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Although Francisco Franco and Augusto Pinochet both died of natural causes (Franco in 1975 and Pinochet in 2006), and neither of them were put on trial for the crimes committed under their regimes, their bodies did not share the same fate. A comparison of these two cases reveals how the… Read more““The Inextricable Path from a Deathbed to the Fight Against Impunity: The Cases of Franco and Pinochet” in Journal of Genocide Research, by Rosa Ana Alija”
Rodriguez, L.E, “Human Right to Environment in the 21st Century — A Case for its Recognition and Comments on the Systemic Barriers it Encounters”, American University International Law Review, vol. 34, 2018, pp. 143-204. https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/amuilr34&div=7&id=&page=
Georgina, Garriga Suau, “The Law Applicable to the Right of Recourse in the Field of Liability Insurance Law”, en Andrea Bonomi & Gian Paolo, Romano (eds.), Yearbook of Private International Law, vol. XIX , 2017/2018, Otto Schmidt, pp. 31-52. https://www.otto-schmidt.de/yearbook-of-private-international-law-vol-xix-2017-2018-9783504080136.html . ISSN 1566-6352.
This book explores the human rights consequences of the new mercenarism, as channeled through so-called private military and security companies (PMSCs), and offers an overview of the evolution and status quo of both non-legal (soft law and self-regulation) and legal initiatives seeking to limit them. It addresses various topics, including… Read more“Public International Law and Human Rights Violations on Private Military and Security Companies, by Helena Torroja”
The exploration and exploitation of marine genetic resources for commercial purposes is growing at an unprecedented rate in the Arctic region. Currently, there is no explicit legal framework that governs the participation of Arctic indigenous peoples in this industry or requires that the benefits derived from the scientific use of… Read more““Bio-Prospecting in the Arctic: An Overview on the Interaction Between the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Access and Benefit Sharing” in Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, by Mar Campins”
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Provisions on investment in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the EU, both on substance and on dispute settlement procedures, are the culmination of a long process of replacement of the original EEC approach to establishment by the approaches followed by the GATS, the North American… Read more““CETA on investment: the definitive surrender of EU Law to GATS and NAFTA/BITs” in Common Market Law Review, by Xavier Fernández Pons”
Editors: Torroja, Helena (Ed.) Springer International Publishing DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-66098-1 ISBN 978-3-319-66098-1 Focuses on human security and the impact of PMSCs on the protection of human rights Addresses soft-law initiatives in addition to existing international hard-law norms to regulate PMSCs Examines the possibility of introducing an international minimum standard to regulate… Read more“Public International Law and Human Rights Violations by Private Military and Security Companies, by Helena Torroja”
Although an essential element of the definition of crimes against humanity is that a civilian population be targeted, there is no agreement on what ‘civilian population’ means in this context. The notion has been given different meanings depending on whether the crimes are committed in times of conflict or peacetime…. Read more““Towards a Single and Comprehensive Notion of ‘Civilian Population’ in Crimes against Humanity” in International Criminal Law Review, by Rosa Ana Alija”
Campins Eritja, M. “Strengthening the European Union: Greenland’s Relationship for an Enhanced Governance of the Arctic” in Liu, N.; Kirk, E.; Henriksen, T., (Ed.), The European Union and the Arctic, Brill, 2017. Full text