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22 Apr 2013, 3:23 am
The accountability of international law-makers to their communities and to a broader international community for their acts and failures to act; of the State to its citizens in the fields of diplomatic protection and human rights; the evolving law in relation to responsibilities of non-State actors including corporations; global administrative law; the accountability of arbitral tribunals; the accountability of international and national NGOs for their… [read post]
19 Apr 2013, 6:54 am
” Also writing at Forbes, Rich Samp argues that while the opinion “is likely to make it far more difficult for human rights activists to sue U.S. corporations based on the corporation’s overseas activities,” the opinion left “sufficient wiggle room that we can expect to see multinational corporations regularly being sued for their overseas activities for the foreseeable future. [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 8:24 pm
(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2013)) For the most part, the monitoring of compliance with business enterprise obligations--whether self imposed through corporate standards of conduct, or derived form national or international law or governance regimes-- has fallen to independent civil society organizations. [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 5:56 am
Shapiro, Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law SchoolPanelists:Jessica Owley, Associate Professor, SUNY Buffalo Law School, and Amy Wilson Morris, Associate Environmental Scientist, Aspen Environmental Group Liese Dart, Policy Advisor on Wildlife and Clean Energy, The Wilderness Society Kalyani Robbins, Associate Professor of Law, University of Akron Law School Scott Stewart, Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP 4:15–5:30 pm: Panel Discussion Nine: Concluding Dialogue"The… [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 1:22 am
Symposium Theme International Environmental Law is not in the same space that it occupied in 1972 when it burst forth on the international agenda with the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. [read post]
6 Apr 2013, 6:11 pm
The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, in particular, has evidenced an evolution that suggests the potential for advancing international human rights frameworks, domestic law and corporate practice through the medium of its investment strategies. [read post]
5 Apr 2013, 9:01 am
., whose attorneys work for or contribute to this blog in various capacities, was among the counsel on an amicus brief filed by international human rights advocates in support of the respondents in Perry. [read post]
3 Apr 2013, 4:16 am
Human Rights Campaign (Washington DC) 35. [read post]
29 Mar 2013, 7:47 pm
” The rise and development of CSR campaign had deeply rooted in the background of globalization with international politics and the activity of international organization like consumer rights organization, labor union, region organization, and human rights organization. [read post]
28 Mar 2013, 3:53 am
But why did human rights emerge as a key social force in our time and what is the relationship between rights and the structures of both national and international society? [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 10:15 am
Their approach to explaining federal tax complexities is to pose questions about tax policy, structure, and administration, e.g., "Why do economists say that we double tax corporate income?" [read post]
22 Mar 2013, 9:37 am
The European Society of International Law Interest Group on Business and Human Rights has issued a call for papers for a panel during the 5th ESIL Research Forum in Amsterdam. [read post]
18 Mar 2013, 2:25 pm
The Action Plan identified three main lines of action:Enhancing transparency – companies need to provide better information about their corporate governance to their investors and society at large. [read post]
9 Mar 2013, 9:34 am
She is chair of the CSR Committee of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), Co-Chair of the CSR Committee of the International Bar Association and a member of the Constitutional Law Committee and of the Human Rights Committee of the German Lawyers Association. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 3:38 am
id=4029&forced=1 4) University of LeedsFaculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law Centre for Criminal Justice Studies School of LawResearch Fellow/Principal Research Fellow Closing date: 27th March 2013.Further details in attachment.5) Scholarships to study for an LLM at Warwick Law School - available for candidates who are interested in studying for a taught Masters degrees in Advanced Legal Studies (ALS); International Development Law and Human Rights (IDLHR);… [read post]
7 Mar 2013, 7:33 am
How Big Food responds to a tough new campaign, Poverty to Power, March 3, 2013)For more on transparency in business and human rights, see, Backer, Larry Catá, Transparency and Business in International Law — Governance between Norm and Technique (March 17, 2012), and Transparency and Business in International Environmental Law (January 12, 2012), an extended version of which was published as "Transparency Between Norm, Technique and Property in… [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 1:35 pm
(RES) K5250 .S73 2013 International LawSlavery in international law : of human exploitation and trafficking / by Jean Allain.Allain, Jean, 1965-Leiden : Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013.KZ7155 .A43 2013 International LawIdentity, reconciliation and transitional justice : overcoming intractability in divided societies / Nevin T. [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 11:59 am
The four main streams for this year’s programme will be: Corporate and Commercial Law; Legal and Judicial Profession; Constitutionalism Human Rights and the Rule of Law; and Contemporary Legal Topics. [read post]
2 Mar 2013, 2:37 pm
Green: Shareholder Derivative Action And Corporate Identity In Delaware Jurisprudence [Prize-Winning Essay of the 2012 Seminar, followed by a discussion about “writing a semiotic paper”]16.45 – 17.30: Jan M. [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 6:00 am
Research from outside Canada Given the nature of the work conducted by law professionals and the active representation of the profession by Bar Associations and Law Societies, it would seem reasonable to expect that meaningful research would have been conducted into violence against lawyers. [read post]
