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Ordre public Protection as Legitimate Aim for Freedom of Expression Restriction in the International Legal Order

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 →

Freedom of Expression and the “Margin of Appreciation” or “Margin of Discretion” Doctrine

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 →

Journalistic Freedom of Expression and Contempt Proceedings at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

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 →

Freedom of Expression and Contempt of Court before International Criminal Court: Selected issues – Introductory Note

Araya v. Nevsun Resources: Remedies for Victims of Human Rights Violations Committed by Canadian Mining Companies Abroad

Résumé In November 2017, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) published its decision in the case Araya v. Nevsun Resources, dismissing the appeal filed by Nevsun, and allowing the... en savoir plus →

Migrations in the Mediterranean between protection of Human Rights and border control. An Italian perspective

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A Story of Debt and Broken Promises? The Recruitment of Guatemalan Migrant Workers in Quebec

Résumé For the past two decades, the number of immigrants admitted to Canada has remained relatively stable while the number of workers admitted with a temporary work permit has steadily... en savoir plus →

Should Environmental Law Learn from Animal Law? Compassion as a Guiding Principle for International Environmental Law Instead of Sustainable Development

Environmental law and animal law share many common elements and goals, but also exhibit many fundamental differences. Generally, conversations about the two are primarily concerned with what animal law can... en savoir plus →

Reflections on Paris: Thoughts Towards a Critical Approach to Climate Law

This article critically evaluates the 2015 Paris Agreement, highlighting the almost dichotomous responses it received from the mainstream press as compared to the climate justice movement. This article foregrounds that... en savoir plus →

A Colonial Factory of Property Rights: Contribution to an Archeology of Naturalism

This article presents a new genealogy of modern property rights that cannot be overridden either by the narrative that links the exclusive right of use to the progression of individual... en savoir plus →

Nanette Neuwahl and al, eds, The European Small Claims Procedure and the Philosophy of Small Change (Montreal: Les Éditions Thémis, 2014)

Lieneke Slingenberg, The Reception of Asylum Seekers in International Law: Between Sovereignty and Equality, vol 51 Studies in Intl L, (Oxford and Portland: Hart Publishing, 2014)

Fabien Gelinas et al, Foundations of Civil Justice: Toward a Value-Based Framework for Reform, Cham, Springer, 2015

Acquisition of Title to Territory in the Aftermath of the Use of Force in the United Nations Era: The Case of the State of Israel

The territory to which the State of Israel had a title as a newly-created state corresponded to the areas allotted to Jews by the provisions of the resolution 181(II)... en savoir plus →

Reconciling Indigenous Peoples with the Judicial Process: An Examination of the Recent Genocide and Sexual Slavery Trials in Guatemala and Their Integration of Mayan Culture and Customs

This article examines two recent landmark cases in Guatemala. The first one is the 2013 Rios Montt genocide case, which led to one of the first convictions of a... en savoir plus →

The Arab Court of Human Rights: A Study in Impotence

An Arab human rights system remains relatively underdeveloped to this day. On September 7th 2014, the League of Arab States approved the Statute of the Arab Court of Human... en savoir plus →

Yoshifumi Tanaka, The International Law of the Sea, 2d ed, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015

Abstract The International Law of the Sea by Yoshifumi Tanaka was first published in 2012. Its second edition, that comes up with a complete revision of cases and rules, has... en savoir plus →

Edith Brown Weiss, International Law for a Water-Scarce World, Leiden, Martinus Nijhoff, 2013

Abstract Professor Brown Weiss’ latest book, International Law for a Water-Scarce World, is a timely attempt to comprehensively address the international law rules and policy concerning water – an area... en savoir plus →

Ira William Zartman, ed, Arab Spring: Negotiating in the Shadow of the Intifadat, Georgia: Georgia University Press, 2015

Abstract Covering the democratic upswell in the Middle East from 2011 – 2014, Arab Spring: Negotiating in the Shadow of the Intifadat is a political study of societies in transition.... en savoir plus →

« Absolute Friends » : US Espionage against Germany and Public International Law

Abstract Since 2014, the USA stands accused of engaging in espionage against Germany, a NATO partner and supposedly close ally. Many, though by no means all of these allegations became... en savoir plus →