Résumé This paper takes up a question whether there exists a possibility for the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to take a stand on the (in)famous Opinion 2/13 by... en savoir plus →
Résumé Russia has been a member of the Council of Europe (CoE) for 25 years, and of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) for 22 years, which is in... en savoir plus →
Résumé The relationship between the Commissioner for Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights has varied considerably over time, from a clear separation of functions to increasing interactions.... en savoir plus →
Résumé This paper explores the status of Iraq’s most vulnerable people, who have been disproportionately affected by gross human rights violations, and the applicability of the offence of genocide to... en savoir plus →
Résumé Since 1978, economic reform and opening-up in the People’s Republic of China have dramatically reoriented the previous planned economy towards the free market, generating an increasingly dynamic economy. The... en savoir plus →
Résumé Dans le contexte des négociations sur l’élaboration d’un instrument international juridiquement contraignant pour réglementer les activités des sociétés transnationales et autres entreprises, le Comité des droits économiques, sociaux et... en savoir plus →
Children from poor families often do not go to school and work as wage labourers instead. This perpetuates their poverty status. How does one break this vicious circle? This article... en savoir plus →
Legal education, like law, should always be overhauled and refitted to changes in society. What is sought is a model of legal education that best meets the needs of the... en savoir plus →
In Canada, federal regulations govern the maximum time a professional pilot may fly an aircraft (flight time) and be on duty at his or her workplace (duty time). This report... en savoir plus →
In the summer of 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Hague ruled on a territorial dispute between the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over... en savoir plus →
This paper attempts to illuminate and problematize the marriage of capitalism and colonialism that results in the widespread appropriation of Indigenous expressions of culture, and in particular, totem poles. This... en savoir plus →
The conventional wisdom of rights as a limitation on the power of the State is a product of an archaic understanding that presumed the State is the only entity capable... en savoir plus →
“The rule of law is essential to Hong Kong’s future” — declared the last governor of Hong Kong, Christopher Patten, a few years before the city’s handover to China. The... en savoir plus →
Climates of fear—depleted inner cities, segregated rural communities, contested international hotspots— strain the law of self-defense, affecting legislation, policing, prosecution, and adjudication. There are distributional implications to our legislative and... en savoir plus →
Résumé The right to freedom of expression (FOE) is one of the cornerstones of the rule of law, but it is not an absolute right. It can be restricted on... en savoir plus →
Résumé When an international court decides to keep certain information confidential and orders a ban of any publicity upon them, does it have to abide by the requirements of necessity... en savoir plus →
Résumé The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has addressed the limits to journalistic freedom of expression more frequently and in more detail than other tribunals that resemble... en savoir plus →
