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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”