES
ICSID has recently released its biannual caseload statistics for FY2023 and a separate publication reviewing the first year of practice under the newly …
Treaty on maritime biodiversity finalised
On 4 March 2023, the UN Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (Conference) …
Inter-American Court of Human Rights Asked to Issue Advisory Opinion on States’ Obligation to Respond to the Climate Emergency
On January 9, 2023, Chile and Colombia co-signed a request to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (“Inter-American Court”) for an …
SMALL ISLAND STATES SEEK CLIMATE CHANGE ADVISORY OPINION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
On 29 November 2022, a group of 19 States published the draft text of a proposed United Nations General Assembly resolution which would request an …
EXPERT PANEL DEFINES 'ECOCIDE', FOR POTENTIAL ADOPTION AS A CRIME TO BE PROSECUTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
NEW PROCEDURAL RIGHTS FOR INVESTORS AS INDONESIA-SINGAPORE BIT COMES INTO FORCE
NEVSUN RESOURCES LTD. V. ARAYA – SUPREME COURT OF CANADA ALLOWS ERITREAN MINERS’ CLAIM FOR VIOLATIONS OF CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW TO PROCEED
Negotiations for an international business and human rights treaty continue in Geneva
An intergovernmental working group mandated to draft a new international legal instrument to regulate the activities of transnational corporations in …