ASIL Insights




Inter-American Court of Human Rights Recognizes the Right to a Healthy Environment

Basel Convention Parties Take Global Lead on Mitigating Plastic Pollution

Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Advisory Opinion on the Environment and Human Rights

Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.: The Supreme Court Makes It Harder to Bring Claims Against Foreign Sovereigns in U.S. Courts

Arctic Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction: Framing A Legally Binding MPA Regime?

Paris Agreement and Consensus to Address Climate Challenge

Sealing the Deal: The WTO’s Appellate Body Report in EC – Seal Products

WTO Law and the Right to Regulate: China – Rare Earths

Energy Subsidies and the World Trade Organization

Sustainable Fisheries and the Obligations of Flag and Coastal States: The Request by the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission for an ITLOS Advisory Opinion

Tribunal Establishes Initial Procedures for Review of Mass Bondholder Claims against Argentina

The Indus Waters Kishenganga Arbitration (Pakistan v. India)

China’s Straight Baseline Claim: Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands

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

New Ways to Respond to Climate Change in the Arctic

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

Regulating CO2 Emissions from Aviation in the EU

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

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

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

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

Israel-Lebanon Offshore Oil & Gas Dispute – Rules of International Maritime Law

The Australian Trade Policy Statement on Investor-State Dispute Settlement

The Human Rights Council Endorses “Guiding Principles” for Corporations

Trade Remedies and Non-Market Economies: The WTO Appellate Body's Report in United States—Definitive Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Certain Products from China

Mauritius Brings UNCLOS Arbitration Against The United Kingdom Over The Chagos Archipelago

Advisory Opinion of the Seabed Disputes Chamber of International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on “Responsibilities and Obligations of States Sponsoring Persons and Entities With Respect To Activities in the Area”

The 2010 Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol: A New Treaty Assigning Transboundary Liability and Redress for Biodiversity Damage Caused by Genetically Modified Organisms