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  1. The European Commission’s Proposal of an “Investment Court System” for TTIP: Stepping Stone or Stumbling Block for Multilateralizing International Investment Law?

    ... Proposal provides for a two-tiered Tribunal to hear investor-state disputes, consisting of a Tribunal of First Instance and an Appeal ... affecting foreign investors, thereby avoiding international responsibility and costly damages. Unexplored alternatives could both ...

    04/22/2016 - 2:13pm

  2. A Measure of Justice for Uncompensated French Railroad Deportees during the Holocaust

    ... 1995, that French President Jacques Chirac acknowledged the responsibility of France for the deportation of Jews. In 1946 and 1948, ... branch. Article 5(1) and (2) of the SNCF agreement state that the United States confirms its recognition of the immunities due to ...

    03/01/2016 - 1:47pm

  3. 2015: The Year of Reorienting International Investment Law

    ... sustainable development and contributing to the host state’s development objectives. [3] However, the final version of the text ... internationally recognized standards of corporate social responsibility in their practices and internal policies.” [5] The Model ...

    02/05/2016 - 1:33pm

  4. The EUNAVFOR MED Operation and the Use of Force

    ... or in the territorial and internal waters of the coastal state concerned. [2] A third phase allows all necessary measures regarding ... approach" based on a few key requirements related to the responsibility to protect norm and intervention for tutelary purposes ...

    12/18/2015 - 11:39am

  5. Impunity of Military Peacekeepers: Will the UN Start Naming and Shaming Troop Contributing Countries?

    ... peacekeepers receive immunity from the jurisdiction of the state in which the operation is situated (host state) in relation to acts in ... Operations (C-34). [7] The C-34—delegated with a wide responsibility for peacekeeping affairs and currently composed of more than 150 ...

    11/24/2015 - 2:45pm

  6. Human Rights Council Resolutions 26/9 and 26/22: Towards Corporate Accountability?

    ... pillars: to protect, respect, and remedy. [6] It is the state’s duty to protect against human rights abuses, the business enterprises’ responsibility to respect human rights, and the state’s responsibility to ...

    09/03/2015 - 1:39pm

  7. What is the Gravity Threshold for an ICC Investigation? Lessons from the Pre-Trial Chamber Decision in the Comoros Situation

    ... of the boats was registered to the Union of the Comoros, a state party to the International Criminal Court (ICC), which referred the ... of an investigation, include those who may bear the greatest responsibility for the alleged crimes committed; and (ii) the gravity of the ...

    08/11/2015 - 5:50pm

  8. The Road from Syria to Ukraine

    ... a plain reading of international law prohibits a state from intervening with military force in the Syrian conflict. [14] ... Intervention and State Sovereignty developed the doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) specifically to respond to this weakness in the ...

    07/21/2015 - 4:07pm

  9. Presence and Politics at the International Criminal Court

    ... and an individual’s official capacity, whether as Head of State or other governmental capacity, does not exempt him or her from criminal responsibility.  The Rome Statute also guarantees the presumption of innocence ...

    06/01/2015 - 3:50pm

  10. The Cases against the Nuclear Weapons States

    ... Islands that brought the cases before the Court: the island state was the location of 67 atmospheric nuclear tests conducted by the United ... transplantation of concepts derived from the law of state responsibility, like “injured state,” to custom formation should be ...

    05/12/2015 - 4:14pm