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03 Dec Events and Announcements: 3 December 2023
...law and international relations research to publish with us. Original articles, in English or Spanish, discussing these subjects are welcome. This issue will be published in July 2024. For more information, click here. For author guidelines, click here. For the Spanish version, click here. 7th Young European Law Scholars Conference – ‘A Union of Crises: In Search of Constitutional Resilience’: This conference aims to take stock of the plurality of crises the Union has experienced; to critically reflect on the differences and commonalities in how the EU and other actors have responded to these crises;...
10 Oct Business Responsibility in Public Health Emergencies
[Debadatta Bose is a Doctoral Researcher at the Amsterdam Centre for International Law & Amsterdam Centre for Transformative Private Law, Amsterdam Law School, University of Amsterdam.] If one searches the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), one will notice that a search returns no results for the word ‘health.’ If one looks at the more detailed OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, one cannot find much mention of health either. There is a responsibility to refrain from seeking or accepting exemptions to health standards, and public health challenges...
21 Oct Compliance Symposium: Generating Respect for Humanitarian Norms: Research and Practice in Muslim Contexts
and search for ways to influence their behaviour has necessitated the mainstreaming of what was previously a specialised function, and the research has helped in that sense. Understanding armed groups and engaging with them on their beliefs, practices, norms of restraint and the humanitarian consequences of their actions is increasingly a ‘whole-of-ICRC’ activity. What does this look like in our work in the Muslim world? Understanding the Normative Frameworks in Muslim Contexts Research and experts’ discussions at the ICRC have explored the parallels between Islamic Law and IHL. Islamic...01 Aug Plagiarism: A 19th Century Story
Researching legal history can frequently lead to the reframing of old debates, the discovery of new ways of reading a past text, and even the foregrounding of erased or invisibilised histories. It is a very rewarding kind of research. Other times, however, it simply leads to curious stories. These stories are probably not well-suited for a journal article, but – I think – they make for great blogging. In this post, I want to share one such story I stumbled across while reading about a completely unrelated topic – the...
07 Nov The Persisting Tragedy in the Mediterranean and What Stands in the Way of the Shipmaster’s Duty to Render Assistance
...Render Assistance The duty to render assistance to persons in distress at sea is a long-standing rule of international law. The same has been codified in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982 and complemented by IMO instruments such as the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974 and the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979. The UNCLOS further mandates States Parties to place this duty on masters of ships flying their flags. Article 98(1) of the UNCLOS...