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31 Mar COVID-19 Symposium: “Can They Really Do That?” States’ Obligations Under the International Health Regulations in Light of COVID-19 (Part II)
...related to the legality of the ever-increasing ‘travel bans’. These would directly fall under the purview of the IHR. When the emergency was first declared, the major concern was how travel bans would isolate China, and mainly Hubei province where the virus first started spreading. Now, the bans go two-ways: persons are prevented both from entering a foreign country, as well as from leaving their own. Are they legally allowed to do so? As argued in my previous post in this symposium in light of Article 43 IHR: it depends....
24 Aug Symposium on Myanmar and International Indifference: Rethinking Accountability
There are a few anniversaries of note in 2022, which should prompt us to deeper conversations and more concerted action. It is the 10th anniversary of the forced Rohingya exodus from Myanmar, with 25 August marking the 5th Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day. This year also marks the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court. This year, the intention of this symposium hosted by the Asia Justice Coalition and Opinio Juris is to bring renewed international attention to the growing and...
31 Mar COVID-19 Symposium: “Can They Really Do That?” States’ Obligations Under the International Health Regulations in Light of COVID-19 (Part I)
[Pedro A. Villarreal is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law.] In what is now an omnipresent claim, the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic currently rages throughout the globe. The epidemiological situation changes on a daily basis, often in dramatic fashion. Such fast-paced dynamism also encompasses the measures adopted by domestic authorities – for which there is a very useful tool here. It is appalling to see how the crisis has already shaken the deepest structures of society. As this symposium shows, the...
11 Sep Libya and International Justice Symposium: The Quest for Accountability in Libya–A Pressing but Neglected Concern
[Kate Vigneswaran is a Senior Legal Adviser at the International Commission of Jurists, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Programme, and Vito Todeschini is an Associate Legal Adviser, International Commission of Jurists, MENA Programme. This is the latest post in our symposium with Justice in Conflict on Libya and International Justice. Marieke Wierda’s contribution to the symposium has gone up at JiC and you can find it here.] Accountability is typically absent from many discussions on Libya, despite the prevalence of gross human rights violations and crimes being committed on...01 Apr HILJ Online Symposium: Monica Hakimi Responds to Tim Meyer
[Monica Hakimi is the Associate Dean for Academic Programming and a Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.] This post is part of the HILJ Online Symposium: Volumes 54(2) & 55(1). Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. Thanks to Opinio Juris for hosting this symposium and to Tim for his very thoughtful comments. My article examines conduct that I call “unfriendly unilateralism”—where one state decides, outside any structured international process, to act unfriendly toward another. The economic measures that the...31 Mar HILJ Online Symposium: Anthea Roberts Responds to Martins Paparinskis
[Anthea Roberts is an Associate Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Professor of Law at Columbia Law School.] This post is part of the HILJ Online Symposium: Volumes 54(2) & 55(1). Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. I want to thank Opinio Juris for hosting this symposium and Martins Paparinskis for taking the time to comment on this article. I highly respect Paparinskis’ work in the field, so I am grateful for his substantive engagement. I have...
01 Apr COVID-19 Symposium: COVID-19 Responses and State Obligations Concerning the Right to Health (Part 1)
...that connection, assessing whether State responses to COVID-19 are human rights compliant also involves an assessment as to whether they respect, protect and fulfill the right to health, not to mention the right to life. Although an issue not treated in this post, we would note that the tensions between measures to address this public health emergency and human rights, observed by commentators in this symposium and elsewhere, may also potentially give rise to conflict between different rights. In Part 1 of this post we address the general obligation of...31 Mar HILJ Online Symposium: On the Love of Hybrids and Technicalities
[Martins Paparinskis, DPhil (Oxon), is a Lecturer in Law at the University College London.] This post is part of the HILJ Online Symposium: Volumes 54(2) & 55(1). Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. I am grateful to the UCL LLM class of International Law of Foreign Investment for clarifying my thinking on some of these matters. A natural reaction to such an elegant and erudite article is to offer unqualified praise to its author. While not easily, this reaction should be resisted, as...
01 May Beyond Territoriality: Symposium on Jurisdictional “Hooks” for (Extraterritorial) Human Rights Obligations – Human Rights Relationships Across Borders in the Triple Planetary Crisis
...would avoid framing these scenarios as raising extraterritoriality concerns, and instead adopt terminology that draws attention to the relationships at issue, such as ‘transnational’ regulation. After all, transnational or multinational corporate enterprises are not typically described as extraterritorial corporations. As explored by Caroline Omari Lichuma in this symposium, the relational approach extends well to human rights and environmental due diligence legislative initiatives. Moreover, it could inform the reach of corporate due diligence understood as a direct obligation under international law, as advocated in this symposium by Gamze Erdem Türkelli. Questions...
04 Aug Symposium on Ljubljana – The Hague Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance: Critical Reflections – Lessons Learned: Civil Society Engagement in Treaty Negotiations
...phase. This inclusive approach, embodied in the rules of procedure, was crucial for the passage of the treaty. Admittedly, while this may seem self-congratulatory, it is undeniable that the role of CSOs was critical in monitoring the trajectory of the negotiations and also in taking an active part in shaping the discussions and the final outcome (as indicated in another post in this symposium, see here). This ‘watchdog’ role – was used effectively in the context of the negotiations – externally to raise the alarm (see statements at a critical...