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28 May Futureproofing Human Rights Symposium: Human Rights in the Era of Blockchain – A Polycentric Accountability Framework
...responsibility, actors like NGOs, corporations, and international organizations also play crucial roles. Yet key functions such as standard-setting and decision-making still follow a predominantly top-down logic, driven by states and international judicial or quasi-judicial bodies. This creates a system where decentralized participation coexists with hierarchical authority . There are several new developments of blockchain infrastructures that illustrate the relation between human rights accountability and blockchain nature. For instance, projects like the UN World Food Programme’s Building Blocks sought to enhance refugee aid distribution, while digital identity initiatives attempted to provide...28 Jun YJIL Symposium: Non-Instrumental Public Morals Justification of Trade Restrictions: A Comment on Howse and Langille
[Isabel Feichtner is a professor of law and economics at Goethe Universität Frankfurt] This post is part of the Yale Journal of International Law Volume 37, Issue 2 symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. Robert Howse’s and Joanna Langille’s article on the Seal Products Dispute is a truly admirable piece of normative doctrinal scholarship. The authors do not hide their preferences with respect to animal welfare and the protection of seals in particular. Their propositions as to the interpretation of WTO law...
19 Aug Introduction to the Symposium: The Panorama of Informers Up Close
...we are all informers, no?: cellphones in hands, social media as our vehicles, always recording, shearing and exposing, all the while, cancelling and liking, amid the indelibility of the internet. We are delighted that four distinguished scholars and brilliant readers – Sergey Vasiliev, Saira Mohamed, Mia Swart, and Nesam McMillan — have immersed themselves into the panorama of our words. Their thoughts will follow ours, sequentially, in this symposium, and we will conclude it all with our own responses. Photo attribution: “Panorama Mesdag” by Mark A. Drumbl and Barbora Holá...04 Apr HILJ Online Symposium: Hague Peace Conference Courts v. The Universe of International Courts
[Karen J. Alter is a Professor of Political Science and Law at Northwestern University. Alter’s most recent book is The New Terrain of International Law: Courts, Politics, Rights (Princeton University Press, 2014).] 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. Suzanne Katzenstein’s article is a very welcome systematic investigation of the Hague era and post-Cold War proposals to generate international courts (“ICs”). Katzenstein puts her finger on a serious problem in the...16 May Symposium: Defining the Rule of Law
[Robert McCorquodale is the Director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Professor of International Law and Human Rights, University of Nottingham, and Barrister, Brick Court Chambers, London. This is the introductory post in the Defining the Rule of Law Symposium, based on this article (free access for six months).] References to the ‘rule of law’ in international law books, articles and blogs are everywhere. Yet very few of these authors set out what they mean by an international rule of law. Most of those who engage with...
27 May Futureproofing Human Rights Symposium: Learning from the Nasa Indigenous Justice System to Rethink Accountability
...earlier draft of this blog. Furthermore, we would like to extend our gratitude to all the research participants who generously dedicated their time to provide their insights on the themes of this blog post. An academic article that analyses in depth the themes raised in this blog post is currently in the making. This blog is part of a seven-part symposium which was reviewed and edited by members of the IBOF Futureproofing human rights’ team: Tine Destrooper (Ghent University), Wouter Vandenhole (Antwerp University), Ben Grama (Ghent University), and Marion Sandner (Hasselt University)....15 Nov MJIL Symposium: A Response to Darryl Robinson by James Stewart
[James Stewart is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law. He is currently undertaking a Global Hauser Fellowship at New York University School of Law.] This post is part of the MJIL 13(1) symposium. Other posts in this series can be found in the related posts below. It is a pleasure to be invited to comment on Professor Darryl Robinson’s excellent new article How Command Responsibility Got So Complicated. His meticulous research has, once again, advanced our understanding considerably. Indeed, this particular article is but...18 May Symposium: Rule of Law, Internationally
[Joost Pauwelyn is a Professor of Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva and Visiting Professor at Georgetown University Law Center. This is the fourth post in the Defining the Rule of Law Symposium, based on this article (free access for six months). The first is here, the second, here and the third here.]] Both domestic and international normative regimes may limit our freedom and affect our daily lives. As a result, as Prof. McCorquodale implies, both need to be subject to the rule of...
09 May New Technologies Symposium: How Law and Autonomy (Should) Interact in War and Peace
[Markus Wagner is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Wollongong. This post is part of our New Technologies and the Law in War and Peace Symposium .] The question of how law relates to technological innovation is far from new. For the most part, law has played catchup to technological developments – both in the civilian and military realm. While digital technologies are not exactly new, we are in the midst of a qualitative leap in how computational decision-making will shape our lives. Whether law merely follows technological...