ASIL Insights




Copenhagen Process Principles and Guidelines on the Handling of Detainees in International Military Operations

The New WHO FCTC Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products – Challenges Ahead

Legal Implications of the UN General Assembly Vote to Accord Palestine the Status of Observer State

Strengthened Protection for Internally Displaced Persons in Africa: The Kampala Convention Comes Into Force

The Duty to Consult in the Inter-American System: Legal Standards after Sarayaku

U.S. Court Issues Writ of Mandamus, Effectively Removing Organization from Terror List: In Re People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran

New Ways to Respond to Climate Change in the Arctic

Assange and the Law of Diplomatic Relations

The WTO Outlaws the Privileges of the Chinese Payment Services Giant

The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: Temporarily Holstered

Belgium v. Senegal: The International Court of Justice Affirms the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite Hissène Habré Under the Convention Against Torture

The UN Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development—What Happened?

Regulating CO2 Emissions from Aviation in the EU

Ballplayer: Pelotero—Major League Baseball, Human Rights, and the Globalization of Baseball

The WTO Appellate Body Knocks Down U.S. “Dolphin-Safe” Tuna Labels But Leaves a Crack for PPMs

The Spanish Civil War, Amnesty, and the Trials of Judge Garzón

The WTO Ruling on U.S. Country of Origin Labeling (“COOL”)

Recent Developments and Revelations Concerning Cybersecurity and Cyberspace: Implications for International Law

China-Raw Materials: WTO Rules on Chinese Natural Resources Export Dispute

Challenges of Arbitrators in International Disputes: Two Tribunals Reject the “Appearance of Bias” Standard

The Russian Federation Joins the OECD Convention Against Bribery

The Internet, Human Rights, and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Global Online Freedom Act of 2012

The Airbus—Boeing Subsidy Dispute: With Both Parties in Violation, Is There an End in Sight?

Transit Passage Rights in the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Threats to Block the Passage of Oil Tankers

The WTO Appellate Body Outlaws Discrimination in U.S. Flavored Cigarette Ban

European Court of Human Rights Protects Migrants Against “Push Back” Operations on the High Seas

If the Glove or Shoe Fits: Court of International Trade Invokes Totes-Isotoner and Rejects Another Equal Protection Exception for Customs Cases in Rack Room Shoes v. United States

Thomas Lubanga: War Crimes Conviction in the First Case at the International Criminal Court

The U.N. Security Council and the Crisis in Syria

The Reargument Order in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum and Its Potential Implications for Transnational Human Rights Cases

Fishing in Troubled Waters - Somalia’s Maritime Zones and the Case for Reinterpretation

No More Zeroing?: The United States Changes its Antidumping Policy to Comply with the WTO

The Tuna-Dolphin Encore - WTO Rules on Environmental Labeling

Cigarettes and Public Health at the WTO: The Appeals of the TBT Labeling Disputes Begin

Germany v. Italy: The International Court of Justice Affirms Principles of State Immunity

The 2011 Update of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

P.R.I.M.E. Finance: The Role and Function of the New Arbitral Institution for the Settlement of Financial Disputes in The Hague

Risky Research and Human Health: The Influenza H5N1 Research Controversy and International Law

The Durban Package and the Goals of Pacific Small Island Developing States