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Summary and PPT of my Presentation: "The Just Transitions of Risk—Human Rights, Sustainability and the ESG Wars" to be Given at the Just Transitions Conference (University of Dundee; 7 September 2023)

4 Sep 2023, 10:25 am

Out panel, "Just Transition and Business – Chair Claire O'Brien, University of Dundee) includes a number of marvelous speakers:• Tara Van Ho -Without Reforming the Corporate Purpose, All Of This Is Pointless• Alexandra R Harrington – Multisectoral Just Transitions to a Low Carbon Economy in a Post-Pandemic World• Caroline Lichuma – The Vernacularization of the Just Transition Concept: A Role for National Action Plans… [read post]

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Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (August 19-25)

26 Aug 2023, 8:18 am by Just Security

by Sareta Ashraph (@SaretaAshraph) Myanmar / Diplomacy The Myanmar Military Wants the World to Give Up by John Sifton (@johnsifton) Arms Trade / Human Rights How the Arms Trade Treaty CSP9 Risks Repeating Past Mistakes by Tara Van Ho (@TaraVanHo) Surveillance: United Kingdom Changes to UK Surveillance Regime May Violate International Law by Ioannis Kouvakas (@IoannisKouvakas) Arab League / Repression An Arab League Interpol-Like Security Network Puts Dissidents and Human… [read post]

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Thoughts on Surya Deva and Tara Van Ho, "Addressing (In)Equality in Redress: Human Rights-Led Reform of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism," The Journal of World Investment and Trade 24 (2023) 398-436

29 Jun 2023, 2:37 pm

(Deva & Van Ho, supra). [read post]

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New Issue: Journal of World Investment & Trade

28 Jun 2023, 8:20 pm by Jacob Katz Cogan

Contents include:Special Issue: Critiques of Investment Arbitration Reform Gus Van Harten & Anil Yilmaz Vastardis, Special Issue: Critiques of Investment Arbitration Reform - An Introduction Juan Carlos Boué, The Investor-State Dispute Settlement Damages Playbook: To Infinity and Beyond Surya Deva & Tara Van Ho, Addressing (In)Equality in Redress: Human Rights-Led Reform of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism Nicolás M. [read post]

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Part 10 Reflections on Völkerrechtsblog Online Symposium: "Framing Business & Human Rights?": Michael Riegner, Anna Sophia Tiedeke & Justine Batura, "A Framework Agreement in Business and Human Rights?: An Interview with Surya Deva and Claire Methven O’Brien"

29 Jun 2022, 2:22 pm

Introductory Note )Throughout the week starting 20 June 2022, the co-editors will post written contributions on the homepage of the Symposium in the following order:--Monday: Introduction by co-editors Justine Batura (Twitter: @JustineBatura), Anna Sophia Tiedeke & Michael Riegner (Twitter: @riegnerm)--Monday, 1 pm: Giulia Botta--Tuesday, 8 am: Jonathan Klaaren (Twitter: @JonathanKlaaren)--Tuesday, 1 pm: Lucas Roorda (Twitter: @LRoordaLaw)--Wednesday, 8 am: Claire Methven O‘Brien (Twitter:… [read post]

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Part 9 Reflections on Völkerrechtsblog Online Symposium: "Framing Business & Human Rights?": Larry Catá Backer, "Beyond the Ritual of Treaties as Gestures: Effectively Closing the Governance Gap in the Area of Business and Human Rights with a Framework Treaty"

29 Jun 2022, 12:41 pm

Introductory Note )Throughout the week starting 20 June 2022, the co-editors will post written contributions on the homepage of the Symposium in the following order:--Monday: Introduction by co-editors Justine Batura (Twitter: @JustineBatura), Anna Sophia Tiedeke & Michael Riegner (Twitter: @riegnerm)--Monday, 1 pm: Giulia Botta--Tuesday, 8 am: Jonathan Klaaren (Twitter: @JonathanKlaaren)--Tuesday, 1 pm: Lucas Roorda (Twitter: @LRoordaLaw)--Wednesday, 8 am: Claire Methven O‘Brien (Twitter:… [read post]

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New Issue: Journal of World Investment & Trade

28 Jun 2022, 4:13 pm by Jacob Katz Cogan

Contents include:Editorial Laurence Boisson de Chazournes & Jaemin Lee, The European Union–Korea Free Trade Agreement Sustainable Development Proceeding: Reflections on a Ground-Breaking Dispute Articles Tara Van Ho, Angels, Virgins, Demons, Whores: Moving Towards an Antiracist Praxis by Confronting Modern Investment Law Scholarship Caroline E. [read post]

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Part 8 Reflections on Völkerrechtsblog Online Symposium: "Framing Business & Human Rights?": Flávia do Amaral Vieira, 'Resisting Corporate Capture'

27 Jun 2022, 10:50 am

Introductory Note )Throughout the week starting 20 June 2022, the co-editors will post written contributions on the homepage of the Symposium in the following order:--Monday: Introduction by co-editors Justine Batura (Twitter: @JustineBatura), Anna Sophia Tiedeke & Michael Riegner (Twitter: @riegnerm)--Monday, 1 pm: Giulia Botta--Tuesday, 8 am: Jonathan Klaaren (Twitter: @JonathanKlaaren)--Tuesday, 1 pm: Lucas Roorda (Twitter: @LRoordaLaw)--Wednesday, 8 am: Claire Methven O‘Brien (Twitter:… [read post]

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Part 7 Reflections on Völkerrechtsblog Online Symposium: "Framing Business & Human Rights?": Nils-Hendrik Grohmann, 'How to Avoid Politicised Monitoring?: Treaty-Design Suggestions for a Business and Human Rights Framework Convention'

26 Jun 2022, 7:46 am

Introductory Note )Throughout the week starting 20 June 2022, the co-editors will post written contributions on the homepage of the Symposium in the following order:--Monday: Introduction by co-editors Justine Batura (Twitter: @JustineBatura), Anna Sophia Tiedeke & Michael Riegner (Twitter: @riegnerm)--Monday, 1 pm: Giulia Botta--Tuesday, 8 am: Jonathan Klaaren (Twitter: @JonathanKlaaren)--Tuesday, 1 pm: Lucas Roorda (Twitter: @LRoordaLaw)--Wednesday, 8 am: Claire Methven O‘Brien (Twitter:… [read post]

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Part 6 Reflections on Völkerrechtsblog Online Symposium: "Framing Business & Human Rights?": Tara Van Ho, "Oops! They Did It Again: The USA’s Counter-Diplomacy in Promoting the Framework Convention"

25 Jun 2022, 1:38 pm

For this Part 6 we consider the wonderful essay: Tara Van Ho, Oops! [read post]

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Part 5 Reflections on Völkerrechtsblog Online Symposium: "Framing Business & Human Rights?": Claire Methven O'Brien, 'Bounded Rationality, Metonymy, Humility:Further Arguments for a Framework-Style Business and Human Rights Treaty'

24 Jun 2022, 6:54 am

Introductory Note )Throughout the week starting 20 June 2022, the co-editors will post written contributions on the homepage of the Symposium in the following order:--Monday: Introduction by co-editors Justine Batura (Twitter: @JustineBatura), Anna Sophia Tiedeke & Michael Riegner (Twitter: @riegnerm)--Monday, 1 pm: Giulia Botta--Tuesday, 8 am: Jonathan Klaaren (Twitter: @JonathanKlaaren)--Tuesday, 1 pm: Lucas Roorda (Twitter: @LRoordaLaw)--Wednesday, 8 am: Claire Methven O‘Brien (Twitter:… [read post]

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Part 4 Reflections on Völkerrechtsblog Online Symposium: "Framing Business & Human Rights?": Lucas Roorda, "Caught between Principles and Perfectionism: Private International Law in the Proposed Binding Instrument on Business and Human Rights"

23 Jun 2022, 8:25 am

Introductory Note )Throughout the week starting 20 June 2022, the co-editors will post written contributions on the homepage of the Symposium in the following order:--Monday: Introduction by co-editors Justine Batura (Twitter: @JustineBatura), Anna Sophia Tiedeke & Michael Riegner (Twitter: @riegnerm)--Monday, 1 pm: Giulia Botta--Tuesday, 8 am: Jonathan Klaaren (Twitter: @JonathanKlaaren)--Tuesday, 1 pm: Lucas Roorda (Twitter: @LRoordaLaw)--Wednesday, 8 am: Claire Methven O‘Brien (Twitter:… [read post]

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Part 3 Reflections on Völkerrechtsblog Online Symposium: "Framing Business & Human Rights?": Jonathan Klaaren, 'The Short Arm of the Law and the Long Arm of Economics'

22 Jun 2022, 11:15 am

Introductory Note )Throughout the week starting 20 June 2022, the co-editors will post written contributions on the homepage of the Symposium in the following order:--Monday: Introduction by co-editors Justine Batura (Twitter: @JustineBatura), Anna Sophia Tiedeke & Michael Riegner (Twitter: @riegnerm)--Monday, 1 pm: Giulia Botta--Tuesday, 8 am: Jonathan Klaaren (Twitter: @JonathanKlaaren)--Tuesday, 1 pm: Lucas Roorda (Twitter: @LRoordaLaw)--Wednesday, 8 am: Claire Methven O‘Brien (Twitter:… [read post]

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Reflections on Völkerrechtsblog Online Symposium: "Framing Business & Human Rights?": Part 2--Giulia Botta, 'Unpacking the Potentials of a Framework Agreement on Business and Human Rights'

21 Jun 2022, 5:28 pm

Introductory Note )Throughout the week starting 20 June 2022, the co-editors will post written contributions on the homepage of the Symposium in the following order:--Monday: Introduction by co-editors Justine Batura (Twitter: @JustineBatura), Anna Sophia Tiedeke & Michael Riegner (Twitter: @riegnerm)--Monday, 1 pm: Giulia Botta--Tuesday, 8 am: Jonathan Klaaren (Twitter: @JonathanKlaaren)--Tuesday, 1 pm: Lucas Roorda (Twitter: @LRoordaLaw)--Wednesday, 8 am: Claire Methven O‘Brien (Twitter:… [read post]

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Reflections on Völkerrechtsblog Online Symposium: "Framing Business & Human Rights?": Part 1--Introducing the Symposium

20 Jun 2022, 1:09 pm

Consequently, she identifies a risk of obsolescence, when opting for a prescriptive international scheme.Tara Van Ho argues that the USA is engaged in counter-diplomacy and calls on States to continue negotiating based on the Third OEIGWG Draft. [read post]

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A Preliminary Consideration of Nestlé v. Doe: Joel Slawatsky on "The Continuing Odyssey of Corporate Liability in Alien Tort Statute Litigation"

21 Jun 2021, 11:21 am

Pix Credt: Just SecurtyThe long awaited decision of the U.S. [read post]

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New Article: Reckoning: A Dialogue About Racism, Antiracists, and Business & Human Rights

17 May 2021, 5:00 pm by Human Rights at Home Blog

George, Erika R. and Martin, Jena and Van Ho, Tara, Reckoning: A Dialogue About Racism, Antiracists, and Business & Human Rights (April 22, 2021). [read post]

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Announcing Publication of "Research Handbook on Human Rights and Business" (Surya Deva and David Birchal, eds., Edward Elgar, 2020))

8 Apr 2020, 7:55 pm

Van Ho, M. van Huijstee, F. [read post]

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New Issue: American Journal of International Law

21 Jan 2020, 9:29 am

Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir, Judgment in the Jordan Referral re Al-Bashir Appeal Tara Van Ho, Vedanta Resources Plc and Another v. [read post]

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New Issue: International Legal Materials

16 Sep 2019, 3:15 am

.), with introductory note by Sarah Joseph General Comment No. 24 (2017) on State Obligations Under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Context of Business Activities (CESCR), with introductory note by Tara Van Ho [read post]

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