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20 May 2022, 9:30 am by Elizabeth Whatcott
The legal definition of “genocide” comes from Article II of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention): In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group… [read post]
5 May 2022, 1:46 pm by CodeX
Low interest rates motivated many investors to look for new strategies, which in turn drove up the market for Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS).2 This created a so-called “soft market” where (re)insurance buyers optimize for broader and broader coverages, often achieved by introducing less conclusive T&C language.3 Over time, this has increased complexity of insurance clauses. [read post]
1 May 2022, 4:30 pm by INFORRM
Professor Martin Marshall, a GP in East London and Chair of the Royal College of GPs, explains how GPs have been “demonised” for allegedly giving lower standards of care to patients that have cost lives, despite no evidence. [read post]
20 Apr 2022, 3:14 am by Matthias Weller
HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention Repository   In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 September 2022, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. [read post]
19 Apr 2022, 2:45 pm by Jacob Katz Cogan
A critical examination of the toolbox approach of environmental law enforcement in China Junghwan Choi, The legal status of Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSAs): Challenges and improvements for PSSA resolutions Nikolas Sellheim & Otava Ojanperä, Indigenous youth and international conservation law: Five case studies Paul Martin, Solange Teles da Silva, Maurício Duarte dos Santos, & Carolina Dutra, Governance and metagovernance systems for the Amazon Case… [read post]
19 Apr 2022, 6:29 am by Michael Geist
The Lobbying Records Tell the Story appeared first on Michael Geist. [read post]
13 Apr 2022, 6:23 am by Ryan Goodman
Sponsor: Michael Burgess (R-TX) Cosponsors (38 Republicans): Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) Andre Carson (D-IN) Mike Quigley (D-IL) Andy Harris (R-MD) David McKinley (R-WV) Bill Johnson (R-OH) Steve Cohen (D-TN) Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) William Timmons (R-SC) Chris Pappas (D-NH) Fred Upton (R-MI) Mo Brooks (R-AL) Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) Eric Swalwell (D-CA) Ann Kuster (D-NH) Earl “Buddy” Carter (R-GA) Mike Johnson (R-LA) Gregory Steube (R-FL) Jim Costa (D-CA) Rodney… [read post]
10 Apr 2022, 4:56 pm by INFORRM
The Michael Geist blog criticises this change for creating “significant costs with limited to no benefits. [read post]
4 Mar 2022, 6:01 am
Posted by Martin Gelter (Fordham University), on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Tags: COVID-19, Globalization, Institutional Investors, International governance, Protectionism, Stakeholders Board Disclosure of Race and Ethnicity Gains Traction Posted by Susan Angele, Annalisa Barrett, and Stephen Brown, KPMG, on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Tags: Boards of Directors, Disclosure, Diversity, ESG, Human capital, Listing… [read post]
16 Feb 2022, 12:22 am by Matthias Weller
In preparation of the Conference on the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention on 9/10 September 2022, taking place on campus of the University of Bonn, Germany, we are offering here a Repository of contributions to the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention. [read post]
8 Feb 2022, 7:29 am by China Law Blog
In June, the Pew Research Center found that China’s “international image across 17 advanced economies remains broadly negative” and that “[c]onfidence in Chinese President Xi Jinping remains at or near historic lows in most places surveyed. [read post]
16 Jan 2022, 4:22 pm by INFORRM
Peru Journalist Christopher Acosta and Penguin Random House Peru director Jerónimo Pimentel have been found guilty of defaming César Acuña, a former mayor, governor, congressman, and two-time presidential candidate. [read post]