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Constantinos Yiallourides
Research Leader in the Law of the Sea
Biography Dr Constantinos Yiallourides is Research Leader in Law of the Sea at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) where he leads the Institute's Watts Programme of research, training, and events in the law of the sea and global ocean governance. He is also Lecturer in International Law at Macquarie University, School of Law, Sydney. He was previously lecturer in international law at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, post-doctoral researcher in energy law…
Climate Change+2Anthony Wenton
Research Fellow in Public International Law
Biography Anthony Wenton is Research Fellow in Public International Law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He is a public international law generalist with particular research interests in jus ad bellum; international human rights law; self-determination; democratic governance; international criminal law and transitional justice; immunities; and rule of law capacity building. Previously, Anthony was the acting Managing Editor of BIICL's flagship publication, the…
Climate Change+2Jan van Zyl Smit
Director, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Biography Dr Jan van Zyl Smit was appointed Director of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in May 2024, having served as Deputy Director since 2019. A comparative constitutional lawyer by background, Jan's work focuses mainly on the judiciary and judicial reform. He has been instrumental in developing international standards on judicial appointments, playing a leading role in drafting the Cape Town Principles on judicial appointment commissions, and contributed to the development…
Rule of LawMaria Tymofiienko
Head of Projects, Ukrainian International Law Response
Maria Tymofiienko is an international lawyer and Head of Projects, Ukraine International Law Response at the British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL). Originally from Kyiv, Maria moved to the UK in 2012 to continue her academic research at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL.) At QMUL and later at BIICL Maria managed major international assistance projects in support of Ukraine's law and judiciary reform agenda. Maria has worked closely with civil society and…
Courts and Tribunals+1John Trajer
Research Fellow in Anti-Trafficking Law and Policy
Biography Dr John Trajer is a Research Fellow in Anti-Trafficking Law and Policy at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). In this role, he is working on a project that assesses the impact of access to legal advice on people with lived experiences of modern slavery. John holds a BA from the University of Oxford, a joint MA from the universities of Göttingen and Groningen, and an LLM from the European University Institute. He has also acquired professional experience…
Human Rights and IHL+2Vincent Smith
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Dr Vincent Smith teaches at ESCP Business School (London and Paris) where he is an assistant professor, having been on the faculty as since 2015. His teaching at ESCP focuses on commercial law and governance. He also consults as a solicitor on regulatory (competition), commercial and EU law, having practised in both London and in Brussels. Before joining ESCP Vincent was a partner in private practice specialising in competition and collective redress matters. He has carried this…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Lise Smit
Senior Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights and Director, Human Rights Due Diligence Forum
Biography Lise Smit is Senior Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, and joined BIICL in March 2015. She conducts research on corporate human rights due diligence and other aspects of implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Prior to joining the Institute, Lise was a practicing advocate at the Cape Town Bar in South Africa. She has worked on business and human rights issues for the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre and the UN Global Compact Office.…
Business and Human Rights+1Amrit Singh
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Amrit Singh has been a practising human rights lawyer for the last two decades. Her work focuses on using legal tools to resist contemporary authoritarianism around the world. More specifically, her current research focuses on judicial impartiality viewed in international and comparative perspective. She previously served as Director of the Accountability Division at the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) in New York. During her tenure at OSJI, she authored several human rights…
Human Rights and IHL+1Adaena Sinclair-Blakemore
ICLQ Assistant Editor
Biography Adaena joined BIICL and ICLQ in 2025. She was previously a Judicial Assistant to a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and a Researcher at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge, where her research focused on international human rights law and international humanitarian law. She was also a Judicial Assistant to a Judge at the Federal Court of Australia, where she worked on cases concerning constitutional law, administrative…
ICLQAbhijeet Shrivastava
Researcher in International Law and Dispute Settlement
Biography Abhijeet Shrivastava works as a Researcher in International Law and Dispute Settlement at BIICL. Abhijeet has varied interests in public international law, and has published widely on contemporary topics, including dispute settlement, the application of international law in cyberspace, international criminal and human rights law, the law of international organisations, and the history and theory of international law. Abhijeet also serves as a Rapporteur (South Asia) to Oxford…
Courts and Tribunals+3Aditi Shetye
Researcher in Public International Law and Environmental Law
Biography Aditi works as a researcher in Public International Law & Environmental Law at BIICL. She specialises in international environmental law and climate change law. Her current work focuses on the Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Litigation Project in developing the comparative toolbox and other projects on international environmental law. Aditi also sits on the steering committee and is the Legal Advocacy Co-ordinator for the World's Youth for Climate Justice (WYCJ),…
Climate Change+2Paul C. Saunders
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Paul Saunders joined BIICL as an Honorary Senior Fellow in 2023. He is President of the International Rule of Law Project, Inc. He received an A.B. egregia cum laude from Fordham College where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center , where he was Notes Editor of the Law Journal, and an M.S. in Global Affairs with distinction from New York University in 2017. Mr. Saunders also attended the Institut d'Études Politiques in Paris,…
Rule of LawSara Razai
Research Fellow & International Projects Lead
Biography Dr Sara Razai is a Research Fellow and International Projects Lead at BIICL, based at the Centre for Comparative Law. She specialises in human rights, justice reform, and empirical legal research, with a particular focus on the MENA region and the Global South. Sara holds a PhD in Law from University College London, where her research empirically examined judicial independence and courts across six Arab countries. She has led and contributed to international research and policy reports…
Centre for Comparative Law+4Dan Plesch
Visiting Research Fellow
Biography Professor Dan Plesch joined BIICL in February 2025 as a Visiting Research Fellow. Dan is Professor of Diplomacy and Strategy at SOAS University of London and a Door Tenant at 9 Bedford Row Chambers. He is an international relations scholar and historian, focused on the contemporary application of the historical origins of international criminal law. Dan is working with BIICL on an exciting new study of previously classified archives of the United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC),…
Human Rights and IHL+2Nigel Pleming KC
Honorary Senior Fellow
Nigel Pleming KC has a distinguished legal career spanning over 50 years. Nigel was called to the Bar in 1971 and appointed a King's Counsel in 1992. He practises mainly in England and Wales, but also in Hong Kong, Belize and the Caribbean. He has been recommended as a leading silk in the Legal 500 since 2000 in the specialties of Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, Environment, Immigration and Value Added Tax. Nigel has been nominated by The Lawyer magazine for…
Climate ChangeIrene Pietropaoli
Senior Fellow in Business & Human Rights and Director of the Human Rights Due Diligence Forum
Biography Dr Irene Pietropaoli is a Senior Fellow in Business and Human Rights and joined BIICL in October 2018. She is the Director of the Human Rights Due Diligence Forum and conducts research and training programmes on corporate human rights and environmental due diligence. For example she leads BIICL's research on human rights in global supply chains and BIICL's short course on business and human rights. Irene is also leading BIICL's work on Artificial Intelligence …
Artificial Intelligence+3Nicole A. Pierce
Associate Researcher
Biography Dr Nicole A. Pierce (BA, JD, MBA, LLM, PhD) is an International Trade Law and Private International Law academic at Goldsmiths, University of London, Department of Law, in London, UK. Before joining Goldsmiths, she was a Senior Lecturer at De Montfort University, a Teaching Fellow for the MSc program in IP Law and a dissertation Supervisor at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London. She also was an Associate Lecturer on the LLB program in Business…
International Litigation+1Roman Petrov
British Academy Research Fellow
Biography Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy since 2010, Head of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in EU Studies at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy since 2011. Director of German Law Institute at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy since 2016. Lectured the very first Jean Monnet Module in EU law in Ukraine at the Donetsk National University in 2001. Prof. Dr. Roman Petrov obtained his PhD at the Queen Mary University…
UkraineRoy Andrew Partain
Visiting Research Fellow
Biography Professor Roy Andrew Partain holds a personal chair in international and comparative law and in mathematical analysis of law in the School of Law at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK). His research on economic models of climate change and their impact on climate policy, on the economic analysis of environmental law, on the use of game theory and mechanism design to achieve regulatory goals, particularly for reducing atmospheric carbon, are globally recognized. His articles…
Climate Change+1Yuko Nishitani
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Professor Yuko Nishitani joined BIICL as a Honorary Senior Fellow in 2023. Yuko is Professor of Private International Law at Kyoto University and Vice President of the Hague Academy of International Law. After her studies in Japan, she received a Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg. She did research in New York, Paris, Hamburg, Cologne, Milan, Florence, and The Hague. She has been a Visiting Professor in the U.S., Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Israel, and Taiwan. She was also…
Centre for Comparative LawLucy Moxham
Senior Fellow, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Biography Lucy Moxham joined the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law at BIICL in January 2012. She is a Senior Research Fellow in the Rule of Law, and her research interests cover international human rights law, European and UK human rights law, and the Rule of Law. Lucy is leading the second phase of the Bingham Centre's Rule of Law Monitoring of Legislation project 2023-25, including its work as Secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Rule of Law. She is also project…
European Law+2Nandini Mitra
Researcher - Rule of Law Monitoring of Legislation
Biography Nandini Mitra joined the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law at BIICL in March 2024. She is a Researcher working on the second phase of the Bingham Centre's Rule of Law Monitoring of Legislation project 2023-25. She also assists with the Bingham Centre's work as Secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Rule of Law. Before joining the Bingham Centre, Nandini completed a fellowship at the human rights charity JUSTICE, where she undertook research and parliamentary advocacy…
Rule of LawNoemi Magugliani
Research Leader in Anti-trafficking Law and Policy
Biography Dr. Noemi Magugliani is a Research Leader in Anti-trafficking Law and Policy at BIICL. Noemi holds a PhD in Law from the National University of Ireland Galway, where they conducted research that focussed on trafficked adult men, gendered constructions of vulnerability, and access to protection. Noemi also holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law and Policy from University College Cork and a BA in International Relations from the University of Milan. Beyond their work at the…
Human Rights and IHL+2Liza Lovdahl Gormsen
Senior Research Fellow in Competition Law and Director, Competition Law Forum
Biography Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen joined BIICL on 1 September 2014 as a Senior Research Fellow and the director of the Competition Law Forum. Her role at BIICL is to lead the Competition Law Forum, host events for its members and get the Forum involved in national and international competition policy debates and be engaged in competition law research. Liza is a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network, appointed by the UK Competition and Markets Authority. She is a…
Artificial Intelligence+2David Llewelyn
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Professor David Llewelyn joined BIICL as Honorary Senior Fellow in 2020. Professor Llewelyn is a Professor of Law at King's College London and a partner and Head of Intellectual Property at international law firm White & Case in its London office. He is also External Director of the IP Academy Singapore and Honorary Professor in Intellectual Property Law at Hong Kong University. After a period as a NATO Fellow in 1979, Professor Llewelyn spent nearly two years as a Research…
Artificial IntelligenceKatie Lines
Research Leader, Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers
Biography Katie Lines is a Research Leader with the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. She co-ordinates the Centre's work on emergencies and the Rule of Law. Katie's work has included leading the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers project. The Independent Commission was chaired by The Rt. Hon. Sir Jack Beatson FBA and considered how far current UK legal frameworks and parliamentary procedures protect the Rule of Law and human rights in public health emergencies,…
COVID-19+1Eva Lein
Senior Research Fellow in Private International Law and Director, Centre for Comparative Law
Biography Eva is Professor at the University of Lausanne and Director of the Comparative Law Center at BIICL. Her fields of expertise are private international law, international dispute resolution and comparative law with a special focus on contract law and, more recently, digitalisation. She has also been a Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London and at Queen Mary, Institute in Paris, a Visiting Professor at different institutions, including the University Paris I (Sorbonne),…
Arbitration+4Yarik Kryvoi
Senior Fellow in International Economic Law and Director of the Investment Treaty Forum
Professor Yarik Kryvoi is the Senior Fellow in International Economic Law and Director of the Investment Treaty Forum. He is also an Of Counsel at Keidan Harrison in London and co-director of Arbitration Lab . Prof Kryvoi's expertise is primarily in the areas of international dispute resolution, including investor-state arbitration and international commercial arbitration, international administrative law and international public law. In addition to his role at the BIICL, he is…
Arbitration+5Sergii Koziakov
Research Leader
Biography Dr Sergii Koziakov joined the Institute in September 2024 as Research Leader of 'The Dynamics of the Judiciary in Ukraine in the Context of the Rule of Law and the EU Accession Aspirations' project. Dr Koziakov has been an Associate Professor at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Institute of International Relations) since 1988, where he teaches about the Legal Regulation of foreign economic activity, Comparative Competition Law, and Private Legal Practice. He has…
UkraineJeff King
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Professor Jeff King joined the UCL Laws as a Senior Lecturer in 2011, and has been Professor of Law since 2016. Previously, he is was Director of Research at the Bingham Centre for the Rule and a Legal Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution. Jeff's research interests include UK and comparative public law (including international law), constitutional theory and socio-legal studies. Within these, he is particularly interested in the relationship between…
Rule of LawYeongcheol Kim
Visiting Research Fellow
Biography Yeongcheol Kim has been working in the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) in South Korea helping high-quality human resources to start new businesses and continue to grow since 2006. He also worked in the Human Resources Department of the Korea Aerospace and Research Institute (KARI) for two and a half years. Yeongcheol majored in Economics at the University of Seoul. He also has a master's degree in Public Policy from the Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National…
Business and Human Rights+3Philip Kessler
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Philip J. Kessler joined the British Institute of International and Comparative Law as an Honorary Senior Fellow in 2023. He is the co-founding partner of Hoffman & Kessler LLP, which changed it's name to Kessler & Green LLP on 1 October 2023. The firm is headquartered in New York City. Phil acts as lead counsel in commercial and intellectual property cases throughout the United States in the federal and state trial and appellate courts and in arbitrations. Phil is a…
Rule of LawJack Kenny
Research Leader in International Law
Biography Jack is a Research Leader in International Law at BIICL and a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His DPhil thesis at the University of Oxford, The Principle of Sovereignty and State Cyber Operations, was supervised by Professor Catherine Redgwell and Dr. Efthymios Papastavridis and supported by UKRI funding. In addition to his doctorate, he holds an LL.B degree in Law with European Study and an LL.M degree in International and European Law. Jack…
Cultural Heritage+2Ndanga Kamau
Honorary Senior Fellow
Ndanga Kamau joined BIICL as Honorary Senior Fellow in 2022. She is founder of Ndanga Kamau Law, an international law practice based in The Hague. Her practice spans international dispute settlement, public international law, and private international law. She sits as arbitrator and acts as counsel in international disputes. She also advises clients on investment law, public international law and dispute avoidance, prevention, and resolution. In addition to her practice, she is a vice president…
Centre for International LawMunhee Jung
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Munhee Jung Joined the Institute as an Honorary Senior Fellow in 2023. Munhee has worked in the South Korean government and now is a Senior Deputy Director of the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MoTIE). Before joining the MoTIE in 2017, she worked for the Ministry of Environment for ten years. Having witnessed the rapid economic development of South Korea, largely derived from the merits of free trade, and having experiences in policymaking to deliver a circular economy,…
Investment and TradeJonathan Jones KCB KC (Hon)
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Jonathan Jones joined BIICL as Honorary Senior Fellow in 2024. Jonathan is a Senior Consultant in constitutional and public law at Linklaters LLP. He was previously (2014-2020) Treasury Solicitor and Permanent Secretary of the Government Legal Department - the most senior legal official in the UK government, and held other senior legal posts in the Home Office, the Attorney General's Office and HM Treasury. Jonathan is also a Senior Fellow of the Institute for Government, a Visiting…
Rule of LawCéline Hocquet
Research Fellow in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights
Biography Dr. Céline Hocquet is a Research Fellow in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights at BIICL. Céline holds a PhD in law (Birmingham), a Master's in European Public Comparative Law (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), a BA in Applied Languages (Strasbourg), and an LLB (Lille). Her main research interests include international and EU Human Rights law, migration, and refugee law/policy. Her PhD focused on EU externalisation policies following the 2015 'refugee crisis', particularly the use of…
Human Rights and IHL+1Tomas Heidar
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography H.E. President Tomas Heidar has been Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) since 2014. He was Vice-President of ITLOS 2020-2023 and President of the Chamber for Fisheries Disputes 2017-2020. He was also a Member of the Special Chamber formed to deal with the Dispute concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary between Mauritius and Maldives in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius/Maldives). From 1996-2014, he served as Legal Adviser of the Ministry for…
Law of the SeaMathilde Hautereau-Boutonnet
Visiting Research Fellow
Biography Mathilde Hautereau-Boutonnet joined BIICL as a visiting research fellow in 2022. Mathilde is a Professor at Aix-Marseille University. After defending her doctoral thesis in 2003 at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Orléans, she was recruited as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Rennes 1 in 2004 before joining the University of Aix-Marseille in 2011 to hold the CNRS Chair of Excellence in Environmental Law. Visiting professor at the Universities…
Centre for International Law+1Kristin Hausler
Dorset Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law and Director, Centre for International Law
Biography Kristin Hausler, Dorset Senior Fellow, is the Director of the Centre for International Law. Since joining the Institute in 2007, she has developed and led several research projects on human rights, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law, areas in which she also provides training at the Institute. Her expertise lies in cultural heritage and she is currently leading a project on the restitution of cultural objects. Recently, she completed a project analysing…
Centre for International Law+5Ingrid Gubbay
Visiting Research Fellow
Biography Ingrid Gubbay is the European head of Human Rights and environmental law based at the London office of the law firm Hausfeld. She has been a litigator for 24 years and practicing at Hausfeld for the past thirteen years. Ingrid is a member of the International Law Association (Australian branch) and undertakes a mix of international and domestic human rights and climate related cases, and high-level policy and advocacy work in these areas. She has won awards for her ground-breaking…
Climate Change+1Georgia Greville
Researcher in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights
Biography Georgia Greville joined BIICL as a researcher in labour exploitation and human rights in January 2022. Her main research interests are international labour law, business and human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in international relations and peace and conflict studies) from the University of Queensland and a Master of Public and International Law (Hons) from the University…
Human Rights and IHL+2Sofia Gonzalez De Aguinaga
Research Leader in Business, ESG & Modern Slavery
Biography Dr Sofia Gonzalez is a Research Leader in Business, ESG & Modern Slavery and joined BIICL in February 2022. She leads the research work strand on Business and Modern Slavery of the Bingham Centre for the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC). She is also developing a relevant research programme on Modern Slavery and businesses' ESG responsibilities for the Bingham Centre's Business Network. Before joining BIICL she worked as a consultant for the Walk…
Business and Human Rights+1Adriana Giunta
Visiting Research Fellow
Biography Dr. Adriana Giunta joined BIICL as a Visiting Research Fellow in 2024. In BIICL, Adriana is working on her monograph on Indigenous Peoples' Environmental Rights under International Law and she is undergoing studies on Defining Environmental Rights under International Law. Her research focuses on climate change litigations, environmental rights, businesses and human rights, and the intersection between indigenous peoples' rights, sustainable development and climate justice. She has…
Business and Human Rights+3Jean-Pierre Gauci
Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law and Director of Teaching and Training
Biography Dr. Jean-Pierre Gauci is Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law and Director of Teaching and Training at BIICL. Recruited in 2014 as a research coordinator for the British Influences on International Law Project, his role was extended to that of research fellow in August 2015 and associate senior research fellow in 2017. Jean-Pierre holds a PhD in Law from King's College London; a Doctor of Laws and Magister Juris in International Law from the University of Malta. Beyond…
Climate Change+7Oliver Garner
Maurice Wohl Research Leader in European Rule of Law
Biography Dr. Oliver Garner is Research Leader in European Rule of Law at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He holds a B.A. in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford, and an LL.M. in Comparative, European and International Laws and a Doctorate in Laws from the European University Institute (EUI). His Ph.D. research analysed withdrawal and opt-outs from the European Union. His work has been published in the Cambridge Yearbook…
Brexit+3Rosana Garciandia
Research Leader in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights
Biography Dr Rosana Garciandia is Research Leader in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights at BIICL. She conducts research on the international law response to human rights challenges, including labour exploitation and all contemporary forms of slavery. Her focus is on the responsibility of States and businesses, and on the potential of existing human rights mechanisms to protect victims from abuses. Rosana is also a Lecturer in Public International Law at King's College London and Associate…
Human Rights and IHL+3Mark Findlay
Distinguished Fellow
Biography Mark Findlay is an Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Law School, University of Edinburgh. He also enjoys a Visiting Global Professorship, School of Social Sciences and Technology, Technology University of Munich, and is a Distinguished Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Currently he teaches at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, and at TUM. For over a decade Mark was a Professor in the Law School, Singapore Management University, and…
Artificial Intelligence+1Jonathan Faull KCMG
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Sir Jonathan Faull KCMG joined BIICL as a Honorary Senior Fellow in 2023. He is Chair of European Public Affairs at the Brunswick Group. Previously, he worked in the European Commission on a wide range of policies including competition, justice and home affairs, internal market and financial services and, lastly, Brexit. He became Director for Competition Policy at the Directorate-General for Competition in 1995, Deputy Director-General in charge of State aid in 1999 and…
Competition LawDuncan Fairgrieve
Senior Research Fellow in Comparative Law & Director, Product Liability Forum
Biography Duncan Fairgrieve is Senior Research Fellow in Comparative Law and Director of the Product Liability Forum at the Institute. He is also Professor of Comparative Law at Université de Paris Dauphine in France. Duncan Fairgrieve is a leading comparative lawyer, with research interests spanning both comparative private and public law, with specific focus on three specific areas, comparative administrative law (with a particular interest in state liability), comparative law of…
Centre for Comparative Law+4Phil Evans
Co-Director of the Competition Law Forum
Biography Phil Evans joined BIICL as co-Director of the competition Law Forum in June 2023. He has wide experience in policy, having started at the Economist Intelligence Unit before moving to Consumers' International before spending a decade at what is now Which?. It is in consumer activism that he most fully engaged with the competition community battling in the consumer corner through the Competition Act 1998, Enterprise Act 2002 and numerous group action, merger, European Block Exemption…
Competition LawJasmine Elliott
Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights
Biography Dr. Jasmine Elliott is a Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights. She has worked on projects related to assessing the impact of and company response to mandatory human rights due diligence laws. Her research also has considered business ethics and professional ethics as they relate to issues like human rights, corruption, and climate change. Jasmine's research interests have been developed further through her previous roles outside of academia as an anti-corruption compliance…
Business and Human Rights+2Helen Dodds
Honorary Senior Fellow
Helen is an international lawyer, consultant and board member. She is a (now non-practising) Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England Wales and holds a CEDR mediator accreditation. She was previously Global Head of Legal, Dispute Resolution at Standard Chartered Bank, and also a non-executive director of the London Court of International Arbitration. Currently she works as a consultant with a number of organisations including academic bodies, governments and lawtech start ups. She…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Andrew Dickinson
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Professor Andrew Dickson joined BIICL as Honorary Senior Fellow in 2021. Andrew Dickinson is Professor of Law at the University of Oxford, and a fellow of St Catherine's College. After studying law in Oxford (MA and BCL; St Edmund Hall), Andrew attended the College of Law in Chester before qualifying as a solicitor with Clifford Chance in London. From 2011-2013, he was Professor of Private International Law at the University of Sydney. Professor Dickinson's principal area of…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Tufyal Choudhury
Senior Research Fellow on National Security and the Rule of Law
Biography Tufyal Choudhury is a Senior Research Fellow on National Security and the Rule of Law at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He is supporting the Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law and Policy. He is also an Associate Professor at Durham Law School and a Senior Research Affiliate of the Canadian Terrorism, Security and Society Research Network. His work focuses on issues of human rights and counterterrorism,…
Rule of LawKateryna Busol
British Academy Research Fellow
Biography Kateryna is a Ukrainian lawyer specialising in international humanitarian, criminal law, transitional justice, gender and cultural heritage. She is a Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. As a scholar and practitioner, Kateryna has worked on various justice issues related to her expertise and with a specific focus on the Russia-Ukraine armed conflict. She has published on the weaponisation of cultural heritage, conflict-related sexual violence,…
UkraineClaire Bright
Associate Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights
Biography Dr Claire Bright is an Associate Research Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, as well as an Assistant Professor in Private Law at Nova Law School in Lisbon. She specialises in Business and Human Rights. Claire regularly organizes events and delivers short courses and trainings in the field. Her work to date has resulted in a number of peer reviewed publications in English, French, Italian and Spanish, including in the following journals: International…
Business and Human RightsAdrian Briggs KC
Honorary Senior Fellow
Biography Professor Adrian Briggs KC joined BIICL as Honorary Senior Fellow in 2021. He is Professor of Private International Law at the University of Oxford. His main interest has always been in private international law, and within that, in questions of civil jurisdiction and the effect of foreign judgments. He spent 15 years as one of the editors of Dicey, Morris and Collins, The Conflict of Laws, but his own perspective on the subject, in its increasingly European guise, was published…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Constance Bonze
Research Consultant in Private International Law
Constance Bonzé joined BIICL as a Researcher for the Centre for Comparative Law in 2017. An expert in legal and empirical research on Private International Law and Comparative Law, and more specifically on collective redress, she worked on studies for the European Commission: the State of Collective Redress in the EU (2017) and the Rome II Regulation (2021). She also co-authored research projects on Judicial Cooperation after Brexit (2019), on the New International Commercial Courts (2020),…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Crisela Bernardino
Research Fellow in Climate Change Litigation and International Law
Biography Crisela Bernardino joined the research team of BIICL's Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation in February 2024. She brings over a decade of experience from her roles as a corporate lawyer and litigator, as well as from her work in academia and with international NGOs, including the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Lawyers Project. Her work experience spans renewable energy, climate change law and policy, environmental law, human rights, access…
Business and Human Rights+2Julinda Beqiraj
Maurice Wohl Senior Fellow in European Law
Biography Dr Julinda Beqiraj is the Maurice Wohl Senior Fellow in European Law. She leads and develops the research and events programme in European law areas (such as human rights, migration, trade and the environment) and publishes high-quality research for the Institute in this area. She also contributes to the Bingham Centre's work on Access to Justice within its programme of research on Justice Systems and the Rule of Law, with a particular focus on the efficiency and quality…
European Law+4Christine Bakker
Visiting Research Fellow
Biography Christine holds a PhD in public international law from the European University Institute, Florence, and her main areas of research are human rights law including children's rights, international environmental law and climate change. She has published widely in these fields and has recently co-edited, with Ivano Alogna and Jean-Pierre Gauci, the edited volume Climate Change Litigation: Global Perspectives (Brill Publ., 2021). She also carried out research for the Unicef Innocenti…
Climate Change+1Tetyana Antsupova
Senior Research Fellow
Biography Professor Tetyana Antsupova is the lead researcher of the Project "The Dynamics of the Judiciary in Ukraine in the Context of the Rule of Law and the EU Accession Aspirations", former judge of the Supreme Court in Ukraine (Grand Chamber). Professor Antsupova is a Senior Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and awardee of the British Academy Global Professorships scheme. She is an experienced academic and legal professional with a strong European…
UkraineIris Anastasiadou
Research Fellow in Public International Law and Migration
Biography Iris Anastasiadou joined BIICL as a Researcher in Public International Law and Migration in January 2020. Iris holds an LLM from University College London (UCL) and an LLB from the University of York. Her master's thesis focused on the extent to which under International Law and jus ad bellum, states can invoke self-defence against state-sponsored cyber-attacks. She has participated in projects in case law research; interviews; data collection; quantitative research and drafting.…
Labour Rights+1Ivano Alogna
Senior Research Fellow in Environmental and Climate Change Law
Biography Dr Ivano Alogna joined BIICL in 2019 and is the Senior Research Fellow in Environmental and Climate Change Law at BIICL and leads the Institute's programme in this field. He contributes to global environmental governance as Co-Lead of the Climate Litigation Cluster for the Climate Change Law Expert Group within the World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), IUCN. He also serves on the Taskforce on the Rights of Nature and as an Expert for the IUCN French Committee's 'Environmental…
Climate Change+4Sara Al Khashlok
Researcher in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights
Biography Sara Al Khashlok, a researcher in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights, joined BIICL in 2024. She holds an MSc in International Migration and Public Policy from the London School of Economics (LSE) and an LLB from King's College London. Her past research has focused on examining the efficacy of legal frameworks in protecting the rights of marginalized communities, particularly in conflict zones. Her master's thesis explored the failure of Iraq's anti-discrimination laws and policies…
Human Rights and IHL+2Forty-Forth ITF Public Conference: Evolving Standards of Investment Protection: Recent Developments and New Trends
Event Date: 10th October 2025
EVENTS Forty-Forth ITF Public Conference: Evolving Standards of Investment Protection: Recent Developments and New Trends (Save the Date) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is pleased to announce…
Arbitration+1Short Course: Artificial Intelligence Governance
Event Date: 8th October 2025
TRAINING Short Course: Artificial Intelligence Governance Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This course provides participants with an understanding of the legal, regulatory and ethical issues arising in the context of artificial intelligence; an awareness of the way AI and technology…
Artificial Intelligence+3Short Course: Business and Human Rights
Event Date: 6th October 2025
TRAINING Short Course: Business and Human Rights Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details Business and human rights is an area of international human rights law in continuous development at the international and national levels. On successful completion of BIICL's Business and Human…
Business and Human Rights+1Short Course: Law of the Sea
Event Date: 26th September 2025
EVENTS Short Course: Law of the Sea Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This course provides an insightful overview of the international law of the sea and the pressing challenges confronting the world's oceans and seas. Led by experts from both academia and practice, participants…
Law of the Sea+2Short Course: Energy Law
Event Date: 25th September 2025
EVENTS Short Course: Energy Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This course provides a deep introduction to the solutions and challenges of energy law. This is particularly timely given the ongoing energy crisis facing households, the energy transition crisis, the many pollution…
Climate Change+3Short Course: International Cultural Heritage Law
Event Date: 25th September 2025
EVENTS Short Course: International Cultural Heritage Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This course will offer an introduction to cultural heritage as an international legal concept. It will include discussions of the key threats to cultural heritage at present, including trafficking,…
Cultural Heritage+1Short Course: Climate Change Litigation
Event Date: 24th September 2025
EVENTS Short Course: Climate Change Litigation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details Climate Change Litigation is an increasingly critical component of climate governance at the local, national, regional and global levels, exerting pressure on the executive and legislative branches…
Business and Human Rights+3Short Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 23rd September 2025
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction in applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The programme…
Business and Human Rights+7Summer School: Public International Law
Event Date: 14th July 2025
TRAINING Summer School: Public International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline Global events and legal developments continue to highlight the relevance of international law to various aspects of our lives. From dealing with climate change and environmental disasters, to promoting…
Artificial Intelligence+8Summer School: Law and Technology
Event Date: 30th June 2025
TRAINING Summer School: Law and Technology Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This five day summer school offers a comprehensive overview of the diverse and fast-moving area of technologies applied in the field of law. Students from across the world will get an introduction to law and technology…
Artificial Intelligence+3Collective Trends in International Litigation: Implications for Human Rights Protection and for Small States
Event Date: 24th June 2025
EVENTS Collective Trends in International Litigation: Implications for Human Rights Protection and for Small States Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details In the last few years, a trend has emerged in international litigation with States joining forces before international courts,…
Courts and Tribunals+2Workshop: Effective, Accountable and Transparent Governance Practices for Deep Seabed Mining
Event Date: 23rd June 2025
EVENTS Workshop: Effective, Accountable and Transparent Governance Practices for Deep Seabed Mining Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The International Seabed Authority (ISA) plays a unique role as a global environmental and resource regulator, managing the emerging frontier…
Environmental Law+1Expert Briefing: Tariffs and Trade: Legal Frameworks and Global Responses
Event Date: 20th June 2025
TRAINING Expert Briefing: Tariffs and Trade: Legal Frameworks and Global Responses Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Featured by: Outline In recent months, global trade tensions have intensified as U.S. President Donald Trump (re)introduced aggressive tariff policies as part of his economic strategy. These…
Investment and TradeContractual Assurance and Model Clauses for Human Rights Due Diligence
Event Date: 11th June 2025
EVENTS Contractual Assurance and Model Clauses for Human Rights Due Diligence Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Contractual mechanisms are important tools for embedding HREDD responsibilities across complex global supply networks. Under the proposed changes to the EU CSDDD, introduced…
Business and Human RightsAI in the Courts: Ground-Breaking Standards From the Council of Europe and Perspectives From the Member States
Event Date: 9th June 2025
EVENTS AI in the Courts: Ground-Breaking Standards from the Council of Europe and Perspectives From the Member States Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details While AI can significantly enhance court efficiency, its deployment must align with legal, ethical, and human rights standards.…
Artificial Intelligence+3Recent Developments in Anti Suit Injunctions: Russian Counter Sanctions and Issues Arising Under the New York Convention
Event Date: 5th June 2025
PARTNER EVENT Recent Developments in Anti Suit Injunctions: Russian Counter Sanctions and Issues Arising Under the New York Convention Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location This event is part of London International Disputes Week 2025 Event Details Following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 Russia has enacted…
Arbitration+1"The Role of Courts in Upholding Rule of Law in Adjudicating Commercial Disputes" A Lecture Given by Justice Bhushan Gavai, Chief Justice of India
Event Date: 4th June 2025
EVENT "The Role of Courts in Upholding Rule of Law in Adjudicating Commercial Disputes" A Lecture Given by Justice Bhushan Gavai, Chief Justice of India Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The British Institute of International & Comparative Law (BIICL) is hosting the…
Arbitration+3The Competition for Critical Resources: Recent Developments in the Mining Sector in Africa
Event Date: 4th June 2025
PARTNER EVENT The Competition for Critical Resources: Recent Developments in the Mining Sector in Africa Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location This event is part of London International Disputes Week 2025 Event Details The mining sector in Africa is at the forefront of global competition for critical minerals,…
Arbitration+1International Protection for People Displaced Across Borders in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters
Event Date: 3rd June 2025
EVENTS International Protection for People Displaced Across Borders in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters: A Practical Toolkit Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details As the impacts of climate change and disasters affect the displacement of people worldwide, legal practitioners…
Climate Change+1The Transposition of the CSDDD - navigating the uncertainty amidst the Omnibus proposal: future scenarios and what to do now?
Event Date: 28th May 2025
EVENTS The Transposition of the CSDDD - navigating the uncertainty amidst the Omnibus proposal: future scenarios and what to do now? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details At the European level, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) adopted on 13th…
Business and Human Rights+1Accelerating Climate Justice: Key Lessons from Roundtables with Experts in Youth-Focused Litigation
22nd May 2025
As the climate crisis deepens and in the face of flailing global governance, young generations are increasingly turning to courts to advocate for their right to a healthy environment. Traditionally viewed as mechanisms of 'last resort', courts are evolving into 'first responders'—actionable spaces where youth can effectively assert their rights. Unlike adults, young people often face significant barriers to engaging in political processes. Children sit outside most accountability processes,…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogIntergenerational Equity and Climate Protection: The Role of Brazilian Supreme Court Jurisprudence
22nd May 2025
The growing awareness of the progressive depletion of natural resources and the finite capacity of our planet to absorb the consequences of human activity casts a stark light upon the biosphere's ability to sustain both present and future life amidst the relentless incursions of mankind. This predicament, fraught with intergenerational tensions, calls for solutions that transcend conventional conceptions of justice. Against this backdrop, the principle of intergenerational equity emerges as…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogIntergenerational Equity for Climate Justice in Africa: The Role of Activism and Climate Litigation
22nd May 2025
Africa is bearing the brunt of the climate crisis despite its minimal contribution to it. The continent is heating up slightly faster than the rest of the world, placing children in 98% of African countries at high or extremely high risk from climate impacts. Prolonged droughts in the Horn of Africa and southern Africa, along with intensifying cyclones and floods are devastating communities and threatening the survival of current and future generations. Addressing these challenges requires…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogThe Omnibus Package: A Simplification of EU Legislation or a Step Backward in Achieving Climate Goals?
22nd May 2025
The Commission's Omnibus initiative, announced on 26 February 2025, aims to amend several pieces of legislation in the areas of sustainability due diligence and reporting, taxonomy and investment programmes. The first package of proposals (Omnibus I) covers, among others, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Omnibus I is intended to simplify sustainability requirements, reduce administrative burdens,…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogClimate Lawsuits as a Social Corrective: How Companies Underestimate the Financial Risk of Climate Litigation
22nd May 2025
It is estimated that over €10 billion in damage was caused by the floods in Spain in 2024 and an estimated $500 billion in total damage and economic loss in the U.S. following the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. These figures can only hint at the enormous human hardships brought about by severe weather events - events whose severity and likelihood are increased due to climate change. However, these figures illustrate what companies and the financial sector are finally starting…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogMore on the Omnibus Package and the Future of European Global Leadership on Sustainability
22nd May 2025
EU Omnibus Package: The 'Stop-the-clock' Directive The EU Omnibus Package on sustainability aims to 'reduce compliance burdens' associated with sustainable finance (EU Taxonomy; Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)), sustainability reporting (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)) and due diligence obligations (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)). The initiative was driven by high-level political commitments, such as the Budapest Declaration…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogThe Shell Case and the Corporate Climate Transition Plan Obligation
22nd May 2025
The Corporate Transition Plan Obligation The current version of the European Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (hereafter: CSDDD) stipulates that corporations must adopt and put into effect a transition plan for climate change mitigation (Article 22 CSDDD). This plan aims to ensure, through best efforts, that a company's business model and strategy are compatible with the Paris goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C and the European climate goals (particularly climate…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogEditor's Note to the Second Issue of the BIICL Climate Law and Litigation Blog Series
21st May 2025
Becoming Good Ancestors: Courts, Corporations, and Intergenerational Equity "Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors." — Jonas Salk In an era of unprecedented climate risk, these words echo with a simple yet profound truth, resonating deeply in our time of ecological reckoning. More than an ethical ideal, this principle has increasingly found expression in law, asking us to reimagine our responsibilities—not just to each other, but to generations yet unborn. This second installment…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogICLQ Annual Lecture 2025: "The 'Highest Possible Ambition' on Climate Change Mitigation as a Legal Standard"
Event Date: 13th May 2025
EVENTS ICLQ Annual Lecture 2025: "The 'Highest Possible Ambition' on Climate Change Mitigation as a Legal Standard" Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location ICLQ Annual Lecture 2025 Sponsored by: Event Details The International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ) Annual Lecture showcases an outstanding article…
Climate Change+3The CMA’S New Consumer Regime: Making it Work
Event Date: 1st May 2025
EVENTS The CMA'S New Consumer Regime: Making it Work Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Consumer enforcement has been seen as a bit of a neglected field by many in the competition field; important but lacking in any real teeth or clear enforcement overlap with competition law. That…
Competition LawExploring the Boundaries of Climate Change Law and Governance: International, Transnational, and Comparative Perspectives
Event Date: 1st May 2025
EVENTS Exploring the Boundaries of Climate Change Law and Governance: International, Transnational, and Comparative Perspectives Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Event Details This conference provides an update on progress, challenges, and the road ahead for climate litigation. It will…
Climate Change+2Short Course: Climate Change Law
Event Date: 29th April 2025
EVENTS Short Course: Climate Change Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This course provides a comprehensive overview of Climate Change Law as an evolving field of knowledge, governance, and legal practice, as well as its responses to the climate crisis. Bringing together a distinguished…
Climate Change+2Short Course: Foundations of Public International Law
Event Date: 25th April 2025
EVENTS Short Course: Foundations of Public International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This short course provides participants with an in depth understanding of the basic tenets of public international law. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of international…
Business and Human Rights+6Forty-Third ITF Public Conference: Geopolitics & International Investment Law
Event Date: 25th April 2025
EVENTS Forty-Third ITF Public Conference: Geopolitics and International Investment Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner Event Details In an era of heightened geopolitical tensions, international investment law is increasingly shaped by national security concerns, economic…
Arbitration+1The Peaceful Settlement of Inter-State Cyber Disputes (Online Workshop)
Event Date: 24th April 2025
EVENTS The Peaceful Settlement of Inter-State Cyber Disputes (Online Workshop) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording - The Peaceful Settlement of Inter-State Cyber Disputes (Online Workshop) Event Details While existing international law provides a framework for regulating state conduct…
Courts and Tribunals+2BIICL researcher joins International court of Justice
10th April 2025
We are delighted that Abhijeet Shrivastava, a Researcher at BIICL, has been selected as 1 of 15 Judicial Fellows from the world to assist the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The fellowship is similar to a clerkship or judicial assistantship and allows candidates to work at the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Abhijeet acts as a Researcher in International Law and Dispute Settlement at BIICL, contributing to the Institute's cutting-edge projects concerning judicial…
Courts and Tribunals+1The EU AI Act and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: overlapping and conflicting requirements
7th April 2025
The EU is regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and corporate sustainability with two pioneering instruments: the EU AI Act and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), both adopted on 13 June 2024. The AI Act lays down harmonised rules for the placing on the EU market and use of AI systems, the CSDDD creates obligations for companies regarding adverse impacts on human rights and the environment. The interaction between AI-specific and general due diligence…
Artificial Intelligence+1News from the Centre for International Law
3rd April 2025
The Centre for International Law at BIICL today published its spring newsletter. The newsletter includes detailed updates on our projects and events during the last three months and provides information on the activities of our research team across the world. Sign up for the newsletter here Download the Spring 2025 newsletter from the Centre for International Law
Centre for International LawCorporate Climate Litigation in the Americas: Legal Strategies, Challenges, and Trends
Event Date: 1st April 2025
EVENTS Corporate Climate Litigation in the Americas: Legal Strategies, Challenges, and Trends Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location American Regional Summit & U.S. National Conference BIICL Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation The American Regional Summit and U.S.…
Business and Human Rights+2Annual Grotius Lecture 2025: The Advisory Opinion of ITLOS on Climate Change: A Landmark Decision
Event Date: 27th March 2025
EVENTS Annual Grotius Lecture 2025: The Advisory Opinion of ITLOS on Climate Change: A Landmark Decision Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On 21 May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) unanimously rendered the Advisory Opinion on the Request submitted by the Commission…
Climate Change+3Third-Party Litigation Funding (TPLF)
27th March 2025
Study for the European Commission on Mapping Third Party Litigation Funding in the European Union On 13 September 2022, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on responsible private funding of litigation which called the Commission to propose legislation that would regulate TPLF in the EU. The Commission, in its response to the resolution, committed to carry out a mapping study that would take stock of the situation in the EU. The British Institute of International and Comparative…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Soft Law in International Law - BIICL/SLS Workshop
Event Date: 26th March 2025
EVENTS Soft Law in International Law - BIICL/SLS Workshop Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Event Details The term…
International LawLegal Pathways to Net Zero and Nature-Positive Outcomes: Comparative Insights, Tools, and Strategies
Event Date: 26th March 2025
EVENTS Legal Pathways to Net Zero and Nature-Positive Outcomes: Comparative Insights, Tools, and Strategies Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Legal Pathways to Net Zero and Nature-Positive Outcomes: Comparative Insights, Tools, and Strategies Event Details As the urgency of achieving net zero…
Business and Human Rights+3Business and Human Rights Regulatory Landscape: The Growing Divide Between Europe and the United States
Event Date: 18th March 2025
EVENTS Business and Human Rights Regulatory Landscape: The Growing Divide Between Europe and the United States Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The regulatory landscape for business and human rights reflects a growing transatlantic divide between the US and Europe, particularly…
Business and Human RightsPost-Brexit Regulatory Models and Delegated Powers in the UK
Event Date: 12th March 2025
EVENTS Post-Brexit Regulatory Models and Delegated Powers in the UK Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The objective of this event is to explore the broad question of post-Brexit regulatory models in the UK, and the extent to which these rely on granting powers to Ministers to make…
Collective Redress+3International Investment Law Protections in Global Banking and Finance
Event Date: 12th March 2025
EVENTS International Investment Law Protections in Global Banking and Finance Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is pleased to present a comprehensive empirical study on investment protection in global banking and finance.…
Arbitration+1Empirical Study: International Investment Law Protections in Global Banking and Finance
3rd March 2025
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is pleased to present a comprehensive empirical study on investment protection in global banking and finance. The present study examines the publicly available decisions of investor-State tribunals addressing the protection of investments in the banking and finance sector. It complements the first detailed treatise dedicated to the subject, co-authored by Prof. Arif Ali and Dr. David Attanasio, entitled International Investment…
Arbitration+1Ukrainian Prisoners of War: International Law Mechanisms for Safeguarding, Redress, Accountability and Compensation
Event Date: 3rd March 2025
EVENTS Ukrainian Prisoners of War (POWs): International Law Mechanisms for Safeguarding, Redress, Accountability and Compensation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details BIICL is holding a follow-up programme to its successful November 2024 roundtable on Ukrainian…
Collective Redress+2Growth, Competition and the CMA
Event Date: 26th February 2025
EVENTS Growth, Competition and the CMA Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The relationship between growth, competition and competition regimes is the current hot topic for commentators within and outside the competition world. This roundtable will hear expert views on what that relationship…
Competition LawThe Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction: Lessons from the United Nations War Crimes Commission
Anthony Wenton | 17th February 2025
This project explores whether contemporary international law scholarship and practice can learn useful lessons from the pioneering work of the United Nations War Crimes Commission. The project analyses the previously classified archives of the United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC), a body of world leading legal experts that assisted Allied States in the 1940s to bring thousands of prosecutions against Axis personnel for their role in atrocity crimes perpetrated during WWII and…
Human Rights and IHL+4Beyond the spotlight: A need for regulating community-led object repatriation?
17th February 2025
Many cultural institutions and heritage professionals have recently advocated for a more inclusive approach to the repatriation of cultural artifacts, highlighted in the 2022 UNESCO MONDIACULT Declaration that was discussed in a previous blog post. However, challenges persist, particularly when considering how repatriation has been historically used to strengthen national cultural identities, as seen in the case of the Diponegoro kris. When repatriation has been largely framed within nation-state…
Cultural HeritageEducating Lawyers in the Digital Age: From Theory to Practice
12th February 2025
This book takes a practical, design-based research approach to enhance and refine learning design principles for legal education. Drawing on extensive research conducted at University College London, including interviews with legal practitioners, students, and educators, it explores what sets legal education apart from other fields. It identifies what works in online courses and offers strategies to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world legal practice, making legal education…
Comparative Law+1Teaching How to Think Like a Lawyer: Seven Essential Legal Skills
10th February 2025
For a long time, law was not a "taught profession". For example, in England, until the 1970s, there was no need to have a degree to become a lawyer. People were becoming lawyers as a result of a training contract (solicitors) or pupillage (barristers). The English system of legal education still requires a training contract or a pupillage before one can become a qualified lawyer. This is different from the United States and most other jurisdictions. However, what unites many jurisdictions…
Comparative Law+1European Judicial Training on Corporate Climate Litigation
Event Date: 7th February 2025
EVENTS European Judicial Training on Corporate Climate Litigation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Training Details As climate change increasingly impacts economies, societies, and ecosystems, the role of the judiciary in addressing corporate accountability has never been more critical. Corporate…
Climate Change+2African Judicial Webinar on Climate Change Law and Litigation
Event Date: 5th February 2025
EVENTS African Judicial Webinar on Climate Change Law and Litigation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Webinar Details As climate change continues to pose profound challenges to economies, societies, and ecosystems across Africa, the judiciary plays a vital role in shaping effective legal and…
Climate Change+2ICLQ Early Career Prize Winner Announced
5th February 2025
Alexander Wentker Awarded ICLQ 2024 Early Career Prize The International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ) is delighted to announce that Dr Alexander Wentker has been awarded the 2024 Early Career Prize for his outstanding article 'The Armed Attack Exception to Neutrality in International Peace and Security Law' published in Vol 73(4) ICLQ. Dr Wentker is a Postdoctoral Researcher on a Postdoc Network Brandenburg Fellowship funded by the State of Brandenburg's Ministry of Science at…
Climate Change+1ICLQ Annual Lecture 2025 on Climate Change Mitigation
4th February 2025
ICLQ Annual Lecture 2025 on Climate Change Mitigation Since 2011 the International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ) Annual Lecture has been a showcase for outstanding articles published in the Journal during the preceding year, as selected by the Editorial Board. It is with pleasure that we announce that the 2025 Annual Lecture will be given by Professor Benoît Mayer of the University of Reading. Professor Mayer will deliver his lecture on 'The 'Highest Possible Ambition' on Climate…
Climate Change+1Basel Winter Arbitration School 2025
Event Date: 3rd February 2025
PARTNER EVENT Basel Winter Arbitration School 2025 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Basel Winter Arbitration School 2024 Event Details The Basel Winter Arbitration School will take place on 3-7 February 2025 at the Law Faculty of the University of Basel in Switzerland. It will also be possible to attend…
Arbitration+2End of Immunity: Holding World Leaders Accountable
Event Date: 30th January 2025
EVENTS End of Immunity: Holding World Leaders Accountable Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording - End of Immunity Event Details The global landscape is currently experiencing significant turbulence in its international order, particularly concerning the adherence to international law that…
Courts and Tribunals+3Lady Chief Justice delivers the BIICL Lecture
29th January 2025
Lady Carr the Chief Justice speaks on "Mediation after the Singapore Convention" Last night we welcomed to the British Institute of International and Comparative Law Lady Carr, the Lady Chief Justice, to deliver a lecture on the topic of Mediation after the Singapore Convention. This is a topical lecture given that the United Kingdom became a signatory in 2023 but has not yet ratified the Convention. Lady Carr highlights that mediation "is likely to play an important role in promoting the…
International Litigation"Mediation after the Singapore Convention" A lecture given by The Rt Hon. the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales
Event Date: 28th January 2025
EVENTS "Mediation after the Singapore Convention" A lecture given by The Rt Hon. the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Mediation after the Singapore Convention Event Details The Rt Hon. the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill,…
Arbitration+3COST Action "Life, liberty and health: ensuring universal protection of human rights at sea"
Event Date: 24th January 2025
EVENTS COST Action BlueRights Conference "Life, liberty and health at sea" Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Welcome to the BlueRights: Life, liberty, and health at sea - Conference! Join us at SOAS University of London and the British Institute of International and Comparative…
Human Rights and IHL+1The Decline of the Rule of Law in Russia: From Telephone Justice to Asset Seizures
13th December 2024
The rule of law has significantly declined in Russia recently, particularly following the February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. At a workshop, hosted at the Arctic University of Norway, we explored the growing dominance of informal governance, the erosion of judicial independence, and the broader implications for civil freedoms and property rights in Russia. I summarised the critical takeaways below. Emergence of Informal Practices After February 2022, governance in Russia has increasingly…
Rule of LawRoundtable: Measuring the Effectiveness of Home State Regulatory Models on Corporate Behaviour
Event Date: 13th December 2024
EVENTS Roundtable: Measuring the Effectiveness of Home State Regulatory Models on Corporate Behaviour Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Since the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in 2011, various national legislative…
Business and Human RightsWorkshop - Comparing National Supply Chain Laws for Human Rights: From the UN Guiding Principles to Corporate Practices
Event Date: 12th December 2024
EVENTS Workshop - Comparing National Supply Chain Laws for Human Rights: From the UN Guiding Principles to Corporate Practices Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This workshop will focus on developing academic contributions for our proposed book 'Comparing national…
Business and Human RightsKenya’s Climate Change (Carbon Markets) Regulations 2024 as a Tool for Climate Change Litigation
11th December 2024
On 7 June 2024, Kenya gazetted the Climate Change (Carbon Markets) Regulations 2024 under the Climate Change Act 2016. Kenya is one of only eight African countries that have enacted carbon market regulations. These regulations are intended to bring order to a previously unregulated carbon crediting programme. The regulatory hiatus exposed vulnerable communities to negative social and environmental impacts arising from carbon projects (See Simon Counsell "Blood Carbon: How A Carbon Offset…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogLitigating Climate Change in the Global South
11th December 2024
While climate change litigation in developed countries of the 'Global North' is a well-studied phenomenon, relatively few studies focus on climate case law emerging in the Global South, its distinctive characteristics and the contribution it is making, and may make, to implementation of international climate laws like the Paris Agreement. Drawing on our earlier research, Litigating Climate Change in the Global South is the first monograph-length work in the English language to provide…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogShifting the Mitigation Burden: Outcomes and Implementation Opportunities of the Landmark South Korean Climate Case
11th December 2024
In August 2024, the Constitutional Court of Korea broke new ground in climate change litigation by finding Article 8(1) of South Korea's Carbon Neutrality Framework Act in violation of the right to a healthy environment. The ruling in Do-Hyun Kim et al v South Korea marks the first victory in East Asia for plaintiffs in a 'framework' case - which challenge governments' overall efforts to mitigate climate change - and aligns considerably with the findings of similar landmark decisions…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogAdvancing Climate Justice through Creative Lawyering: Lessons from the Global South
11th December 2024
The Global South, encompassing much of the developing world, stands at the forefront of experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change. As highlighted during the recently concluded 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29), developing countries are advocating for increased support and funding to both mitigate and adapt to the rapidly changing climate. Furthermore, the most vulnerable and marginalized populations are increasingly seeking legal remedies through courts and other tribunals to…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogThe Strength of the Courts to Take a Comprehensive, Long-Term View in Japan: Lessons from the Kobe Case
11th December 2024
Conclusion of Kobe Civil Litigation Appeal Trial and its Background On October 23, 2024, the Osaka High Court concluded the Kobe civil case. This case is the second climate change case in Japan, filed in September 2018, following the Sendai case filed in September 2017. However, in the Sendai case, the issue of climate change was excluded at an early stage of the first instance by the presiding judge's suggestion. Therefore, this case is the first substantive climate change lawsuit in Japan.…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogShell v Milieudefensie: Sowing the Seeds for Future Climate Litigation against Fossil Fuel Producers
11th December 2024
The Hague Court of Appeal's ruling in Shell v Milieudefensie was, strictly speaking, a win for Shell: it overturned the specific emissions reduction target imposed on Shell by the District Court of The Hague. However, the appeal judgment also sows the seeds for future litigation against fossil fuel companies. Background The case was brought by a group of environmental NGOs led by Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) in 2019, claiming that Shell had committed a tort by breaching…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogThe Brazilian Supreme Court and the Climate Fund Case
11th December 2024
In PSB et al v Brazil, several Brazilian political parties (the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), the Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL), the Partido Socialista Brasileiro (PSB) and Rede Sustentabilidade) filed a Direct Action of Unconstitutionality by Omission (case number ADO 60) in the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil, which was subsequently admitted by the Court under a different constitutional action - an Action for Breach of a Fundamental Precept (case number ADPF 708). The claimants…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogIntroducing the BIICL Climate Law and Litigation Blog: Bridging Global Perspectives and Legal Innovation
10th December 2024
We are proud to introduce the Climate Law and Litigation (CLL) Blog, a pioneering initiative by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). This platform builds on BIICL's growing expertise in Climate Change Law and Litigation, providing a collaborative space for thought leadership and interdisciplinary dialogue. The CLL blog will feature contributions from leading experts across every continent, including contributions drawn from over 200 practitioners, academics,…
Climate Law and Litigation BlogThe Decline of the Rule of Law in Russia: From Telephone Law to Asset Seizures
Event Date: 9th December 2024
PARTNER EVENT The Decline of the Rule of Law in Russia: From Telephone Law to Asset Seizures Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This joint event of the "Pax Slavica in Flux" at UiT the Arctic University of Norway and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law will…
Investment and Trade+1A UK Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Model?
Event Date: 9th December 2024
EVENTS A UK Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Model? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details With EU Member States in the process of designing CSDDD transposition laws establishing mandatory HREDD process, what it is going to happen in the UK? Already in 2017, the UK Joint Committee…
Business and Human Rights+1Maritime Boundary Delimitation by Courts & Tribunals: Progress or Retrogression?
Event Date: 6th December 2024
EVENTS Maritime Boundary Delimitation by Courts & Tribunals: Progress or Retrogression? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised with Workshop Details Co-organised by BIICL and the Korean Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), this workshop aims to bring together leading scholars,…
Arbitration+3The Bounds of Competition Policy: Challenges, Overlaps and Possible Trajectories
Event Date: 5th December 2024
EVENTS The Bounds of Competition Policy: Challenges, Overlaps and Possible Trajectories Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Throughout its history, competition policy has faced many boundary disputes and has faced pressures to stretch its area of competence. While some topics may appear…
Competition LawShort Course: Law of the Sea (Hybrid)
Event Date: 4th December 2024
TRAINING Short Course: Law of the Sea (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This hybrid course provides an insightful overview of the international law of the sea and the pressing challenges confronting the world's oceans and seas. Led by experts from both academia and practice,…
Law of the Sea+2Short Course: Energy Law (Hybrid)
Event Date: 2nd December 2024
TRAINING Short Course: Energy Law (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Featured by Oil, Gas & Energy Law (OGEL) Course Outline Energy law is front and centre to many of today's global crises, yet few understand it deeply enough to be confident in their professional work. The…
Climate Change+4Publication of the BIICL Annual Report
29th November 2024
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law is pleased to publish its latest annual report. The report covering 2023 and part of 2024 includes outlines of the activities and achievements of the Institute with details of our research projects and published reports during the period. Key events and training courses are also outlined along with information about our generous donors and sponsors. Read the annual report
GovernanceArticle 102 TFEU: a discussion with the European Commission on the draft exclusionary guidelines
Event Date: 28th November 2024
EVENTS Article 102 TFEU: a discussion with the European Commission on the draft exclusionary guidelines Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The European Commission is currently consulting on its Article 102 TFEU draft exclusionary guidelines. The consultation will close at the end…
Competition LawAdvanced Training Workshop: Universal Jurisdiction
Event Date: 27th November 2024
EVENTS Advanced Training Workshop: Universal Jurisdiction Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Workshop Details Although the work of international courts and tribunals is what typically springs to mind at the mention of international criminal law, prosecutions based on the principle of universal…
International Law+2Rule of Law at a Crossroads: The Walesa Case as a Catalyst for Rebuilding Judicial Independence?
Event Date: 27th November 2024
EVENTS Rule of Law at a Crossroads: The Walesa Case as a Catalyst for Rebuilding Judicial Independence? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Rule of Law at a Crossroads: The Walesa Case as a Catalyst for Rebuilding Judicial Independence? Event Details The CEU Democracy Institute Rule of Law Clinic, the Review…
Rule of LawKaplan Lecture 2024: Taking Arbitration to Where it Belongs: Dispensing Justice
Event Date: 26th November 2024
PARTNER EVENT Kaplan Lecture 2024: Taking Arbitration to Where it Belongs: Dispensing Justice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Annual Kaplan Lecture 2024 will be delivered by The Hon Geoffrey Ma on the theme: "Taking Arbitration to Where It Belongs: Dispensing Justice". To…
Arbitration+1Competition Policy 2024
Event Date: 21st November 2024
PARTNER EVENT Competition Policy 2024 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner Conference Details The competition policy landscape continues to evolve rapidly. Against the backdrop of shifting geopolitical dynamics and rising protectionism, competition authorities and antitrust regulators must navigate…
Competition LawDeveloping the UK-EU Relationship: TCA Review and Beyond
Event Date: 21st November 2024
EVENTS Developing the UK-EU Relationship: TCA Review and Beyond Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organiser Conference Details According to Art. 776 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) concluded between the UK and the EU, the implementation of the Agreement is to be reviewed every five years,…
Artificial Intelligence+8Navigating Investor-State Mediation: Insights from Global Experts and Emerging Trends
20th November 2024
On June 26, 2024, Singapore Very Young Arbitration Practitioners ("SG VYAP") and the Young Investment Treaty Forum ("Young ITF") jointly organised a webinar on investor-state mediation, titled "Investor-State Mediation: The Future is Now?". Moderated by Ms. Sunita P. Advani, Founder and Chair of SG VYAP and Arbitral Assistant to Mr. Michael Lee of Twenty Essex in Singapore, the panel comprised of: Mr. Tat Lim, the Founding Partner of Aequitas Law LLP and Maxwell Mediators…
Arbitration+1Advanced Training Workshop: Corruption and Arbitration
Event Date: 20th November 2024
TRAINING Advanced Training Workshop: Corruption and Arbitration Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Workshop Details The number of cases in which parties allege corruption in international arbitration continues to rise with some of these cases involving amounts in hundreds of millions and…
Arbitration6th Annual BIICL/Linklaters Tech Antitrust Roundtable
Event Date: 19th November 2024
EVENTS 6th Annual BIICL/Linklaters Tech Antitrust Roundtable Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Event Details Digital markets remain top of agenda for antitrust authorities in both the UK and the EU. In the EU, the DMA is in full swing and in the UK the DMCC received Royal Assent in the spring…
Artificial Intelligence+145th Annual FA Mann Lecture
Event Date: 19th November 2024
EVENTS 45th Annual FA Mann Lecture Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised by Event Details The latest in a series of annual lectures in honour of the late Dr FA Mann QC (Hon) (1907-1991) arranged by the Partners of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, and given under the auspices of the British Institute…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Changes in Internal Corporate HREDD Processes (blog series Towards New HREDD Laws)
14th November 2024
Last month, we published a study about changes in corporate practice resulting from the implementation of human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) laws, namely the French Dut of Vigilance Law (DVL) and German Supply Chain Act (LkSG). This blog provides some summary reflections found in the study on changes in internal corporate processes related to recently implemented HREDD laws, including stakeholder engagement, grievance mechanisms and communication. Stakeholder engagement…
Business and Human RightsChanges in Corporate HREDD Governance (blog series Towards New HREDD Laws)
11th November 2024
Last month, we published a study about changes in corporate practice resulting from the implementation of human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD) laws, namely the French Dut of Vigilance Law (DVL) and German Supply Chain Act (LkSG). This blog provides some summary reflections found in the study on changes in internal corporate governance related to recently implemented HREDD laws. The introduction of HREDD laws in Europe has spurred significant changes in how corporations…
Business and Human RightsBingham Lecture 2024 by the Attorney General, Lord Hermer KC
8th November 2024
General, Lord Hermer KC, giving this year's Bingham Lecture on the subject "The Rule of Law in an Age of Populism". The lecture took place on 14th October at Gray's Inn Hall and was chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy of The Shaws LT KC. Both the video and the text of Lord Hermer's lecture are available on our event page , together with links to coverage by the Times, Financial Times and other news outlets, and responses by commentators including Martin Kettle, Joshua Rozenberg, and Sir…
Rule of LawForty-Second ITF Public Conference: Illegality in International Investment Law
Event Date: 8th November 2024
EVENTS Forty-Second ITF Public Conference: Illegality in International Investment Law (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner Event Details The consequences of an investment being deemed illegal can be severe, including the denial of substantive protections,…
Arbitration+1Soft Law in International Law: Call for Papers
6th November 2024
BIICL / SLS Workshop Call for Papers The term "soft law" may take on a variety of meanings, but in the international legal context it is generally thought of as "a convenient description for a variety of non-binding, normatively worded instruments used in contemporary international relations by states and international organizations" (Boyle, 2019). In recent decades, there has been a proliferation of declarations, resolutions, codes of conduct, action plans, guidelines and principles adopted…
International LawSanctions-Related ISDS Disputes - Issues of Jurisdiction and Merits
30th October 2024
The intersection of economic sanctions and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) has become an increasingly complex and consequential area of international law, particularly in the field of arbitration. Geopolitical events, particularly Russia's invasion of Ukraine, have brought these issues to the forefront, creating challenges for investors, states, and arbitral tribunals. On 15 October 2024, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) held a seminar on "Sanctions-Related…
Arbitration+1Shared Responsibility and Responsible Disengagement (blog series Towards New HREDD Laws)
29th October 2024
Two weeks ago, we published a study about changes in corporate practice resulting from the implementation of HREDD laws, namely the French DVL and German LkSG. This blog provides some reflections on engagement with suppliers and shared responsibility approach and on responsible disengagement. Engagement with suppliers and shared responsibility Visibility of the full value chain and gathering supplier data remains one of the more difficult and resource intensive exercises for companies,…
Business and Human RightsWorkers' Rights at the ICJ: The Upcoming Advisory Opinion on the Right to Strike
28th October 2024
Whether the right to strike is protected under international labour law has been a point of contention among the tripartite constituents of the International Labour Organization (ILO) for many years. The issue reached a fever pitch at the 101st session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in June 2012, when a group of employers' representatives interrupted usual proceedings within the Committee on the Application of Standards with a dramatic challenge to the right to strike. Not…
Human Rights and IHL+1Resilience and Rights: Navigating Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups
Event Date: 26th October 2024
EVENTS Resilience and Rights: Navigating Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Supported by: Event Details COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented global health and economic crisis, profoundly impacting every aspect of life. It led to significant economic disruptions,…
Arbitration+7Reviewing the new Product Liability Directive
Event Date: 21st October 2024
EVENTS PLF Event: Reviewing the new Product Liability Directive Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This online event will mark the signature of the new Product Liability Directive on 21 October 24 in Strasbourg. The objective of the event is to discuss the impact of the new Directive…
European Law+1Alignment with the Spirit of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (blog series Towards New HREDD Laws)
21st October 2024
Last week, we published a study about changes in corporate practice resulting from the implementation of HREDD laws, namely the French DVL and German LkSG. This blog provides some reflections on the need of harmonisation of regulation and alignment with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), on companies adopting more mature risk-based HREDD process over time, and on the balance between flexibility in the implementation of HREDD processes and legal specificity.…
Business and Human RightsThe London Conference on International Law 2024
Event Date: 17th October 2024
PARTNER EVENT The London Conference on International Law 2024 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Conference Details The London Conference on International Law is a biennial event dedicated to exploring the latest developments in international law and providing participants with the highest-level insights from…
Centre for International Law+1Corruption and foreign investments: Empirical lessons from treaties and arbitration cases
17th October 2024
Professor Yarik Kryvoi, Director of the Investment Treaty Forum, has published an article titled "Corruption and Foreign Investments: Empirical Lessons from Treaties and Arbitration Cases" in the International Journal of Constitutional Law. This article examines international investment agreements (IIAs) and how they address corruption in foreign investments. It highlights a typology of anti-corruption provisions in these treaties but points out their limited practical impact and the…
Arbitration+1Lessons from the United Nations War Crimes Commission for Contemporary Immunities Law
Event Date: 16th October 2024
EVENTS Lessons from the United Nations War Crimes Commission for Contemporary Immunities Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsor Event Details In the 1940s, the United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC) - comprised of leading experts of the day and first chaired by Sir Cecil Hurst (former President…
Courts and Tribunals+3Report Launch: Impacts of Human Rights Due Diligence Laws on Internal Corporate Practice
Event Date: 15th October 2024
EVENTS Report Launch: Impacts of Human Rights Due Diligence Laws on Internal Corporate Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Legislation imposing mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (mHREDD) are multiplying. While these laws are all based on the UN Guiding…
Business and Human Rights+1Sanctions-Related ISDS Disputes - Issues of Jurisdiction and Merits
Event Date: 15th October 2024
EVENTS ITF Event: Sanctions-Related ISDS Disputes - Issues of Jurisdiction and Merits (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Event Details In recent months, several investment treaty claims have been notified, and a few have already been initiated, based on measures taken in…
Arbitration+3Towards New Human Rights and Environment Due Diligence Laws: Reflections on Changes in Corporate Practice
15th October 2024
HREDD laws - i.e. laws that require companies to carry out a HREDD process - are already in place or in development across a growing number of countries, particularly in Europe. Alongside CSOs, increasingly, businesses are calling for 'effective' HREDD legislation. In 2017, France adopted the duty of vigilance law (DVL), the first HREDD law, and in 2023 the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) came into force. In June 2024, after more than two years of legislative journey, the…
Business and Human RightsReflections on Changes in Corporate Practice (blog series Towards New HREDD Laws)
15th October 2024
HREDD laws - i.e. laws that require companies to carry out a HREDD process - are already in place or in development across a growing number of countries, particularly in Europe. Alongside CSOs, increasingly, businesses are calling for 'effective' HREDD legislation. In 2017, France adopted the duty of vigilance law (DVL), the first HREDD law, and in 2023 the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) came into force. In June 2024, after more than two years of legislative journey, the EU adopted…
Business and Human RightsDisruptors and Small States Workshop: Call for Papers
14th October 2024
Call For Papers Disruptors take a wide range of forms and have a spectrum of impacts on States including Small States. We take an open view of disruptors as referring to anything that is causing significant change from health crises including COVID-19 to environmental disasters and the ongoing impacts of Climate Change to Artificial Intelligence and big-tech. This workshop, which will kick off this year's annual Small States Conference aims to provide a space for discussion on recent and ongoing…
Artificial Intelligence+2Short Course: Climate Change Litigation
Event Date: 10th October 2024
TRAINING Short Course: Climate Change Litigation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details Climate Change Litigation is an increasingly critical component of climate governance at the local, national, regional and global levels, exerting pressure on the executive and legislative…
Business and Human Rights+5Two new Research Fellow roles for project on International Dispute Settlement
10th October 2024
Two new Research Fellow roles for project on International Dispute Settlement We are looking to appoint two strong candidates to the post of Research Fellow to support the implementation of our work on international law and dispute settlement, particularly the practice of international courts and tribunals, as well as in areas such as the law of the sea, investment and trade law, and international human rights law. Specifically, the roles will contribute to the implementation of a project…
Courts and Tribunals+32024 HRDD Forum Annual Conference: Human Rights Due Diligence and the Future of Corporate Human Rights and Climate Change Litigation
Event Date: 9th October 2024
EVENTS 2024 HRDD Forum Annual Conference: Human Rights Due Diligence and the Future of Corporate Human Rights and Climate Change Litigation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Despite developments in laws and jurisprudence, the issue of legal liability on corporations for their…
Business and Human Rights+3Harry Weinrebe Memorial Event 2024: Judge Joan Donoghue, "Challenges and Future of International Adjudication", in conversation with Catherine Amirfar. (Hybrid)
Event Date: 3rd October 2024
EVENTS Harry Weinrebe Memorial Event 2024: Judge Joan Donoghue, "Challenges and Future of International Adjudication", in conversation with Catherine Amirfar. (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Supported by The Dorset Foundation and sponsored by Event Details The Harry Weinrebe Memorial Event 2024…
Courts and Tribunals+1Climate Change Litigation and Corporations. Comparative Perspectives in France and Europe
Event Date: 30th September 2024
EVENTS Climate Change Litigation and Corporations. Comparative Perspectives in France and Europe Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Climate change litigation is increasing worldwide. Besides states, corporations are now at the forefront. While oil and gas companies…
Business and Human Rights+5Roundtable: Human Rights in International Investment Law - Recent Developments
Event Date: 30th September 2024
EVENTS Roundtable: Human Rights in International Investment Law - Recent Developments Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The separation between international human rights law and international investment law leads to a fragmented approach, making it challenging to integrate human…
Arbitration+3Financing mechanisms in EU cooperation on migration with third countries: Monitoring impact or legitimising contested policies
26th September 2024
Introduction Over the past decade, the European Union (EU) has consistently expanded its informal cooperation on migration with third countries. Earlier this year, the EU signed €1 billion deals with Lebanon and Egypt, building on the EU-Turkey Statement adopted in March 2016 to strengthen cooperation to 'prevent irregular migration' from Turkey to Greece. This cooperation, much like recent deals, has been widely criticised by scholars and human rights organisations due…
European LawShort Course: Cyber Operations and International Law
Event Date: 26th September 2024
TRAINING Short Course: Cyber Operations and International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details Offensive cyber operations continue to draw significant attention in mainstream media and political discourse as the targeting of systems such as those relating to critical national infrastructure…
Artificial Intelligence+1Product liability, litigation funding and collective actions - redressing the balance?
Event Date: 26th September 2024
EVENTS Product liability, litigation funding and collective actions - redressing the balance? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) invites you to an international litigation evening seminar organised by its Product…
Collective Redress+2Short Course: Transitional Justice - Timing and Tools
Event Date: 25th September 2024
TRAINING Short Course: Transitional Justice - Timing and Tools Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This is an inaugural course on transitional justice at BIICL. It will approach the traditional "pillars" of transitional justice - prosecutions, truth-telling, reparations and guarantees…
Human Rights and IHL+2Short Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 25th September 2024
TRAINING Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The…
Business and Human Rights+7Judge Joan Donoghue announced as new Vice President of BIICL
25th September 2024
Today the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is delighted to welcome Judge Joan Donoghue, former President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as a Vice President of the Institute. Joan Donoghue was a Judge on the International Court of Justice from 2010 to 2024 and served as its President from 2021 to 2024. She has also served as president and member of investor-state arbitral tribunals and annulment committees and as an appointing authority. Before her…
Human Rights and IHLShort Course: Artificial Intelligence Governance
Event Date: 23rd September 2024
TRAINING Short Course: Artificial Intelligence Governance Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This course provides participants with an understanding of the legal, regulatory and ethical issues arising in the context of artificial intelligence; an awareness of the way AI and technology…
Artificial Intelligence+3Short Course: International Cultural Heritage Law
Event Date: 23rd September 2024
TRAINING Short Course: International Cultural Heritage Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This course will offer an introduction to cultural heritage as an international legal concept. It will include discussions of the key threats to cultural heritage at present, including trafficking,…
Cultural Heritage+130th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: The ‘Constitution for the Oceans’ in Light of Emerging Challenges
Event Date: 21st September 2024
EVENTS Symposium: 30th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: The 'Constitution for the Oceans' in Light of Emerging Challenges Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The International Foundation for the Law of the Sea (IFLOS), together with the…
Law of the SeaShort Course: International Migration and Refugee Law (Hybrid)
Event Date: 20th September 2024
TRAINING Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This course offers a unique overview of International Migration and Refugee Law, linking theory and practice to allow participants to gain a meaningful understanding of the…
Human Rights and IHL+3Charting the course to better EU law-making: optimisation of EU Treaties through inter-institutional cooperation with the European Committee of the Regions
19th September 2024
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) together with Milieu Consulting srl was commissioned by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) to undertake a research project on Better Regulation tools and active subsidiarity to support the policy priorities of the CoR. The report presenting the research findings has now been published by the European Committee of the Regions. In two parts, the report examines existing European Union (EU) instruments and processes…
European LawShort Course: Business and Human Rights (Hybrid)
Event Date: 19th September 2024
TRAINING Short Course: Business and Human Rights (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details Business and human rights is an area of international human rights law in continuous development at the international and national levels. On successful completion of BIICL's Business and…
Business and Human Rights+1Perspectives and Impact of Climate Change Litigation on Businesses and Banks
Event Date: 11th September 2024
EVENTS Perspectives and Impact of Climate Change Litigation on Businesses and Banks Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co Organisers Conference Details Le prospettive e l'impatto del contenzioso climatico su imprese e banche The Italian National Conference of the project "Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate…
Business and Human Rights+3A CLF 21st Anniversary Roundtable: The Future of Private Litigation and Collective Redress
Event Date: 10th September 2024
EVENTS A CLF 21st Anniversary Roundtable: The Future of Private Litigation and Collective Redress Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Competition Law Forum at BIICL invites you to join us on September 10th, 2024 for a Roundtable on the future of private litigation…
Collective Redress+3Professor Kryvoi Speaks about Corruption and Foreign Investments at UNCTAD
10th September 2024
On 10 September 2024, Prof. Yarik Kryvoi addressed the 2nd Meeting of the UNCTAD Multi-Stakeholder Platform on International Investment Agreements Reform. In his remarks, Professor Kryvoi highlighted the role of International Investment Agreements (IIAs) in combating corruption, acknowledging the growing global consensus that corruption negatively impacts society and business, including foreign investments. While some IIAs now incorporate anti-corruption standards, many treaties remain…
Investment and TradeNew Project Safeguarding Principles on Immigration Detention
6th September 2024
BIICL embarks on a new project to update our work on Rule of Law safeguarding principles for immigration detention. In 2013, BIICL published ""Immigration Detention and the Rule of Law" a series of 25 principles intended to give protection to the many migrants facing deprivation(s) of their liberty at the hands of the State exercising immigration powers. Those principles were highly influential, used by NGOs, legal representatives, and others to inform legislative debates and court proceedings.…
Migration+1New Project on Ukraine Judiciary
5th September 2024
Today we begin work on a four-year Research Project "The Dynamics of the Judiciary in Ukraine in the Context of the Rule of Law and the EU Accession Aspirations", funded by the British Academy according to Global Professorships 2023 scheme. The research will contribute to a critical study of Ukraine's judicial system from a historical (from 1991 - to date) and legal perspective. It will examine key features including judicial reforms, independence of the judiciary with the rule of law framework,…
Courts and Tribunals+2International Claims Commissions: Balancing State Responsibility and Individual Rights
5th September 2024
Image Credit: Flickr The Russian war against Ukraine highlights the profound human tragedies behind conflicts, reminding us of the crucial role international law can play in mitigating damage. Historically, post-war disputes have been addressed by specially established commissions or tribunals, with varying success. For example, the 1794 Jay Treaty between the UK and the US set up commissions for resolving merchant and ship-owner claims, one of which was more effective than the other.…
UkraineImmigration Detention and the Rule of Law
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 4th September 2024
Immigration detention remains a widely used tool of immigration management and border control across many countries and regions. Its impact on the human rights and wellbeing of migrants' is well documented. Legislative and policy developments in various countries and regions, including the United Kingdom (e.g., UK Illegal Migration Act; EU Immigration Pact) have had the direct effect of broadening the use of immigration detention and have raised further questions regarding rule of law…
Migration+1BIICL Strengthens its Links with Japan, Contributes to Climate Change Governance Project
12th August 2024
Last week, Prof. Yarik Kryvoi visited Japan as part of a major project on climate change governance, led by Prof. Tomoko Ishikawa. On 5 August, the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) hosted a roundtable at the International House of Japan chaired by Prof. Kazuto Suzuki where Professor Kryvoi delivered the main presentation comparing sanctions regimes around the world. Participants discussed sanctions policies of various states, relevant procedures, their effectiveness and…
Arbitration+2Law Goes Virtual
30th July 2024
The old is dying and the new cannot be born. BIICL announces Law Goes Virtual, a new research initiative to address emerging challenges of the Law in the virtual world, and calls for contributions to an international conference. Digital transformation and online communication have profoundly altered the nature of professional legal service delivery and the operation of justice administration institutions and processes. The market and social power of big tech is regularly challenging the authority…
Artificial IntelligenceBIICL welcomes researcher in international human rights
24th July 2024
In July, we had the honour of once again hosting Professor Adam Wiśniewski from the University of Gdańsk, where he is the Head of the Chair of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration. Professor Wiśniewski is a longstanding friend of the Institute and was at BIICL to conduct research on the legitimacy of international courts and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. This research is intended to result in a book, which will follow up on his recent leading…
Human Rights and IHLRule of Guidance?
Event Date: 22nd July 2024
EVENTS Rule of Guidance? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Rule of Guidance? Event Details Four years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, policy makers, civil society and academia are still grappling with the challenges the world faced during that time. One phenomenon which was thrown into sharp relief…
Rule of LawSummer School: Public International Law (Hybrid)
Event Date: 15th July 2024
EVENTS Summer School: Public International Law (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline Global events and legal developments continue to highlight the relevance of international law to various aspects of our lives. From dealing with climate change and environmental disasters,…
Artificial Intelligence+5Public International Law in the Courts of the United Kingdom
Event Date: 11th July 2024
IN PERSON EVENT EVENT Public International Law in the Courts of the United Kingdom Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by: Event Details International law continues to play a critical role in a wide range of cases before UK Courts. Recent developments include clarification of the rules of treaty…
Courts and TribunalsReviewing the new Product Liability Directive
Event Date: 10th July 2024
EVENTS PLF Event: Reviewing the new Product Liability Directive Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This event will discuss and assess the new Product Liability Directive, with a detailed review of the final text of the new Directive, focusing on issues such as the notion of product,…
European Law+1Inter-state communications before UN treaty bodies: time for their wider use?
3rd July 2024
Image Credit: Palais Wilson, OHCHR Geneva headquarters Developments at the international level over the past 5 years have re-ignited the relevance of a mechanism that had remained dormant for decades: inter-state communications before UN treaty bodies. Under-utilised and, consequently, under-studied, inter-state communications allow States to bring cases against other States for violations of their human rights obligations. The possibility is available, inter alia, under the International…
Human Rights and IHL+2Drivers of Forced Labour Import Bans
2nd July 2024
Earlier this year, the European Parliament approved a new regulation which will enable the EU to prohibit the sale, import and export of goods made using forced labour. This is part of a recent move from voluntary to mandatory measures to address forced labour in global supply chains. While the US has banned the importation of goods made with forced labour since 1930, section 307 of the US Tariff Act was rarely applied until 2016. More recently, in 2022, the US put in place the Uygur…
Business and Human Rights+2Summer School: Law and Technology
Event Date: 1st July 2024
EVENTS Summer School: Law and Technology Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Course Outline The British Institute of International and Comparative Law in cooperation with UNIL Lausanne and other foreign academic institutions is offering a five-day summer school focusing on Law and Technology.…
Artificial Intelligence+3Landmark protections for migrant workers in Australia
1st July 2024
Today marks the coming into force of the final component in a series of Australian legislative reforms geared towards improving protections for migrant workers. These reforms, which encompass changes to both domestic labour law and migration law, aim to tackle migrant worker exploitation by providing protection to vulnerable non-citizens pursuing claims for violations of labour rights and enforcing their workplace rights and entitlements, as well as ensuring that employers do not misuse…
Labour Rights+1Landmark protections for migrant workers in Australia
1st July 2024
Today marks the coming into force of the final component in a series of Australian legislative reforms geared towards improving protections for migrant workers. These reforms, which encompass changes to both domestic labour law and migration law, aim to tackle migrant worker exploitation by providing protection to vulnerable non-citizens pursuing claims for violations of labour rights and enforcing their workplace rights and entitlements, as well as ensuring that employers do not misuse…
Labour Rights+1Reflections on the ITLOS Advisory Opinion
27th June 2024
On 21 May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) ruled unanimously that 'pollution of the marine environment' includes anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions absorbed by the oceans, as GHG emissions have harmful effects on marine ecosystems and marine life. The ruling covers all GHG emissions introduced directly or indirectly to oceans, regardless of the emission source or proximity to the ocean. ITLOS's interpretation means that all GHG emissions constitute…
Climate Change+1Artificial Intelligence & Partnerships: AI & the DMA
Event Date: 26th June 2024
EVENTS Artificial Intelligence & Partnerships: AI & the DMA Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to bring enormous societal benefits, providing solutions to economic, political and societal challenges. The rapid development and…
Artificial Intelligence+1Young ITF-SG VYAP Event: Investor-State Mediation: The Future is Now?
Event Date: 26th June 2024
EVENTS Young ITF-SG VYAP Event: Investor-State Mediation: The Future is Now? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Will mediation become a transformative force in the investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) context, or is its potential overstated? Can mediation offer a more efficient…
Arbitration+1New Report Assesses Modern Slavery Impacts of the Nationality and Borders Act
25th June 2024
Today, BIICL announced the publication of a research report entitled: 'Assessing the Modern Slavery Impacts of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022: One Year On'. The report is the main output of a project funded by the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre and implemented by BIICL in partnership with the Human Trafficking Foundation and the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group. The project was funded by the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre…
Human Rights and IHL+2Assessing the Modern Slavery Impacts of the Nationality and Borders Act: One Year On
25th June 2024
The Nationality and Borders Act passed into law in April 2022, with most of its provisions relating to modern slavery coming into effect in January 2023. These include changes to the definition of the 'reasonable grounds' decision within the National Referral Mechanism (NRM, the national system to identify survivors of modern slavery in the UK), the introduction of a procedure to exclude people from modern slavery protections on grounds of public order and bad faith, and an altered entitlement…
Human Rights and IHL+2Short Course: Foundations of Public International Law (Hybrid)
Event Date: 24th June 2024
TRAINING Short Course: Foundations of Public International Law (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This short course provides participants with an in depth understanding of the basic tenets of public international law. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of international…
Business and Human Rights+6Combatting and Criminalizing Cartels and Corruption
Event Date: 20th June 2024
EVENTS Combatting and Criminalizing Cartels and Corruption Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Programme Details 15.00 - 16.30 Why do countries with criminal antitrust sanctions fail to incarcerate price fixers? Many jurisdictions have criminalized cartel conduct and authorized custodial sentences…
Competition LawHRDD Forum: Disengagement and Exit in Challenging Contexts: Human Rights Due Diligence Considerations
Event Date: 18th June 2024
EVENTS HRDD Forum: Disengagement and Exit in Challenging Contexts: Human Rights Due Diligence Considerations Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details In conflict-affected or other challenging contexts, business may be required to end business relationships and leave a country or…
Business and Human RightsResources Summer School Law and Technology 2025
Last Updated: 11th June 2024
Summer School Law and Technology 30 June - 4 July 2025 Resources for participants Course Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law in cooperation with UNIL Lausanne and other foreign academic institutions is offering a five-day summer school focusing on Law and Technology. The summer school is designed to offer a comprehensive overview of the diverse and fast-moving area of technologies applied in the field of law.…
Artificial Intelligence+1Recent Developments at the UNCITRAL Working Group III on Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform
10th June 2024
On 13 May 2024, BIICL brought together over 80 representatives of governments, law firms, academics and other experts to discuss the current and future implications of UNCITRAL Working Group III's (WG III) work. The event's special guest was Shane Spelliscy, Director General and Senior General Counsel at the Trade Law Bureau (Canada) and Chair of UNCITRAL Working Group III on Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform. The Work of UNCITRAL WG III Yarik Kryvoi (director of BIICL's Investment…
Arbitration+1Russian Counter Sanctions - Strategies and Solutions after UniCredit v RCA
Event Date: 6th June 2024
PARTNER EVENT Russian Counter Sanctions - Strategies and Solutions after UniCredit v RCA Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location This event is part of London International Disputes Week 2024 Event Details Following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 Russia has enacted a range of sanctions which affect…
Arbitration+1Competition Law Forum appoints New Advisory Board Chair
5th June 2024
Helen Jenkins announced as Chair of the Competition Law Forum's Advisory Board at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) The Competition Law Forum at BIICL is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Helen Jenkins as Chair of the advisory board of the Forum. Helen is a longstanding member of the Forum and will succeed Michael Hutchings who has directed the advisory board since the forum was set up in 2001. Helen will take up the role with immediate effect.…
Competition LawInternational and Comparative Law Quarterly Announces Publication of New Forum
3rd June 2024
The International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ) proudly announces the launch of the ICLQ Forum, a special issue of the journal dedicated to showcasing the breadth of topics that fall within the thematic scope of the Journal. Each Forum will focus on a single theme, allowing for in-depth analysis of its multi-faceted dimensions, diverse expert perspectives and novel approaches, stimulating new avenues for research while benefitting from the rigorous academic scrutiny and support of the…
ICLQICLQ Forum Call For Papers Out Now
3rd June 2024
Call For Papers Since the publication of the first issue of the ICLQ in 1952, the law of the sea has been a mainstay of the Journal's contributions to the wider understanding and development of international law. Reflecting the importance of the law of the sea to the ICLQ, it has been selected as the thematic focus of the inaugural ICLQ Forum , a special issue of the Journal dedicated to in-depth coverage of a single theme. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is described…
ICLQRapid-response Reflections on the ITLOS Advisory Opinion
Event Date: 30th May 2024
EVENTS Rapid-response Reflections on the ITLOS Advisory Opinion Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Webinar Details Small Island Developing Nations are seeking protection for the world's oceans from catastrophic climate change that threatens their existence. A crucial step in this effort was achieved…
Climate Change+1A Commentary on ITLOS' Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
24th May 2024
On 21 May 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) issued a unanimous advisory opinion on States' obligations to protect and preserve the world's oceans from climate change impacts, such as ocean warming, sea level rise and ocean acidification. This is the first time that an international court or tribunal has addressed States' obligations to combat climate change within the framework of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). ITLOS is…
Climate Change+1From Spoliated Art Restitution to Colonial Loot Repatriation: Lessons Learnt and Ways Forward
Event Date: 21st May 2024
EVENTS From Spoliated Art Restitution to Colonial Loot Repatriation: Lessons Learnt and Ways Forward Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This event will explore the challenges associated with the claims for the restitution of cultural heritage. Drawing from claims concerned with Nazi-looted…
Cultural Heritage+1CARICOM Project Team present to OECS Annual meeting
20th May 2024
Experts present a draft harmonised insolvency law to the annual meeting of the Attorneys-General and Chief Parliamentary Counsel of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Experts involved in the CARICOM Project to Harmonize Company and Insolvency Laws were present in Antigua on 26 April 2024 to present a draft harmonised insolvency law to the annual meeting of the Attorneys-General and Chief Parliamentary Counsel of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), hosted by…
International Law+1BIICL participate in UNESCO International Conference
17th May 2024
BIICL join the UNESCO International Conference in the Hague This week the Institute's Dorset Senior Fellow and Director of the Centre for International Law, Kristin Hausler, took part in the UNESCO International Conference 'Cultural Heritage and Peace: Building on 70 years of The Hague Convention', which was hosted by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in The Hague from the 13th to the 15th of May. The Hague Convention for the protection of cultural property in situations of armed conflict was…
Cultural HeritageFinal Report of the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers
15th May 2024
Summary The Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers was established in October 2022 and is chaired by the Rt. Hon. Sir Jack Beatson FBA, formerly a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, who has worked alongside 12 Commissioners with backgrounds in law, public health and other areas of parliamentary governance and public policy. The Commission was supported by a research team from the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law which served as its secretariat.…
COVID-19+1Launch of the Final Report of the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers
Event Date: 15th May 2024
EVENTS Launch of the Final Report of the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This event will mark the launch of the Final Report of the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers. The Commission is chaired by the Rt.…
COVID-19+1Roundtable on UNCITRAL Working Group III: Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform
Event Date: 13th May 2024
EVENTS Roundtable on UNCITRAL Working Group III: Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details UNCITRAL Working Group III is one of the six working groups established by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).…
Arbitration+1Extra Time or Penalties? The Future Shape of the Sports/Competition Law Relationship
Event Date: 3rd May 2024
EVENTS Extra Time or Penalties? The Future Shape of the Sports/Competition Law Relationship Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The arrival of significant new sources of sports club and league sponsorship and ownership is spreading across the world of sports. At the same time new configurations…
Competition Law+1AI Dependencies and Cultures of Convenience - AI in Warfare Case study
Event Date: 29th April 2024
EVENTS AI Dependencies and Cultures of Convenience - AI in Warfare Case Study Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is collaborating with Professor Mark Findlay on a series of webinars on 'Law and Change'. Law and Change is…
Artificial Intelligence+3ICLQ Annual Lecture 2024: Non-Forcible Measures and the Law of Self-Defence
Event Date: 29th April 2024
EVENTS ICLQ Annual Lecture 2024: Non-Forcible Measures and the Law of Self-Defence (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details This year's ICLQ Annual Lecture will be given by Professor Russell Buchan of the University of Reading, based on his article 'Non-Forcible Measures and the…
Human Rights and IHL+1BIICL publishes report to help with the post-conflict economic recovery of Ukraine
26th April 2024
'Unlocking Investment in Ukraine' - "an important and valuable contribution to the rule of law and a successful economy in Ukraine." BIICL Roundtable attended by The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt Hon. Alex Chalk KC MP and the Ukrainian Minister of Justice, Denys Maliuska. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in collaboration with the UK Ministry of Justice (MOJ), has this week published its report 'Unlocking Investment in Ukraine' …
UkraineThe EU sanctions against Russia and their imposition on family members of designated persons – second-best solutions on the way to first-best goals
25th April 2024
The Russian aggression against Ukraine, which started in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and became a full-out war with the attack on the rest of the Ukrainian territory as of 24 February 2022, has unleashed a series of reactions by many members of the international community. Alongside active help for Ukraine, a second set of measures has proved to be essential in the attempts by the EU to react to this egregious attack against the international and European peace order. This is the sanctions…
European Law+2Short Course: War in Ukraine in Context: History, Politics and Law
Event Date: 25th April 2024
TRAINING Short Course: War in Ukraine in Context: History, Politics and Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details The course offers interdisciplinary overview of prerequisites, current trends and future scenarios of the War in Ukraine. The course will enable participants to understand…
Human Rights and IHL+1Roundtable: Unlocking Investment in Ukraine (hybrid)
Event Date: 24th April 2024
EVENTS Roundtable: Unlocking Investment in Ukraine Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The aim of the project ''Unlocking Investment in Ukraine - UK Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and the British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL)' is to inform key stakeholders on the advantages…
UkraineUnlocking Investment in Ukraine
24th April 2024
This report was commissioned by the United Kingdom Ministry of Justice in relation to the international effort to support recovery in Ukraine. It is intended to identify potential justice and legal system reforms that will encourage foreign investment into Ukraine and contribute to its recovery. Project Report The report was launched at a Roundtable on 24th April Read the Report (Ukranian) Over the past decade, Ukraine has undergone significant judicial reform aimed…
UkraineSummer Schools
Last Updated: 22nd April 2024
International Law Summer Schools Study at a world-leading institute for international and comparative law The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) summer schools offer an unparalleled opportunity for you to expand your legal knowledge and also forge valuable connections. Hosted in our central London office, at the heart of London's energetic and multicultural legal network, Summer schools at BIICL provide an opportunity…
TrainingForty-First ITF Public Conference: Contracts with States in International Investment Law
Event Date: 19th April 2024
EVENTS Forty-First ITF Public Conference: Contracts with States in International Investment Law (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner: Event Details When the ICSID Convention was drafted the prevailing view was that most investor-state disputes would arise out of contracts. However,…
Arbitration+1EU Common Security and Defence Policy - International/Regional Security: Can Ukraine be a Part of It?
Event Date: 16th April 2024
EVENTS EU Common Security and Defence Policy - International/Regional Security: Can Ukraine be a Part of It? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location International Roundtable Discussion Moderator Oksana Holovko-Havrysheva, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, head of the Jean Monnet Center…
European Law+1Shaping the Future of Law and Policy with the Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation
15th April 2024
There remains an enormous gap between the action needed to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and the mitigation and adaptation measures that are actually being implemented by States. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) findings are unequivocal: anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions cause climate change and continue to increase, intensifying extreme weather events such as floods, droughts and heat waves, and harmful consequences including the melting of certain…
Climate Change+1The Rules-Based International Order: Catalyst or Hurdle for International Law?
11th April 2024
The increased use and references to the "rules-based international order" (RBIO) in political statements and declarations prompt questions about the meaning and scope of this concept. The RBIO can be a good thing, as it rests on desirable common values, such as multilateralism, peace, development, human rights. However, due to different understandings of the concept and its content, there is not always clarity on what proponents mean when they refer to the concept, and what we as 'consumers'…
Human Rights and IHL+32024 ASIL Annual Meeting
Event Date: 3rd April 2024
EVENTS 2024 ASIL Annual Meeting Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The ASIL Annual Meeting will interrogate the role of international law in such an interdependent world. Progressive, critical, and classical analyses have some purchase. Has international law actually contributed to human connectedness…
Human Rights and IHL+1The Rules-Based International Order: Catalyst or Hurdle for International Law?
31st March 2024
The increased use and references to the "rules-based international order" (RBIO) in political statements and declarations prompts questions about the meaning and scope of this concept. The RBIO can be a good thing, as it rests on desirable common values, such as multilateralism, peace, development, human rights. However, due to different understandings of the concept and its content, there is not always clarity on what proponents mean when they refer to the concept, and what we as 'consumers'…
Human Rights and IHL+2Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics: National Reports
27th March 2024
More than 2000 climate change litigation cases have been filed globally. Whilst the majority of these cases have been filed against States, climate change-related cases have also been filed against private actors, mostly fossil fuel and cement companies, major greenhouse gas emitters. Whilst there is a growing body of work analysing climate litigation from a comparative perspective, analysis of the peculiarities of cases involving corporate players has yet to receive the same rigorous…
Business and Human Rights+3Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation Launched
27th March 2024
Today BIICL launched the Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation in a high-profile event in London, marking a transformative phase in the realm of environmental and corporate accountability. The event was introduced by The Rt. Hon. the Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury (former President of the UK Supreme Court and President of BIICL). Lord Neuberger spoke of the importance of the Toolbox in helping to close the 'big gap between what people know or feel should be done…
Climate Change+1Public Launch of the Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation
Event Date: 27th March 2024
EVENTS Public Launch of the Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The purpose of BIICL's Global Toolbox on Corporate Climate Litigation (the "Toolbox") is to make corporate climate litigation speedier, more efficient, more…
Business and Human Rights+4A Rules-Based International Order: Benefits and Challenges
Event Date: 18th March 2024
EVENTS A Rules-Based International Order: Benefits and Challenges (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The concept of 'rules-based international order' (RBIO) refers to a system in which countries adhere to established norms, treaties, and agreements to govern their…
Climate Change+3Reflections on the South Africa v. Israel Case at the International Court of Justice
15th March 2024
On 29 December 2023, South Africa filed an application instituting proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Oral hearings were held on 11 and 12 January 2024, and the Court delivered its Order on the Request for the indication of provisional measures on 26 January. BIICL…
Courts and Tribunals+2Impacts of human rights due diligence laws on internal corporate practice (Roundtable)
Event Date: 13th March 2024
EVENTS Impacts of human rights due diligence laws on internal corporate practice (Roundtable) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Since September 2023, with a grant by the Laudes Foundation, BIICL has been carrying out a project aimed at producing evidence of internal corporate…
Business and Human RightsHRDD Forum: The future of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due diligence Directive - different possible scenarios
Event Date: 12th March 2024
EVENTS HRDD Forum: The future of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due diligence Directive - different possible scenarios Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On 14th December 2023, the European Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the Corporate…
Business and Human Rights+1Combatting Forced Labor in Cuban Medical Missions
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 5th March 2024
Around 400,000 Cuban healthcare professionals are estimated to have been sent abroad to provide medical assistance during short-term health crises, natural disasters, and more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic (Granma, 2020), as part of the Cuban government's Foreign Medical Missions (CFMM) programme. Since its inception in 1962, the programme, which has been described as "a global exercise in soft power", has placed medical professionals in over 164 countries across Latin America and the…
Human Rights and IHL+1Short Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution
Last Updated: 4th March 2024
Short Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution Share LinksCourse Outline Cross-border dispute resolution is a part of the practice of almost every commercial lawyer and knowledge in this area is essential. Specialised skills are required to manoeuvre through the complex substantive and procedural issues when multiple jurisdictions are involved. Led by BIICL and UNIL researchers, the course includes tutors from academia and practicing lawyers who offer a wide range of experience…
International LitigationConstitutional Reform in the UK: A Conference on the Brown Commission Report (Part Two)
Event Date: 1st March 2024
EVENTS Constitutional Reform in the UK: A Conference on the Brown Commission Report (Part Two) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Conference Details At the end of 2022, the Brown Commission published its final report, 'A New Britain: Renewing our Democracy and Rebuilding our Economy: Report…
Rule of LawMapping Third Party Litigation Funding in the European Union
Eva Lein | 1st March 2024
Study for the European Commission on Mapping Third Party Litigation Funding (TPLF) in the European Union On 13 September 2022, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on responsible private funding of litigation which called the Commission to propose legislation that would regulate TPLF in the EU. The Commission, in its response to the resolution, committed to carry out a mapping study that would take stock of the situation in the EU. The British Institute of International…
Centre for Comparative Law+2BIICL hosts discussion of Article 102 TFEU in Brussels
26th February 2024
On Thursday 22nd of February, the Competition Law Forum held a lively discussion in Brussels focusing on the forthcoming guidelines on exclusionary abuses under Article 102 TFEU. Following the roundtable here are some key takeaways from the discussion The purpose of guidelines is to codify case law and create transparency. The Commission was urged to be honest in its interpretation of the case law. For example, it should not read too much into the reference to 'object infringement'…
Competition Law+1The Future of Article 102 TFEU
Event Date: 22nd February 2024
EVENTS The Future of Article 102 TFEU Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The European Commission has announced that it will replace its enforcement priorities for exclusionary abuses under Article 102 TFEU with substantive guidelines. This Roundtable discussion will consider…
Competition LawCharting the course to better EU law-making: optimisation of EU Treaties through inter-institutional cooperation with the European Committee of the Regions
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 12th February 2024
Research project on better regulation tools and active subsidiarity to support the policy priorities of the European Committee of the Regions. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) (together with Milieu Consulting srl) has been commissioned by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) to undertake a project that gathers and analyses data on the impact and quality of better regulation tools, as well as exploring arguments for and approaches to a stronger…
European LawRapid Response Webinar: Reflections on the South Africa v. Israel Case at the International Court of Justice
Event Date: 9th February 2024
EVENTS Rapid Response Webinar: Reflections on the South Africa v. Israel Case at the International Court of Justice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On 29 December 2023, South Africa filed an application instituting proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice…
Courts and TribunalsBIICL/IADC Meeting: Mass Torts and Emerging Risks - European and US Perspectives
Event Date: 7th February 2024
EVENTS BIICL/IADC Meeting: Mass Torts and Emerging Risks - European and US Perspectives Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by the IADC and the BIICL Product Liability Forum Event Details This in-person event will be bring together European experts to take a look at developments in products…
Collective Redress+1New Report examines Modern Slavery Referrals in the UK
7th February 2024
Report examines the identification of adults with lived experience of modern slavery in the UK Today BIICL publishes the report of its project Identification of adults with lived experience of modern slavery in the UK which examines the formal procedure for identifying adults with lived experience of modern slavery in the United Kingdom. The research focuses on three main areas: 1) identification related training provided to First Responder Organisations, 2) qualitative and…
Labour Rights+2Identification of adults with lived experience of modern slavery in the UK
7th February 2024
This report outlines the findings of a project that examined the formal procedure for identifying adults with lived experience of modern slavery in the United Kingdom The report focuses on three main areas: 1) identification related training provided to First Responder Organisations; 2) qualitative and quantitative data related to the National Referral Mechanism and 3) qualitative and quantitative data related to the Duty to Notify. In particular, the project undertook a first-of-its…
Labour Rights+1Basel Winter Arbitration School 2024
Event Date: 5th February 2024
EVENTS Basel Winter Arbitration School 2024 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Basel Winter Arbitration School 2024 Event Details The Basel Winter Arbitration School will take place on 5-9 February 2024 at the Law Faculty of the University of Basel in Switzerland. It will also be possible…
Arbitration+2ICLQ Early Career Prize Winner Announced
5th February 2024
Dr Lewis Graham named 2023 Early Career Prize Winner The International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ) is delighted to announce Dr Lewis Graham of Wadham College, Oxford, as the recipient of the 2023 ICLQ Early Career Prize. This prestigious accolade recognizes his outstanding article, 'Liberty and its Exceptions,' featured in Volume 72 Issue 2 of the Journal. The article is Open Access and can be accessed here The ICLQ Early Career Prize, sponsored by our publisher Cambridge…
ICLQAttracting Global Skills and Talents to EU’s cities and regions
2nd February 2024
European Union (EU) member States have diverse qualifications and education systems, which are a primary competence of member States. Understanding those systems and the factors that contribute to the effective recognition of qualifications of migrants is an important first step to identifying strategies to more effectively connect the needs of European economies and the set of skills that migrant workers have to offer. EU institutions acknowledge the potential of these systems to attract…
European Law+2Publication: Protection and Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups: European and Asian Approac
1st February 2024
Forthcoming: Protection and Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups: European and Asian Approaches (Edward Edgar Publishing) As part of the ongoing JSPS-UKRI funded project on the Covid-19 pandemic's effect on vulnerable individuals and groups, Protection and Post-Pandemic Recovery for Vulnerable Groups: European and Asian Approaches will be published in 2024. Co-edited by Professors Eva Lein & Yuko Nishitani, the volume draws on a wide range of different sectors, and contributions…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Tackling Climate Change Through Private Law: Comparative Insights and Prospects
Event Date: 31st January 2024
EVENTS Tackling Climate Change Through Private Law: Comparative Insights and Prospects Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Climate change is currently the most important "super-wicked" problem faced by humankind, considering that time is running out, there is no central authority to…
Business and Human Rights+3Global Sustainability
Event Date: 25th January 2024
EVENTS Global Sustainability Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details Companies across the globe are making major changes to their business models to meet Net Zero and other environmental and social goals. However, despite growing public consensus about the need for the private sector…
Climate Change+1Empirical Study: Tax-related Measures in Investor-State Arbitration
25th January 2024
BIICL and WilmerHale are delighted to launch our study on Tax-related Measures in Investor-State Arbitration. In contrast to the existing literature, the authors have taken an empirical approach to assess various aspects of tax-related disputes: the geographic origins of claimants and respondent States, the economic sectors involved, the types of measures challenged, and the likelihood of success, among others. Much of this report presents the findings of an empirical analysis of…
Arbitration+1BIICL publishes new study on taxation measures in investment disputes
25th January 2024
BIICL and WilmerHale are delighted to launch our study on Tax-related Measures in Investor-State Arbitration Co-authored by Professor Yarik Kryvoi of the Investment Treaty Forum (ITF) at BIICL and Danielle Morris, Sam Winter-Barker and Tunç Savaş of WilmerHale, this study presents the findings of our empirical analysis of 70 investor-State treaty disputes and 21 contractual tax-related disputes. In additional to painting a bigger picture of tax-related disputes and identifying…
Arbitration+1New study on performance requirement prohibitions in international investment agreements
22nd January 2024
BIICL and Steptoe International (UK) LLP are pleased to present our first comprehensive empirical study of Performance Requirement Prohibitions (PRPs) in International Investment Agreements (IIAs) This study examines over 500 IIAs signed by six States (the United States, Canada, India, France, Australia, and Chile) from the early 1960s to date. This subject matter is both relevant and topical, as many States have turned back the clock and renewed their use of performance requirements as economic…
Arbitration+1Empirical Study: Performance Requirement Prohibitions in International Investment Agreements
22nd January 2024
BIICL and Steptoe International (UK) LLP are pleased to present our first comprehensive empirical study of Performance Requirement Prohibitions (PRPs) in International Investment Agreements (IIAs), This study examines over 500 IIAs signed by six States (the United States, Canada, India, France, Australia, and Chile) from the early 1960s to date. This subject matter is both relevant and topical, as many States have turned back the clock and renewed their use of performance requirements…
Arbitration+1Performance Requirement Prohibitions in International Investment Agreements
Event Date: 18th January 2024
EVENTS Performance Requirement Prohibitions in International Investment Agreements Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details BIICL and Steptoe International (UK) LLP are delighted to present our empirical study on performance requirement prohibitions…
Arbitration+1New, independent member sought for BIICL Finance & Audit Committee
15th January 2024
BIICL is seeking to appoint a new, independent member to our Finance & Audit Committee for an initial term of office of 3 years (with the possibility of renewal for a second, consecutive term). It is expected that the successful applicant will have recent and relevant experience and expertise in finance, audit or other appropriate areas. Some understanding of legal, research and charity environments would also be desirable. This is a voluntary, unremunerated position. Further details and…
GovernanceHuman rights in global supply chains: Measuring the effectiveness of home state regulatory models on corporate behaviour
Irene Pietropaoli | 11th January 2024
This project is funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)'s Arts and Humanity Research Council (AHRC) in collaboration with the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of its UK-German research partnership investment. Since the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in 2011, various national legislative developments are being aimed at turning the voluntary UNGPs into binding legal obligations for corporate human rights impacts within global supply…
Business and Human Rights+2ICLQ Announces new board members
10th January 2024
The International and Comparative Law Quarterly Welcomes New Members to the Editorial Board With ever-increasing numbers of submissions in diverse areas of international law, the ICLQ recently recruited two new members to join its Editorial Board. We are delighted to announce that Professor Richard Barnes and Dr Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne have been appointed with effect from January 2024. Richard is Professor of International Law at the University of Lincoln. He is also Adjunct Professor of Law…
ICLQBenefits of the Rules-Based International Order?
Julinda Beqiraj | 3rd January 2024
BIICL has undertaken a research project discussing the possible benefits of the Rules-Based International Order (RBIO). The concept of 'rules-based international order' (RBIO) refers to a system in which countries adhere to established norms, treaties, and agreements to govern their interactions. It seeks to establish a fair, just, open, and predictable system of governance on the global stage. In regions often characterized by diverse cultures, histories, and socio-economic challenges,…
Human Rights and IHL+2The Impact of Sanctions on International Arbitration – Key Issues
15th December 2023
On 4 July 2023, BIICL organised a roundtable discussion on the Impact of Sanctions on International Arbitration hosted by Latham & Watkins in London. The imposition of sanctions on Russia has created numerous disputes, including disputes related to performance of contracts which contain international arbitration clauses. This has led to legal tension between legal obligations derived from U.S., EU, UK and other sanctions regimes which come into conflict with Russian counter-sanctions…
Arbitration+1Modern slavery impact of the Nationality and Borders Act
Noemi Magugliani | 14th December 2023
Research project analysing the impact of the UK Nationality and Borders Act's modern slavery provisions on survivors. A research project led by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), in collaboration with the Human Trafficking Foundation (HTF) and the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG), is investigating the impacts of the UK Nationality and Borders Act (NABA) on the identification and wellbeing of people with lived experience of modern slavery…
Migration+1Tax-related Measures in Investor-State Arbitration
Event Date: 7th December 2023
EVENTS Tax-related Measures in Investor-State Arbitration Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details The right to tax constitutes a core attribute of State sovereignty. As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. said, "Taxes are the price we pay for civilization." However,…
Arbitration+2Human Rights Due Diligence in Contracts
Event Date: 5th December 2023
EVENTS HRDD Forum: Human Rights Due Diligence in Contracts Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This discussion will focus on the role of contractual provisions in human rights due diligence. Almost three years after our previous event on the same topic, intervening developments…
Business and Human Rights+1Human trafficking and the rights of trafficked persons
5th December 2023
A new report has been published by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and the International Bar Association (IBA) on human trafficking and the application of the non-punishment principle - a tenet that states 'trafficked persons should not be subject to arrest, charge, detention, prosecution, or be penalised or otherwise punished for illegal conduct that they committed as a direct consequence of being trafficked.' The principle was established…
MigrationShort Course: Business and Human Rights (Hybrid)
Event Date: 4th December 2023
TRAINING Short Course: Business and Human Rights (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Business and human rights is an area of international human rights law in continuous development at the international and national levels. On successful completion of BIICL's Business and…
Business and Human Rights+1BIICL receives donation from DuckDuckGo
1st December 2023
BIICL is delighted to be included once again in the list of organisations receiving donations from DuckDuckGo in recognition of the work of our Competition Law Forum. The donation is a recognition that the forum is a centre of excellence for European competition and antitrust policy. 2023 marks DuckDuckGo's thirteenth year of donations designed to support organizations that share the vision of raising the standard of trust online. Anouncing the donations for 2024 DuckDuckGo commented: "This…
Competition LawCLF 21st Anniversary Roundtable and Reception: Taking Stock - Looking Forward
Event Date: 30th November 2023
EVENTS 21st Anniversary Celebration: Taking Stock - Looking Forward Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Competition Law Forum at BIICL invites members to celebrate the 21st Anniversary of the Forum. The event is an opportunity to 'take stock' of developments in competition law, economics…
Competition LawShort Course: Law of the Sea (Hybrid)
Event Date: 30th November 2023
EVENTS Short Course: Law of the Sea (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This highly-acclaimed course provides an insightful overview of the international law of the sea and the pressing challenges confronting the world's oceans and seas. Led by experts from both academia and practice,…
Law of the Sea+1Short Course: Climate Change Law (Hybrid)
Event Date: 27th November 2023
TRAINING Short Course: Climate Change Law (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This course offers a comprehensive overview of climate change law and the legal responses to the current climate crisis. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of scholars and practitioners, the…
Climate Change+2Competition Law Forum hosts the 5th annual tech antitrust roundtable with Linklaters
24th November 2023
On 20th November, the Competition Law Forum and Linklaters hosted a roundtable discussion with the European Commission, CMA, Ofcom, FCA, DRCF and leading economists and lawyers. The discussion included (i) the evolving landscape of platform regulation in the EU and the role of economics in enforcement of the new regime; and (ii) innovation and contestability in digital markets. The session was held under Chatham House rules so none of the content is attributed to anyone individual. Below…
Competition LawUse and Abuse of Nationality in International Arbitration (Hybrid)
Event Date: 21st November 2023
EVENTS Use and Abuse of Nationality in International Arbitration (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details In some areas of international law, the "nationality" of a legal or natural person determines the protections or benefits for which that person is…
Arbitration+25th Annual BIICL/Linklaters Tech Antitrust Roundtable
Event Date: 20th November 2023
EVENTS 5th Annual BIICL/Linklaters Tech Antitrust Roundtable Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Event Details Digital markets remain top of the agenda for antitrust authorities and we are continuing to see the regulatory response taking shape across Europe and beyond. For the last four years…
Artificial Intelligence+1Non-State Actors in International Law: Annual BIICL/SLS Workshop
Event Date: 20th November 2023
EVENTS Non-State Actors in International Law: Annual BIICL/SLS Workshop Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: BIICL/ SLS Workshop 2023: Non-State Actors in International Law Whilst international law remains very much 'State based' in that its core subjects are States themselves, individuals,…
Human Rights and IHL+1Small States and Access to Justice
Event Date: 15th November 2023
EVENTS Small States and Access to Justice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, and the Institute of Small and Micro States (ISMS) are delighted…
Artificial Intelligence+4Project Activities: Rescuing Intellectual Property Rights in Pandemic Emergencies from the "Tragedy
Last Updated: 14th November 2023
Project Activities Rescuing Intellectual Property Rights in Pandemic Emergencies from the"Tragedy of Anticommons Kobe Conference: 27-28 October 2022 Kobe University hosted a two-day conference centred on pandemic preparedness and response through the lens of international and comparative law. The agenda included WHO Law, Japanese pharmaceutical and patent law, intellectual property mediation law, and disaster law. A key focus was the concept of the "Tragedy of…
Comparative Law+3Young ITF Debate: This house believes that states rather than tribunals are responsible for the failure to give sufficient weight to environmental concerns
Event Date: 14th November 2023
EVENTS Young ITF Debate: This house believes that states rather than tribunals are responsible for the failure to give sufficient weight to environmental concerns Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details In the wake of the climate crisis, States are increasingly reconsidering whether their…
Arbitration+3Where now for Product Liability in the UK
Event Date: 14th November 2023
EVENTS Where now for Product Liability in the UK? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This event is organised in conjunction with the Law Commission of England of Wales, with the objective of examining the way forward for Product Liability in the UK. The Law Commission is currently…
Product Liability LawCultural Heritage & Climate Change in the Pacific Region
Event Date: 13th November 2023
EVENTS Cultural Heritage & Climate Change in the Pacific Region Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Australia) is pleased to host a webinar in cooperation with the Institute of Small and Micro States (ISMS) and the British Institute for International…
Climate Change+2Fortieth ITF Public Conference: Territory in International Investment Law
Event Date: 10th November 2023
EVENTS Fortieth ITF Public Conference: Territory in International Investment Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner Event Details In international investment law, the term "territory" generally refers to the geographical area under the sovereign control of a state. It encompasses…
Arbitration+1Competition Policy 2023
Event Date: 9th November 2023
EVENTS Competition Policy 2023 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised by Event Details Back to the future for competition policy The frontiers of competition policy are rapidly expanding driven by deglobalization, inflation, the rise of big tech and the green transition. As competition authorities…
Competition LawResources Short Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution - Autumn 24 - removed
Last Updated: 8th November 2023
Short Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution 14- 15 November 2024 Resources for participants Course Details Cross-border dispute resolution is a part of the practice of almost every commercial lawyer and knowledge in this area is essential. Specialised skills are required to manoeuvre through the complex substantive and procedural issues when multiple jurisdictions are involved. Led by BIICL and UNIL researchers, UK based academics and practitioners,…
Centre for Comparative LawArtificial Intelligence and the practice of investor-state arbitration
8th November 2023
In this blog post, I explain various ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) can be used in investor-state arbitration and the challenges it poses for practitioners and policymakers. I also give examples of specific AI tools, increasingly used by ISDS practitioners and policy-makers and highlight several data-driven studies conducted at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Artificial intelligence and its potential in international arbitration According to the…
Arbitration+2Annual Grotius Lecture 2023: Immunity and International Criminal Tribunals
Event Date: 6th November 2023
EVENTS Annual Grotius Lecture 2023: Immunity and International Criminal Tribunals Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Speaker: Judge Joanna Korner CMG KC, International Criminal Court Chair: Professor Philippa Webb, King's College London We are delighted to announce that Judge…
Courts and Tribunals+3Centre For Comparative Law Newsletter 2023
6th November 2023
The Centre for Comparative Law has published its autumn newsletter Topics Include Law and Change webinars focus on the impact of artificial intelligence on legal services Protection and Recovery for Vulnerable Groups, Post-Pandemic - European and Asian Approaches Events at the Centre for Comparative Law Training organised by the Centre Read the newsletter
Centre for Comparative LawShort Course: War in Ukraine in Context
Last Updated: 3rd November 2023
Short Course: War in Ukraine in Context: History, Politics and Law Share LinksCourse Outline The course offers interdisciplinary overview of prerequisites, current trends and future scenarios of the War in Ukraine. The course will enable participants to understand the reasons of the conflict and to find political and legal solutions to combat its consequences and to restore trust in international law and justice. Over the course of five sessions, participants will gain knowledge…
UkraineShort Course: Cyber Operations and International Law
Last Updated: 3rd November 2023
Short Course: Cyber Operations and International Law Share LinksCourse Outline Offensive cyber operations continue to draw significant attention in mainstream media and political discourse as the targeting of systems such as those relating to critical national infrastructure remain a major concern for states and the private sector alike. This course is designed to tackle the most pressing questions and issues relating to the application of international law to cyberspace by…
Artificial IntelligenceShort Course: International Trade Law
Last Updated: 3rd November 2023
Short Course: International Trade Law Share LinksCourse Outline This training course in International Trade Law offers an in-depth, dynamic and applied knowledge of the regulatory framework of the multilateral trading system, and of the complex interplay between trade and other general public interests, such as public health, environmental protection, human rights, labour standards, development, investment etc. After providing a general overview of the institutional and substantive…
Investment and TradeShort Course: Climate Change Litigation
Last Updated: 2nd November 2023
Short Course: Climate Change Litigation Share LinksCourse Outline Climate Change Litigation is an increasingly critical component of climate governance at the local, national, regional and global levels, exerting pressure on the executive and legislative branches of government to act on the climate change issues. At the same time, climate change-related cases have also been filed against private actors, mostly fossil fuel and cement companies, which are major greenhouse gas…
Climate Change+1Short Course: Artificial Intelligence Governance
Last Updated: 2nd November 2023
Short Course: Artificial Intelligence Governance Share LinksCourse Outline This course provides participants with an understanding of the legal, regulatory and ethical issues arising in the context of Artificial Intelligence (AI); an awareness of the way AI and technology operates in the legal sphere, with particular interest in the changing domain of legal service delivery and an understanding of the way in which AI is governed and regulated in a comparative perspective.…
Artificial IntelligenceShort Course: Energy Law
Last Updated: 2nd November 2023
Short Course: Energy Law Share LinksCourse Outline This training course provides a deep introduction to the solutions and challenges of energy law. This is particularly timely given the ongoing energy crisis facing households, the climate change energy transition crisis, the many pollution crises that result from energy-related disasters and energy justice more broadly. Taught by distinguished team of experts from academia, leading law firms, and industry, the course provides…
Climate Change+3Short Course: International Labour Law
Last Updated: 2nd November 2023
Short Course: International Labour Law Share LinksCourse Outline Labour Law is a constantly evolving field of law and one which has a direct impact on governments, businesses, civil society organisations and workers. It influences the way in which governments design and enforce their labour laws and policies. It also establishes standards which are relevant for businesses, and it provides workers and workers' associations with mechanisms for protection. This course is designed…
Labour RightsShort Course: Business and Human Rights
Last Updated: 2nd November 2023
Short Course: Business and Human Rights Share LinksCourse Outline This course provides participants with an appreciation of the human rights impacts of business activities; an awareness of the core concepts and principles established by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and an understanding of corporate human rights due diligence requirements. The course builds on developments at the international, regional, and national levels. By the end of the…
Business and Human RightsShort Course: International Migration and Refugee Law
Last Updated: 2nd November 2023
Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law Share LinksCourse Outline This course offers a unique overview of International Migration and Refugee Law, linking theory and practice to allow participants to gain a meaningful understanding of the law and of the challenges in its implementation. The course is designed to provide participants with a working knowledge of the main legal frameworks, concepts, and actors in the field of International Migration and Refugee…
MigrationBeyond theoretical differences on international law: Identifying common ground among states on unlawful behaviour in cyberspace
Jack Kenny | 2nd November 2023
In November 2023, BIICL started a new project entitled 'Beyond theoretical differences on international law: Identifying common ground among states on unlawful behaviour in cyberspace'. The project seeks to carry out research related to underlying normative issues that have a direct impact on the debate among states over the application of international law to state cyber operations. The project will attempt to move beyond theoretical disagreements over the existence and application of…
Artificial Intelligence+2Short Course: International Cultural Heritage
Last Updated: 1st November 2023
Short Course: International Cultural Heritage Share LinksCourse Outline This course will offer an introduction to cultural heritage as an international legal concept. It will include discussions of the key threats to cultural heritage at present, including trafficking, armed conflicts, and development. In doing so, it will also cover international instruments that have been adopted over the past decades to protect cultural heritage. Finally, the course will conclude with…
Cultural Heritage+1Short Course: Climate Change Law
Last Updated: 27th October 2023
Short Course: Climate Change Law Share LinksCourse Outline This short course offers a comprehensive overview of climate change law and the legal responses to the current climate crisis. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of scholars and practitioners, the course is designed to provide participants with a working knowledge of the relevant legal frameworks as well as to enhance their understanding of the way climate change impacts other areas of international law including…
Climate Change+2Short Course: Law of the Sea
Last Updated: 25th October 2023
Short Course: Law of the Sea Share LinksCourse Outline This course provides an insightful overview of the international law of the sea and the pressing challenges confronting the world's oceans and seas. Led by experts from both academia and practice, participants will gain a robust working understanding of the main sources of the law of the sea, including treaties, customary law, and judicial practice. These components are examined in various contexts, from marine environment…
Law of the Sea+1Short Course: International Labour Law
Event Date: 24th October 2023
TRAINING Short Course: International Labour Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline International Labour Law is a constantly evolving field of law and one which has a direct impact on governments, businesses, civil society organisations and workers. It influences the way in which…
Business and Human Rights+3Pathogen Sharing and International Law: The Search for Equity Under the Pandemic Treaty
24th October 2023
On 19 July 2023, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) organised an event titled "Pathogen Sharing and International Law: The Search for Equity Under the Pandemic Treaty". The discussion was chaired by Dr Stephanie Switzer, University of Strathclyde. The panel speakers were Prof Gian Luca Burci, Geneva Graduate Institute, Prof Elisa Morgera, University of Strathclyde, One Ocean Hub, Dr Mark Eccleston-Turner, King's College London, Dr Michelle Rourke, Law Futures…
COVID-19BIICL and ISMS contribute to Deposit Insurance Scheme
19th October 2023
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and the Institute for Small and Micro States (ISMS) contributed to the development of a Deposit Insurance Regime in the OECS Dr Nicole Pierce, Associate Researcher at BIICL and International Trade Law academic at Goldsmith's Department of Law, University of London, has successfully led an eclectic team of international experts in the review of the Draft Deposit Insurance Model Bill which was produced by the Eastern Caribbean…
Centre for International LawProtection and recovery for vulnerable groups, post pandemic: European and Asian approaches
Event Date: 18th October 2023
EVENTS Protection and recovery for vulnerable groups, post pandemic: European and Asian approaches Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details In the post-pandemic era, business and human rights protection underwent significant shifts. Global supply chain disruptions exposed the need for greater…
Artificial Intelligence+3Law and Change
Mark Findlay | 18th October 2023
BIICL Centre for Comparative Law is collaborating with Professor Mark Findlay (Honorary Senior Fellow, BIICL; former Director of SMU Centre for AI and Data Governance) on a series of webinars on 'Law and Change'. 'Law and Change' is a series designed to discuss how global crises are changing law and how law and legal services can assist in the orderly management of global change. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is touted as the remedy for many of the economic, social, political…
Artificial Intelligence+3Rapid Response Event: “Trial of the Century”: USA vs Google
Event Date: 17th October 2023
EVENTS Rapid Response Event: "Trial of the Century": USA vs Google Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Webinar Details US vs Google had been hailed "the Trial of the Century": Google meeting the force of US federal and State prosecutors for the first time. It should have been on a par with the…
Competition LawUse of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice
17th October 2023
Advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies has led to changes in the way we carry out personal and work activities. The legal profession is no exception to this transformation. The use of smart virtual assistants and other types of AI tools is raising questions that are reshaping the legal profession. This brief describes the different ways AI can be embedded in the legal practice to assist the work of lawyers and other legal professionals. It provides examples of current…
Artificial IntelligenceHomelessness and Human Rights
Event Date: 16th October 2023
EVENTS Homelessness and Human Rights (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Watch the Recording: Homelessness and Human Rights Sponsored by: Event Details It has been estimated that over 1.6 billion people lack adequate housing. Even though definitions of homelessness vary across the globe, the term encapsulates…
Human Rights and IHL+1Use of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice
16th October 2023
The use of AI tools in legal practice is raising questions that are reshaping the profession. This brief on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice describes the different ways AI can be embedded in legal practice and considers legal and ethical concerns related to the integrity of the legal system, the duties of lawyers, and protection of the rights of clients. Legal practitioners are increasingly utilizing various types of AI tools in several areas of work. 1. Legal…
Artificial IntelligenceIndividual Reparations for Human Rights Violations in Ukraine
13th October 2023
Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula and aggression in Ukraine's eastern Donbas provinces that led to the establishment of non-recognised entities (the so-called "Donetsk/Luhansk People's Republics") in 2014 resulted in a significant deterioration in the human rights situation within these territories. The armed conflict has had wider human rights, economy and security repercussions for Ukraine and the region. Russia has also labelled the treatment of ethnic Russians and…
Cultural Heritage+4WTO DDG Ellard delivers keynote speech at BIICL
9th October 2023
WTO Deputy Director General Ellard highlights the impact of technological developments on global trade In a keynote speech at the 2023 Annual WTO Conference organized by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in London on 6 October, WTO Deputy Director-General Angela Ellard outlined how technological developments are changing the face of international trade. DDG Ellard commended BIICL on all the work it does in research, teaching, and publishing on pressing legal…
European Law+12023 BIICL Annual WTO Conference: Trade and Technology: Challenges and Opportunities
Event Date: 6th October 2023
EVENTS 2023 BIICL Annual WTO Conference Trade and Technology: Challenges and Opportunities (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by: Media Partner: Deputy Director General Angela Ellard speaking at the conference Read the speech Event Details The rapid development of technology…
Artificial Intelligence+2Judge Heidar elected president of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea
3rd October 2023
BIICL is delighted to hear that Judge Thomas Heidar has been elected president of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) and extends its warmest congratulations to Judge Heidar. Judge Heidar is an Honorary Senior Fellow at BIICL and a longtime supporter of work on the Law of the Sea. He delivers lectures on our Law of the Sea Short Course and contributes to our events and research in the area. He has been a member of the Tribunal since 1 October 2014 and Vice-President…
Courts and Tribunals+1Human Rights Due Diligence for Downstream Impacts
Event Date: 26th September 2023
EVENTS HRDD Forum: Human Rights Due Diligence for Downstream Impacts Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The newly revised OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct apply to the entire value chain, including downstream human rights impacts, and…
Artificial Intelligence+1Short Course: Energy Law
Event Date: 22nd September 2023
TRAINING Short Course: Energy Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Featured by Oil, Gas & Energy Law (OGEL) Course Outline Energy law is front and centre to many of today's global crises, yet few understand it deeply enough to be confident in their professional work. The world is facing…
Climate Change+3Short Course: International Cultural Heritage Law
Event Date: 22nd September 2023
TRAINING Short Course: International Cultural Heritage Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This course will offer an introduction to cultural heritage as an international legal concept. It will include discussions of the key threats to cultural heritage at present, including…
Cultural Heritage+1Short Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 21st September 2023
TRAINING Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The…
Business and Human Rights+8Short Course: Climate Change Litigation
Event Date: 21st September 2023
TRAINING Short Course: Climate Change Litigation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline Climate Change Litigation is an increasingly critical component of climate governance at the local, national, regional and global levels, exerting pressure on the executive and legislative branches…
Climate Change+3Short Course: Artificial Intelligence, Law and Ethics
Event Date: 20th September 2023
EVENTS Short Course: Artificial Intelligence, Law and Ethics Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location This course is delivered in partnership with Course Outline This course provides participants with an understanding of the legal, regulatory and ethical issues arising in the context of artificial intelligence; an…
Artificial Intelligence+3Short Course: Cyber Operations and International Law
Event Date: 19th September 2023
TRAINING Short Course: Cyber Operations and International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline Offensive cyber operations continue to draw significant attention in mainstream media and political discourse as the targeting of systems such as those relating to critical national…
Artificial Intelligence+1Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law
Event Date: 19th September 2023
TRAINING Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This course offers a unique overview of International Migration and Refugee Law, linking theory and practice to allow participants to gain a meaningful understanding of the law and of…
Law of the Sea+1Safeguarding South Pacific Islanders' Cultural Heritage: Another Tool to Strengthen Climate Resilience?
14th September 2023
Climate change impacts such as sea level rise and extreme weather events are threatening the lives, livelihoods, and cultures of millions worldwide. Low-lying Island States, which are affected by rising seas to such an extent that they even face the complete disappearance of their islands, are particularly vulnerable to climate change. In the South Pacific, which represents a culturally rich and diverse region, the change in weather patterns poses a particularly high threat to Islanders' cultural…
Climate Change+12023 Annual HRDD Forum Conference: The implications of mHREDD laws for the financial and legal sectors
Event Date: 11th September 2023
EVENTS 2023 Annual HRDD Forum Conference: The implications of mHREDD laws for the financial and legal sectors (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Legislative developments around mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (mHREDD) laws are accumulating.…
Business and Human RightsNew BIICL study examines ways to recognise qualifications across EU
8th September 2023
BIICL has been commissioned by the European Committee of the Regions to undertake a research study entitled Attracting Global Skills and Talents to EU's cities and regions. The study will explore current practices across the European Union to facilitate the recognition of qualifications and skills of third-country nationals. The European Union's strategic approach to legal migration has, as one of its key elements, the facilitation of the recognition of qualifications and skills of third-country…
European Law+2New report on Intangible Cultural Heritage & Climate Change
7th September 2023
We are delighted to announce the publication of our research on Intangible Cultural Heritage within the Laws and Policies of South Pacific Small Island States in the Climate Crisis: Towards a More Resilient and Inclusive Approach. The project focused on strengthening climate resilience through the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) within the laws and policies of Pacific small island States. Intangible cultural heritage is recognised as a tool to support climate change mitigation…
Climate Change+1Attracting Global Skills and Talents to EU's cities and regions
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 7th September 2023
The European Union's strategic approach to legal migration has, as one of its key elements, the facilitation of the recognition of qualifications and skills of third-country nationals. One of the challenges in such facilitation comes from the fact that EU member States have diverse qualifications and education systems, which are a primary competence of the Member States. BIICL has been commissioned by the European Committee of the Regions to undertake a research study aimed…
European Law+2Intangible Cultural Heritage within the Laws and Policies of South Pacific Small Island States in the Climate Crisis
6th September 2023
Kristin Hausler, Alina Holzhausen and Berenika Drazewska have completed a major research project, jointly with Professor Petra Butler, Victoria University of Wellington and Director of the Institute of Small and Micro States (ISMS) and BIICL Honorary fellow, and Eva U Wagner, Senior Programme Coordinator Rule of Law and Development Policy, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS). The project focused on strengthening climate resilience through the safeguarding of Intangible…
Climate Change+2ICLQ General Editor Steps Down
5th September 2023
Sir Malcolm Evans Steps Down as General Editor of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly After over a decade at the helm of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly journal (ICLQ), Sir Malcolm Evans, KCMG, OBE, MA, DPhil is stepping down from the position of General Editor this September. Sir Malcolm joined the Editorial Board of the ICLQ in 2005, becoming General Editor seven years later in 2012. Under his guidance, the journal has flourished as a leading platform for cutting-edge…
ICLQCARICOM Project Presents Model Bills to Member States
25th August 2023
Project to Harmonize Company and Insolvency Laws presents to annual meeting of company registrars and supervisors of insolvency At the recently held annual meeting of company registrars and supervisors of insolvency of the 15 CARICOM member states, the team on the CARICOM Project to Harmonize Company and Insolvency Laws presented a draft of the three model bills. Though the company registrars were not strangers to meeting on an annual basis, this being their 8th event, the meeting of…
Centre for International Law+1Resources Short Course: Energy Law - Autumn 24 - removed
Last Updated: 17th August 2023
Short Course: Energy Law 2 - 3 December 2024 Resources for Participants Course Details Energy law is front and centre to many of today's global crises, yet few understand it deeply enough to be confident in their professional work. The world is facing an array of critical energy law problems, from the Russia-EU energy crisis, the climate change energy transition crisis, the many pollution crises that result from energy-related disasters, and…
EnergyReporting and Disclosure Obligations for Companies
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 17th August 2023
Legislation in the European Union and many other jurisdictions is increasingly targeting corporate entities and creating new reporting and disclosure obligations in relation to the environmental, social and human rights impacts of companies' activities. In partnership with MadeBy, BIICL is undertaking a project to map the reporting and disclosure obligations for companies arising from sixteen instruments identified as key developments in the environmental and social sustainability…
Business and Human Rights+2Resources Short Course: Migration and Refugee Law - Autumn 24 - removed
Last Updated: 10th August 2023
Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law 20 September 2024 Resources for Participants Course Details This course offers a unique overview of International Migration and Refugee Law, linking theory and practice to allow participants to gain a meaningful understanding of the law and of the challenges in its implementation. The course is designed to provide participants with a working knowledge of the main legal frameworks, concepts, and actors…
MigrationPost-Brexit rules for big tech give almost boundless power to the competition watchdog
9th August 2023
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill So when the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill was designed, it was done so with the aim of overhauling its competition regime. Its aim is to cultivate fairer competition in digital markets by facilitating greater choice and transparency for consumers. Curbing the powers of Big Tech firms is seen as a priority, with a host of them now given a newly designed "strategic market status" to improve competition in digital markets post-Brexit.…
Competition LawYouth Justice and the Rule of Law
31st July 2023
Last week, I had the privilege to convene a roundtable discussion on Youth Justice and the Rule of Law at the UK House of Lords to round off the 2022/23 academic year for the Bingham Centre's Public and Youth Engagement Programme. At the event, Lord John Bird MBE, Lord Dr Michael Hastings CBE, Paul Cowley MBE, Shaun Pascal and David Breakspear had an open and honest conversation on the intricacies of our youth justice system with an audience of mainly London youth and youth…
Rule of LawDynamic Competition and Big Tech Mergers - New report from BIICL
21st July 2023
Microsoft Activision Merger - would a more robust process have led to a clearer outcome? The on/off merger of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard is one of the most controversial cases in recent history: first blocked by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and now possibly going to be permitted after the US Federal Court refused an injunction against the merger. In a report commissioned by the British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL), Dr Richard Cadman, Director…
Competition LawCorporate Climate Litigation - Platform
Last Updated: 20th July 2023
Corporate Climate Litigation Platform Welcome to the Corporate Climate Litigation Platform In this information hub you will find: links to international academic resources; a database of past legal cases that can be interpreted and used to inform new and successful litigation; and a set of tools - templates, reports and operational rules - to support the development of new legal cases. Our library of resources on corporate…
Climate Change+1Dynamic Competition and Big Tech Mergers
Event Date: 20th July 2023
EVENTS Dynamic Competition and Big Tech Mergers Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner Event Details Join us on Thursday 20 July at 4pm for a launch event of a new BIICL report, Dynamic Competition and Big Tech Mergers: Case studies of Meta/Giphy and Microsoft/Activision. The report examines…
Artificial Intelligence+1Dynamic Competition and Big Tech Mergers
20th July 2023
Project Report For many years, some competition economics academics and practitioners have argued that competition authorities do not take sufficient account of dynamic competition when assessing merger cases, instead relying on neoclassical economic theory and static competition. Under dynamic competition firms use innovation to introduce new products, processes and services and compete for future rents, whilst under static competition products are generally close substitutes and firms…
Competition LawPathogen Sharing and International Law: The Search for Equity Under the Pandemic Treaty
Event Date: 19th July 2023
EVENTS Pathogen Sharing and International Law: The Search for Equity Under the Pandemic Treaty Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by: Event Details World Health Organisation (WHO) Member States are currently negotiating a pandemic treaty, intended to address the global failures…
Arbitration+4Youth Justice and the Rule of Law
Event Date: 18th July 2023
EVENTS Youth Justice and the Rule of Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Join us at the House of Lords for an engaging and thought-provoking event that delves into the multifaceted challenges of our Youth Justice System. Event will facilitate an open and honest conversation with…
Rule of LawDr Ivano Alogna Receives Prestigious Thesis Prize
11th July 2023
The French Society for Environmental Law (Société Française pour le Droit de l'Environnement, SFDE) recently awarded Dr Ivano Alogna, BIICL Research Leader in Environmental and Climate Change Law, the Special Jury Prize for his PhD thesis The Society confers honorary awards every two years to outstanding PhD theses written in French in law, administrative science or political science, that contribute to improving knowledge in Environmental Law. Dr Alogna was awarded his PhD in Comparative…
Climate Change+1Merger remedies fit for purpose
10th July 2023
Whether the digital economy requires a competition policy different from that developed in an era of coal and steel is a keenly debated issue. In legal systems dominated by precedent, three responses are possible. No - the existing rules are robust enough to deal with new problems; yes - with suitable adaptations of the case law; yes - with a major paradigm change requiring legislation or new precedents set by the jurisdiction's supreme court. One recent focus of this wider debate has been…
Artificial Intelligence+1The Importance of the International Rule of Law
Event Date: 10th July 2023
EVENTS The Importance of the International Rule of Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs will set out how a future Labour government would seek to restore Britain's global influence and reputation by putting…
Rule of LawMedical Devices and Product Liability
Event Date: 6th July 2023
EVENTS Medical Devices and Product Liability Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details The Medical Devices Regulations are a fundamental change to the regulation of higher risk medical devices in Europe, imposing far more prescriptive and onerous obligations on industry, regulators and notified…
Product Liability LawThe Impact of Sanctions on International Arbitration (Roundtable)
Event Date: 4th July 2023
EVENTS The Impact of Sanctions on International Arbitration (Roundtable) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details Economic sanctions have become an increasingly significant foreign policy tool that have the clear, and intended, impact of interfering with global trade. Sanctions have…
Arbitration+2BIICL / UNIL Summer School 2023
Event Date: 3rd July 2023
EVENTS BIICL / UNIL Summer School 2023 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Course Outline The British Institute of International and Comparative Law 5 day summer school in cooperation with UNIL Lausanne and other foreign academic institutions, focusing on Law and Technology. Students from…
Artificial Intelligence+2Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics
Ivano Alogna | 3rd July 2023
This research project examines the unique aspects of climate litigation across the corporate world leading to the production of a toolbox for the effective implementation of climate law. The project analyses and compares best practices from 17 jurisdictions and will provide recommendations to relevant stakeholders in order to facilitate continuous improvement in the implementation of climate change law. The Toolbox contains an inventory of substantive and procedural provisions relevant…
Climate Change+4Beyond Restitution: What happens to cultural objects after their return?
Event Date: 3rd July 2023
EVENTS Beyond Restitution: What happens to cultural objects after their return? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This hybrid event will present some of the key findings of our project entitled 'Beyond Restitution: Exploring the Story of Cultural Objects After Their Repatriation',…
Cultural HeritageUse of Artificial Intelligence in Legal Practice
Irene Pietropaoli | 1st July 2023
Advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies has led to changes in the way we carry out personal and work activities. The legal profession is no exception to this transformation. The use of smart virtual assistants and other types of AI tools is raising questions that are reshaping the legal profession. This brief describes the different ways AI can be embedded in the legal practice to assist the work of lawyers and other legal professionals. It provides examples of…
Artificial IntelligenceTransnational Implications of mHREDD Laws
Event Date: 27th June 2023
EVENTS HRDD Forum: Transnational Implications of mHREDD Laws Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Legislative developments around mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (mHREDD) continue to multiply. Many of these laws apply to foreign companies that carry out business…
Business and Human Rights+1Is AI and Mass Data Sharing the Future of Legal Ideas?
Event Date: 26th June 2023
EVENTS Is AI and Mass Data Sharing the Future of Legal Ideas? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is collaborating with the Center for AI and Data Governance (CAIDG) of the Singapore Management University on…
Artificial Intelligence+262nd London-Leiden Conference: Unity in Diversity: Promoting and defending the Rule of Law as a foundational value in the EU and UK
Event Date: 24th June 2023
EVENTS 62nd London-Leiden Conference: Unity in Diversity Promoting and defending the Rule of Law as a foundational value in the EU and UK Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Conference Details As an EU core value, the Rule of Law (ROL) should inform the implementation of policies at the Union…
European Law+1Deep Seabed Mining & International Law: Is a Precautionary Pause Required?
22nd June 2023
On May 31, 2023, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) organized a webinar titled 'Deep Seabed Mining & International Law: Is a Precautionary Pause Required?'. Deep-sea mining in the world's global commons has become a topic of intense international debate, with a growing call for a moratorium or a precautionary pause until the environmental risks are better understood. Governments, NGOs, and companies are all weighing in on this issue, which has significant…
Climate Change+2Harry Weinrebe Memorial Event 2023
Event Date: 21st June 2023
EVENTS Harry Weinrebe Memorial Event 2023 (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsor Event Details The Harry Weinrebe memorial event 2023 will be delivered by Karim A. A. Khan KC, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. He will be in conversation with Shehzad Charania MBE, GCHQ Director of…
Centre for International Law+2Identifying and comparing impacts of mHREDD legal models on internal corporate practice
Irene Pietropaoli | 20th June 2023
Legislation imposing mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (mHREDD) are multiplying. While these laws are all based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), they use different legislative models - including some provisions which limit or contradict UNGPs expectations. In this way, each legal model necessitates slightly different corporate practices. Although these laws are new, companies and their legal advisers are already taking steps towards…
Business and Human RightsProtection and Recovery for Vulnerable Groups, Post-Pandemic: European and Asian Approaches
Event Date: 19th June 2023
EVENTS Protection and Recovery for Vulnerable Groups, Post-Pandemic: European and Asian Approaches Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Covid-19 pandemic had a marked effect on vulnerable individuals and groups such as small businesses, women and children, supply chain workers,…
Business and Human Rights+4Competition Law Forum Hosts High Level Roundtable on Ecosystem Competition
18th June 2023
On 13th May, the Competition Law Forum hosted a roundtable discussion at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law with regulators from the ACCC, CMA, the European Commission, economists, academics and lawyers. Key messages The session was held under Chatham House rules so, sadly, if you missed it, you missed out! All is not lost, though, as we have set out below a few of the key takeaways gleaned from our esteemed panel: • No legal definition or clear consensus about what…
Competition LawBIICL Climate Change Litigation Project Featured
16th June 2023
Global toolbox on Climate Litgation Project Article This week we are delighted to see the BIICL project Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics, led by Dr Ivano Alogna featured among other great projects and pro bono developments, in the latest edition of the Australian Pro Bono Centre's online magazine Pro Bono Voco. BIICL is grateful to Sue Mahony and Gabriela Christian-Hare for contributing to the Toolbox Australian expert group led by Professor Jacqueline Peel and her team…
Climate Change+1Caring for a national hero’s weapon: Object restitution in the Indonesian (legal) context
16th June 2023
On March 10, 2020, the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, welcomed King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands in one of the presidential palaces, the Bogor Palace, in West Java. In front of the invited journalists, they admired a special kris—the traditional weapon with a wavy blade from Java, Indonesia—inside a glass case. Even though the kris has specks of gold coating, it is not the artistic ornament that makes it highly valuable. This particular kris, named Kyai Nogo…
Cultural HeritageIndividual Reparations for Human Rights Violations in Ukraine (Hybrid)
Event Date: 15th June 2023
EVENTS Individual Reparations for Human Rights Violations in Ukraine (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The annexation of Crimea and Russia's aggression in Donbas that led to the establishment of non-recognised entities (so-called "Donetsk/Lugansk people's republics") in…
Cultural Heritage+4Young ITF Workshop on Damages in ISDS
Event Date: 14th June 2023
EVENTS Young ITF Workshop on Damages in ISDS Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The first Young ITF workshop on quantum will serve as an opportunity to understand legal and technical considerations affecting quantum assessment in ISDS. The workshop will cover the measures and…
Arbitration+1Ecosystems and their Role in Competition Law
Event Date: 13th June 2023
EVENTS Ecosystems and their Role in Competition Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Sponsor Event Details This event discusses the competition concerns (if any) of ecosystems. One could think about anticompetitive foreclosure and leveraging of market power, but these problems are also present in markets…
Competition Law+1Cybersecurity, International Law and Geopolitical Divisions
13th June 2023
Last week cyberattacks against British Airways, BBC and Swiss government agencies made it to the top of headlines around the world. These attacks show that greater connectivity has increased vulnerabilities in the absence of global regulatory responses. On 26 May 2023, we convened in Tokyo Symposium on 'Public and Private Governance of Cybersecurity: Challenges and Potential' where we examined various aspects of cybersecurity regulation and why states cannot come up with truly global instruments…
Artificial Intelligence+2Sir Arthur Watts
Last Updated: 6th June 2023
Sir Arthur Watts Sir Arthur Watts (1931-2007) He excelled in three roles: as a lawyer-diplomat, private practitioner, and writer on international law. He was, moreover, a good friend and colleague to many in Britain and around the world, valued for his knowledge, experience, kindness, patience and humour patience and humour. Widely liked and highly regarded, Sir Arthur Desmond Watts KCMG QC, barrister and international arbitrator, was among the leading international…
Centre for International LawCorporate Climate Litigation: Lessons Learned, Comparative Perspectives and Future Pathways
5th June 2023
More than 2000 climate change litigation cases have been filed globally. Whilst the majority of these cases have been filed against States, climate change-related cases have also been filed against private actors, mostly against the fossil fuel and cement companies that are the major greenhouse gas emitters. Although there is a growing body of work analysing climate litigation from a comparative perspective, analysis of the peculiarities of cases involving corporate players has yet to…
Business and Human Rights+2New Co-Director for BIICL Competition Law Forum
1st June 2023
Phil Evans announced as new co-Director of the Competition Law Forum at BIICL The Competition Law Forum at BIICL is delighted to announce the appointment of Phil Evans as Co-Director of the Forum to work alongside current Director Liza Lovdahl-Gormsen. Phil is a longstanding member of the Forum and a seasoned practitioner and Decision Maker in competition law and policy. Liza Lovdahl-Gormsen, Director of the Competition Law forum said 'I am delighted to welcome Phil Evans as co-director…
Competition LawMining Disputes Between Investors and States
Event Date: 1st June 2023
EVENTS Mining Disputes Between Investors and States (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details Mineral resources have become ever-more essential to the production of goods in the global economy. This in turn has made the mining industry of ever-increasing importance.…
Arbitration+3Deep Seabed Mining & International Law: Is a Precautionary Pause Required?
Event Date: 31st May 2023
EVENTS Deep Seabed Mining & International Law: Is a Precautionary Pause Required? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Supported by: Event Details Deep-sea mining in the world's global commons has become a topic of intense debate, with a growing call for a moratorium or a precautionary pause until the…
Climate Change+2Short Course: War in Ukraine in Context: History, Politics and Law
Event Date: 30th May 2023
TRAININGTRAINING Short Course: War in Ukraine in Context: History, Politics and Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details The course offers interdisciplinary overview of prerequisites, current trends and future scenarios of the War in Ukraine. The course will enable participants to…
International Law+1Kathmandu Valley and the Management of Living Heritage Sites a Shifting Approach
30th May 2023
An earlier blog discussed recent developments regarding heritage restitution in Nepal, where returned objects are increasingly finding their way back to the communities, where they can be worshipped. This does not mean that Nepal is not facing the challenges of possible new theft, or that (some) conservators are not torn between their own faith and their professional knowledge that worshipping may deteriorate the stone idols. This blog takes a broader perspective on the issue and looks…
Cultural HeritageSymposium on 'Public and Private Governance of Cybersecurity: Challenges and Potential'
Event Date: 26th May 2023
EVENTS Symposium on 'Public and Private Governance of Cybersecurity: Challenges and Potential' Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details BIICL has partnered with Nagoya University and the Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR) to organise…
Arbitration+3LawGPT?: Using AI to Modernize Judicial Systems, Legal Practices and the Future of Legal Work
Event Date: 26th May 2023
EVENTS LawGPT?: Using AI to Modernize Judicial Systems, Legal Practices and the Future of Legal Work Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location In collaboration with Event Details The British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is collaborating with the Center for AI and Data Governance (CAIDG)…
Artificial Intelligence+2AI Ethics and the Rule of Law: Business and Human Rights Considerations
19th May 2023
Earlier this week, I was at the House of Lords discussing business and human rights considerations surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI). The event could not be more timely with daily news about AI developments and increasing concern and contrasting views on whether it is going to be a force for good or a critical risk for humanity. AI has the potential to improve healthcare and diseases diagnosis but can also cause patient harm and worsen health inequalities. New AI tools can help…
Artificial Intelligence+2Disputes involving States arising out of war
Event Date: 18th May 2023
EVENTS Disputes involving States arising out of war Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location This event is part of London International Disputes Week 2023 Event Details This event is hosted by White & Case, Clyde & Co and 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB) in partnership with the BIICL, Squire…
Arbitration+1Disinformation in international disputes
Event Date: 18th May 2023
EVENTS Disinformation in international disputes Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location This event is part of London International Disputes Week 2023 Event Details Join us for a panel discussion addressing the question of how disinformation and misinformation can impact international disputes and how lawyers…
Arbitration+1On International Museum Day: A Call to Increase Funding for Return & Restitution
18th May 2023
Today, the 18th of May, is International Museum Day. This year, the focus is on sustainability and wellbeing, a theme reflective of the new definition for 'museum' adopted in 2022 by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), which reads as follows: 'a not-for-profit, permanent institution in the service of society that researches, collects, conserves, interprets and exhibits tangible and intangible heritage. Open to the public, accessible and inclusive, museums foster diversity and…
Cultural HeritageAnalysing the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty
18th May 2023
On 4 March 2023 global negotiations concluded on the landmark Treaty of the High Seas to protect the ocean, tackle environmental degradation, fight climate change, and prevent biodiversity loss. BIICL held a Rapid Response Webinar on 19 April 2023 that convened a panel of experts to discuss legal issues relating to the new treaty, also known as the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction treaty (BBNJ). The treaty lays the groundwork for marine protections over previously unregulated…
Law of the SeaLondon as the world’s leading dispute resolution hub: numbers and challenges
17th May 2023
The rich programme of the 2023 London International Disputes Week (LIDW) serves as proof of the leading role of London not only in Europe but in the world when it comes to international dispute resolution. The range of topics on the programme (from commercial, construction, and investor-state to crypto, mining and energy disputes) is not even covering the full spectrum of London-based international dispute resolution mechanisms. For example, in a couple of weeks, we are organising the…
Arbitration+1Recent Developments in UK Mergers
Event Date: 16th May 2023
EVENTS Recent Developments in UK Mergers Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsors Media Sponsor Event Details This roundtable event will consider both substantive and procedural matters in recent UK mergers. Our two panels will be discussing the following questions: Session 1: Substantive matters…
Competition LawAI Ethics and the Rule of Law
Event Date: 15th May 2023
EVENTS AI Ethics and the Rule of Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location AI Ethics and the Rule of Law Event Details Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking event that delves into the ethical considerations surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and its implications for human rights and…
Artificial Intelligence+2Corporate Climate Litigation Lessons Learned, Comparative Perspectives and Future Pathways
Event Date: 11th May 2023
EVENTS Corporate Climate Litigation: Lessons Learned, Comparative Perspectives and Future Pathways Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location 2023 05 11 - Corporate Climate Litigation Read the Event Report Event Details BIICL's project on Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics examines the…
Business and Human Rights+5Does the approach of the Multilateral Investment Court to appointment of judges appropriately balance interests of States and investors?
3rd May 2023
On 6 December 2022, the Third Young Investment Treaty Forum Debate took place in the offices of Arnold & Porter in London. The House's motion was that the approach of the Multilateral Investment Court to the appointment of judges does not appropriately balance interests of States and investors. The event was held under the Chatham House rules, and the arguments advanced by the speakers were for the purposes of the debate only. They did not represent their personal views or those of…
Arbitration+2Criminal Sanctions in Intellectual Property: An International and Comparative Perspective
Event Date: 25th April 2023
EVENTS Criminal Sanctions in Intellectual Property: An International and Comparative Perspective Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This hybrid workshop is another East-meets-West initiative. Co-organised by UK's Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI), British…
Intellectual PropertyPrivate International Law in National Adjudication
Event Date: 24th April 2023
EVENTS Private International Law in National Adjudication Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Hosted by the Ukrainian Association of International Law In cooperation with the Supreme Court of Ukraine and British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) Conference Details Globalization processes,…
Courts and Tribunals+3Short Course: Business and Human Rights (Hybrid)
Event Date: 24th April 2023
EVENTS Short Course: Business and Human Rights (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details Business and human rights is an area of international human rights law in continuous development at the international and national levels. On successful completion of BIICL's Business and Human Rights training…
Business and Human Rights+1Short Course: WTO Law
Event Date: 21st April 2023
TRAINING Short Course: WTO Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner Course Outline The training course in WTO Law offers an in-depth dynamic and applied knowledge of the regulatory framework of the multilateral trading system, covering both the institutional and substantive law of the World Trade…
Investment and Trade+1Thirty Ninth ITF Public Conference: Energy Disputes in ISDS
Event Date: 21st April 2023
EVENTS Thirty Ninth ITF Public Conference: Energy Disputes in ISDS Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner Event Details On 21 April 2023, the Investment Treaty Forum brings together senior practitioners, representatives of States, arbitrators, academics and other experts…
Arbitration+2Short Course: Aviation Law
Event Date: 21st April 2023
TRAINING Short Course: Aviation Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline The course offers an overview of air transport regulation from the birth of international civil aviation with the conclusion of the 1919 Paris Convention and the 1944 Chicago Convention to date. It looks at the…
TrainingRapid Response Webinar: Analysing the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty
Event Date: 19th April 2023
EVENTS Rapid Response Webinar: Analysing the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On 4 March 2023 global negotiations concluded on the landmark Treaty of the High Seas to protect the ocean, tackle environmental degradation, fight climate…
Climate Change+1ESG Reporting Requirements: Three emerging EU frameworks and how they interact
Event Date: 18th April 2023
EVENTS HRDD Forum: ESG Reporting Requirements: Three emerging EU frameworks and how they interact Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This discussion will focus on three new ESG reporting frameworks in Europe: The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the EU Taxonomy,…
Business and Human Rights+2Short Course: Law of the Sea
Event Date: 18th April 2023
TRAINING Short Course: Law of the Sea Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This course offers a comprehensive overview of the legal and regulatory framework governing the world's oceans and seas. Participants will learn how States establish their maritime boundaries and States' rights…
Climate Change+3Short Course: Climate Change Law
Event Date: 18th April 2023
TRAINING Short Course: Climate Change Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This virtual course offers a comprehensive overview of climate change law and the legal responses to the current climate crisis. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of scholars and practitioners, the…
Climate Change+2It is so decided: Promoting climate justice through international law
12th April 2023
On 29th March 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted Resolution A/RES/77/276 which requests an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the matter of State Responsibility for addressing the Climate Change crisis. The Resolution was adopted by consensus, reflecting broad agreement amongst States that climate change is one of the most pressing shared problems that the international community is facing and that interpretation of existing…
Climate Change+2Short Course: Public International Law in Practice (Hybrid)
Event Date: 3rd April 2023
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The programme…
Business and Human Rights+7Contribution to European Parliament Report
22nd March 2023
Protecting cultural heritage from armed conflicts in Ukraine and beyond Today, the European Parliament published a Report on Protecting cultural heritage from armed conflicts in Ukraine and beyond for which many stakeholders were interviewed to identify good practices and gaps in the ways cultural heritage is being protected in Ukraine. In addition to detailing the legal and policy frameworks applicable to the protection of cultural heritage from the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine,…
Cultural Heritage+1BIICL/IADC Meeting: Toxic Torts and Emerging Risks: European and US Perspectives
Event Date: 16th March 2023
SAVE THE DATE BIICL/IADC Meeting: Toxic Torts and Emerging Risks: European and US Perspectives Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by the IADC and the BIICL Product Liability Forum Event Details Please mark your calendars and plan to join us in London for an IADC Regional Meeting…
Product Liability LawPromoting Climate Justice through International Law: Climate Litigation & Climate Advisory Opinions
15th March 2023
On 1 February 2023, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and the Institute of Small and Micro States co-organised a webinar on 'Promoting Climate Justice through International Law: Climate Litigation & Climate Advisory Opinions'. The event was a follow-up to the BIICL web series on 'Rising Sea Levels: Promoting Climate Justice through International Law' (3-24 March 2021). The series explored rising sea levels as a global problem of shared concern and…
Climate Change+3ICLQ Annual Lecture 2023: Sovereignty Fictions in the United Kingdom's Trade Agenda
Event Date: 14th March 2023
EVENTS ICLQ Annual Lecture 2023: Sovereignty Fictions in the United Kingdom's Trade Agenda Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsor Event Details Chair Professor Sir Malcolm Evans KCMG OBE Speakers Professor Clair Gammage, Exeter University Professor Phil Syrpis, Bristol University This…
Brexit+3What has happened to the United States Supreme Court? A Cautionary Tale
8th March 2023
Five cases decided by the United States Supreme Court at the close of its 2021-2022 term have fundamentally changed the political landscape in the United States and raised serious questions about the neutrality and socio-political agendas of the members of the Court's new majority. These decisions overturned a fifty-year plus old federally-recognized right to abortions, a more than one hundred-year old ban on the carrying of firearms in public, essentially gutted the "establishment…
Rule of LawWhat has happened to the United States Supreme Court? A Cautionary Tale
8th March 2023
Five cases decided by the United States Supreme Court at the close of its 2021-2022 term have fundamentally changed the political landscape in the United States and raised serious questions about the neutrality and socio-political agendas of the members of the Court's new majority. These decisions overturned a fifty-year plus old federally-recognized right to abortions, a more than one hundred-year old ban on the carrying of firearms in public, essentially gutted the "establishment of religion"…
Rule of LawThe Cuban tourism sector: mitigating the risk of labour exploitation in a holiday paradise...
6th March 2023
Have you ever been to Cuba and enjoyed the hospitality and warmth of its people? If you have, you may have stayed in a European hotel branch in Havana or enjoyed the pleasures of the island in a foreign cruise, now that the presence of multinational corporations is part of the Cuban economic landscape. What you may be less aware of is the risk of labour exploitation associated with the tourism and hospitality sector in the island. Some of the waiters or kitchen personnel in those hotels, or…
Business and Human Rights+2Short Course: Foundations of Public International Law
Event Date: 3rd March 2023
TRAINING Short Course: Foundations of Public International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This short course provides participants with an in depth understanding of the basic tenets of public international law. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of international law experts from…
Business and Human Rights+7The Draft DMA Implementing Regulation – Balancing effectiveness with due process?
Event Date: 1st March 2023
EVENTS The Draft DMA Implementing Regulation - Balancing effectiveness with due process? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner Event Details The DMA entered into force on 1 November 2022 and will start applying on 2 May 2023. The European Commission's public consultation on the draft Implementation…
Competition LawDisaggregation of Digital Information and Data Sovereignty Compliance
28th February 2023
The huge amount of data stored outside of national boundaries has become a critical issue that is closely related to the question of data sovereignty (i.e., government control over domestic data), where rules introduced by states may result in both protection and limitations for companies that wish to resort to cloud services. New research led by BIICL/Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, with a focus on the UK, EU, US and Australia, finds that data sovereignty rules are upheld if…
Artificial Intelligence+1BIICL Roundtable on Ukraine attended by the Presidents of the Supreme Courts of Ukraine and the UK
10th February 2023
Leading judiciary and experts gather at BIICL to discuss support for Ukraine's courts and legal reform programme. On 30 January 2023 the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) hosted the Roundtable "Ukrainian courts and the justice system during a war". The Roundtable was attended by a delegation of senior judges and politicians from Ukraine, led by the President of the Ukrainian Supreme Court, Vsevolod Knyazev. Ukrainian participants also included His Excellency Ambassador…
UkraineBasel Winter Arbitration School 2023
Event Date: 5th February 2023
EVENTS Basel Winter Arbitration School 2023 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Basel Winter Arbitration School will take place on 5-10 February 2023 at the Law Faculty of the University of Basel in Switzerland. It will also be possible to attend the school in an online format.…
Arbitration+144th session of the UNCITRAL Working Group III: Code of Conduct for Arbitrators, its Enforcement, Corruption Allegations in ISDS
3rd February 2023
The UNCITRAL Group III on investor-state dispute settlement reform met on 23-27 January 2023 in Vienna and focused on the commentary on the draft code of conduct for adjudicators in ISDS and the appellate mechanism. On 24 January Vladimir Kozin and I presented key findings of the UNODC ongoing study on corruption allegations in ISDS. Discussions of the Working Group III members related to the code of conduct revolved around the duties to disclose, avoiding conflicts of interest and the binding…
Arbitration+1Comparative study on the implementation of the industrial emissions directive
2nd February 2023
Comparative study on the implementation into the national legislation of certain EU Member States of an adapted burden of proof in the context of the Industrial Emissions Directive This research project examines how the proposal to adapt the burden of proof for compensation claims under the Industrial Emissions Directive could be implemented into the domestic law of EU Member States. Under the present framework, victims of violations of the EU Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) are,…
Centre for Comparative Law+4Technology and the law - Maurice Wohl Fellowship
Last Updated: 1st February 2023
Technology and the law Data protection, ROL and digital technologies We are living in an age of profound technological advancements. The opportunities provided by Artificial intelligence (AI) - the development of systems that simulate human intelligence - has the capacity to transform sectors of the economy and public services. This includes areas of considerable human rights significance such as healthcare, education, employment, and justice (including…
European Law+1Rule of Law - Maurice Wohl Fellowship
Last Updated: 1st February 2023
Rule of Law Rule of Law and human rights in Europe and the EU The Rule of Law plays a fundamental role in anchoring economic, social, and cultural rights in national constitutions, laws, and regulations. Rule of Law and human rights have an intrinsic and mutually reinforcing relationship - respect for human rights informs all Rule of Law elements, such as legality, legal certainty, the prohibition of arbitrariness, access to justice, and equality before…
European Law+2Post-Brexit issues - Maurice Wohl Fellowship
Last Updated: 1st February 2023
Post-Brexit issues The UK-EU relationship and beyond Following the UK's withdrawal from the EU there is continued interest in the current UK-EU relationship regulated by the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. This new relationship necessarily builds on the extensive EU legal framework developed during the UK's membership in specific areas. We have undertaken continued analysis of the UK's post-Brexit legislation through input into…
European Law+1Justice Systems - Maurice Wohl Fellowship
Last Updated: 1st February 2023
Justice systems Strengthening access to justice, efficiency, and quality of justice in Europe More countries are displaying deterioration rather than improvement in their level of accessibility and affordability of courts. This corresponds with declines in overall Rule of Law adherence. Therefore, there is increasing demand for practical assistance and training that is tailored to the specific needs of particular European countries, especially those in the…
European Law+1Global challenges - Maurice Wohl Fellowship
Last Updated: 1st February 2023
Global challenges Dealing with emergencies: preparedness and resilience in Europe The European society, and the global community more broadly, has faced serious challenges in the last decade. These crises include climate change, migration pressures, the COVID-19 pandemic, and most recently Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The challenges have shown the importance of strengthened resilience at the European level. The phrase "never waste a good crisis" shines…
European Law+1Promoting Climate Justice through International Law: Climate Litigation & Climate Advisory Opinions
Event Date: 1st February 2023
EVENTS Promoting Climate Justice through International Law: Climate Litigation & Climate Advisory Opinions Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Supported by Event Details In September 2022, in a landmark decision, the UN Human Rights Committee found that Australia's failure to adequately protect indigenous…
Climate Change+3HRDD Forum: Forced Labour Import Ban Developments
Event Date: 31st January 2023
EVENTS HRDD Forum: Forced Labour Import Ban Developments Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details In September 2022, the EU Commission proposed a regulation to ban from the EU market products that were produced with forced labour. US customs authorities had already been implementing import…
Business and Human Rights+2Holistic approach key to quality legal advice for modern slavery survivors
25th January 2023
Although people with lived experience of modern slavery often have complex and intersecting legal needs, there are countless stories of them receiving no, limited or low-quality legal advice, which has a significant detrimental effect on both their experiences within the legal system and their overall recovery and wellbeing. In our research project, carried out with UNSEEN UK and lived experience consultants for the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre, we set…
Migration+1The Form of Legislation and the Rule of Law
Event Date: 24th January 2023
EVENTS The Form of Legislation and the Rule of Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Quality in legislation is not in the eye of the drafter who prepares it, nor the politician who creates it, nor even in the eye of the legislator who enacts it. Beauty is in the eye of the…
Rule of LawSmall States Conference
Last Updated: 23rd January 2023
Small States Conference Learn more about our Small States event series Share LinksBIICL engages in various pieces of work of direct or indirect relevance to Small States. In particular, BIICL, working with the Institute of Small and Microstates co-convenes annual conferences on small states and various international law issues. In 2022, the seventh edition of the conference was held. BIICL and ISMS signed a memorandum of understanding in 2019. Beyond…
Cultural Heritage+3Impacts of a lack of legal advice on adults with lived experience of modern slavery
23rd January 2023
New research led by BIICL found that the system providing legal advice to modern slavery survivors is inadmissible, disengaging, piecemeal, and significantly under-resourced. This has a profound impact on survivors and in areas much wider than previously understood, with much of legal advice provided by providers narrowly focused on trafficking, whereas survivors also need support in other areas, from the recognition as victims, immigration or criminal proceedings, to less talked about…
Labour Rights+2Impacts of a lack of legal advice on adults with lived experience of modern slavery
23rd January 2023
New research led by BIICL found that the system providing legal advice to modern slavery survivors is inadmissible, disengaging, piecemeal, and significantly under-resourced. This has a profound impact on survivors and in areas much wider than previously understood, with much of legal advice provided by providers narrowly focused on trafficking, whereas survivors also need support in other areas, from the recognition as victims, immigration or criminal proceedings, to less talked…
Modern Slavery2nd Africa Arbitration Day (Hybrid)
Event Date: 19th January 2023
EVENTS 2nd Africa Arbitration Day (Hybrid) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Conference Outline Today, Africa is arguably the most magnetic of the world's emerging economies with a fast-rising youthful population and enormous opportunities for international trade and investments. Disputes…
Arbitration+4Provisional Measures in Investor-State Arbitration (2023 Study Launch)
Event Date: 18th January 2023
EVENTS Provisional Measures in Investor-State Arbitration (2023 Study Launch) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details BIICL and White & Case are delighted to present our 2023 comprehensive empirical study on provisional measures in investment treaty arbitration. It builds…
Arbitration+1Empirical Study: Provisional measures in investor‑state arbitration (2023)
18th January 2023
BIICL and White & Case are delighted to present our 2023 empirical study on provisional measures in investment treaty arbitration. It builds on the success of the 2019 report on provisional measures ("the 2019 Report"), which has now been extensively cited in academic literature, and decisions of arbitral tribunals and parties' submissions on provisional measures. The study consists of three parts, summarising key new developments that have occurred since the 2019 Report, exploring…
Arbitration+1Competition Law Forum roundtable discussion on sustainability, competition law and greenwashing
13th January 2023
Media Release : On January 11th the Competition Law Forum held a roundtable for members. The discussion addressed two main questions: (i) to what extent the market and competition forces can contribute to sustainability goals; and (ii) the extent to which competition law might act as an impediment to the achievement of those goals. Participants from law firms, government agencies and corporates examined these questions and produced the following observations: • There is an asymmetry…
Competition LawSustainability, Competition Law and Greenwashing
Event Date: 11th January 2023
EVENTS Sustainability, Competition Law and Greenwashing Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details There is no doubt that sustainability is a high priority both nationally and internationally. In December 2019, the European Commission published 'The European Green Deal' and the United Nations' issued…
Competition LawBIICL project nominated for PACEY award
4th January 2023
Climate Litigation Project nominated Today we are delighted to announce that our project Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics has been selected by the Peace, nuclear Abolition and Climate Engaged Youth (PACEY) Award jury as one of three finalists for the PACEY 2023 Award in the European section. The project is one of nine finalists worldwide (three for the European Project category and six for the Beyond Europe category) chosen from 80 nominated projects from around…
Climate Change+1The Elgar Companion to Regulating AI and Big Data in Emerging Economies (2023)
1st January 2023
The Elgar Companion to Regulating AI and Big Data in Emerging Economies is Co-edited by Professor Mark Findlay, Honorary Senior Fellow at BIICL. The Companion highlights the regulatory needs and priorities of emerging economies in the context of AI and big data, offering a unique perspective on the role of regulation in the Global South within a techno-dependent societal perspective. Amplifying overlooked voices in scholarly discussions, the book introduces a fresh approach for…
Artificial Intelligence+2Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Poland
Last Updated: 14th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Poland Marta ZAMORSKA is a PhD Candidate at the University of Lausanne Law School, and one of the coordinators of the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Climate Change at the University of Lausanne. Her field of research is corporate liability for climate change. International Expert Group Poland Marta is supported by the following experts in the field of climate change, drawn from academia, science, and the legal profession:…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Philippines
Last Updated: 14th December 2022
National Rapporteur for the Philippines Professor Michael TIU is an Assistant Professor of the University of the Philippines College of Law. He is also a consultant on matters involving international human rights standards and he is a member of the Philippine Working Group on Business and Human Rights. Professor Tiu will lead and coordinate the research for the Philippines. Franco LOPEZ is a JD candidate at the University of the Philippines College…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Norway
Last Updated: 14th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Norway Dr Rosa MANZO is Associate Professor of Law at the University of South-Eastern Norway. She is also a member of the University of Oslo's PluriCourts programme. International Expert Group Norway Professor Manzo will be supported by the following experts in the field of climate change, drawn from academia, science, and the legal profession: Dr Hanna AHLSTRÖM Daniel ARNESSON Nanette…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Nigeria
Last Updated: 14th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Nigeria Dr Uzuazo ETEMIRE is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Port Harcourt. He has published widely on climate change litigation and was the National Rapporteur for Nigeria on C2LI, the Climate Change Litigation Initiative UK project. Etemire holds a PhD in Environmental Law from the University of Strathclyde. International Expert Group Nigeria Dr Etemire is supported by the following experts in…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Netherlands
Last Updated: 14th December 2022
National Rapporteur for the Netherlands Professor Elbert DE JONG is professor of private law at the Utrecht Center for Accountability and Liability Law (Ucall) and the Molengraaff Institute for Private Law. He is also director of Ucall. He is an expert in contract law and liability law and his research considers the relationship between tort law, innovation, climate change, and the environment. Professor de Jong will lead the research team for the Netherlands. Daan…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Japan
Last Updated: 14th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Japan Professor Hitoshi USHIJIMA is Professor of Law at Chuo University, Tokyo. His main fields of research are administrative law and regulatory policy, environmental and climate change law, comparative/transnational law, and multi-layered legal systems and governance. Professor Ushijima will lead the research for Japan. Professor Masako ICHIHARA is Program-Specific Assistant Professor at the Research Unit of the Environment…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG UK
Last Updated: 13th December 2022
National Rapporteur for the UK Dr Kim BOUWER is an Assistant Professor of Law at Durham University. Her main fields of research are energy and climate change law, and private law and she is currently engaged in research on climate litigation and its relationship with activism. International Expert Group UK Dr Bouwer is supported by the following experts in the field of climate change, drawn from academia, science, and the legal profession:…
Climate Change+4Cultural Heritage Governance: Who Should Participate?
Event Date: 13th December 2022
EVENTS Cultural Heritage Governance: Who Should Participate? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This year, the International Law Association adopted recommendations pertaining to Participation in Global Cultural Heritage Governance. This was the culmination of four years of work led by Dr Jakubowski…
Cultural Heritage+1Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Kenya
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Kenya Dr Omondi OWINO is a Senior Lecturer at JKUAT School of Law, Nairobi. He is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and is the climate change rapporteur for Kenya at the Sabin Centre for Climate Change Law. Dr Owino leads the Environment, Energy and Climate Change Law department at Acorn Law Advocates, Nairobi. International Expert Group Kenya Dr Owino is supported by the following experts…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Italy
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Italy Professor Attilio PISANÒ is Professor of Legal Philosophy and Human Rights at the University of Salento, Italy. He is also a Principal Researcher on The Political Terror Scale project at the University of North Carolina. Professor Pisanò has published widely in both Italian and international journals and has authored a number of books on Human Rights. International Expert Group Italy Professor Pisanò is…
Business and Human Rights+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG India
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for India Professor Dr Madhuri PARIKH is Director and Dean of the Institute of Law, Nirma University. Her areas of interest are Environmental Law, Forest Law, Legal Research, and Tort Law. Her current research involves public engagement in the implementation of sustainable development goals and in the environmental decision making process in India. International Expert Group India Professor Parikh is supported by…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG USA
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for the USA Dr Michael MEHLING is Deputy Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, and a Professor of Law at the University of Strathclyde Law School. For over two decades, he has worked on climate policy design and implementation at the intersection of energy and trade policy, advising decision makers in over a dozen countries, testifying before or briefing legislators in the United States, the United Kingdom, and…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Germany
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteurs for Germany Prof Dr Marc-Philippe WELLER is Vice-Rector for International Affairs at the University of Heidelberg. In 2021 he co-authored (with Prof Dr Wolfgang Kahl) and published Climate Change Litigation - Liability and Damages from a Comparative Perspective. Professor Weller will coordinate the report for Germany, assisted by his research team. Christine HEIDBRINK is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Comparative…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG France
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteurs for France Professor Pauline-Marie ABADIE is Associate Professor of Law and Member of IDEP (Institute of Ethical Heritage Law) at Paris-Saclay University. Professor Mathilde HAUTEREAU-BOUTONNET is Professor of Private Law and Researcher in Environmental Law at Aix-Marseille University. She is also a Visiting Research Fellow at BIICL. International Expert Group France Professor Abadie and Professor Hautereau-Boutonnet…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG China
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for China Professor Dr Tianbao QIN is Luojia Professor of Law, and Director of the Research Institute of Environmental Law (RIEL) at the School of Law, Wuhan University. Professor Qin is also a member of the project's Core Group of experts. International Expert Group China Professor Qin is supported by the following experts in the field of climate change, drawn from academia, science, and the legal profession: Jin…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Canada
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Canada Professor Hassan AHMAD is Assistant Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, where he researches and teaches on topics related to corporate governance, business and human rights, transnational law, tort law, international law and climate change litigation. International Expert Group Canada Professor Ahmad is supported by the following experts in the field of climate change, drawn from academia,…
Climate Change+4Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Brazil
Last Updated: 12th December 2022
National Rapporteur for Brazil Dr Danielle DE ANDRADE MOREIRA is Associate Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), working with the Postgraduate Programme in Law and the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Environment (NIMA/PUC-Rio). She is founder and coordinator of Law, Environment and Justice in the Anthropocene (JUMA), which is affiliated to the Environmental Law Coordination of NIMA/PUC-Rio (NIMA-Jur). She is director of the…
Climate Change+4Keynote speech by Sarah Cardell at BIICL roundtable
6th December 2022
Ensuring digital market outcomes that benefit people, businesses and the wider UK economy At the recent BIICL/Linklaters Tech Antitrust Roundtable Sarah Cardell, Interim Chief Executive of the competition and Markets Authority (CMA), delivered the keynote speech focusing on three key issues: First, the particular characteristics of digital markets that bring many considerable benefits but also present risks and challenges to people and businesses if left unchecked; Second, a taxonomy of potential…
Competition LawThis House believes that the approach of the Multilateral Investment Court to appointment of judges will not appropriately balance interests of States and investors
Event Date: 6th December 2022
EVENTS Young ITF Debate: This House believes that the approach of the Multilateral Investment Court to appointment of judges will not appropriately balance interests of States and investors Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details The proposed Multilateral Investment Court will appoint…
Arbitration+1Reform and International Law (Annual BIICL/SLS Workshop)
Event Date: 5th December 2022
EVENTEVENT Reform and International Law (Annual BIICL/SLS Workshop) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-Organised with Event Details International law is both a motivator and product of reforms around the globe. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the International Law Section…
Centre for International Law+5EAPIL-BIICL Seminar on the Rome II Regulation
Event Date: 2nd December 2022
EVENTS EAPIL-BIICL Seminar on the Rome II Regulation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with EAPIL Event Details A joint seminar hosted by the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). The Seminar…
Artificial Intelligence+5Intensive Course: Law of the Sea
Event Date: 1st December 2022
EVENTS Intensive Course: Law of the Sea Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This course offers an informative overview of the international law of the sea and current challenges facing the world's oceans and seas. How do States establish their maritime boundaries? What are the States'…
Law of the Sea+1The Virtual Kaplan Lecture 2022
Event Date: 30th November 2022
EVENTS The Virtual Kaplan Lecture 2022 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Kaplan Lecture 2022 will be delivered by Robert Spano, President of the European Court of Human Rights on the topic Investor State Arbitration - A New Frontier Speaker Robert Spano, President of the European Court…
Arbitration44th Annual FA Mann Lecture: Foreign Relations Law Revisited
Event Date: 30th November 2022
EVENTS 44th Annual FA Mann Lecture: Foreign Relations Law Revisited Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This event is the forty-fourth of a series of annual lectures in honour of the late Dr F A Mann QC (Hon) (1907-1991) arranged by his former partners in Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and given…
Centre for Comparative LawGlobal Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - IEG Australia
Last Updated: 28th November 2022
National Rapporteurs for Australia Professor Dr Jacqueline PEEL is Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School and Director of Melbourne Climate Futures, the University of Melbourne's climate change initiative. She is also Lead Author of WGIII IPCC 6th AR. Professor Peel will lead the research team for Australia. Rebekkah MARKEY-TOWLER is a PhD candidate at Melbourne Law School, and Research Fellow at Melbourne Climate Futures. Rebekkah…
Climate Change+44th Annual BIICL/Linklaters Tech Antitrust Roundtable
Event Date: 28th November 2022
EVENTS 4th Annual BIICL/Linklaters Tech Antitrust Roundtable Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The BIICL / Linklaters roundtable, now in its fourth year, brings together leading officials, academics, economists, and senior business leaders from the digital sector and disrupted corporates for…
Artificial Intelligence+1Surveying European Developments in Product Liability
Event Date: 22nd November 2022
EVENTS Surveying European Developments in Product Liability Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This in-person event will be bring together European experts to take a look at developments in products cases, including from the perspective of Collective Redress, with a group of distinguished…
Collective Redress+1Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics: Developing a Comparative Toolbox for Corporate Climate Litigation
Event Date: 17th November 2022
EVENTS Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics: Developing a Comparative Toolbox for Corporate Climate Litigation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details BIICL is delighted to launch a new landmark international research project on corporate climate litigation. More than…
Business and Human Rights+1The Review of the Arbitration Act 1996: How do we maintain English arbitration law as state of the art?
Event Date: 16th November 2022
EVENTS The Review of the Arbitration Act 1996: How do we maintain English arbitration law as state of the art? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Event Details The Law Commission has recently reviewed the Arbitration Act 1996 to ensure that it continues to promote the UK as a leading…
Arbitration+5Thirty Eighth ITF Public Conference: Complex Arbitration Proceedings in ISDS
16th November 2022
The ubiquity of investor-state dispute settlement (both in terms of the number of states and investors participating in this mechanism and the number of proceedings initiated) raise much more than purely investment treaty questions. For instance, they also address potential interactions with other regimes and also issues of systemic coherence and integrity (such as the abuse of the system by groups of companies bringing formally different claims, but actually deriving from the same set of…
Arbitration+1A Global Toolbox for Corporate Climate Litigation
15th November 2022
New Landmark Research Project announced The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) today announces the launch of a landmark new research project on climate litigation within the corporate world. Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics will produce a toolbox for NGOs, government bodies, local communities, other affected groups and individuals around the world, and those representing them. It aims to trigger a significant impact of international…
Climate Change+2Are States Still Masters of their Treaties? The Role of Subsequent Agreements and Subsequent Practice in Treaty Interpretation
Event Date: 15th November 2022
EVENTS Are States Still Masters of their Treaties? The Role of Subsequent Agreements and Subsequent Practice in Treaty Interpretation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by: Event Details States are often said to be the "Masters of their Treaties." However, recent decisions of arbitral tribunals in…
Arbitration+1Short Course: International Labour Law
Event Date: 14th November 2022
EVENTS Short Course: International Labour Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details International Labour Law is a constantly evolving field of law and one which has a direct impact on governments, businesses, civil society organisations and workers. It influences the way in which governments…
Business and Human Rights+3Short Course: International Cultural Heritage Law
Event Date: 14th November 2022
TRAINING Short Course: International Cultural Heritage Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This Course will offer an introduction to cultural heritage as an international legal concept. It will include discussions of the key threats to cultural heritage at present, including trafficking, armed…
Cultural Heritage+1Intensive Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution - Hybrid (online participation)
Event Date: 10th November 2022
EVENTS Intensive Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution - Hybrid (online participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Featured by Transnational Dispute Management Event Details Cross-border dispute resolution is a part of the practice of almost every commercial lawyer and knowledge in this…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Intensive Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution - Hybrid (in person participation)
Event Date: 10th November 2022
EVENTS Intensive Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution - Hybrid (in person participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Featured by Transnational Dispute Management Event Details…
Centre for Comparative Law+2A model law with the key elements for an EU Regulation to prohibit the import and export of products made or transported with forced labour
10th November 2022
This research was commissioned by Anti-Slavery International, the European Center for Constitutional Human Rights (ECCHR) and the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament. The legal analysis and drafting were conducted by Dr Irene Pietropaoli, Lise Smit, and Dr Julinda Beqiraj, of BIICL. The legal analysis and drafting were co-funded by the Greens/EFA Group and Freedom Fund. In September 2022, the European Commission published a Proposal for a Regulation on prohibiting products made with…
Business and Human Rights+2Is the concept of Legitimate Expectations Spiraling Out of Control?
9th November 2022
On 13 September 2022, the Second Young Investment Treaty Forum Debate took place in the offices of Allen & Overy in London. The House's motion was that the concept of legitimate expectations in investment arbitration is spiraling out of control. The event was held under the Chatham House rules, and the arguments advanced by the speakers did not represent their personal views or those of their respective organizations or clients. Arguments that the doctrine of legitimate expectations…
Arbitration+1Supplying governments amidst modern slavery provisions in public procurement.
4th November 2022
This is an accompanying piece to a Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (Modern Slavery PEC) Policy Brief on the Effectiveness of public procurement measures in addressing modern slavery. The Modern Slavery PEC is led by the Bingham Centre and Dr Sofia Gonzalez de Aguinaga is one of the authors of the Brief. Here she discusses the impact of public procurement modern slavery measures on business. Businesses are increasingly facing regulations to tackle modern slavery…
Business and Human Rights+1Intensive Course: Climate Change Litigation - Hybrid (online participation)
Event Date: 3rd November 2022
EVENTS Intensive Course: Climate Change Litigation - Hybrid (online participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details Climate Change Litigation is an increasingly critical component of climate governance at the local, national, regional and global levels, exerting pressure on the executive…
Climate Change+2Intensive Course: Climate Change Litigation - Hybrid (in person participation)
Event Date: 3rd November 2022
EVENTS Intensive Course: Climate Change Litigation - Hybrid (in person participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Featured by Oil, Gas & Energy Law (OGEL) Course Details Climate Change Litigation is an increasingly critical component of climate governance at the local, national, regional and global…
Climate Change+2International Commercial Courts: The Future of Transnational Adjudication
Event Date: 1st November 2022
EVENTS International Commercial Courts: The Future of Transnational Adjudication Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by Event Details This online book launch and panel discussion will offer a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the role played by international commercial courts in the field…
Comparative LawShort Course: International Migration and Refugee Law
Event Date: 31st October 2022
EVENTS Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This course offers a unique overview of International Migration and Refugee Law, linking theory and practice to allow participants to gain a meaningful understanding of the law and of the challenges…
Migration+1Some Observations on the Agreement between Lebanon and Israel on the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone
26th October 2022
Written by Professor Constantinos Yiallourides, Dr Nicholas A. Ioannides and Professor Roy Andrew Partain Introduction On 11 October 2022, Lebanon and Israel reached a historic agreement to delimit the two countries' territorial seas and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea ('the Agreement'). The Agreement is ground-breaking for several reasons. First, it is the first maritime boundary agreement reached between countries that have no diplomatic relations.…
Law of the SeaClimate Change and Inequality: Insights from Research (In person participation)
Event Date: 25th October 2022
EVENTS Climate Change and Inequality: Insights from Research (In person participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details At this event, speakers will share insights from their research around climate change and inequality. The discussion will focus on the existing research - and lack thereof…
Business and Human Rights+2Climate Change and Inequality: Insights from Research (online participation)
Event Date: 25th October 2022
EVENTS Climate Change and Inequality: Insights from Research (online participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details At this event, speakers will share insights from their research around climate change and inequality. The discussion will focus on the existing research - and lack thereof - around…
Business and Human Rights+2The effect of sanctions on investment arbitration
24th October 2022
Illustration: Daily Mail These remarks were delivered at the 12th Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference organised by the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic on 20 October 2022. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the effect of sanctions on arbitration has become an increasingly important topic. Within weeks of the invasion, the European Union, United States, United Kingdom, Japan and other states imposed sweeping sanctions to support peace and the territorial integrity…
Arbitration+2Trade, Investment and Small States
Event Date: 20th October 2022
EVENTS Trade, Investment and Small States Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, the Institute of Small and Micro States (ISMS) and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) are delighted to invite you to a two-day…
Investment and TradeJeff King announced as new Director of Research of the Bingham Centre
18th October 2022
Jeff King, Professor of Law at UCL Laws, has been announced as the new Director of Research at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Jeff King of UCL Laws as its new Director of Research. Professor King is an outstanding Rule of Law scholar and practitioner whose career has bridged the divide between Rule of Law theory and practice. As a comparative public lawyer and constitutional…
GovernanceGlobal Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics - Core Group
Last Updated: 17th October 2022
Core Group Global Perspectives on Corporate climate Legal Tactics The Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics research team is supported by a Core Group of experts in corporate climate litigation and related areas, from around the world. These experts are drawn from science, the judiciary, legal practice, and academia. Professor Dr Mads ANDENAS KC Professor Dr Mads ANDENAS KC, Professor of Law, University…
Climate Change+1Thirty Eighth ITF Public Conference: Complex Arbitration Proceedings in ISDS (Online Participation)
Event Date: 14th October 2022
EVENTS Thirty Eighth ITF Public Conference: Complex Arbitration Proceedings in ISDS (Online Participation) save the date) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Sponsor Photographs from the event EVENTS Thirty Eighth ITF Public Conference: Complex Arbitration Proceedings in ISDS Event Details…
Arbitration+2Thirty Eighth ITF Public Conference: Complex Arbitration Proceedings in ISDS (In Person Participation)
Event Date: 14th October 2022
EVENTS Thirty Eighth ITF Public Conference: Complex Arbitration Proceedings in ISDS Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media sponsor Photographs from the event EVENTS Thirty Eighth ITF Public Conference: Complex Arbitration Proceedings in ISDS Event Details On 14 October 2022, the Investment…
Arbitration+1The Impact on Business of Governments' Climate Commitments
Event Date: 13th October 2022
EVENTS The Impact on Business of Governments' Climate Commitments Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details We can now say with credibility that we have kept 1.5 degrees alive. But its pulse is weak and it will only survive if we keep our promises and translate commitments into rapid action. -…
Climate Change+1Short Course: Energy Law
Event Date: 12th October 2022
EVENTS Short Course: Energy Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Featured by Oil, Gas & Energy Law (OGEL) Event Details Energy law is front and centre to many of today's global crises, yet few understand it deeply enough to be confident in their professional work. The world is facing…
Climate Change+3HRDD Forum Annual Conference: Human Rights Due Diligence, Price and Remuneration
Event Date: 10th October 2022
EVENTS HRDD Forum Annual Conference: Human Rights Due Diligence, Price and Remuneration Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Purchasing practices, pricing and remuneration are often at the heart of human rights harms in global value chains. Yet price and remuneration are not often…
Business and Human RightsThe 2022 UNESCO MONDIACULT Declaration: Anything New for Restitution?
10th October 2022
Picture: People worshipping at Angkor Wat, Cambodia, taken as part of our ongoing Leverhulme project At the end of September 2022, delegates from 150 countries gathered at the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development - MONDIACULT 2022 - in Mexico City. There, a Declaration for Culture (the 'Declaration') was adopted by the Ministers of Culture of the Member States of UNESCO, which established culture as a 'global public good', a term which emphasizes…
Cultural HeritageWhat next for the International Law Commission? (Online Participation)
Event Date: 27th September 2022
EVENTS What next for the International Law Commission? (Online Participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Image Mathias P.R. Reding Supported by Event Details At the 32nd meeting of the United Nations General Assembly held in November 2021, 18 new members were elected to the International Law Commission…
Centre for International Law+1What next for the International Law Commission? (In Person Participation)
Event Date: 27th September 2022
EVENTS What next for the International Law Commission? (In Person Participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Image Mathias P.R. Reding Supported by Event Details At the 32nd meeting of the United Nations General Assembly held in November 2021, 18 new members were elected to the International Law Commission…
Centre for International Law+1Competition Policy 2022
Event Date: 22nd September 2022
EVENTS Competition Policy 2022 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Evolving competition policy in challenging times Amid the uncertainty of rapidly shifting politico-economic pressures, new legislation, initiatives and frameworks are driving the evolution of competition policy and enforcement approaches across…
Competition LawUNCITRAL investor-state dispute settlement reform group makes progress despite disagreements
20th September 2022
Earlier this month I had the honour of participating in the 43rd session of the UNCITRAL Working Group III Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform, which took place in Vienna. The session demonstrated that although the group is making progress, on a number of issues disagreements persist between various states. This brief summary highlights some highlights of the session, which will be discussed in more detail in the next edition of the Annual ISDS Review. The session focused on a range of…
Arbitration+1Short Course: WTO Law
Event Date: 16th September 2022
EVENTS Short Course: WTO Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Featured by Transnational Dispute Management Course Outline The training course in WTO Law offers an in-depth dynamic and applied knowledge of the regulatory framework of the multilateral trading system, covering both the institutional…
Investment and Trade+1Identification of adults with lived experiences of modern slavery in the UK
16th September 2022
Research project examining how to improve the identification of adult survivors of modern slavery Despite the numbers of people identified as 'potential victims of modern slavery' growing year on year, there is room for improvement. In 2021, 12,727 people were referred to the UK's National Referral Mechanism (NRM), the highest number of referrals since the NRM began. In the same year, the Home Office received 3,190 reports of adult potential victims via the 'Duty to Notify' process -…
Human Rights and IHL+2Short Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 15th September 2022
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The…
Business and Human Rights+7Revised ICSID Arbitration Rules: Key Changes (In Person Participation)
Event Date: 15th September 2022
EVENTS Revised ICSID Arbitration Rules: Key Changes (In Person Participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On 1st July 2022, the new ICSID Rules came into effect. This has marked an end of a nearly six-year long process that ICSID launched to modernise, simplify, and streamline the rules…
Arbitration+2Revised ICSID Arbitration Rules: Key Changes (Online Participation)
Event Date: 15th September 2022
EVENTS Revised ICSID Arbitration Rules: Key Changes (Online Participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On 1st July 2022, the new ICSID Rules came into effect. This has marked an end of a nearly six-year long process that ICSID launched to modernise, simplify, and streamline the rules while…
Arbitration+3Short Course: Climate Change Law
Event Date: 14th September 2022
EVENTS Short Course: Climate Change Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Featured by Oil, Gas & Energy Law (OGEL) Course Details This virtual course offers a comprehensive overview of climate change law and the legal responses to the current climate crisis. Bringing together a distinguished…
Climate Change+2Young ITF Debate on Legitimate Expectations
Event Date: 13th September 2022
EVENTS Young ITF Debate on Legitimate Expectations Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details It is now rare to find an investment dispute which does not include a claim of a breach of legitimate expectations. Such claims have been successful in a wide variety of circumstances leading to…
Arbitration+2Modern Disputes Management and Arbitration for Competitive Economies
Event Date: 13th September 2022
EVENTS Modern Disputes Management and Arbitration for Competitive Economies Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Istanbul Arbitration Association Webinar Details Join BIICL, the Istanbul Arbitration Association and a panel of global experts who will discuss ways in which modern dispute…
ArbitrationWhat is next for human rights due diligence?
6th September 2022
Calls for HRDD laws are growing globally, with 'failure to prevent' model already in the UK anti-bribery legislation. How can they effectively address modern slavery in business supply chains? We want laws to improve our lives, to be effective, and we expect an efficient use of limited government's resources. But extensive research, including one commissioned by the Modern Slavery PEC and carried out by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights,…
Business and Human RightsDeterminants of Anti-Trafficking Efforts
30th August 2022
The 'Determinants of Anti-Trafficking Efforts' Project assesses the links and sequencing of specific factors that have yielded improved political will and capacity in national governments to address trafficking in persons and which have led to sustained and comprehensive anti-trafficking efforts. It sought to do so through a review of available literature, a quantitative analysis of existing data sets, a series of over 50 interviews with stakeholders at the international and regional…
Human Rights and IHL+1BIICL/SLS Annual Workshop 2022
24th August 2022
Call for Papers Announced for the 31st Annual BIICL/ SLS Workshop Today BIICL and SLS announced a call for papers for the annual BIICL/SLS workshop. This year the workshop will examine the scope and process of reform in international law. Workshop themes will include: What are the factors (e.g. - crises) that inspire and push reforms in international law? Who are the players that are and/or should be involved in reforming the international system? What are the risks of reforming or not…
International LawBIICL- CQIPS CQUT Conference 2022: Integrated Development of Intellectual Property Laws in Countries Along the Belt and Road Initiative
Event Date: 19th July 2022
EVENTS BIICL- CQIPS CQUT Conference 2022: Integrated Development of Intellectual Property Laws in Countries Along the Belt and Road Initiative Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Conference Details What are the latest development of IP law in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative? What are the impacts…
Intellectual PropertyBIICL offers first executive education with world-renowned business school ESCP
18th July 2022
BIICL is offering its first ever executive education with Paris-based business school ESCP, one of the most highly ranked management schools worldwide and in the UK. The online course, entitled "Integrating Human Rights into Business", will allow participants to build capacity for implementing respect for human rights into business activities. It will consist of four elective certificate courses, each two weeks and 12 hours in duration, made up of live and asynchronous content. Course participants…
Business and Human Rights+122nd BIICL Annual WTO Conference
Event Date: 15th July 2022
EVENTS 22nd BIICL Annual WTO Conference Climate Change: Border Carbon Adjustment (BCA) Approaches and the WTO Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored By Conference Details Why are Border Carbon Adjustment (BCA) Approaches being considered by an increasing number of countries? What are the factors…
Business and Human Rights+3Former BIICL Director joins UN working group on business and human rights
13th July 2022
Robert McCorquodale appointed to UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights BIICL is delighted that the United Nations Human Rights Council has appointed former BIICL Director Professor Robert McCorquodale to be a member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights. This is an expert body of 5 people from around the globe, appointed for 6 years each, who seek to provide guidance and clarification in this field for companies, states and civil society. They can also take some complaints…
Business and Human RightsReturning stolen idols to the community: A challenge for heritage law
13th July 2022
When artifacts that unlawfully ended up in foreign collections are returned to their source country, they often end up in a major museum, removed from the communities where they originated from. The Leverhulme-funded Beyond Restitution project has looked at how Nepal is choosing a very different approach: one in which the museums are happy to empty their storages by returning idols to their communities of origin. By doing so, the Nepalese authorities have started implementing a specific…
Cultural HeritageAccess to Justice in Products Cases
Event Date: 11th July 2022
EVENTS PLF Meeting: Access to Justice in Products Cases Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The topic of the round-table seminar was access to justice in products cases. Professor Rachael Mulheron (Queen Mary University of London) and Sarah Moore (Hausfeld) launched the discussion,…
Product Liability LawThe Climate Case against Total in France: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects
Event Date: 29th June 2022
EVENTS The Climate Case against Total in France: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Climate litigation is developing in a large number of countries around the world. Alongside lawsuits against states, there are more and more lawsuits against companies.…
Business and Human Rights+4Law and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Event Date: 29th June 2022
EVENTS Law and the COVID-19 Pandemic Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Book Launch with Talk Please join us to launch the Routledge Handbook of Law and the COVID-19 Pandemic, with a talk by Adam Wagner, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers and leading authority on the law relating to COVID-19 in the UK, along…
COVID-19+1Global Governance at a Crossroads: Finding Solutions to Challenges Facing the Multilateral Trade System
Event Date: 29th June 2022
EVENTS Global Governance at a Crossroads: Finding Solutions to Challenges Facing the Multilateral Trade System Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The 12th session of the WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) took place on 12-17 June 2022 at WTO headquarters in Geneva, after being…
Business and Human Rights+361st Leiden-London Meeting 2022
Event Date: 25th June 2022
EVENTS 61st Leiden-London Meeting 2022: Interdependence, cooperation and strategic autonomy: A (legal) view from the EU Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Swings and developments in the foreign policy of world powers have accelerated the awareness of the need for the EU to clarify…
Brexit+1We need the Rule of law
22nd June 2022
Too often the rule of law is seen as an abstract concept strictly for lawyers and politicians, but it plays a huge role in each of our lives. And so we would think that it is naturally in the interests of world governments to protect it. Nothing could be further from the truth; the World Justice Project recently found that most of the human population live in a place that is less rule-of-law-compliant than before the pandemic. Over 4 billion people are denied the opportunity to escape…
Rule of LawIntensive Course: Foundations of Public International Law
Event Date: 20th June 2022
EVENTS Intensive Course: Foundations of Public International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This short course provides participants with an in depth understanding of the basic tenets of public international law. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of international…
Business and Human Rights+7Collective Redress: Claiming, Defending and Judging
Event Date: 17th June 2022
EVENTS Collective Redress: Claiming, Defending and Judging Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and Aston University Law school Event Details An afternoon conference taking a comparative look at collective redress from the point of view…
Collective RedressShort Course: Law of the Sea
Event Date: 13th June 2022
EVENTS Short Course: Law of the Sea Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This course offers an informative overview of the international law of the sea and current challenges facing the world's oceans and seas. How do States establish their maritime boundaries? What are the States'…
Law of the Sea+1Implementation of the DMA – How will things unfold?
Event Date: 8th June 2022
EVENTS Implementation of the DMA - How will things unfold? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by Event Details Regulation of digital markets in Europe is imminent given approval of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) by the European Council and Parliament with just six-month deadline for entry…
Competition LawLaw and Change: Smart Cities and Sustainability
Event Date: 8th June 2022
EVENTS Law and Change: Smart Cities and Sustainability Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Event Details The British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is collaborating with the Center for AI and Data Governance (CAIDG) of the Singapore Management University on a series…
Artificial Intelligence+1Inter-state communications before UN human rights treaty bodies: awakening and potential
Rosana Garciandia | 7th June 2022
Inter-state communications before UN human rights treaty bodies were incorporated into UN human rights treaties or optional protocols decades ago, but only three inter-state communications have ever been initiated. This occurred in 2018 before the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Palestine v Israel, Qatar v UAE, Qatar v Saudi Arabia) and has been seen as the awakening of this mechanism and as a new opportunity to enhance State responsibility for human rights violations.…
Courts and Tribunals+1The Role of Cultural Heritage in Strengthening Climate Resilience
Kristin Hausler | 6th June 2022
Kristin Hausler, Alina Holzhausen and Berenika Drazewska have completed a major research project, jointly with Professor Petra Butler, Victoria University of Wellington and Director of the Institute of Small and Micro States (ISMS) and BIICL Honorary fellow, and Eva U Wagner, Senior Programme Coordinator Rule of Law and Development Policy, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS). The project focused on strengthening climate resilience through the safeguarding of Intangible…
Climate Change+2Centre for Comparative Law Newsletter 2022
1st June 2022
The Centre for Comparative Law has published its Summer newsletter Topics Include Update to the Collective Redress Website New project Protection and Recovery for Vulnerable Groups, Post-Pandemic - European and Asian Approaches Events at the Centre for Comparative Law Training organised by the Centre New Personnel at the Centre for Comparative Law Read the newsletter
Centre for Comparative LawCollective Redress: Emerging Practice and Everyday Use
Event Date: 26th May 2022
EVENTS Collective Redress: Emerging Practice and Everyday Use Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and Aston University Law school Event Details In light of the rise in high-profile collective claims, this event will consider the evolving…
Collective RedressDeterminants of Anti-trafficking Efforts
Event Date: 26th May 2022
EVENTS Determinants of Anti-trafficking Efforts Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This event is the culmination of a two and a half year research project undertaken at BIICL, which analysed the determinants of anti-trafficking efforts. Determinants are understood as factors shaping governments'…
COVID-19+3Collective HRDD Engagement and Competition Law
Event Date: 23rd May 2022
EVENTS Collective HRDD Engagement and Competition Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details At this session, we will consider how companies that engage with peers in their industry on the implementation of human rights due diligence might in so doing run competition law risks. While…
Business and Human Rights+1The International and Comparative Conference on the Legislation and Practice of Individual Insolvency (Online participation)
Event Date: 20th May 2022
EVENTS The International and Comparative Conference on the Legislation and Practice of Individual Insolvency (Online participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-Organisers Event Details China, the second largest economy in the world, enacted its 'Enterprise Bankruptcy Law' in 2006, a law that covered…
Business and Human Rights+3Harry Weinrebe Annual lecture: Right to a Fair Trial
Event Date: 17th May 2022
EVENTS The Annual Harry Weinrebe Memorial Lecture: Defending the Right to a Fair Trial Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Supported by The Dorset Foundation and sponsored by Event Details Although it has long been enshrined in international…
Courts and Tribunals+2National Security Regime and FDI (In Person Participation)
Event Date: 12th May 2022
EVENTS National Security Regime and FDI (In Person Participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by Event Details In 2021, the United Kingdom adopted the National Security and Investment Act (NSI Act), which allows the government to scrutinise and intervene in certain acquisitions made by anyone,…
Arbitration+2National Security Regime and FDI (Online Participation)
Event Date: 12th May 2022
EVENTS National Security Regime and FDI (Online Participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Event Details In 2021, the United Kingdom adopted the National Security and Investment Act (NSI Act), which allows the government to scrutinise and intervene in certain acquisitions made…
Comparative Law+2Reframing Jurisdiction: Revising the Grounds or a New Scheme?
Event Date: 11th May 2022
EVENTS Reframing Jurisdiction: Revising the Grounds or a New Scheme? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Jurisdiction rules play a pivotal role in cross-border litigation. Uncertainties in their application, with resulting increased costs, time, money and use of judicial resources may be harmful…
Brexit+2Young ITF Launch Debate: Amicus briefs and ISDS legitimacy crisis (Online Participation)
Event Date: 5th May 2022
EVENTS Young ITF Launch Debate: Amicus briefs and ISDS legitimacy crisis (Online Participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by: Event Details On 5 May 2022, Young ITF will host its launch event. The main aim of the Young ITF is to provide young professionals around the world with opportunities…
Arbitration+1Young ITF Launch Debate: Amicus briefs and ISDS legitimacy crisis (In Person Participation)
Event Date: 5th May 2022
EVENTS Young ITF Launch Debate: Amicus briefs and ISDS legitimacy crisis (In Person Participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details On 5 May 2022, Young ITF will host its launch event. The main aim of the Young ITF is to provide young professionals around the world with opportunities…
Arbitration+1Lessons for a 'Post-Pandemic' Future
Event Date: 28th April 2022
EVENTS Lessons for a 'Post-Pandemic' Future Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location This Event is sponsored by Organised by Webinar The COVID-19 pandemic not only ravaged human bodies but also had profound and possibly enduring effects on the health of political and legal systems, economies…
COVID-19+2Breathing Space- Concept Notes on the effect of the pandemic on commercial contracts
Eva Lein | 28th April 2022
The Breathing Space Concept note arose out of a meeting on 7 April 2020 hosted by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, attended by Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Sir David Edward, Sir William Blair, Professor Spyros Maniatis, Professor Malik Dahlan and Keith Ruddock. It was felt that in the emergency situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic, a universal challenge, a debate should happen as a matter of priority on the necessary…
Centre for Comparative Law+4Inter-state Complaints in International Human Rights Law
27th April 2022
The possibility to complain about human rights violations before supra-national bodies is an essential element towards the effective implementation of international human rights law. Beyond the possibility of individuals bringing complaints before United Nations ('UN') Treaty Bodies or regional human rights courts, various human rights treaties and regional human rights conventions establish inter-state complaint mechanisms. Inter-State cases have not been the most utilized mechanism…
Courts and Tribunals+2Thirty Seventh ITF Public Conference: Overlapping Treaty Regimes in International Investment Law (Online Participation)
Event Date: 22nd April 2022
EVENTS Thirty Seventh ITF Public Conference: Overlapping Treaty Regimes in International Investment Law (Online Participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner Event Details On 22 April 2022, the Investment Treaty Forum brings together senior practitioners, arbitrators, academics and other…
Arbitration+2Displacement in and from Ukraine: Risks, Responses, and Legal Dimensions
Event Date: 19th April 2022
Events Displacement in and from Ukraine: Risks, Responses, and Legal Dimensions Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, displacement within and from Ukraine continues unabated. This event seeks to unpack and critically engage with some…
Human Rights and IHL+2Human rights responsibilities of multinational enterprises and States in the Cuban tourism sector
13th April 2022
The tourism and hospitality sector has been key to the development of the Cuban economy for decades. It is one of the essential economic pillars in the Cuban system, and one where foreign multinational corporations operate in partnership with State-owned companies to provide their services. As in many other geographical contexts, the Cuban tourism and hospitality sector has been associated with risks of labour exploitation, discrimination, and other human rights concerns. This report…
Business and Human Rights+3Business, Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence
Event Date: 11th April 2022
EVENTS Business, Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Artificial Intelligence (AI)'s rapid development portends the potential for machines to act and make decisions independently, potentially transforming society. The AI and big data models…
Artificial Intelligence+1Trafficked persons on trial in the United Kingdom: Court of Appeal provides new guidance on abuse of process and available defences
7th April 2022
Section 45 of the 2015 Modern Slavery Act (MSA) established a statutory basis for the principle of non-punishment of trafficked persons, understood as the principle according to which a trafficked person shall not be punished for unlawful acts committed as a result of their trafficking experience. Despite its narrow construction, it is an important protection for trafficked persons - as recognised in European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment in VCL and AN v UK, which found…
Courts and Tribunals+2Economic Sanctions Against Russia and their Compatibility with WTO Law: Questions and Answers
6th April 2022
1. What are the benefits and duties deriving from Russia's WTO membership? Russia became a WTO member in 2012. The Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clause embodied in different WTO agreements (notably the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and others) entitles Russia, as a WTO member, to benefit from the same regulatory and tariff treatment accorded to products of other WTO members, regarding both imports and exports. Similarly, as regards services, under the General Agreement on Trade…
Investment and Trade+1New projects announced to address COVID-19 challenges
6th April 2022
UK-Japanese social science and humanities projects to address the challenges presented by the global pandemic. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is delighted to be working on two new projects focused on supporting global efforts to manage the effects of the pandemic. COVID-19 and the law: protection and recovery for vulnerable groups An interdisciplinary study on medical research and development: rescuing intellectual property rights in pandemic emergencies…
Comparative Law+2Business and Human Rights: Forum non conveniens and the mystery of the assumed host state jurisdiction
5th April 2022
This is a presentation that was delivered by Lise Smit during the March 2022 conference on the topic of the "Impacts of Business and Human Rights on Public International Law" on the occasion of Robert McCorquodale's retirement from the University of Nottingham. The concept of forum non conveniens is of relevance again now since the UK left the EU, insofar as the Brussels I Recast Regulation no longer applies to claims brought in UK courts. (The Brussels I Recast Regulation establishes jurisdiction…
Business and Human RightsICLQ Annual Lecture 2022 (Online Participation)
Event Date: 4th April 2022
EVENTS ICLQ Annual Lecture 2022 (Online Participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored By: Event Details This year's ICLQ Annual Lecture will be given by Dr Mark Eccleston-Turner and Dr Michelle Rourke and is based on their article 'Arguments Against the Inequitable Distribution of Vaccines…
Human Rights and IHL+1ICLQ Annual Lecture 2022 (In Person Participation)
Event Date: 4th April 2022
EVENTS ICLQ Annual Lecture 2022 (In Person Participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details This year's ICLQ Annual Lecture will be given by Dr Mark Eccleston-Turner and Dr Michelle Rourke and is based on their article 'Arguments Against the Inequitable Distribution of Vaccines…
Human Rights and IHL+1New article published by Guy Beringer in City A.M
1st April 2022
Guy Beringer, Co-Chairman of the Bingham Development Board considers how the emergence of economic sanctions creates new challenges for government, business and the law. The emergence of economic sanctions as a potential deterrent weapon for dealing with rogue states gives rise to new challenges for government, business and the law. This will require new thinking and co-ordinated planning. It will also require better understanding of the rationale for rule of law principles in market economies.…
Comparative Law+3BIICL and CEDR launch new podcast series
31st March 2022
BIICL is proud to partner with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) on a new podcast series on smarter approaches to dispute resolution. This series brings together BIICL's 'Breathing Space Series' which aims to help safeguard commercial activity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and CEDR's vision of 'Better conflicts, better outcomes leading to a better world'. While looking at issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, the series will also look at evolving attitudes…
Centre for Comparative Law+3Merger control and the CMA role in the post-Brexit world
Event Date: 23rd March 2022
EVENTS Merger control and the CMA role in the post-Brexit world Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details We have seen a number of major deals assessed by the CMA in parallel with the EU Commission, US DOJ/FTC and other competition authorities globally. The panel will discuss the approach…
Brexit+1Part 2: Responsible Exit from Russia: Business and Human Rights in a Global Governance Gap
22nd March 2022
This is a two-part blog series. In Part 1 Dr Irene Pietropaoli discusses whether foreign companies have a responsibility under international law to leave Russia. In Part 2, Dr. Irene Pietrapaoli and Dr. Daniel Aguirre discuss responsible exits from Russia. Hundreds of multinational companies have left Russia since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. While this voluntary divestment - most are not subject to sanctions - may be an effective economic weapon in response…
Business and Human Rights+3HRDD in the Public Sector and Public Procurement
Event Date: 21st March 2022
EVENTS HRDD in the Public Sector and Public Procurement Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details During the pandemic, concerns were raised about national health authorities sourcing PPE allegedly produced through forced labour. These reports coincided with questions around revising the…
Business and Human Rights+1Destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage vis-a-vis military necessity and lasting peace
21st March 2022
Almost four weeks into the Russian invasion, important Ukrainian heritage sites have suffered destruction or damage, including the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Philharmonic in Kharkiv, as well as the museum of local history in Ivankiv, where the losses have included works by the celebrated Ukrainian folk artist, Maria Prymachenko. Plenty more is at risk, including Ukraine's seven World Heritage Sites designated pursuant to the World Heritage Convention (1972) and…
Cultural Heritage+2Addressing lack of access to legal advice for survivors of modern slavery
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 18th March 2022
Adequate, timely, and effective access to quality legal assistance remains a critical concern for people with lived experience of modern slavery, despite recognition of the transformative impact of legal advice on access to protection and recovery. BIICL's project, in partnership with Unseen UK, seeks to assess the impacts on access to protection and recovery of the inability for people with lived experiences of modern slavery to access adequate and timely legal advice. The project report…
Human Rights and IHL+170 Years of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly
18th March 2022
2022 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of BIICL's flagship publication, the International and Comparative Law Quarterly. As we enter this milestone year, it is a source of great satisfaction and pride to see the Journal thriving as strongly as ever. We hold fast to our core aims, as articulated by Lord Denning in the first issue of the ICLQ back in 1952: 'first, to handle current questions so as to be of service to all those who have to do with these fields of law ... secondly, to…
ICLQRussia’s Invasion of Ukraine and International Law: Questions and Answers
17th March 2022
Authors: Prof. Yarik Kryvoi (YK), Kristin Hausler (KH), Iris Anastasiadou (IA), Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci (JPG), Dr Noemi Magugliani (NM), Dr Irene Pietropaoli (IP), Dr Berenika Drazewska (BD) In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) has prepared a list of relevant questions and answers, which the general public may have. In addition to answers prepared by BIICL's experts in the relevant…
Business and Human Rights+4Human Rights Due Diligence and Systemic Inequalities: Conference Report
17th March 2022
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and the University of Copenhagen Centre for Private Governance (CEPRI) held the conference 'Human Rights Due Diligence and Systemic Inequalities' on 25 and 26 October 2021. The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) expect business enterprises to undertake human rights due diligence to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for their adverse human rights impacts, and apply to "all internationally recognised…
Business and Human RightsRevisiting: We, the Robots
Event Date: 15th March 2022
EVENTS Revisiting: We, the Robots Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location A.I. and the Limits of the Law Should we regulate artificial intelligence? Can we? From self-driving cars and high-speed trading to algorithmic decision-making, the way we live, work, and play is increasingly dependent on machine learning…
Artificial IntelligencePart 1: Do foreign companies have a responsibility under international law to leave Russia?
14th March 2022
This is a two-part blog series. In Part 1 Dr Irene Pietropaoli discusses whether foreign companies have a responsibility under international law to leave Russia. In Part 2, Dr. Irene Pietrapaoli and Dr. Daniel Aguirre discuss responsible exits from Russia. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24th February, over 300 multinational companies have decided to leave Russia or suspend their operations there. Do they have an obligation under international law to do so? Foreign companies have…
Business and Human Rights+3Reforming the Product Liability Directive
Event Date: 10th March 2022
EVENTS PLF Meeting: Reforming the Product Liability Directive Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details At this event, Mark Beamish, Legal and Policy Officer in DG GROW at the Commission gave us an update on the reform of the Product Liability Directive. This was then followed by a focus…
Product Liability LawShort Course: Business and Human Rights
Event Date: 10th March 2022
EVENTS Short Course: Business and Human Rights Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details Business and human rights is an area of international human rights law in continuous development at the international and national levels. On successful completion of BIICL's Business and Human Rights…
Business and Human Rights+1How does international law protect Ukrainian cultural heritage in war? Is it protected differently than other civilian objects?
10th March 2022
In line with the principle of distinction, the cornerstone of international humanitarian law, attacks may only be directed against military objectives; thus, in principle, all civilian objects enjoy protection during hostilities. Objects and sites of cultural, religious or historical importance benefit from additional protection on the basis of treaty and customary international law. While the Geneva Conventions of 1949 do not include a specific provision for cultural property, Article 53 of…
Cultural Heritage+1Short Course: Climate Change Law
Event Date: 9th March 2022
EVENTS Short Course: Climate Change Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This online course offers a comprehensive overview of climate change law and the legal responses to the current climate crisis. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of scholars and practitioners, the course…
Climate Change+2Law and Change: Smart Cities, Platform Economy and the Vulnerable
Event Date: 8th March 2022
EVENTS Law and Change: Smart Cities, Platform Economy and the Vulnerable Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Law and Change Series The British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is collaborating with the Center for AI and Data Governance (CAIDG) of the Singapore Management…
Artificial Intelligence+4Short Course: Pharmaceuticals and Intellectual Property
Event Date: 4th March 2022
EVENTS Short Course: Pharmaceuticals and Intellectual Property Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This is a wide-ranging course offering diverse legal and interdisciplinary perspectives exploring the nexus between global public health and intellectual property. Although the business…
COVID-19+4Platform for Organising by Workers for Empowerment and Recognition (GLP-POWER)
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 1st March 2022
BIICL is delighted to be joining forces with Solidar Suisse and Pragya in a project which aims to assess and promote new and innovative modes of organising for marginalized informal/precarious workers in South and Southeast Asia. GLP-Power seeks to enhance workers' agency and effective bargaining, increase the visibility of workers' causes, and support regional solidarity and inclusion while overcoming the impediments and restricted democratic space in their environments.…
Human Rights and IHL+2Short Course: Artificial Intelligence, Law and Ethics
Event Date: 24th February 2022
EVENTS Short Course: Artificial Intelligence, Law and Ethics Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location This course is delivered in partnership with Course Details This course provides participants with an understanding of the legal, regulatory and ethical issues arising in the context of artificial intelligence; an…
Artificial Intelligence+3Trends in Climate Change and Environmental Litigation in Selected EBRD Countries of Operation
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 23rd February 2022
BIICL is delighted to be undertaking a project for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on trends in climate change and environmental litigation. The project will design capacity building measures informed by research carried out by the BIICL team. The project involves analysis at both the international and domestic level. It will first map out existing instruments at the international level, and then, identify and analyse developments at the domestic level three…
Climate ChangeThe new European Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence
23rd February 2022
Today, on Wednesday, 23 February 2022, the European Commission released its highly anticipated Draft Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, also known as the mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence Directive (mHREDD). This is a historic moment for the field of business and human rights, ESG and the strive towards sustainable and responsible business conduct that upholds respect for human rights, decent work and environmental standards throughout the entire…
Business and Human Rights+1Historic new European Sustainability Due Diligence law follows pioneering BIICL study
23rd February 2022
European Commission launches new Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence following BIICL-led study Today, on Wednesday, 23 February 2022, the European Commission released its highly anticipated Draft Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, also known as the mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence Directive (mHREDD). This is a historic moment for the field of business and human rights, ESG and the strive towards sustainable and responsible business…
Business and Human Rights+1The CJEU Judgement on the Budget Conditionality Regulation: Unleashing EU Rule of Law Enforcement?
Event Date: 21st February 2022
EVENTS The CJEU Judgement on the Budget Conditionality Regulation: Unleashing EU Rule of Law Enforcement? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has announced that it will deliver judgment on 16 February in the joint cases C-156/21 and C-157/21 of Hungary and Poland…
European Law+1Climate Change Litigation in Europe: Comparative & Sectoral Perspectives and the Way Forward (Online Participation)
Event Date: 18th February 2022
EVENTS Climate Change Litigation in Europe: Comparative & Sectoral Perspectives and the Way Forward (Online Participation) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised in collaboration with: Event Details Climate change litigation has upsurged over the last decade as a global phenomenon encompassing…
Climate Change+1Beyond The UK Supreme Court judgment on the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill: Reflections on the Continuing Human Rights Journey in Scotland
Event Date: 8th February 2022
EVENTS Beyond The UK Supreme Court judgment on the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill: Reflections on the Continuing Human Rights Journey in Scotland Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has been ratified by 196 countries around…
Courts and Tribunals+3Basel Winter Arbitration School
Event Date: 6th February 2022
EVENTS Basel Winter Arbitration School Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Basel Winter Arbitration School will take place on 6 - 11 February 2022 at the Law Faculty of the University of Basel, Switzerland's oldest university. It will also be possible to attend the school…
Arbitration+1Nigel Pleming QC appointed Honorary Senior Fellow
1st February 2022
BIICL is pleased to announce that it has appointed Nigel Pleming QC as an Honorary Senior Fellow Nigel Pleming QC has a distinguished legal career spanning over 50 years. Nigel was called to the Bar in 1971 and appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1992. He practises mainly in England and Wales, but also in Hong Kong, Belize and the Caribbean. He has been recommended as a leading silk in the Legal 500 since 2000 in the specialties of Administrative and Public Law, Civil Liberties and Human Rights,…
Climate ChangeCOVID-19 and the law: protection and recovery for vulnerable groups
Eva Lein | 1st February 2022
COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented global health and economic crisis, fundamentally impacting every aspect of life. It caused massive economic disruption and affected supply chains, the ability to undertake and implement work, government-function and access to justice. In particular, vulnerable individuals and groups such as small businesses, women and children, supply chain workers, migrants and refugees were affected. In response, this study aims to concentrate on safeguarding these…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Parliamentary Scrutiny, Evidence and the Rule of Law: lessons from the pandemic and beyond
Event Date: 19th January 2022
EVENTS Parliamentary Scrutiny, Evidence and the Rule of Law: Lessons from the pandemic and beyond Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details What information and evidence does Parliament need to enable it to oversee government law-making? Is Parliament currently provided with sufficient information and,…
COVID-19+1Migrant Crossings in the Channel: Non-Assistance, Securitisation, and Accountability Under International Law
17th January 2022
On Wednesday, 24 October 2021, 27 people lost their lives in the maritime area between the UK and France. A survivor provided a reconstruction of that night's events. Although several calls were made to both the French and the British Coastguards from the boat in distress, no rescue operation was promptly launched nor completed. Instead, French authorities continued to argue that the boat was in British waters, while British authorities consistently denied it. The result was that no authority…
Human Rights and IHL+1BIICL and CARICOM announce new project
6th January 2022
CARICOM Project to Harmonize Company and Insolvency Laws BIICL is delighted to be working with Dr Nicole Pierce, Deputy Director of the Institute of Small and Micro States on a new research project aiming to provide assistance to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago) to harmonize company,…
International LitigationProfessor Duncan Fairgrieve appointed honorary QC
22nd December 2021
It has been announced today that Professor Duncan Fairgrieve has been appointed Honorary Queen's Counsel by HM Queen for his academic work, including both his work on comparative law and also during the pandemic in respect of emergency medicines and Covid-19 vaccines. BIICL congratulates Professor Fairgrieve on this well deserved honour. Read the government announcement.
Centre for Comparative Law+1Expert Group Meeting on Corruption and International Investments – Key Findings Revealed
20th December 2021
On 16 December 2021, I had the privilege of co-chairing with Vladimir Kozin (UNODC) an event featuring key recommendations of the forthcoming report on corruption and foreign direct investments and corruption and investor-state dispute settlement. This blog summarises key developments, which led to these findings and the document itself. Resolution 8/9 (2019) of State Parties to The United Nations Convention Against Corruption With over 180 State parties, the United Nations Convention against…
Arbitration+1Taking Stock of Work of the Expert Group Meeting on Corruption and International Investments
Event Date: 16th December 2021
EVENTS Taking Stock of Work of the Expert Group Meeting on Corruption and International Investments Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised in partnership with Event Details The expert level side event on Taking Stock of Work of the Expert Group Meeting on Corruption and International Investments…
Arbitration+2CARICOM Project to Harmonize Company and Insolvency Laws
13th December 2021
Consultancy to Provide Assistance to Member States to Harmonize Company, Partnership and Insolvency Laws and Instruments for the Mutual Recognition of Companies BIICL is delighted to be working with Dr Nicole Pierce, Deputy Director of the Institute of Small and Micro States on a new research project aiming to provide assistance to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia,…
International Law+12021 BIICL WTO Conference COVID-19 and World Trade: Resilience and Building Back Better
Event Date: 10th December 2021
EVENTS 2021 BIICL WTO Conference COVID-19 and World Trade: Resilience and Building Back Better Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Conference Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is delighted to announce its prestigious WTO Conference. Established in 2000,…
Centre for International Law+1The Rule of Law and the Future of Democracy
Event Date: 9th December 2021
EVENTS The Rule of Law and the Future of Democracy Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On 9 December at 6.00pm, the British Academy and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law will co-host a livestreamed discussion on The Rule of Law and the Future of Democracy. The event has been prompted by Sir…
Rule of LawCorporate Accountability and Liability Mechanisms for Climate Change: Event Report
9th December 2021
The question as to how companies should be addressing their impacts on climate change has never been as urgent. The recent decision in the Netherlands in Milieudefensie v Royal Dutch Shell is another example of legal and societal expectations that companies should take proactive steps towards reducing and even eliminating their contributions to the various factors that fuel climate change. These concerns have not only surfaced in litigation around the world, but also in other methods…
Business and Human Rights+2Unintended consequences of the DMA –fragmentation across the EU
Event Date: 6th December 2021
EVENTS Unintended consequences of the DMA - fragmentation across the EU Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Sponsor Event Details There are fast moving developments of tech regulation in both the EU and the UK. The former with its proposed DMA regulation and the latter with BEIS' recent consultation on…
Artificial Intelligence+1The Role of Science in Climate Change Litigation
6th December 2021
Climate change litigation is rapidly spreading, with more than 1800 cases filed so far around the globe. Increasingly, climate science has been playing a crucial role in these cases, providing supporting evidence and helping to address issues such as 'attribution' and 'risk assessment'. At the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) held in November 2021, science has been included as an integral part of the 'Glasgow Climate Pact' as the Parties recognised 'the importance of the best available…
Climate Change+1HRDD Forum: Criminal liability for corporate human rights harms
Event Date: 6th December 2021
EVENTS HRDD Forum: Criminal liability for corporate human rights harms Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Recent high profile cases have drawn renewed attention to long-standing questions regarding criminal liability for corporate human rights harms. At this discussion, speakers will…
Business and Human RightsThe London-Leiden Conference 2021: The Future for European Youth
Event Date: 3rd December 2021
EVENTS The London-Leiden Conference 2021: The Future for European Youth Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Following Brexit, young people in the UK and Europe will be the first European generation since the 1970s who are not able to benefit fully from free movement to and from the…
Brexit+1The Virtual Kaplan Lecture 2021: Arbitrating financial disputes - are they different and what lies ahead?
Event Date: 1st December 2021
EVENTS The Virtual Kaplan Lecture 2021: Arbitrating financial disputes - are they different and what lies ahead? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Kaplan Lecture 2021 will be delivered by Sir William Blair on the topic Arbitrating financial disputes - are they different…
Arbitration+1Centre for Comparative Law Highlights 2021
1st December 2021
The Centre for Comparative Law publishes an overview of events in 2021 Topics include Publication of the European Commission Study on the Rome II Regulation Taking Stock: International Commercial Courts in Europe and Asia COVID-19 Response Collective Redress The F.A. Mann Project Cooperation with Singapore Management University UK Swiss Relations Events and training at the Centre Read the newsletter
Centre for Comparative LawThe Duty of States to Cooperate in International Law: 30th Annual SLS/BIICL Workshop
Event Date: 29th November 2021
EVENTS The Duty of States to Cooperate in International Law: 30th Annual SLS/BIICL Workshop Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised with the Society of Legal Scholars Event Details This year's annual BIICL/SLS Workshop on the Theory of International Law will focus on the duty of States to cooperate…
Climate Change+3Convergence and divergence in global data protection law
Event Date: 25th November 2021
EVENTS Convergence and divergence in global data protection law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by Event Details There is strong evidence for a growing convergence in the world's data protection laws. Significant new data protection legislation has recently been adopted in major…
Artificial Intelligence+1Can regulation promote innovation and competition, while guarding against harms online?
Event Date: 24th November 2021
EVENTS Can regulation promote innovation and competition, while guarding against harms online? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organisers Event Details The event explores the synergies and tensions that might arise between promoting competition, innovation, and public policy objectives online.…
Artificial Intelligence+1Annual Conference on Business, Human Rights and Sustainability
Event Date: 24th November 2021
EVENTS Annual Conference on Business, Human Rights and Sustainability Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The NOVA Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment is organising its First Annual Conference on Business, Human Rights and Sustainability organised in partnership with PLMJ ,…
Business and Human Rights+1FA Mann Project Workshop
Event Date: 19th November 2021
EVENTS FA Mann Project Workshop Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details BIICL is working with the Humboldt University Berlin in a project on the renown lawyer Frederick Alexander ("Francis") Mann (1907-1991). The project uses the extensive corpus of his documents, bequeathed to the Humboldt University,…
Centre for Comparative LawCompetition policy 2021
Event Date: 18th November 2021
PARTNER EVENT Competition policy conference 2021 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsors Understanding the role that competition policy plays in building back better The 2021 'Competition policy' conference at Chatham House assesses trends in anti-trust enforcement and market regulation in the context of…
Competition Law43rd FA Mann Lecture: International Law before United Kingdom Courts - A Quiet Revolution
Event Date: 18th November 2021
EVENTS 43rd FA Mann Lecture: International Law before United Kingdom Courts - A Quiet Revolution Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised by Event Details The forty-third of a series of lectures in honour of the late Dr F A Mann QC (Hon) (1907-1991) arranged by his former partners in Herbert…
Courts and Tribunals+2Culture, Art, Cultural Identity and Small States
Event Date: 17th November 2021
EVENTS Culture, Art, Cultural Identity and Small States Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised by Conference Outline Small states are not just small versions of large states-they are culturally and politically different from large ones. Small states have an astonishing cultural diversity and often develop…
Centre for International Law+2Short Course: Aviation Law
Event Date: 17th November 2021
EVENTS Short Course: Aviation Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details The course offers an overview of air transport regulation from the birth of international civil aviation with the conclusion of the Chicago Convention to date. It looks at the economic regulation of air transport,…
International Law+13rd Annual BIICL/Linklaters Tech Antitrust Roundtable
Event Date: 16th November 2021
EVENTS 3rd Annual BIICL/Linklaters Tech Antitrust Roundtable Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Regulators' interest in, and appetite to, regulate competition in the digital space show no sign of abating, with 2021 being a bumper year for both digital regulation and merger control.…
Competition LawThe Achievements of International Law
Event Date: 15th November 2021
EVENTS The Achievements of International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details At this event, an eminent group of speakers will discuss some key examples of the achievements of international law, with the aim of exploring both what it has achieved and also its limits. Speakers: Sir…
International LawRescuing Intellectual Property Rights in Pandemic Emergencies from the "Tragedy of Anticommons"
15th November 2021
An Interdisciplinary Study on Medical Research and Development: Rescuing Intellectual Property Rights in Pandemic Emergencies from the "Tragedy of Anticommons" is a three year project which will examine how aspects of private law, commercial law, and intellectual property law might be reformed to better enable a rapid policy response in the face of an emerging pandemic. The project involves legal scholars from the University of Aberdeen, BIICL, Kobe University, Hokkaido University, Nihon…
Comparative Law+2Short Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution
Event Date: 11th November 2021
EVENTS Short Course: Cross Border Dispute Resolution Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This two-day programme is focused on current developments and strategies in cross-border dispute resolution. Cross-border dispute resolution is a part of the practice of almost every commercial…
Comparative Law+2The Politics and Policymaking of Encryption
Event Date: 9th November 2021
EVENTS The Politics and Policymaking of Encryption Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location This event is sponsored by the Jones Day Foundation and co-hosted by Prospect and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. Event Details End-to-end encryption of online messages is prized by tech giants, but governments…
Artificial Intelligence+1Short Course: International Cultural Heritage Law
Event Date: 8th November 2021
EVENTS Short Course: International Cultural Heritage Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline This Course will offer an introduction to cultural heritage as an international legal concept. It will include discussions of the key threats to cultural heritage at present, including…
Cultural Heritage+1Mobilising the Rule of Law in Climate Change
Event Date: 2nd November 2021
EVENTS Mobilising the Rule of Law in Climate Change Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Event Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), global law firm Hausfeld and the University of Glasgow School of Law co-host a live and virtual COP26 event 'Mobilising…
Climate Change+1A Commentary on the Dispute Concerning the Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v Kenya)
1st November 2021
On 12 October 2021, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its long-awaited judgment in the case of Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v Kenya) on the location of the maritime boundary between Somalia and Kenya. Kenya refused to participate in the oral proceedings on the merits, as discussed here and here. Nonetheless, the Court was satisfied that it had all the necessary information about Kenya's views, including arguments advanced by Kenya in previous phases…
Law of the SeaCall for Papers: Climate Change Litigation in Europe: Comparative & Sectoral Perspectives and the Way Forward
Event Date: 31st October 2021
Events Climate Change Litigation in Europe: Comparative & Sectoral Perspectives and the Way Forward (Call for Papers) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised in collaboration with: Call for Papers The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and Hasselt University will convene…
Climate Change+1Judicial, quasi-judicial and specialised non-judicial bodies as determinants of anti-trafficking efforts
29th October 2021
This blog post builds on a presentation Dr Noemi Magugliani and Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci delivered at the PluriCourts Research Conference on Compliance Mechanisms on 28 October 2021. It presents initial findings on the topic from the Determinants of Anti-trafficking Efforts Project. In the last two decades, the international community has increasingly turned its attention towards the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings. Since the adoption of the 2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and…
MigrationShort Course: Business and Human Rights
Event Date: 27th October 2021
EVENTS Short Course: Business and Human Rights Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details Business and human rights is an area of international human rights law in continuous development at the international and national levels. On successful completion of BIICL's Business and Human Rights…
Business and Human Rights+1BIICL Comparative Arbitration Workshop
Event Date: 26th October 2021
EVENTS BIICL Comparative Arbitration Workshop Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Part of the Annual Hong Kong Arbitration Week Event Details The BIICL Comparative Arbitration Workshop brings together practitioners, academics and policy-makers to discuss international arbitration from a comparative…
Arbitration+1Human Rights Due Diligence and Systemic Inequalities
Event Date: 25th October 2021
EVENTS Human Rights Due Diligence and Systemic Inequalities Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by Event Details The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) expect business enterprises to undertake human rights due diligence to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for…
Business and Human RightsLaw and Change: Social Media
Event Date: 22nd October 2021
EVENTS Law and Change: Social Media Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is collaborating with the Center for AI and Data Governance (CAIDG) of the Singapore Management University on a series of webinars on 'Law…
Artificial Intelligence+4Thirty Sixth ITF Public Conference Time Limits in International Investment Law (in person)
Event Date: 22nd October 2021
EVENTS Thirty Sixth ITF Public Conference: Time Limits in International Investment Law (in person) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Media…
Arbitration+1The Role of Multilateral Development Banks in the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage
21st October 2021
On 21 October 2020, BIICL published a Working Paper on the role of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) in the protection of intangible cultural heritage, in line with sustainable development. Beyond considering the main international legal and policy instruments relevant to the protection of ICH in the context of infrastructure construction projects, this Working Paper undertakes a comparative analysis of of the sustainability policies of seven leading MDBs and an examination…
Cultural HeritageShort Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 7th October 2021
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The programme focuses…
Business and Human Rights+9Study on the Rome II Regulation Published
6th October 2021
Publication of the European Commission Study on the Rome II Regulation We are pleased to announce that the Study on the Rome II Regulation (EC) 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations has now been published by the European Commission. BIICL (in consortium with Civic Consulting ) was selected by the European Commission (DG Justice and Consumers) to conduct the Study supporting the preparation of a report on the application of the Rome II Regulation on the law applicable…
Artificial Intelligence+2Short Course: Climate Change Law
Event Date: 5th October 2021
EVENTS Short Course: Climate Change Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This online course offers a comprehensive overview of climate change law and the legal responses to the current climate crisis. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of scholars and practitioners,…
Climate Change+2Centre for International Law Announcement
5th October 2021
New Members added to the International Law Advisory Panel The Centre for International Law is guided by the Public International Law Advisory Panel (PILAP), which is chaired by Paul McKell (Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office) and comprises prominent academics, practitioners and government officials. The Institute is pleased to announce that the following new members have been appointed to the PILAP: Professor Michael Addo, University of Notre Dame Sean Aughey, Essex Court Chambers, …
Centre for International LawInter-State Complaints in International Human Rights Law
Event Date: 4th October 2021
EVENTS Inter-State Complaints in International Human Rights Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by: Event Details The possibility to complain about the violation of human rights before a supra-national body is an essential element towards the effective implementation of international human rights…
Courts and Tribunals+2Study on the Rome II Regulation (EC) 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations
4th October 2021
Study on the Rome II Regulation (EC) 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations In reply to the EU Commission's Request for service number JUST/2019/JCOO/FW/CIVI/0167, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) in consortium with Civic Consulting carried out a Study to support the preparation of a report on the application of Regulation (EC) No. 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations ("Rome II Regulation"), hereafter,…
Artificial Intelligence+2Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law
Event Date: 4th October 2021
EVENTS Short Course: International Migration and Refugee Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This course offers a unique overview of International Migration and Refugee Law, linking theory and practice to allow participants to gain a meaningful understanding of the law and…
Migration+1Short Course: International Trade Law
Event Date: 1st October 2021
EVENTS Short Course: International Trade Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Outline The training course in International Trade Law offers an in-depth dynamic and applied knowledge of the regulatory framework of the multilateral trading system, covering both the institutional and substantive…
Investment and Trade+1State responsibility: Where are we and where to next?
Event Date: 30th September 2021
EVENTS State responsibility: Where are we and where to next? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by: Event Details It has been 20 years since the International Law Commission completed its work on state responsibility, culminating in the United Nations General Assembly deciding to take note of the…
Arbitration+3Annual Grotius Lecture 2021: What is to become of the UN Human Rights Treaty Body system?
Event Date: 28th September 2021
EVENTS Annual Grotius Lecture 2021: What is to become of the UN Human Rights Treaty Body system? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The UN human rights treaty system has grown piecemeal over many years. For over 20 years it has been the focus of many 'reform' or 'strengthening' processes,…
Human Rights and IHLCorporate Accountability and Liability Mechanisms for Climate Change: Practitioners’ Workshop
Event Date: 27th September 2021
EVENTS Corporate Accountability and Liability Mechanisms for Climate Change: Practitioners' Workshop Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The question as to how companies should be addressing their impacts on climate change has never been as urgent. The recent decision in the Netherlands…
Business and Human Rights+2Corporate Accountability and Liability Mechanisms for Climate Change: Developments and Comparative Models
Event Date: 27th September 2021
EVENTS Corporate Accountability and Liability Mechanisms for Climate Change: Developments and Comparative Models Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The question as to how companies should be addressing their impacts on climate change has never been as urgent. The recent decision in…
Business and Human Rights+2International and Comparative Law Quarterly reports improved Impact Factor Score
24th September 2021
We are delighted to announce that the International & Comparative Law Quarterly's 2-year Impact Factor score has increased significantly in the 2020 Clarivate Journal Citation Reports - from 1.565 to 1.932. The ICLQ is now ranked as the top law journal for European law and for comparative law and is in second place for international law generally. Impact Factor is calculated based on the number of citations made to papers published in the journal within the two preceding years (2018 and…
ICLQShort Course: Law of the Sea
Event Date: 22nd September 2021
EVENTS Short Course: Law of the Sea Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This course offers an overview of the international law of the sea and current challenges facing the world's oceans and seas. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of law of the sea scholars, the course is designed…
Law of the Sea+1Lord Neuberger to succeed Lord Phillips as the new President of BIICL
21st September 2021
BIICL is delighted to announce that Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury has been appointed as the President of the Institute, succeeding Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers who has served in that office since 2016. Lord Neuberger was President of the United Kingdom Supreme Court between 2012 and 2017. He is an active BIICL member and has supported a range of BIICL activities including chairing the BIICL 60+ Appeal and participating in a number of BIICL events and has provided great support to BIICL…
GovernanceTaking Stock: International Commercial Courts in Europe and Asia
Event Date: 17th September 2021
EVENTS Taking Stock: International Commercial Courts in Europe and Asia Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details In recent years, International Commercial Courts have been established across Europe and in Asia. Now that these courts have been dealing with international cases for a while, it is…
Arbitration+3ITF Meeting: Sovereign Wealth Funds and International Dispute Resolution (online)
Event Date: 14th September 2021
EVENTS Sovereign Wealth Funds and International Dispute Resolution (online) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On 14 September 2021, BIICL and Withers LLP will launch a report on Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and dispute resolution. The report presents findings of a months-long research…
Arbitration+1BIICL publishes new study on sovereign wealth funds and dispute resolution
14th September 2021
The BIICL Investment Treaty Forum in partnership with Withers is delighted to announce the publication of our study on "Sovereign Wealth Funds: Transnational Regulation and Dispute Resolution" With assets under management worth over USD 10 trillion and about 7.8% of all listed equities worldwide under their control, SWFs are among the world's most powerful economic actors. The 20 largest SWFs own 89% of these assets. Despite their significance, the topic of SWFs and dispute resolution has…
Arbitration+1Sovereign Wealth Funds: Transnational Regulation and Dispute Resolution
14th September 2021
With assets under management worth over USD 10 trillion and about 7.8% of all listed equities worldwide under their control, SWFs are among the world's most powerful economic actors. The 20 largest SWFs own 89% of these assets. Despite their significance, the topic of SWFs and dispute resolution has not until now received the comprehensive consideration and analysis that its importance merits. This joint Report of the BIICL and Withers fills this gap by examining the structure and dispute…
Arbitration+3HRDD Forum: Covid-19 and Value Chains: Three recent studies
Event Date: 9th September 2021
EVENTS HRDD Forum: Covid-19 and Value Chains: Three recent studies Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details At this thematic session, speakers will present their recent findings on the impact of Covid-19 in value chains, all the way from the agricultural fields, through the garment supply…
Business and Human Rights+4The future of Judiciaries in Europe and Beyond
Event Date: 8th September 2021
EVENTS The future of Judiciaries in Europe and Beyond Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by Event Details Can - and should - there be a universal blueprint on how to run an effective judiciary anywhere in the world? Internationally, there are series of institutional attributes and practices…
Courts and TribunalsA New Pro-competition Regime in Digital Markets
Event Date: 6th September 2021
EVENTS A New Pro-competition Regime in Digital Markets Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On 20 July 2021 the UK government launched a consultation setting out its vision for transforming the UK's competition regime to better tackle the challenges of the 21st century. This consultation is the…
Competition LawThe Role of Science in Climate Change Litigation: International Workshop
2nd September 2021
Event Report The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSA, Pisa), the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL, London), and the Center for Climate Change Studies and Sustainable Actions (3CSA, Pisa/Pavia) co-organised an international workshop on "The Role of Science in Climate Change Litigation" on 14-15 July 2021. The workshop was integrated in the Seasonal School on Climate Change and International Law: Interdisciplinary Perspectives held from 12 to 16…
Centre for International Law+3Our Future in the Balance: The Role of Courts and Tribunals
17th August 2021
International Virtual Summit 7 - 8 July 2021 Event Report The British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and global law firm Hausfeld partnered to host 'Our Future in the Balance: The Role of Courts and Tribunals in Meeting the Climate Crisis' , a landmark two-day international virtual summit exploring the role of courts and tribunals in global climate governance with a focus on the separation of powers in climate litigation. This event was held at a critical…
Centre for International Law+2Young ITF
Last Updated: 11th August 2021
Young ITF Introduction Established in 2022, Young ITF is a learning, discussion and networking forum for junior practitioners, postgraduate students, civil servants and academics interested in international economic law. It works under the patronage of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and its Investment Treaty Forum. Main aims of Young ITF Young ITF aims to provide junior professionals in London and elsewhere around the globe with opportunities to…
Arbitration+1Law-making in Illiberal Regimes
Event Date: 20th July 2021
EVENTS Law-making in Illiberal Regimes Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised in collaboration with the journal Theory and Practice of Legislation Event Details There has been a global rise in what may be termed illiberal regimes - that is to say, states and governments which reject some aspects…
Rule of LawNew empirical study on annulment in investor-State arbitration
19th July 2021
BIICL and Baker Botts LLP launch comprehensive empirical study on annulment which sheds light on decision-making in investor-state disputes under the ICSID Convention Today BIICL and Baker Botts LLP are pleased to announce the publication of a comprehensive empirical study on annulment in investor-State arbitration under the Rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. Co-authored by Yarik Kryvoi of BIICL, Johannes Koepp and Jack Biggs of Baker Botts, the study…
Arbitration+1The Role of Science in Climate Change Litigation
Event Date: 14th July 2021
EVENTS The Role of Science in Climate Change Litigation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location This international workshop is jointly organised by Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (SSSA), BIICL and the Center for Climate Change Studies and Sustainable Actions (3CSA) Event Details Six years after the…
Climate Change+1Empirical Study: Annulment in ICSID Arbitration
14th July 2021
This study examines over 150 annulment decisions rendered by ICSID ad hoc committees and offers a unique insight into how the ICSID system deals with annulment. It provides a detailed examination of the entire universe of publicly available annulment awards. In particular, it builds on the Updated Background Paper on Annulment for the Administrative Council of ICSID published by ICSID in May 2016. This report examines the trends and practices of annulment committees on key issues…
Arbitration+3Artificial Intelligence (AI), Trade, and the Rule of Law
Event Date: 12th July 2021
EVENTS Artificial Intelligence (AI), Trade, and the Rule of Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location The Asia-Pacific Europe Law Institutes Alliance (APELIA) conference 2021 We have been captivated by Alpha-Go, experiencing driverless cars, considered smart contracts, tempted by crypto currencies,…
Artificial Intelligence+2Our Future in the Balance: The Role of Courts and Tribunals in Meeting the Climate Crisis
Event Date: 7th July 2021
EVENTS Our Future in the Balance: The Role of Courts and Tribunals in Meeting the Climate Crisis Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location In partnership with: Event Details The global life-threatening effects of climate change pose an 'imperative' that all nations must independently and cooperatively address with…
Climate Change+1Covid-19 Vaccine Injury Compensation Schemes: Comparative Perspectives
Event Date: 6th July 2021
EVENTS Covid-19 Vaccine Injury Compensation Schemes: Comparative Perspectives Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised in partnership with: Event Details This event will examine critically the provision made for the small numbers of those who have suffered adverse reactions after administration of one of…
COVID-19+1The Non-Punishment Principle in Trafficking In Persons
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 2nd July 2021
BIICL is delighted to be working with the International Bar Association (IBA) on a new research project on the application of the non-punishment principle in law and practice across different jurisdictions. The overall goal of the project is to provide concrete recommendations towards improving the legislative provision and practical implementation of the non-punishment principle. The project will also develop a pilot multi-disciplinary program to build the capacity of lawyers…
Human Rights and IHL+1COVID-19 - Test for the World’s Legal Systems
30th June 2021
Study by The International and Comparative Law Research Center The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has not only become a global health and economic challenge but has also raised the questions of the sufficiency of emergency regulations at the international and national levels and the selection of the most effective response measures. The results of this research can be used to improve existing regulation, introduce the best approaches and practices for the prevention and response to emergencies,…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Inclusivity and the law: do we need to prohibit class discrimination?
29th June 2021
Abstract This article argues that national, regional and international human rights and equality laws have proven insufficient protection against discrimination on the basis of class, birth and social origin. It demonstrates that class is still an important area of discrimination, but that class remains largely invisible to law. It provides evidence that class discrimination is no more difficult to define than disability, gender, and age and the other forms of prohibited discriminations.…
Human Rights and IHLWebinar Series: Business, Human Rights and the Environment in Europe
Event Date: 24th June 2021
EVENTS Webinar Series: Business, Human Rights and the Environment in Europe: Connecting the Dots Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Series Overview With the support of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Nova Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment (NOVA…
Business and Human Rights+2The Asia-Pacific Europe Law Institutes Alliance (APELIA) Conference 2021 Call for Papers
Event Date: 18th June 2021
Call for Papers The Asia-Pacific Europe Law Institutes Alliance (APELIA) Conference 2021 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Introduction The Asia-Pacific Europe Law Institutes Alliance (APELIA) was founded by 18 prestigious law schools and legal research institutions cross the Asia-Pacific and Europe in 2019.…
Artificial Intelligence+2Data for investor action on modern slavery
16th June 2021
Report laying groundwork for developing data solutions for investors to help address modern slavery. This report, entitled Data for Investor Action on Modern Slavery: A Landscape Analysis, was developed by Florian Ostmann and Alex Harris from the Alan Turing Institute and Nyasha Weinberg, Irene Pietropaoli and Lise Smit from the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. The outputs of the project include a full report, brief Research Summary and a catalogue of data resources on modern slavery…
Artificial Intelligence+2Data for Investor action on Modern Slavery
Event Date: 15th June 2021
EVENTS Data for investor action on modern slavery Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details There is increasing recognition of the important role of investors when it comes to addressing modern slavery risks in business supply chains and the private sector more generally. Investors' information needs…
Artificial Intelligence+2Human Rights Responsibilities of Multi-National Enterprises Working in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector in Cuba
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 15th June 2021
Companies, including foreign companies, operating in the tourism and hospitality sector in Cuba have the responsibility to respect the human rights of workers. This includes the duty to set up policies and due diligence processes to assess the risk of labour exploitation in their supply chains, to identify exploitation cases, and to take steps to ensure access to remedy for those workers whose rights may have been abused. States where those companies are domiciled also have obligations…
Business and Human Rights+3HRDD Forum: Forum non conveniens and access to remedy in UK courts post-Brexit
Event Date: 14th June 2021
EVENTS Forum non conveniens and access to remedy in UK courts post-Brexit Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Since Brexit, the Brussels I Recast Regulation no longer applies to UK courts. The Regulation overcomes the forum non conveniens doctrine by establishing the jurisdiction…
Brexit+2When Private Vessels Rescue Migrants and Refugees
10th June 2021
Policy Notes Theme 6: Advocating for improved protection responses When Private Vessels Rescue Migrants and Refugees A Roadmap for Advocacy, Policy Development, and Programming Protection in Mixed Movements along the Central and Western Mediterranean Routes 2021 is an edited volume that presents key recommendations from more than 40 researchers, protection actors, policy-makers and people with a displacement experience from North, West, East and the Horn of Africa as well as Europe…
Human Rights and IHL+1The Rule of Law and Authoritarian Ascendance: the Nature and Scale of the Threat, and the Legal, Policy and Societal Responses to It
Event Date: 8th June 2021
EVENTS The Rule of Law and Authoritarian Ascendance: the Nature and Scale of the Threat, and the Legal, Policy and Societal Responses to It Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by Event Details The rise of authoritarian or authoritarian-leaning governments and political parties is a trend affecting…
Rule of LawDamages Claims for Mass Data Breaches: Uk and European Perspectives
Event Date: 8th June 2021
EVENTS Damages Claims for Mass Data Breaches: UK and European Perspectives Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by: Event Details In light of the recent hearing before the UK Supreme Court in the case of Lloyd v Google, this event will look across the Channel in order to assess the developing European…
Artificial Intelligence+2Private or Public Adjudication? Procedure, Substance and Legitimacy
4th June 2021
Private or Public Adjudication? Procedure, Substance and Legitimacy Author: Yarik Kryvoi Leiden Journal of International Law , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , September 2021 , pp. 681 - 703 This article identifies the essential differences between public and private adjudication and their implications for the legitimacy and efficiency of dispute resolution institutions, as well as the rule of law. Public adjudication comes at a significant cost for the taxpayers but helps secure a consistent body…
Arbitration+1BIICL publishes new study on costs, damages and duration in investor-state arbitration
3rd June 2021
The BIICL Investment Treaty Forum in partnership with Allen and Overy is delighted to announce the publication of our empirical study on "Costs, Damages and Duration in Investor-State Arbitration" The study examines over 400 ICSID, UNCITRAL and ICSID annulment decisions rendered in investor-state arbitrations and builds on earlier empirical studies conducted by Allen & Overy. It gives an evidence-based account of how much investment arbitral proceedings cost, how tribunals allocate those…
Arbitration+1Empirical Study: Costs, Damages and Duration in Investor-State Arbitration
2nd June 2021
This study examines over 400 investor-State cases conducted under ICSID, UNCITRAL and other arbitration rules, and over 70 ICSID annulment decisions, giving a comprehensive account of how long ISDS proceedings last, how much they cost, how tribunals allocate those costs as well as the amounts of damages awarded. It offers an empirical insight into the current position of costs incurred by parties in investor-State arbitrations and also changes in tribunals' practice in fixing and…
Arbitration+3Corporate Due Diligence and Climate Change
31st May 2021
This blog post is based on the intervention of Ivano Alogna in the webinar on Corporate Due Diligence and the Green Deal organised by the Nova Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment with the support of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union in partnership with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, the Portuguese Ombudsman (Provedor de Justiça), the Teaching Business and Human Rights Forum, and NOVA 4 The Globe on…
Business and Human Rights+2Virtual Course: International Trade Law
Event Date: 28th May 2021
EVENTS Virtual Course: International Trade Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The training course in International Trade Law offers an in-depth dynamic and applied knowledge of the regulatory framework of the multilateral trading system, covering both the institutional and substantive…
Investment and TradeNon-Retroactivity as a General Principle of Law
26th May 2021
Non-Retroactivity as a General Principle of Law Kryvoi, Y. and Matos, S., 2021. Non-Retroactivity as a General Principle of Law. Utrecht Law Review, 17(1), pp.46-58. Authors: Yarik Kryvoi; Shaun Matos This article examines the principle of non-retroactive application of law, which prohibits the application of law to events that took place before the law was introduced. The application of this principle has become particularly controversial as states adopt stricter regulations to tackle…
Arbitration+1Contesting automated decision making in legal practice: Views from practitioners and researchers
21st May 2021
Rapid summary report from an expert workshop: 'Contesting AI Explanations in the UK', 6 May 2021 Authors: King's College London and BIICL Is UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy too speculative? Have we underestimated relevant tech change as something generating legal problems now, rather than ethical dilemmas in the future? King's College London's Dickson Poon School of Law and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) have been collaborating…
Artificial IntelligenceClass action certification: The implications of the Supreme Court’s Merricks Judgment
Event Date: 19th May 2021
EVENTS Class action certification: The implications of the Supreme Court's Merricks Judgment Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details The panel will focus the recent developments in relation to class actions in the UK, discuss recent high profile litigations and take stock of…
Competition LawBIICL supports UN Office on Drugs and Crime to set up expert meeting
18th May 2021
Inaugural Expert Group Meeting on Corruption and Foreign investments Senior Fellow in International Economic Law and Director of the Investment Treaty Forum Professor Yarik Kryvoi played a key role in convening the first high-level Expert Group Meeting on Corruption and Foreign investments organised by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and the UN Conference on Trade and Development on 18-19 May 2021. The event brought together over 140 experts from States, intergovernmental organisations,…
Investment and TradeITF Meeting: Damages, Costs and Duration of Investment Treaty Arbitration
Event Date: 14th May 2021
EVENTS ITF Meeting: Damages, Costs and Duration of Investment Treaty Arbitration Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location In collaboration with: Event Details On 14 May 2021, Allen & Overy and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law launched a joint report on "Damages, Costs and…
Arbitration+2International Criminal Responsibility: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives
Event Date: 12th May 2021
EVENTS International Criminal Responsibility: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This webinar will focus on individual criminal responsibility in international law, including the interpretation of the intricacies of Article 25 of the…
Courts and Tribunals+2Webinar Series: Power and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Event Date: 12th May 2021
EVENTS Webinar Series: Power and the COVID-19 Pandemic Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Hosted by the Verfassungsblog and supported by Democracy Reporting International, RECONNECT and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Event Details Marking the conclusion of the…
COVID-19+1PLF Event: Applying Product Liability rules to online platforms
Event Date: 11th May 2021
EVENTS PLF Event: Applying Product Liability rules to online platforms Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This seminar will examine this topical theme by reviewing the emerging US case law finding platforms / online marketplaces strictly liable in products cases (such as the Bolger…
Artificial Intelligence+2Rising Sea Levels: Promoting Climate Justice through International Law
10th May 2021
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and Landmark Chambers co-organised a webinar series on 'Rising Sea Levels: Promoting Climate Justice through International Law'. The series approached climate-induced rising sea level as a global problem and the possible implications arising from it from the lens of international law and climate justice. Four separate webinars were held examining the topic from different legal dimensions. The following reports…
Centre for International Law+4BIICL Guidelines – Constructive resolution of business legal disputes post COVID-19
6th May 2021
Small businesses are the backbone of the UK economy and key to economic recovery post COVID-19 and Brexit. Yet many of them struggle to obtain payment on time, or sometimes at all, and end up facing a difficult choice: to pursue payment by the often slow process of going to court, with the outlay of cost and valuable management time and effort, and the risk of damaging important commercial relationships, or to walk away from money that is rightly theirs. COVID-19 has increased these difficulties…
Comparative Law+2Class, Intersectionality, the Right to Housing and the Avoidable Tragedy of Grenfell
5th May 2021
The avoidable tragedy of Grenfell Tower starkly raises the issues of class and intersectionality, an area which has, until now, received insufficient analysis. This chapter excavates, inter alia, three issues surrounding class, intersectionality and the Grenfell Tower tragedy: the nature of class as a concept; its implications in constituting a ground of discrimination under the Equality Act 2010; and its relationship with intersectionality. The reasons behind the insufficient attention…
Centre for Comparative Law+5BIICL looks for new Trustees
5th May 2021
BIICL is seeking expressions of interest for new members of our Board of Trustees Since 2018 our Director, Professor Spyros Maniatis, has been leading a strategy of international growth and development of new income streams to create a truly global, sustainable future for the Institute. As a number of Trustees reach the end of their terms of office, we are recruiting for up to ten new forward-looking members who will bring expertise and energy to the development and delivery of this strategy.…
GovernanceClimate Change Litigation: Global Perspectives
4th May 2021
This ground-breaking volume provides analyses from experts around the globe on the part played by national and international law, through legislation and the courts, in advancing efforts to tackle climate change, and what needs to be done in the future. Published under the auspices of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), the volume builds on an event convened at BIICL, which brought together academics, legal practitioners and NGO representatives. The…
Centre for International Law+3BIICL expands Breathing Space initiative by publishing guidelines in seven languages
4th May 2021
BIICL is proud to announce the expansion of the Breathing Space initiative as Concept Note 3 the BIICL Guidelines are translated into seven additional languages Concept Note 3 is a set of guidelines published in September 2020 by a group of leading commercial lawyers which set out practical ways in which corporates might be encouraged to adopt a more conciliatory approach to COVID-19 related contractual disputes without prejudicing or altering parties' legal rights. Helen Dodds, former Global…
Centre for Comparative Law+3Empirical Study: Costs, Damages and Duration in Investor-State Arbitration
3rd May 2021
The BIICL Investment Treaty Forum in partnership with Allen and Overy is delighted to announce the publication of our empirical study on "Costs, Damages and Duration in Investor-State Arbitration" The study analysed over 400 ICSID, UNCITRAL and ICSID annulment decisions rendered in investor-state arbitrations and builds on earlier empirical studies conducted by Allen & Overy. It gives an evidence-based account of how much investment arbitral proceedings cost, how tribunals allocate…
Arbitration+3Thirty Fifth ITF Public Conference: Evidence in Investor-State Arbitration
Event Date: 29th April 2021
EVENTS Thirty Fifth ITF Public Conference: Evidence in Investor-State Arbitration Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by: Media Partner: Event Details…
Arbitration+2Swiss-UK Bilateral Relations outside EU Membership
Event Date: 28th April 2021
EVENTS Swiss-UK Bilateral Relations outside EU Membership Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Brexit has led to a new triangle of legal relations in Europe outside of EU membership: UK-EU; Swiss-EU; and UK-Swiss. The United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020. After 47 years of a…
Arbitration+5The legal implications of the proposed German Supply Chain Act (Lieferkettengesetz)
Event Date: 27th April 2021
EVENTS HRDD Forum: The legal implications of the proposed German Supply Chain Act (Lieferkettengesetz) Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details In March 2021, a German bill on mandatory human rights due diligence in supply chains was passed by the Federal Cabinet. The Lieferkettengesetz…
Business and Human RightsBIICL comments on Draft Policy on cultural heritage of the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC
27th April 2021
Comments Submitted on the Draft Policy on Cultural Heritage of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court On 16 April 2021, a diverse group of experts, including practicing attorneys, law professors and scholars, archaeologists, and other professionals with extensive expertise and experience in cultural heritage law, ICL and IHL submitted comments to the ICC Office of the Prosecutor's Draft Policy on Cultural Heritage. In summary, the Comments emphasized the importance…
Cultural HeritageTeaching International Law Webinar Series
Event Date: 23rd April 2021
EVENTS Teaching International Law Webinar Series Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The practice of teaching international law is conducted in a wide range of contexts across the world by a host of different actors - including scholars, practitioners, civil society…
Centre for Comparative Law+2EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: Conversation with European Commission Vice President Schinas
Event Date: 22nd April 2021
EVENTS EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: Conversation with European Commission Vice President Schinas Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Image courtesy of European Parliament Event Details This event will involve a conversation between Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President for Promoting our European…
European Law+2Law and Change in a Pandemic World
Event Date: 21st April 2021
EVENTS Law and Change in a Pandemic World Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised in Cooperation with Event Details This event marks the start of a series on "Law and Change" initiated by BIICL in cooperation with Singapore Management University (SMU). The first seminar looks mainly at how the pandemic…
Centre for Comparative Law+3ICLQ Annual Lecture 2021
Event Date: 19th April 2021
EVENTS ICLQ Annual Lecture 2021 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Annual ICLQ Lecture this year will be based on the paper 'Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of Legal Personality'by Professor Simon Chesterman, Dean of the Law Faculty of the National University of Singapore. The…
International LawA conversation with Sir Nicholas Green: Reflections on the changing competition law environment
Event Date: 15th April 2021
EVENTS A conversation with Sir Nicholas Green: Reflections on the changing competition law environment Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sir Nicholas is the first lawyer with extensive experience in the fields of competition and EU law to become Chair of the Law Commission. He is of course also a member of…
Competition LawShort Course: Climate Change Law
Event Date: 13th April 2021
EVENTS Virtual Short Course: Climate Change Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This online course offers a comprehensive overview of climate change law and the legal responses to the current climate crisis. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of scholars and practitioners,…
Climate Change+2Short Course: Business and Human Rights
Event Date: 7th April 2021
EVENTS Short Course: Business and Human Rights Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details Business and human rights is an area of international human rights law in continuous development at the international and national levels. On successful completion of BIICL's Business and Human Rights…
Business and Human Rights+1Part 2: Getting Digital Health Passports Right? Legal, Ethical and Equality Considerations
1st April 2021
This is a two-part blog series. In Part 1 Prof. Lilian Edwards discusses if there is a case for vaccine passports at all. In Part 2, Dr. Irene Pietrapaoli discusses the legal and practical detail of such schemes if it is decided to proceed. The UK Government has just closed a public consultation on a 'COVID-Status certification scheme' (CSCS). We submitted our response where we make the following arguments. The Government should consider before commissioning new technologies…
Artificial Intelligence+2Part 1: The Great Vaccination Passports Debate: “ID Cards on Steroids” or the Rational Way Forward?
1st April 2021
This is a two-part blog series. In Part 1, Prof. Lilian Edwards discusses if there is a case for vaccine passports at all. In Part 2, Dr. Irene Pietrapaoli discusses the legal and practical detail of such schemes if it is decided to proceed. The UK Government recently consulted on setting up a "COVID-Status certification scheme" (CSCS), looking "to consider the ethical, equalities, privacy, legal and operational aspects of a potential certification scheme, and what limits, if any, should…
Artificial Intelligence+2Appointment and Removal of ISDS Arbitrators: Practical Problems and Prospects for Reform
Event Date: 29th March 2021
EVENTS Appointment and Removal of ISDS Arbitrators: Practical Problems and Prospects for Reform Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Image courtesy of ICSID Sponsored By: …
Arbitration+2BIICL/Linklaters Antitrust Roundtable: Digital disruption in financial services
Event Date: 25th March 2021
EVENTS BIICL/Linklaters Antitrust Roundtable: Digital disruption in financial services Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored By: Event Details Competition objectives have helped to shape regulatory intervention in financial services for a number of years, facilitating entry by a range of digital innovators,…
Competition LawProtests During Lockdown (England): A Rule of Law Analysis
24th March 2021
Executive Summary This report analyses the law governing protests during lockdown from a Rule of Law perspective. It ends by considering how far the right to protest will be protected by the new lockdown regulations, which are due to come into force on 29th March 2021 and will be debated by both Houses of Parliament on 25th March 2021 (The Public Health (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/364) (the "New Regulations")). This report is intended to assist…
COVID-19+1Webinar Series: Rising Sea Levels: Promoting Climate Justice through International Law
Event Date: 24th March 2021
EVENTS Webinar Series: Rising Sea Levels: Promoting Climate Justice through International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Series Overview Low-lying coastal regions and island nations, are directly susceptible to threats posed by global warming and concomitant rise…
Climate Change+2Sustainability Considerations in Competition Enforcement
Event Date: 18th March 2021
WEBINAR Sustainability Considerations in Competition Enforcement Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The twin crises of climate change and Covid-19 have brought home the urgent need for greater collaboration between businesses to achieve desirable social and political objectives. If…
Competition LawCoronavirus, Hotel Quarantine Regulations (England) - A Rule of Law Analysis
18th March 2021
Executive Summary The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/150) ("the Regulations") were made on 12 February 2021, and came into force at 4am on 15 February 2021. The Regulations amend four existing sets of regulations governing international travel. The most notable change made by the Regulations is the introduction of a system of hotel quarantine for travellers who have visited or passed through a "red list" county…
COVID-19+1The importance of civil liability for a corporate human rights duty
16th March 2021
Image courtesy of Sosialistisk Ungdom (SU) Transcript of the intervention of Lise Smit in the webinar on Corporate Due Diligence and Civil Liability on 28 January 2021 organised by the Nova Centre on Business, Human Rights and the Environment with the support of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union in partnership with the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, the Portuguese Ombudsman (Provedor de Justiça), the Teaching Business and Human…
Business and Human Rights+1Latest Developments in the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Law
Event Date: 15th March 2021
EVENTS Latest Developments in the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The question of whether and to what extent human rights obligations apply extraterritorially, notably in situations of armed conflict, continues to be hugely contested.…
Courts and Tribunals+1Is the definition of a Gatekeeper in the DMA the right one?
Event Date: 10th March 2021
EVENTS Is the definition of a Gatekeeper in the DMA the right one? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details With the internet revolution and the growing impact of the digital economy, we have seen the decline of some gatekeepers and the rise of other gatekeepers. With the forthcoming DMA…
Artificial Intelligence+1New Report from the Modern Slavery PEC
4th March 2021
Analysing the effectiveness of the Modern Slavery Act's Transparency in Supply Chains measures. Today the Modern Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre will launch its report 'Analysing the effectiveness of the Modern Slavery Act's Transparency in Supply Chains measures' The report, produced by the Bonavero Institute for Human Rights and the Bingham Centre, analyses how effective the Modern Slavery Act has been in holding UK businesses accountable for modern slavery in their supply…
Modern SlaveryShort Course: Law of the Sea
Event Date: 4th March 2021
COURSE Short Course: Law of the Sea Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This course offers an informative overview of the international law of the sea and current challenges facing the world's oceans and seas. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of law of the sea scholars,…
Law of the Sea+1ICLQ 2020 Early Career Prize Winner Announced
1st March 2021
Javier García Olmedo named ICLQ Early Career Prize winner for 2020 Today BIICL announced that Javier García Olmedo, has been awarded this year's International and Comparative Law Quarterly Early Career Prize for his article 'Recalibrating the International Investment Regime Through Narrowed Jurisdiction' which appeared in Volume 69 Issue 2 of the Journal. The ICLQ Early Career Prize is awarded annually to the best article by an early career scholar and is generously supported by Cambridge…
ICLQ+1Effectiveness of Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act
26th February 2021
Report analysing how effective section 54 has been in holding UK businesses accountable for modern slavery in their supply chains. Executive summary In 2015, the Government of the United Kingdom (Government) introduced section 54 (section 54) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA). Section 54 requires businesses with a certain annual turnover to publish a 'slavery and human trafficking statement' (MSA statement) every year. In the express intention of the lawmakers, the MSA statement would…
Business and Human Rights+1Industrial Policy and Competition Enforcement
Event Date: 25th February 2021
EVENTS Industrial Policy and Competition Enforcement Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised With Event Details In March 2020, the Commission presented a new strategy to help Europe's industry lead. The strategy aims to drive Europe's competitiveness and its strategic autonomy at a time of moving geopolitical…
Competition LawPower and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Event Date: 24th February 2021
EVENTS Power and the COVID-19 Pandemic Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Hosted by the Verfassungsblog and supported by Democracy Reporting International, RECONNECT and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Event Details One year on how has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the law and the way…
COVID-19+2Contesting AI Explanations in the UK
Event Date: 24th February 2021
EVENTS Contesting AI explanations in the UK Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by BIICL and Event Details Legal explanations of artificial intelligence (AI) are shaping its future. The General Data Protection Regulation includes a 'right to explanation' that secures a limited opening of the algorithmic…
Artificial Intelligence+1UK and International Experience in the Admission, Regulation and Operation of Arbitral Institutions
22nd February 2021
UK and International Experience in the Admission, Regulation and Operation of Arbitral Institutions Great Britain China Centre Author: Yarik Kryvoi States increasingly compete for arbitration users because it helps them to offload the courts, create business opportunities for domestic lawyers and serviced related to law (experts, interpreters, witnesses, conference organizers, hospitality industry). Foreign law firms also actively set up branches of their firms in what they perceive as…
Arbitration+1New Honorary Senior Fellows Appointed
19th February 2021
The Centre for Comparative Law is delighted to have appointed two new Honorary Senior Fellows Professor Andrew Dickinson and Professor Adrian Briggs , both from the University of Oxford will support the work of the centre. The director of the Centre for Comparative Law offered a warm welcome to both.
Centre for Comparative LawShort Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 16th February 2021
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The…
Arbitration+6Beyond Restitution: Exploring the Story of Cultural Objects After Their Repatriation
Kristin Hausler | 10th February 2021
BIICL is currently undertaking a project entitled 'Beyond Restitution: Exploring the Story of Cultural Objects After Their Repatriation', which seeks to offer a longer-term view on restitution through an analysis of past experiences. Whilst so far research has focused on the legal framework applicable to de-accessioning museum objects and the processes adopted to address restitution claims, this project studies the impact of restitution once objects have changed hands. Therefore, it seeks…
Cultural HeritageGovernment Messaging on Exercising during Lockdown - A Rule of Law Analysis
8th February 2021
Executive Summary The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 currently require every person who lives in England to stay at home, unless they have a reasonable excuse for being outside the place where they are living. The Regulations specify that taking exercise outdoors is a reasonable excuse, with some restrictions. The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regulations 2020 currently require every person who…
COVID-19+1The Representative Actions Directive - a class action for Europe?
8th February 2021
After many years of discussion, the EU Representative Actions Directive was finally promulgated in early December last year. The European institutions have had a long-standing interest in consumer redress & group actions dating back to at least 1980s. The first concrete result of that was the Injunctions Directive passed in 1998, which though solely a regulatory measure, was nonetheless very significant development as the first EU legislation covering in a general way on civil procedural…
Collective Redress+3The Representative Actions Directive – a class action for Europe?
Event Date: 3rd February 2021
EVENTS The Representative Actions Directive - a class action for Europe? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This webinar will examine the recently-adopted EU Representative Actions Directive and consider its impact on cross-border and domestic collective redress actions across Europe.…
Collective Redress+5BIICL Undertakes New Project on the Restitution of Cultural Objects
1st February 2021
BIICL is undertaking a project 'Beyond Restitution: Exploring the Story of Cultural Objects After Their Repatriation', which will seek to offer a longer-term view on restitution through an analysis of past experiences. Whilst so far research has focused on the legal framework applicable to de-accessioning museum objects and the processes adopted to address restitution claims, this project will study the impact of restitution once objects have changed hands. Therefore, it will seek to inform…
Centre for International Law+1Baptism of fire?’ The first climate case before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
31st January 2021
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Climate Change+1Launch of Empirical Study on Annulment in Investor-State Disputes
Event Date: 28th January 2021
EVENTS Launch of Empirical Study on Annulment in Investor-State Disputes Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On 28 January 2021 BIICL and Baker Botts will present the first comprehensive empirical study on annulment in investment treaty arbitration. The study examines hundreds of…
Arbitration+1Empirical Study: Annulment in ICSID Arbitration
Yarik Kryvoi | 28th January 2021
BIICL and Baker Botts are pleased to present this comprehensive empirical study on annulment in investor-State arbitration under the auspices of ICSID This report examines the trends and practices of annulment committees on key issues such as the success rate of annulment applications, the most frequently invoked annulment grounds, the length and costs of annulments proceedings. It also provides an in-depth analysis on how tribunals approach the specific annulment grounds under Article…
Arbitration+3HRDD Forum: Human Rights Due Diligence in Contracts
Event Date: 27th January 2021
EVENTS HRDD Forum: Human Rights Due Diligence in Contracts Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Company surveys show that contractual clauses are the most frequently used mechanism for supply chain human rights due diligence. Yet supplier surveys show that contractual obligations,…
Business and Human RightsReimagining the law video presentations Jeremy Gilley
27th January 2021
27 January 2021 Making SDG 16 Real RTL 19 Jan 27 Making SDG16 real - Jeremy Gilley We can, today, assess our laws against the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and in particular Goal 16 - for Peace, Justice and the Rule of Law. Let's commission a report from the Bingham Centre on the extent to which SDG 16 is reflected in the everyday law-making processes of democratic states.Jeremy Gilley Peace One Day.
Reimagining the LawReimagining the law video presentations Andrew Wells
26th January 2021
26 January 2021 Support not stigma RTL 19 Jan 26 Andrew Wells - Support not stigma Much has been said about the level of stress and mental ill-health amongst lawyers. Why don't we make mental health awareness a compulsory topic in legal education, create a forum for practitioners to share their experiences of mental ill health and recovery, and work to create a culture of support, not stigma, at all levels of our profession?Andrew Wells Herbert Smith Freehills
Reimagining the LawCompetition Enforcement after Brexit: Agreements, Unilateral Conduct and State Aid
Event Date: 25th January 2021
EVENTS Competition Enforcement after Brexit: Agreements, Unilateral Conduct and State Aid Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details There are major transitional issues around Brexit, especially concerning cases that will be under investigation when the UK leaves the EU and situations…
Brexit+1Reimagining the law video presentations Professor Emily Jackson
22nd January 2021
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Reimagining the LawCivil Remedies and Human Rights in Flux
21st January 2021
On 22-26 October 2020, the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights (Faculty of Law, University of Oxford) hosted an online roundtable to discuss challenges and opportunities for using civil claims against state and non-state actors as a mechanism for human rights accountability ("Roundtable"). This Roundtable was part of the research project funded by the Oak Foundation to conduct a comparative study of civil liability for human rights violations across several jurisdictions in the Global…
Business and Human Rights+1Reimagining the law video presentations Dame Elizabeth Gloster
21st January 2021
21 January 2021 Brand management and the law RTL 21 Jan 21 Brand Management and the Law Dame Elizabeth Gloster Every trading contract has a governing law which is the Intel Inside of a trading nation- a hidden magnet drawing investment. Other countries spend daily to replace English law with their alternative. We need a UK legal brand to sustain inward investment and to maintain our financial and insurance industries.Dame Elizabeth Gloster DBE PC One Essex Court Chambers
Reimagining the LawReimagining the law video presentations Christine O'Neill
20th January 2021
20 January 2021 Access to Justice RTL Access to Justice Christine O'Neill The use of virtual platforms for participating in and observing court proceedings should be expanded to enable much wider public access, reduce unnecessary waiting times and costs for users and increase public knowledge and understanding of the work of justice systems.Christine O'Neill Brodies LLP
Reimagining the LawForum on Investor-State Mediation - recordings
Last Updated: 19th January 2021
Forum on Investor-State Mediation: Recordings On 8-9 December 2020, the Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), in cooperation with the ISDS Mediation Working Group, organised a conference on Investor-State Mediation. The event was conveyed by Prof. Yarik Kryvoi of BIICL, Wolf von Kumberg of IDR London and Prof. Malik R. Dahlan of BIICL and Queen Mary University London. It brought together participants from the investor-state…
Arbitration+1Reimagining the law video presentations Lord Neuberger
19th January 2021
19 January 2021 Freedom of Expression RTL 19 Jan 21 Freedom of Expression - Lord Neuberger In an era of no-platforming we need to remind people of the importance of freedom of expression and that as Stephen Sedley so accurately said, "Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having"The Rt Hon Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury One Essex Court Chambers
Reimagining the LawInvestor-State Mediation: Trends, Risks and Opportunities
18th January 2021
On 8-9 December 2020, the Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), in cooperation with the ISDS Mediation Working Group, organised a conference on Investor-State Mediation. The event was conveyed by Prof. Yarik Kryvoi of BIICL, Wolf von Kumberg of IDR London and Prof. Malik R. Dahlan of BIICL and Queen Mary University London. It brought together participants from the investor-state mediation community, including mediation practitioners,…
Arbitration+1What does human rights due diligence for climate change impacts look like?
13th January 2021
The collected presentations of the BIICL webinar series "Human Rights Due Diligence for Climate Change Impacts" is now available here. BIICL held the webinar series 'Human Rights Due Diligence for Climate Change Impacts' from 10 September to 1 October 2020. This topic came to our attention as requiring further consideration when we were leading a study for the European Commission on regulatory options for mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence. The study showed that…
Business and Human Rights+2Human Rights Due Diligence for Climate Change Impacts: Webinar Series Report
12th January 2021
This report has been updated on 14 January 2021 The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) held the webinar series 'Human Rights Due Diligence for Climate Change Impacts' from 10th September to 1st October 2020, as part of the newly established BIICL Human Rights Due Diligence Forum. Developments around mandatory human rights due diligence laws are multiplying across Europe, and increasingly include climate change impacts within their scope. As a result, companies,…
Business and Human Rights+2Webinar Series: Episode 5: Business and Human Rights Developments in Greece
Event Date: 12th January 2021
Webinar Series: Business and Human Rights Developments in Southern Europe Series Episode 5: Business and Human Rights Developments in Greece Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Jointly organised by BIICL and Nova School of Law Concept Various jurisdictions across the world have adopted National Action Plans…
Business and Human RightsEmissions Trading: International Law and Dispute Resolution
7th January 2021
On 18 November 2020, the Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), along with Three Crowns LLP, co-hosted a conference on Emissions Trading: International Law and Dispute Resolution. Professor Yarik Kryvoi opened the conference and introduced the speakers. The chair of the panel was Kathryn Khamsi of Three Crowns LLP. The other panellists were William Acworth of the International Carbon Action Partnership, Lisa DeMarco of DeMarco Allan LLP…
Arbitration+3Views across the channel on digital regulation
4th January 2021
As the slogan 'get Brexit done' became somehow a -forced- reality on January 1st, it is tempting and timely to comment on three themes, having chosen three out of many, on two recent developments: The proposal for a Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Union (EU) and the recommendations issued by the Digital Markets Taskforce (DMT recommendations) in the United Kingdom (UK). As a general overview, the proposal for a DMA seems to show that the European Commission (Commission) is trying…
Artificial Intelligence+3Resource Pack: Force majeure and hardship in commercial contracts cross-border and comparative perspectives
Event Date: 31st December 2020
RESOURCE PACK Force Majeure and Hardship in Commercial Contracts: Cross-border and Comparative Perspectives Webinar Details On 8 April 2020 this webinar examined the legal consequences of a party's inability to perform a contract due to events outside their control, by comparing and contrasting a series of different juridictions including the US, France and the UK. An analysis was made of the issue of force majeure / and hardship…
Comparative Law+4Recording: Termination of Intra-EU BITs: Legal and Government response to the pandemic
Event Date: 31st December 2020
RECORDING Termination of Intra-EU BITs: Legal and Practical Consequences for Pending and Future Disputes Event details 23 Member States of the European Union signed on 5 May 2020 agreement for the termination of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties. This agreement implements the 2018 judgment of the European Court of Justice, in which the Court found that intra-EU BITs violate the EU Treaties. The termination agreement implements the March…
Arbitration+3Recording: Government response to the pandemic: balancing public health and investment protection
Event Date: 31st December 2020
RECORDING Government response to the pandemic: balancing public health and investment protection Event details As states face difficult choices to protect public health and keep their economies afloat, their treatment of foreign investors in this crisis is yet to be tested by investor-state tribunals. The pandemic led governments around the world to take unpopular and often unprecedented measures such as regulating prices and imposing export…
Arbitration+3BIICL Trustee Nominated for International Law Commission
18th December 2020
UK announces Professor Dapo Akande as candidate for the International Law Commission 2021 Members of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law will probably have seen that the United Kingdom has announced Professor Dapo Akande as its candidate for the election to the International Law Commission in 2021. Professor Akande will be well known our members and friends as one of our Trustees and even more so because of his work across the field of international law, both as an…
GovernanceSensible Tech Regulation in the UK
Event Date: 16th December 2020
EVENTS Sensible Tech Regulation in the UK Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This webinar considers the regulatory tech landscape in the UK. Where are we coming from and where we are going to? The European Digital Services Act package is due out in December, but UK tech regulation…
Artificial Intelligence+1Webinar Series: Episode 4: Business and Human Rights Developments in Switzerland
Event Date: 15th December 2020
Webinar Series: Business and Human Rights Developments in Southern Europe Episode 4: Business and Human Rights Developments in Switzerland Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Jointly organised by Nova School of Law and BIICL Concept Various jurisdictions across the world have adopted National Action…
Business and Human RightsCompetition Enforcement after Brexit: Merger Enforcement
Event Date: 11th December 2020
EVENTS Competition Enforcement after Brexit: Merger Enforcement Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co hosted with Event Details What has been regarded as one of the main risks that Brexit poses to antitrust enforcement is its potential for neglect. As the CMA has discretion to prioritise its antitrust…
Competition LawReimagining International Courts and Tribunals Round Up
11th December 2020
Reimagining International Courts and Tribunals Round Up Eagerness, however welcome, to create new international courts, tribunals, and monitoring bodies is damaging if it outruns the capacity to ensure their adequate composition and administration. The remedy: more realism in internal but also external expectations, backed by proper financing, and commitment to depoliticising elections, but re-politicising support for outcomes. Sir Frank Berman KCMG QC Reduce the distance…
Courts and Tribunals+1Making a case for Digital Utilities
10th December 2020
Oscar Wilde once said that 'as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all'. Notions from the past may be viewed as outdated from the perspective of a new generation. Understandings evolve for different reasons, among others, fuelled by rapid technological changes and the fundamental importance of innovation in the case of the digital economy. This may be the case of the utilities sector traditionally understood as telecoms, gas, electricity, transportation, postal…
Artificial Intelligence+1Harry Weinrebe Memorial Lecture: Inclusivity and the Law
Event Date: 10th December 2020
EVENTS Annual Harry Weinrebe Memorial Lecture: Inclusivity and the Law: Do We Need to Prohibit Class Discrimination? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This year, the Harry Weinrebe Memorial Lecture will celebrate Human Rights Day by highlighting the key cross-cutting human right:…
Courts and Tribunals+2Reimagining Treaty Bodies
10th December 2020
Reimagining Treaty Bodies 10 December The domestic influence of treaty bodies' jurisprudence should be strengthened. This could be accomplished by increasing the visibility of their work, including access to their jurisprudence, enhancing human rights education globally, comparatively interpreting human rights, pressuring governments to honour their international legal obligations, and effectively implementing human rights treaties domestically. Dr Leena Grover …
Courts and Tribunals+1Both Winning Articles of Prestigious Law of the Sea Prize Published in ICLQ
10th December 2020
The Association Internationale du Droit de la Mer has announced the joint winners of its prestigious Daniel Vignes prize, awarded biennially since 2016. We are delighted that both winning papers were published in the ICLQ, and offer our congratulations to Nicholas Ioannides and Massimo Lando. Nicholas A. Ioannides: "The Legal Framework Governing Hydrocarbon Activities in Undelimited Maritime Areas" (2019) 68 ICLQ 345 Massimo Lando: "Judicial Uncertainties Concerning Territorial Sea Delimitation…
ICLQProduct Liability Forum | Compensation Schemes for COVID-19 vaccines: UK, comparative and international perspectives.
Event Date: 9th December 2020
EVENTS Product Liability Forum | Compensation Schemes for COVID-19 vaccines: UK, comparative and international perspectives. Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This seminar will focus on the topic of compensation for potential adverse events caused by CV-19 vaccines. There have been…
Comparative Law+2Reimagining Regional Human Rights Courts 9 December
9th December 2020
Reimagining Regional Human Rights Courts 9 December Rethinking Enforcement of International Refugee Law In the face of the worst refugee crisis since World War II, enforcement of the global legal framework for refugee protection must be reimagined. Perhaps what is needed is a specialized international mechanism that: 1). holds States accountable; while 2). Incentivizing them to protect refugees as a global public good. Professor Hannah Garry Reimagining the ECtHR as a Climate Court…
Courts and Tribunals+1National implementation of human rights: Global survey of State implementation systems and processes
8th December 2020
New study into implementation of human rights commitments It was announced today that The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, at BIICL, the Universal Rights Group, the University of Bristol and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are starting a new project to conduct, for the first time, a global survey to understand the systems and processes that States have put in place to implement their international human rights commitments. The project will focus on decisions and recommendations emanating…
Human Rights and IHL+1Forum on Investor-State Mediation
Event Date: 8th December 2020
EVENTS Forum on Investor-State Mediation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner: Read the event summary | Watch the recordings of the presentations Event Details On 8-9 December 2020, the Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative…
Arbitration+3Reimagining the International Court of Justice 8 December
8th December 2020
Reimagining the International Court of Justice 8 December [No!] Salvation does not lie in the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court but in the patient learning by States of the virtues of settling disputes by judicial means. It is not major and politically sensitive disputes that should be submitted to the Court, but the "lambda" disputes that poison bilateral relations [without threatening international peace and security]. Alain Pellet The ICJ should work with two chambers (having identical…
Courts and Tribunals+1Reimagining the International Court of Justice 7 December
7th December 2020
Reimagining the International Court of Justice 7 December Geographical distribution in the election of judges ensures that the ICJ reflects the diverse post-colonial membership of the UN; but the bench is still far from achieving gender balance. The composition of the self-constituted ICJ bar is even less inclusive, with a notable absence of both women and persons of colour, replicating the same historical inequities that we claim to challenge through the legitimacy of international law.…
Courts and Tribunals+1Reimagining International criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court Friday 4th December
4th December 2020
Reimagining International criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court Friday 4th December There is mistrust between the ICC and Assembly of States Parties, as confirmed by an expert review. There no longer exists a shared understanding over the Court's purpose and mandate. The Court and States need a fresh dialogue, reimagining an ICC Shehzad Charania MBE I would like to reimagine the ICC as having the power to try corporations/legal entities alongside individuals. Corporate…
Courts and Tribunals+1AI & Data Worlds Events and publications
Last Updated: 3rd December 2020
AI & Data Worlds Events and Publications AI and Data worlds Activities The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) has a wide ranging programme of events and publications many of which examine the key issues around the use of AI and consider its implications. Events 11 April 2022 Business, Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence 24 February - 28 April 2022 Short Course: Artificial Intelligence,…
Artificial IntelligenceReimagining International criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court Thursday 3rd December
3rd December 2020
Reimagining International criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court Thursday 3rd December Any future ad hoc international(ised) tribunal or investigative commission collecting evidence on its behalf, must fully comply with all procedural laws of the State where the crimes were alleged. Avoiding this obligation may superficially facilitate rapid evidence collection, but ultimately leads to wasted resources, delays in proceedings and substantial unfairness. Geoff Roberts…
Courts and Tribunals+1Reviewing the Review: What Needs to Change at the International Criminal Court?
2nd December 2020
On the 20th of November 2020, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) hosted a webinar titled: 'Reviewing the Review: What Needs to Change at the International Criminal Court?'. Chaired by Shehzad Charania MBE, the webinar examined the Independent Expert Review (IER) of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a review which had been commissioned by the ICC Assembly of States Parties (ASP) and which submitted its report on the 30th of September 2020. The overall mandate…
Courts and Tribunals+2Reimagining International criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court | 2 December
2nd December 2020
Reimagining International criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court Wednesday 2nd December International criminal lawyers should abandon the inflexibility with which they identify as "Prosecutors", or "Defence counsel" or "Chambers", and move around within the system. Walking a trial in another person's shoes may reduce combativeness between parties, and build the mutual respect and collegiality that makes trials more efficient. Kate Gibson General Assembly and Security Council…
Courts and Tribunals+1Reimagining International criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court | 1 December
1st December 2020
Reimagining International criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court Tuesday 1st December A broad network to enforce accountability is emerging with UN-backed international and hybrid tribunals, fact-finding missions, and the new 'mechanisms'. These should all be required to join forces through a single highly specialised hub (for HR, finance, procurement, witness protection, forensics...), allowing each to focus on its own specific mandate. Dr Guido Acquaviva Many said…
Courts and Tribunals+1Breathing Space - Guidelines for the resolution of disputes in the 2020 pandemic
Event Date: 27th November 2020
EVENTS Breathing Space - Guidelines for the resolution of disputes in the 2020 pandemic Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details BIICL's "Breathing Space" series considers how the legal and business communities might respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to foster economic recovery.…
Arbitration+9Sensible Tech Regulation in the EU
Event Date: 26th November 2020
EVENTS Sensible Tech Regulation in the EU Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The discussion is no longer focusing on whether or not Europe should have regulation relating to the functioning of online markets, but rather what is it going to look like. The European Commission is grouping…
Artificial Intelligence+1Cool Britannia: On the UK’s pragmatic approach to regulate Big Tech
25th November 2020
(i) The UK and regulatory pragmatism Cool Britannia is not exactly in vogue nowadays. There may be, however, reasons to be optimistic about a potential cool approach taken by the British authorities on digital regulation. The traditional pragmatism perhaps intrinsically linked to the British common law legal system may reflect a different stance on markets requiring some form of State intervention in the form of regulation but at the same time a degree of flexibility. This could be the case…
Artificial Intelligence+129th Annual SLS/BIICL Workshop on Theory in International Law
Event Date: 25th November 2020
Online 29th Annual SLS/BIICL Workshop on Theory in International Law: Celebrating the 'Historical Turn': International Law in Global Histories Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised in collaboration with the Society of Legal scholars Event details Over the last two decades,…
Centre for International Law+2BIICL publishes new report: When Private Vessels Rescue Migrants and Refugees
24th November 2020
BIICL is delighted to launch a new report: When Private Vessels Rescue Migrants and Refugees: A Mapping of Legal Considerations. The report, which is the main output of a Mirpuri Foundation funded research project, explores the law around search and rescue particularly from the perspective of private vessels. It does so by undertaking a systemic analysis of how the UNGP's Second Pillar principles apply in the rescue context and by highlighting the commercial implications of search and…
MigrationWhen Private Vessels Rescue Migrants: Legal Implications
Event Date: 24th November 2020
EVENTS When Private Vessels Rescue Migrants: Legal Implications Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location This event is part of the Maritime Search and Rescue: Responsibilities and Implications Project funded by: Event Details The past 2 decades have seen growing numbers of migrants, and would-be asylum seekers,…
MigrationWhen Private Vessels Rescue Migrants and Refugees: A Mapping of Legal Considerations
24th November 2020
BIICL is delighted to launch a new report entitled: When Private Vessels Rescue Migrants and Refugees: A Mapping of Legal Considerations. The report, which is the main output of a Mirpuri Foundation funded research project, explores the law around search and rescue particularly from the perspective of private vessels. The report is organised as follows: Setting the context The Obligation to Rescue Human Rights Responsibilities Commercial Implications Recommendations Publication…
MigrationProf. Yarik Kryvoi delivers presentation at UNCTAD's Virtual IIA Conference 2020
23rd November 2020
On Monday, 23 November Prof. Yarik Kryvoi contributed to the UNCTAD's Virtual IIA Conference 2020: 'IIA Reform in Times of COVID-19' In his five minute presentation Prof. Yarik Kryvoi gave an overview of several projects relevant to the reform of international investment agreements that the Investment Treaty Forum is currently working on or have just completed. This included projects on corruption and FDI, corporate restructuring and ISDS, as well as tackling inequalities in international…
Arbitration+1Sensible Tech Regulation in the EU
20th November 2020
This blog discusses the ongoing deliberations surrounding the EU Digital Services Act ('DSA') and Digital Markets Act ('DMA') and the implications for innovation following the initiatives from the European Commission (the 'Commission'). This goes to the core of the tensions we are trying to address in thinking about a regulatory system. These regulatory initiatives and impact on innovation were debated during two round table discussion hosted on 13 October and 5 November 2020 with speakers…
Artificial Intelligence+1Reviewing the Review: What Needs to Change at the International Criminal Court?
Event Date: 20th November 2020
EVENTS Reviewing the Review: What Needs to Change at the International Criminal Court? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On 30 September 2020, the Independent Expert Review (IER) of the International Criminal Court submitted its final report assessing the work of the Court, a review which had…
Courts and Tribunals+2Emissions Trading: International Law and Dispute Resolution
Event Date: 18th November 2020
EVENTS Emissions Trading: International Law and Dispute Resolution Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording of the main presentations (discussions were not recorded) Emissions Trading: International Law and Dispute Resolution In collaboration with: Read the event summary …
Arbitration+3The Limits of State Regulatory Powers: 34th ITF Public Conference Summary
17th November 2020
On 10-11 September 2020, the Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) organised a conference on State Regulatory Powers and Their Limits. The conference gathered representatives of states, experienced practitioners, and academics working on these matters. Prof Yarik Kryvoi opened the conference and highlighted the importance of reassessing regulatory powers of states, particularly in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit. He introduced…
Arbitration+1Human Rights and Small States: Challenges, Resilience, and Advocacy
Event Date: 12th November 2020
EVENTS Human Rights and Small States: Challenges, Resilience, and Advocacy Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event partners Event Details Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, the Institute of Small and Micro States(ISMS), and BIICL will host a two-day conference on human rights as…
Climate Change+2Book Launch: Business, Human Rights and Transitional Justice
Event Date: 12th November 2020
EVENTS Book Launch: Business, Human Rights and Transitional Justice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Detail The Oxford Business and Human Rights Network and the Oxford Transitional Justice Research host the launch of 'Business, Human Rights and Transitional Justice' (Routledge, 2020) …
Business and Human RightsThe UK, European Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Seventy Years of the ECHR and Twenty Years of the HRA - A Time for Celebration?
Event Date: 11th November 2020
WEBINAR The UK, European Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Seventy Years of the ECHR and Twenty Years of the HRA - A Time for Celebration? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with Event Details This webinar is being held to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human…
Courts and Tribunals+3COVID-19 Vaccine Briefing
11th November 2020
Briefing paper calls for bespoke compensation scheme to be created for possible adverse effects caused by a COVID-19 vaccine BIICL Senior Research Fellow in Comparative Law & Director, Product Liability Forum Professor Duncan Fairgrieve is part of the interdisciplinary project on Covid-19 vaccines which also includes researchers from the University of Manchester and Oxford University. The group today publish a briefing paper arguing in favour of a new UK national compensation scheme for…
COVID-19COVID-19 vaccines: in favour of a bespoke compensation scheme for adverse effects A briefing paper
11th November 2020
COVID-19 vaccines: in favour of a bespoke compensation scheme for adverse effects is a briefing paper on behalf of a group of specialists drawn from different disciplines setting out the arguments in favour of a bespoke compensatory scheme for adverse effects to a COVID-19 vaccine(s). The paper outlines their view that a no-fault compensation scheme could play a valuable role in relation to the acceptability of emergency COVID-19 vaccines. Publication - Download…
COVID-19Competition Policy in a Changing Political Landscape
Event Date: 10th November 2020
PARTNER EVENTs Competition Policy in a Changing Political Landscape Time for a reset? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Competition policy and regulation has relatively clearly defined goals, including the enhancement of consumer welfare and the pursuit of market efficiency. In the…
Competition LawBIICL Statement on Amendments to the UK Internal Market Bill
10th November 2020
BIICL welcomes amendments made to the UK Internal Market Bill The British Institute of International and Comparative Law welcomes amendments made to the UK Internal Market Bill on Monday 9 November by the House of Lords that have removed a proposed power for Ministers to legislate "notwithstanding" international law. The proposed power amounted to a repudiatory breach of international obligations under the Withdrawal Agreement, a treaty which the UK freely entered into earlier this year. Compliance…
International Law+2Webinar Series: Episode 3: Business and Human Rights Developments in Italy
Event Date: 10th November 2020
Webinar Series: Business and Human Rights Developments in Southern Europe Episode 3: Business and Human Rights Developments in Italy Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Jointly organised by Nova School of Law and BIICL Concept Various jurisdictions across the world have adopted National Action Plans in Business…
Business and Human RightsWebinar Series: Business and Human Rights Developments in Southern Europe
Event Date: 10th November 2020
Webinar Series:: Business and Human Rights Developments in Southern Europe Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Jointly organised by Nova School of Law and BIICL Concept Various jurisdictions across the world have adopted National Action Plans in Business and Human Rights and have enacted legislations or…
Business and Human RightsBIICL Annual Trade Law/WTO Conferences
Last Updated: 9th November 2020
BIICL Annual Trade Law/WTO Conferences Share LinksThe prestigious BIICL Annual Trade Law/WTO Conference brings together leading academics and practitioners to explore emerging ideas and the most recent developments in the field of international trade law. The first conference was held in the year 2000 under the leadership of Prof. John Jackson and Sir Francis Jacobs KCMG QC, former British Advocate General at the European Court of Justice. For many years, the conference was…
Investment and TradeThe Virtual Kaplan Lecture 2020: Omnipotence Fantasies
Event Date: 9th November 2020
PARTNER EVENT The Virtual Kaplan Lecture 2020: Omnipotence Fantasies Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Kaplan Lecture 2020 will be delivered by Jan Paulssson on the topic 'Omnipotence Fantasies' About the Speaker Jan Paulsson, a founding partner of Three Crowns LLP, has practiced exclusively…
ArbitrationDisrupting the disrupters – antitrust strikes back
Event Date: 5th November 2020
ONLINE ROUNDTABLE Disrupting the disrupters - antitrust strikes back Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The digital economy has been a key focus for antitrust authorities and governments globally in recent years, but 2020 marks a step change where we are beginning to see thousands of pages of…
Competition LawSIDRA-BIICL Webinar: Implications of China’s Doctrine of Strict State Immunity on Belt & Road Disputes
Event Date: 5th November 2020
SIDRA-BIICL Webinar: Implications of China's Doctrine of Strict State Immunity on Belt & Road Disputes Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details SIDRA and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) are pleased to jointly present this webinar on state immunity. The doctrine…
Centre for International Law+1Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations: A Rule of Law Analysis
4th November 2020
Executive Summary This Report provides Rule of Law criteria to assist MPs in their scrutiny of the newest coronavirus national lockdown Regulations for England. The Regulations ought to be necessary and proportionate to restrict the transmission of coronavirus. The Regulations satisfy the Rule of Law criteria that they are time-limited. As part of the requirement to be proportionate, the Regulations ought to have a scientific basis, and if the science is not followed, there ought to be…
COVID-19+1The Rule of Law in the technological age
Event Date: 28th October 2020
EVENTS The Rule of Law in the technological age Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details We are living in an age of profound technological advancements, where artificial intelligence (AI) - the development of systems that simulate human intelligence - has increasing…
Artificial Intelligence+1The 2020 BIICL Annual WTO Conference
Event Date: 22nd October 2020
EVENTS The 2020 BIICL Annual WTO Conference Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) is delighted to announce its prestigious WTO Conference. Established in 2000, the WTO Conference…
Investment and TradeVirtual Course: Climate Change Law
Event Date: 19th October 2020
ONLINE Virtual Course: Climate Change Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This online course offers a comprehensive overview of climate change law and the legal responses to the current climate crisis. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of scholars and practitioners, the course is designed…
Climate Change+2European Commission Digital Services Act
Event Date: 13th October 2020
ONLINE European Commission Digital Services Act Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The European Commission has announced a Digital Services Act package to strengthen the Single Market for digital services and foster innovation and competitiveness of the European online environment.…
Competition LawWebinar Series: Episode 2: Business and Human Rights Developments in Spain
Event Date: 13th October 2020
Webinar Series: Business and Human Rights Developments in Southern Europe Series Episode 2: Business and Human Rights Developments in Spain Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Jointly organised by BIICL and Nova School of Law Concept Various jurisdictions across the world have adopted National Action Plans in…
Business and Human RightsShort Course: Climate Change Law
Event Date: 8th October 2020
EVENTS Short Course: Climate Change Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event details This two-day short course offers a comprehensive overview of climate change law and the legal responses to the current climate crisis. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of scholars and practitioners,…
Climate Change+1Human Trafficking and COVID-19: What Next?
8th October 2020
Introduction COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of life. Anti-trafficking efforts are no exception. Earlier this summer BIICL hosted a webinar entitled 'Human Trafficking and COVID-19: What Next?'. The discussion, chaired by Silvia Scarpa, brought together leading anti-trafficking experts: Marika McAdam, Ryzsard Piotrowicz, Parosha Chandran and Tomoya Obokata. This blog contains 5 key take away points from the event Publication - Download…
COVID-19+1Virtual Course: Business and Human Rights
Event Date: 7th October 2020
ONLINE Virtual Course: Business and Human Rights Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details Business and human rights is an area of international human rights law in continuous development at the international and national levels. On successful completion of BIICL's Business and Human Rights…
Business and Human Rights+1Safeguarding London’s Standing in International Dispute Resolution: The Rule of Law and Judicial Independence in Practice
Event Date: 6th October 2020
EVENTS Safeguarding London's Standing in International Dispute Resolution: The Rule of Law and Judicial Independence in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location In collaboration with Event Details Baroness Hale of Richmond, former President of the UK Supreme Court in conversation with Razia…
Rule of LawRefugee Rights Across Regions: A Comparative Overview of Legislative Good Practices in Latin America and the EU
6th October 2020
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has identified a number of legislative good practices in Latin American asylum and refugee laws. At the same time, academics and policy-makers have long called for cross-regional comparative analyses of policies and laws to allow different regions to learn from each other's best practices. In this article, we compare refugee legislations of Latin American countries with European Union protection standards based on…
MigrationHRDD Forum Webinar Series: Episode 4: Meeting the Standard: What Does Adequate Human Rights Due Diligence for Climate Change Look Like in Practice?
Event Date: 1st October 2020
HRDD Forum Webinar Series: Human Rights Due Diligence for Climate Change Impacts Episode 4: Meeting the Standard: What Does Adequate Human Rights Due Diligence for Climate Change Look Like in Practice? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Concept Developments around mandatory human rights due diligence…
Business and Human Rights+1Response to DHSC Open Consultation: Changes to Human Medicine Regulations to support the rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines
1st October 2020
Summary This publication is a response to the UK Government consultation in respect of the proposals to modify the Human Medicine Regulations 2012 ("the Regulations") in order to support the rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine. This is a submission to the UK Government consultation on behalf of a group of specialists drawn from different disciplines setting out their views on the proposed changes. Pr. Duncan Fairgrieve, British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Dr Peter Feldschreiber,…
COVID-19State Aid and Tax Rulings webinar
Event Date: 30th September 2020
EVENTS State Aid and Tax Rulings webinar Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details In 2016 the European Commission decided that 2 tax rulings of the Irish tax authorities endorsing the methods used by two Apple group companies (ASI and AOE) that were incorporated in Ireland to determine their chargeable…
Competition LawBIICL submission to Government Consultation: COVID-19 Vaccines
30th September 2020
BIICL Researchers participate in submission to Government Consultation on COVID-19 Vaccines In the context of the anticipated roll-out of COVID-19 Vaccines, the UK Government is considering making changes to the Human Medicine Regulations in order to grant a temporary authorisation to CV-19 vaccines without going through the full safety process found in the normal medicine licensing rules. A group of specialists, including Prof. Duncan Fairgrieve, have commented on these proposals in a submission…
COVID-19Virtual Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 29th September 2020
ONLINE Virtual Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details The Public International Law in Practice course offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The programme…
Arbitration+6Parliamentary Scrutiny of Coronavirus Lockdown Regulations: A Rule of Law Analysis
28th September 2020
Executive Summary Six months after the enactment of the Coronavirus Act 2020, lockdown regulations continue to be made under the emergency procedure. This means that they are made and come into force straight away, with the only parliamentary requirement that they be approved within 28 days. The legal justification is that, by reason of urgency, it is necessary to make them without prior parliamentary approval. It is unclear whether, six months in, and given our greater knowledge about…
COVID-19+1Concept Note 3 on the Effect of the 2020 Pandemic on Commercial Contracts
28th September 2020
Concept Note 3 is a continuation of BIICL's "Breathing Space" series, which considers how the legal and business communities might respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to foster economic recovery. The Concept Note 3 proposes a set of practical guidelines which might be adopted to encourage a more conciliatory approach to contractual disputes that may arise, and which seek to avoid and/or minimise protracted legal disputes, without prejudicing or altering parties' legal rights. The…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Concept Note 2 on the effect of the 2020 pandemic on commercial contracts - September 2020 Update
28th September 2020
Following the introduction of the initial concept note BIICL has released and updated version of Concept Note 2. Concept Note 2 shows in detail which steps should be taken to minimise the risk of a deluge of disputes and to increase the prospect of constructive outcomes. Concept Note 2 argues, among other things, that the best policy approach in the case of many contracts is for the law: To support negotiated solutions to make viable contracts blighted by the pandemic work; To bring…
Centre for Comparative Law+2“Breathing Space” Concept Note 3 On guidelines for the resolution of disputes following the 2020 pandemic
28th September 2020
This Concept Note is a continuation of BIICL's "Breathing Space" series, which considers how the legal and business communities might respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to foster economic recovery. Concept Note 2 looked more closely at the private law response to the pandemic, specifically in the context of contractual disputes, and how existing legal principles may be applied in the context of COVID-19 related disputes, as well as how existing dispute resolution mechanisms…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Business and Human Rights Developments in Belgium, Luxembourg and Portugal
Event Date: 28th September 2020
EVENTS HRDD Forum: Business and Human Rights developments in Belgium, Luxembourg and Portugal Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details In this session, experts will present findings from recent studies on the business and human rights landscapes of Belgium, Luxembourg and Portugal. These…
Business and Human RightsBIICL Releases Updated Concept Note
27th September 2020
Extending the Breathing space concept BIICL has released an updated version of Concept Note 2 Concept Note 2 shows in detail which steps should be taken to minimise the risk of a deluge of disputes and to increase the prospect of constructive outcomes. Concept Note 2 argues, among other things, that the best policy approach in the case of many contracts is for the law: To support negotiated solutions to make viable contracts blighted by the pandemic work; To bring contracts made unviable…
Centre for Comparative Law+2HRDD Forum Webinar Series: Episode 3: Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Laws: What are their Implications Regarding Corporate Climate Change impacts?
Event Date: 24th September 2020
HRDD Forum Webinar Series: Human Rights Due Diligence for Climate Change Impacts Episode 3: Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Laws: What are their Implications Regarding Corporate Climate Change Impacts? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Concept Developments around mandatory human rights due…
Business and Human Rights+1Short Course: Public International Law in Practice
Event Date: 22nd September 2020
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event details Short Course Public International Law in Practice offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The…
Arbitration+5Peace Day 2020 Live Global Digital Experience
Event Date: 21st September 2020
ONLINE Peace One Day Live Global Digital Experience Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Supported by The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Event Details This full-day online experience celebrating peace will be a global event, bringing together artists, thought leaders and international speakers.…
Human Rights and IHL+1Prosecuting in the public interest: Independence without isolation
Event Date: 18th September 2020
WEBINAR Prosecuting in the public interest: Independence without isolation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill QC In conversation with Razia Iqbal Event Details In navigating the unprecedented events of the past six months, the work of the CPS has remained firmly rooted…
Rule of LawHRDD Forum Webinar Series: Episode 2: The (intended) impact of climate change litigation on corporate due diligence
Event Date: 17th September 2020
HRDD Forum Webinar Series: Human Rights Due Diligence for Climate Change Impacts Episode 2: The (intended) impact of climate change litigation on corporate due diligence Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Concept Developments around mandatory human rights due diligence laws are multiplying across…
Business and Human Rights+1EU Vice President Heidi Hautala Speaks at BIICL Webinar
17th September 2020
Business and Human Rights Developments in Southern Europe The webinar series on Business and Human Rights Developments in Southern Europe kicked off on the 15th of September 2020. It is jointly organised by Nova School of Law and the British Institute for International and Comparative Law. The keynote speech was delivered by the Vice-president of the European Parliament, Heidi Hautala. In recent years, much of the attention in the business and human rights field has focused overwhelmingly…
Business and Human RightsShort Course: Law of the Sea
Event Date: 17th September 2020
EVENTS Short Course: Law of the Sea Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event details This day-long workshop offers an informative overview of the international law of the sea and current challenges facing the world's oceans and seas. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of law of the sea scholars,…
Law of the Sea+1Rule of Law in Times of Health Crises: Protecting Rights and Saving Lives
Event Date: 16th September 2020
WEBINAR Rule of Law in Times of Health Crises: Protecting Rights and Saving Lives Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Governments around the world have limited individual freedoms to control the spread of COVID-19, preserve health systems and protect human lives. To safeguard the rule of law, these…
COVID-19+1Webinar Series: Episode 1: Business and Human Rights Developments in Portugal
Event Date: 15th September 2020
Webinar Series: Business and Human Rights Developments in Southern Europe Episode 1: Business and Human Rights Developments in Portugal Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Jointly organised by Nova School of Law and BIICL Concept Various jurisdictions across the world have adopted National Action Plans…
Business and Human RightsHRDD Forum Webinar Series: Episode 1: Corporate Due Diligence for Climate Change Impacts: The Status Quo
Event Date: 10th September 2020
HRDD Forum Webinar Series: Human Rights Due Diligence for Climate Change Impacts Episode 1: Corporate Due Diligence for Climate Change Impacts: The Status Quo Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Concept Developments around mandatory human rights due diligence laws are multiplying across…
Business and Human Rights+1HRDD Forum Webinar Series: Human Rights Due Diligence for Climate Change Impacts
Event Date: 10th September 2020
Webinar Series: Human Rights Due Diligence for Climate Change Impacts Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Concept Developments around mandatory human rights due diligence laws are multiplying across Europe, and increasingly include climate change impacts within their scope. As a result, companies,…
Business and Human Rights+1Thirty Fourth ITF Public Conference: State Regulatory Powers and their Limits
Event Date: 10th September 2020
EVENTS Thirty Fourth ITF Public Conference: State Regulatory Powers and their Limits Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Read the conference summary Event Details This online conference will address limits of state regulatory powers under international law. The speakers will…
Investment and TradeVirtual Course: Law of the Sea
Event Date: 9th September 2020
ONLINE Virtual Course: Law of the Sea Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Course Details This course offers an informative overview of the international law of the sea and current challenges facing the world's oceans and seas. Bringing together a distinguished cohort of law of the sea scholars,…
Law of the Sea+1Inaugural Africa Arbitration Day
Event Date: 3rd September 2020
EVENTS Inaugural Africa Arbitration Day Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised in cooperation with: School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London and Babcock University Sponsored by: Event Details: The British Institute of International and Comparative…
Arbitration+2BIICL scholar calls to address inequalities in investor-state dispute settlement
2nd September 2020
Director of the Investment Treaty Forum Prof Yarik Kryvoi released a study in which he analyses inequalities in international investment law and proposes concrete solutions how to tackle them. This paper puts the system of international investment law into its historical context, examines economic data as well as most recent statements of states on inequalities in international investment law. It examines inequalities between foreign investors and states, between developed and developing…
Arbitration+1Three Dimensions of Inequality in International Investment Law
2nd September 2020
This paper puts the system of international investment law into its historical context, examines economic data as well as most recent statements of states on inequalities in international investment law. It examines inequalities between foreign investors and states, between developed and developing states as well as between foreign and domestic investors. It shows that each dimension of inequality has its own raison d'etre and proposes ways to tackle them in the context of today's political…
Investment and TradePart I: Some Observations on the Agreement between Greece and Egypt on the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone
25th August 2020
Introduction Greece and Egypt signed an agreement for the delimitation of the two countries' maritime boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea on 7 August 2020. The Greek Foreign Minister said that this was a 'historic day': the two states had reached an 'exemplary agreement' that 'reconfirms and enshrines the effect and the right of islands to a continental shelf and EEZ' in conformity with international law and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The Egyptian Foreign…
Centre for International Law+2Part II: Some Observations on the Agreement between Greece and Egypt on the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone
25th August 2020
Where to from here? The Greece-Turkey maritime boundary dispute The dispute over the maritime boundary between Greece and Turkey has been ongoing since 1974. As I wrote elsewhere, 'bilateral consultations and negotiations have been unable to prevent occasional flare-ups and, as tensions remain significantly high, it may not be long before one of the not infrequent confrontations spirals out of control'. Only a few days after the signing of the Greece-Egypt Agreement, Greece and Turkey…
Centre for International Law+2Reimagining Environmental Law 21 August 2020
21st August 2020
Global Governance and Future Trends Strengthening global governance Governance at global regional and national level is lacking, there is a lack of coherence, even in matters of global common interests. The EU, ASEAN, and other regional organisations can play a crucial role in tackling environmental issues, facilitating the implementation of MEAs, mobilizing stakeholders, and sharing experiences. The time is opportune to call upon regional organisations to strengthen global governance and…
Environmental Law+1Reimagining Environmental Law 20 August 2020
20th August 2020
Environmental Impact Assessment and Management of Environmental Risks A repository of environmental data and analysis Tens of thousands of environmental impact assessments are issued every year in compliance with national laws. These assessments are prepared at great expense and contain a wealth of unique observational data and other information. However, they are typically utilized for the subject project and then forgotten. A searchable database should be created of all these documents…
Environmental Law+1Reimagining Environmental Law 19 August 2020
19th August 2020
Climate Change and Pollution Control Mapping environmental factors Maps of flood vulnerability, species abundance, water supply, and other environmental factors reflect current and historical conditions. However, all these conditions are changing as a result of climate change, and the future will be much different from the past. Advanced computing enables projections with much greater geographic granularity than in the past. This would be extremely useful to land and infrastructure…
Environmental Law+1Reimagining Environmental Law 18 August 2020
18th August 2020
Market-Based Instruments and Green Economy Making polluters stop their pollution Environmental law presently reflects the data-constrained mid-20th century world and thus relies heavily on pollution control mandates rather than economic incentives. Building on 21st Century information technologies, we can today end externalities by carefully tracking emissions and making polluters stop their pollution — or pay fully for the harm they cause. Professor Daniel C Esty,…
Artificial Intelligence+3Reimagining Environmental Law 17 August 2020
17th August 2020
Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement Environmental law - a toothless tiger? More than perhaps any other area of law in recent years, environmental looks like a toothless tiger. This is not due to a lack of law, or the inactivity of enforcement agents. Instead it is the disconnect between enforcement sanctions and corporate deterrence that has challenged law's relevance in protecting the environment. Stiffer penalties are not the answer but rather the radical application of…
Environmental Law+1BIICL wins funding for new Rule of Law, Legitimacy and COVID-19 Control Technologies project
12th August 2020
BIICL is delighted to be announced this week as one of the funding winners of the 2020 Call for Proposals by The Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence (IEAI). The project : Rule of Law, Legitimacy and Effective COVID-19 Control Technologies, aims to produce a systematic overview of challenges posed by specific mobile applications that can be continuously updated and accessible to policy makers, together with a methodology to assess publicly contentious control technologies against…
Artificial Intelligence+2Emergency Products and COVID-19
Duncan Fairgrieve | 29th July 2020
BIICL is undertaking a project to assess the impact of COVID-19 on emergency products in the medical sphere. This is a topical theme engaging important public health considerations, and involving the analysis of the law and regulation of products such as ventilators, medicines, medical devices, vaccines and related health products. A Product Liability Forum event was organised on this theme on 4 May 2020. Speakers included Pr. Geraint Howells, Marcus Pilgerstorfer QC, Dr Peter Feldschreiber,…
COVID-19+1Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and the Law: Reimagining the New Roots of Environmental Law
Event Date: 23rd July 2020
WEBINAR Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and the Law: Reimagining the New Roots of Environmental Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The world faces environmental challenges of unprecedented scale and urgency, from biodiversity degradation to global warming, pollution, soil erosion, water…
Artificial Intelligence+3Part 3: Global Legislative Responses to Coronavirus
Event Date: 22nd July 2020
WEBINAR Part 3: Global Legislative Responses to Coronavirus Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location In Partnership with Webinar Series Details This event is the third in a series of three webinars States around the world have struggled to come up with the best legislative response to the coronavirus pandemic. Although…
COVID-19+1Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Age of Covid-19
Event Date: 21st July 2020
PARTNER EVENT Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Age of Covid-19 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The celebrated former Supreme Court judge, Jonathan Sumption, used last year's Reith lectures to warn that "law's expanding Empire" was encroaching onto contentious fields where things are better…
COVID-19+1Protecting Education in Conflict
Event Date: 20th July 2020
EVENTS Protecting Education in Conflict Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Education is not only an important end in itself; it enables access to other human rights, to meaningful participation in society, and to the promotion of universal respect for the dignity of all. This is…
Human Rights and IHL+1Toppled Statues and Monuments: Perspectives on the Global Movement Confronting Heritage
Event Date: 16th July 2020
EVENTS: Toppled Statues and Monuments: Perspectives on the Global Movement Confronting Heritage Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Watch the recording Toppled Statues and Monuments: Perspectives on the Global Movement Confronting Heritage Event Details On the 7th of June 2020, the statue of Edward Colston,…
Cultural Heritage+1Part 2: Global Legislative Responses to Coronavirus
Event Date: 15th July 2020
EVENTS Part 2: Global Legislative Responses to Coronavirus Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location In Partnership with: The Theory and Practice of Legislation Webinar Series Details This event is the second in a series of three webinars States around the world have struggled to come up with the best…
COVID-19+1Human Trafficking and COVID-19: What Next?
Event Date: 14th July 2020
WEBINAR Human Trafficking and COVID-19: What Next? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location 140720 recording of Human Trafficking and COVID-19: What Next? Event Details COVID-19 has impacted all areas of life and human trafficking is no exception. Early research and data indicate that COVID has a strong…
COVID-19+2CLF Meeting: Digital Online Platforms and Digital Advertising
Event Date: 13th July 2020
WEBINAR CLF Meeting: Digital Online Platforms and Digital Advertising Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised With Event Details The CMA's market study final report into online platforms funded by digital advertising is due to be published by 2nd July 2020. The CMA's interim report last December…
Competition LawCoronavirus, Face Coverings on Public Transport Regulations: A Rule of Law Analysis
3rd July 2020
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Wearing of Face Coverings on Public Transport) (England) Regulations 2020 prohibit the use of public transport unless a person is wearing a face covering. This basic policy is sound, rational and to be welcomed. However, there are several Rule of Law concerns. Sound law-making procedures are not being followed because of the continued use of the 'urgent procedure' to make a law which bypasses normal parliamentary scrutiny. The one day turnaround between…
COVID-19+1Black Lives Matter "On the Buses": Laws Mandating Face Coverings on Public Transport
3rd July 2020
The Black Lives Matter movement has forced us to re-appraise what in the past we may have taken for granted. The 1970s British sitcom "On The Buses" was popular at the time, but to our eyes now seems sexist and racist. We need to take a hard look at current practices to examine if they are fair and respect equality and diversity. The Rule of Law requires equality before the law. The Venice Commission Checklist on the Rule of Law reiterates this requirement of equal treatment…
COVID-19+1Submission on the Issue of the Applicable Law in the Revised Draft of the Business and Human Rights
3rd July 2020
The report of the fifth session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG) stated: that the Chair-Rapporteur invite and encourage regional and political groups, intergovernmental organizations, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and all other relevant stakeholders, as appropriate, to organize consultations at all levels, including in particular at the…
Business and Human RightsReimagining the Law 3 July 2020
3rd July 2020
Phase One of Reimagining the Law initiative comes to an end today with one final submission. We would like to thank all the contributors who provided the 124 ideas featured on the website during the month of June. Walking virtual corridors COVID-19 closed borders, but disasters occur, elections are held, judgments delivered. Charities and organisations divert funds, walk virtual corridors using Instagram and Teams, provide e-resources, manage crises remotely too. We must re-evaluate…
Reimagining the LawThe Rule of Law in Times of Health Crisis
1st July 2020
The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, in partnership with the Global Health Academy of the University of Edinburgh and the Advocates for International Development's ROLE UK Programme, has developed a seminal paper on The Rule of Law in Times of Health Crises. The authors, Dr Julinda Beqiraj , Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and Nyasha Weinberg at the Bingham Centre and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and Dr Luciana Brondi of the Global Health Academy, examine…
COVID-19+1Europe Consultation on Revised Draft of the Proposed Business and Human Rights Treaty
Event Date: 1st July 2020
CONSULTATION Europe Consultation on Revised Draft of the Proposed Business and Human Rights Treaty Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details In June 2014, the UN Human Rights Council established an open-ended intergovernmental working group 'to elaborate an international legally…
Business and Human RightsPart 1: Global Legislative Responses to Coronavirus
Event Date: 30th June 2020
WEBINAR Part 1: Global Legislative Responses to Coronavirus Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location In Partnership with: The Theory and Practice of Legislation Webinar Series Details This event is the first in a series of three webinars States around the world have struggled to come up with the best legislative…
COVID-19+1Reimagining the Law 30 June 2020
30th June 2020
1. Reduce the number of long hearings Why do we not carry out surveys to see how useful long hearings are at least in some fields - e.g. children cases? Put the papers in front of a judge for one or two days reading and a decision, and see how often the result is significantly different after a wearing and expensive 12-day hearing. For 50 cases (a pretty reasonable sample) it would cost 100 judge-days maximum (as the 12-day trials would happen anyway). The Rt Hon Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury…
Reimagining the LawVirtual Justice in France, UK & US: Status & Challenges of Remote Hearings & Trials
Event Date: 29th June 2020
WEBINAR Virtual Justice in France, UK & US: Status & Challenges of Remote Hearings & Trials Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording of the webinar Virtual Justice in France, UK & US: Status & Challenges of Remote Hearings & Trials Organised in partnership with: Event Details The…
Arbitration+6Reimagining the Law 29 June 2020
29th June 2020
1. Better trials We should stop trying to avoid hearing cases - especially civil and family - and start trying to do them better. What can best be done on paper, what remotely and what face to face? How best to find the truth? Think flexibly and put the judge in charge! Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE PC FBA 2. The shape of the law: its accessibility to the user I. Legislation should not only produce the desired legal effect but also be drafted so as to communicate with the user. II. On…
Reimagining the LawCollaborative Resolution of Disputes and COVID-19
Event Date: 26th June 2020
EVENTS Collaborative Resolution of Disputes and COVID-19 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording of the webinar 260620 Collaborative Resolution of Disputes and COVID-19 recording Event Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) has recently published two Concept Notes on…
Centre for Comparative Law+2Reimagining the Law 26 June 2020
26th June 2020
1. Automated decision making We currently have a range of complaint redress systems, in specific sectors. Post COVID, private and public institutions will increasingly adopt algorithmic or automated decision making. These will give rise to complaints requiring specialist skills beyond sectoral or data knowledge. We need a bespoke system to provide redress for complaints about algorithmic decision making staffed by specialists who can test algorithms' compliance with ethically aligned design…
Reimagining the LawCOVID-19: Impacts on Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 25th June 2020
BIICL is undertaking a project assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on efforts to combat human trafficking around the world. The aims of the project are twofold: to take stock of the gaps COVID-19 has created in anti-human trafficking law and policy, and to propose solutions for how those gaps can be filled in the coming months and years. While early research suggests that COVID-19 will greatly exacerbate vulnerability to human trafficking, financial and other resources allocated to anti-trafficking…
COVID-19+1Reimagining the Law 25 June 2020
25th June 2020
1. Overcoming a destructive legacy At this moment of existential public health, environmental, human rights and socio-economic crisis, it would be useful to critique, innovate and transform international law and governance to overcome the harsh and destructive legacy of empire and colonialism and reconstitute a global governance regime founded on inclusion, solidarity and sustainability. Oonagh Fitzgerald 2. The state as guardian not claims processor Public bodies making decisions about claims…
Reimagining the LawMyanmar: Recent Developments in International Law
Event Date: 24th June 2020
WEBINAR Myanmar: Recent Developments in International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording of the webinar Myanmar: Recent Developments in International Law Event details On 23 January 2020, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Myanmar to take immediate measures to prevent the genocide…
Courts and TribunalsJoint Development of Seabed Resources in Areas of Overlapping Maritime Claims: An Analysis of Precedents in State Practice
24th June 2020
Abstract The known or suspected presence of offshore hydrocarbons not only has prompted coastal states to elaborate expansive claims of maritime jurisdiction but it has also been influential in the efforts of some states to preclude one another from carrying out economic activities, such as oil exploration and exploitation, in the areas of overlapping claims. In the absence of clear and defined boundaries, possible state responses can range from protracted negotiations to unilaterally…
Law of the SeaReimagining the Law 24 June 2020
24th June 2020
1. Financial Services Simplify financial services regulation for retail investors by replacing the already much attenuated principle of caveat emptor with caveat vendor, perhaps by imposing a fiduciary standard upon all links of the investment chain, thereby mitigating the consequences of asymmetry of information at the heart of most financial services problems. Howard Jacobs 2.Law firms working collaboratively Rivals, VW and Ford, will share technology and platforms for the next generation…
Reimagining the LawReimagining the Law 23 June 2020
23rd June 2020
1. Juries Juries should be required to supply written reasons for their verdicts, so that those involved in a case - and an appellate court - can understand the process by which a decision has been reached; see which evidence has been accepted or rejected; and identify whether any material error has occurred. Secret Barrister 2. Let us watch our language and lift our heads. The language of supplicant victims is often applied to international law and international judicial institutions. We…
Reimagining the LawArtificial Intelligence: The Future of Regulation - A Conversation with Lord Clement-Jones
Event Date: 22nd June 2020
WEBINAR Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Regulation - A Conversation with Lord Clement-Jones Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording of the webinar Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Regulation - A Conversation with Lord Clement-Jones Event Details This is the third…
Artificial Intelligence+1Reimagining the Law 22 June 2020
22nd June 2020
1. Legal Aid The civil legal aid system should be decentralised and administered regionally. It should no longer fund by reference to individual cases but should mainly fund organisations and develop their capacity and skills. It should ignore time spent on cases but should measure the benefits of its work to the public. Guy Beringer 2.Due Diligence Act Enact a Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Act, which requires companies to demonstrate clearly what actions they are taking, enables…
Reimagining the LawReimagining the Law 19 June 2020
19th June 2020
1. Appointing Auditors Audit legislation has special requirements for listed companies, but they need strengthening. To remove the conflict between the interest of the auditor in being re-appointed and his duty to perform his task without fear or favour, auditors of these entities should be appointed by the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority, who should also have power to remove them. Bill Knight 2.The legal behemoth Over the last couple of decades, the law has become unmanageable,…
Reimagining the LawDirections in Legal Education 2020
Event Date: 18th June 2020
PARTNER EVENT Directions in Legal Education 2020 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The third conference on teaching & learning in law organized by CUHK LAW. Panels include: Students as Producers; Women in Law; Professionalism and Employability; Law & Technology; Diversity in Legal Education;…
TrainingReimagining the Law 18 June 2020
18th June 2020
1. A diverse curriculum Why are the British Empire and transatlantic slavery non-statutory elements of the National Curriculum? Without understanding oppression in our history we are unable to understand it today. Michael Abiodun Olatokun FRSA 2. Law as accountable to the public - Cameras in courtrooms across UK - All trials on weblink and some on a dedicated TV channel(s) - Some with commentary and analysis - Public accountability and understanding enhanced, especially sentencing - Open justice…
Reimagining the LawCompetition Act Exclusion Orders
Event Date: 17th June 2020
WEBINAR Competition Act Exclusion Orders Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This webinar considers the recent Competition Act Exclusion Orders, as it has been recognised universally that cooperation is necessary in order to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also recognised…
Competition LawReimagining the Law 17 June 2020
17th June 2020
1. Marginalisation of minority voices Policing Minister, Kit Malthouse, told the Today programme it was "unfortunate that a proper democratic decision hadn't been reached about what to do with the statue" in Bristol. No. Attributing the statue's continued presence to misfortune ignores the context in which it remained: the systematic marginalisation of minority voices. Dr Lawrence McNamara 2. Right To Know Increasingly public services are outsourced. Yet FOI doesn't always permit access to…
Reimagining the LawReimagining the Law 16 June 2020
16th June 2020
1. Access to the legal profession Covid-19 is disrupting educational progression and will increase the attainment gap for students in disadvantaged situations. Inclusion initiatives aimed at increasing access to the profession should be remodelled, using new tools to reach out virtually to provide work experience, mentoring and support. Christine O'Neill 2. Ethnic Diversity at Board level Given the continued lack of progress in improving ethnic diversity on Boards, is it not time to impose…
Reimagining the LawHRDD Forum: How to measure the 'effectiveness' of corporate human rights regulation
Event Date: 15th June 2020
EVENTS HRDD Forum: How to measure the 'effectiveness' of corporate human rights regulation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event details On 29 April 2020 the European Commission announced a legislative initiative on mandatory due diligence for human rights and environmental impacts, based…
Business and Human RightsReimagining the Law 15 June 2020
15th June 2020
As June 15th is the anniversary of the Magna Carta, today's ideas focus on contemporary Rule of Law challenges. 1. Make meaningful the Rule of Law's promise of equal protection Magna Carta stands for Equality Before the Law, but ensuring the law protects everyone equally is the Cinderella of Rule of Law principles. To earn the confidence of BAME communities that the Rule of Law is for them, all relevant recommendations should be urgently implemented, starting with Windrush, Lammy, Grenfell…
Reimagining the LawCOVID-19, Sino-US Trade War, and International Law Seminar
Event Date: 12th June 2020
EVENTS COVID-19, Sino-US Trade War, and International Law Seminar Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Supported By the British Institute of International and Comparative Law Event Details The Covid-19 health crisis has implicated discussions about the Sino-US…
COVID-19+1Reimagining the Law 12 June 2020
12th June 2020
1. London - premier centre for international dispute resolution? London is a thriving hub for dispute resolution between parties from all over the world. Countries like Singapore have sought to emulate London through adopting a very co-ordinated approach. To maintain and enhance its position as a premier centre for international dispute resolution, should London adopt a more cohesive approach? Paula Hodges QC 2. The virtual hearing-A shift away from the art of oral advocacy or a new skillset?…
Reimagining the LawTermination of Intra-EU BITs: Legal and Practical Consequences for Pending and Future Disputes
11th June 2020
On 5 May 2020, 23 EU Member States signed an agreement for the termination of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties between EU Members (Termination Agreement). The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) hosted a webinar on 1 June 2020 to discuss legal and practical consequences of the Termination Agreement. The webinar featured presentations from representatives of the European Commission, an EU member state, academia and practitioners. This blog post summarizes…
Arbitration+2Reimagining the Law 11 June 2020
11th June 2020
1. The law is a male construct All legal systems should address the gendered nature of law and the inescapable underlying problem that law is a male construct. It was made from a male perspective and drew upon male experience. We still have women facing double sexual standards; courts failing to deal adequately with domestic violence and rape; women's evidence being given less value or requiring corroboration. Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, QC 2. Cuts in legal aid The cuts in legal aid for…
Reimagining the LawReimagining the Law 10 June 2020
10th June 2020
1. Stemming the tide Democratic accountability and the rule of law is being weakened by extensive use of secondary legislation, particularly in relation to Covid-19 and Brexit. Parliament has been unable to effect proper scrutiny or stem the tide. Can the judges help without being accused of engaging in politics? Lord Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd KT PC 2. Controlling legal costs of lawyers to assist with access to justice. Many individuals cannot afford a lawyer for personal matters,…
Reimagining the LawThe Ratline: on international crimes and justice
Event Date: 9th June 2020
WEBINAR The Ratline: on international crimes and justice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording of the webinar Recording: The Ratline: on international crimes and justice Event Details Rebecca Abrams talks to Philippe Sands, author of The Ratline With the publication of Philippe…
Courts and Tribunals+2Reimagining the Law 9 June 2020
9th June 2020
1. Criminal Justice System The criminal justice system provides the glue which holds our society together; it provides a mechanism for maintaining minimum standards of behaviour to which everyone must adhere with realistic prospect of sanction for those who do not. That system is in jeopardy. It must be sufficiently valued and funded. Sir Brian Leveson PC Video interviewing of suspects should become the standard. Those not under arrest should be interviewed from their solicitor's office. Those…
Reimagining the LawReimagining the Law 8 June 2020
8th June 2020
1. Transparency The Ministry of Justice and HMCTS should adopt a comprehensive published information strategy and a manual with processes and definitions, making clear what is public and what is not. A standard data structure and format for judgments should be adopted. There should be a centralised public database of reporting restrictions. Sir Ross Cranston QC & Jules Winterton 2. Mass production for human consumption The law must now extend its care and concern and, increasingly, its…
Reimagining the LawReimagining the Law 5 June 2020
5th June 2020
A Quintet of Parliamentary Reforms 1. House of Lords Reform (Removal of Hereditary Privilege) Act An Act to amend the House of Lords Act 1999 by ending the by-elections which allow 90 hereditary peers in the House of Lords to be replaced, on death or retirement, by other hereditary peers. 2. House of Lords (Removal of Clerical Privilege) Act An Act to end the entitlement of 26 Church of England Bishops to sit in the House of Lords. 3. House of Lords (Cross-Bench Appointments) Act An Act creating…
Reimagining the LawReimagining the Law 4 June 2020
4th June 2020
1. Give furlough money to a good cause Is it morally justifiable for City law firms with average partner profits of well over £1m a year to take large amounts of government money in an effort to support those profits in the short term? Many firms have said that they will not furlough staff as they do not believe this is an appropriate use of taxpayers' cash. Matthew Rhodes 2. Where's the Guidance? A recurring feature of today's regulatory landscape is legislative provision for Ministers…
Reimagining the LawReimagining the Law 3 June 2020
3rd June 2020
1. The spirit of the law How do we restore the centrality of law to people's lives? Can we do this in a way that more appreciate that it is the spirit of the law which matters rather the letter of the law which some, particularly the elite, use to further their own interests or purposes Lord Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd KT PC 2. Access to justice The use of virtual platforms for participating in and observing court proceedings should be expanded to enable much wider public access, reduce…
Reimagining the LawArtificial Intelligence and Data Economy: A Business and Human Rights Approach
Event Date: 2nd June 2020
WEBINAR Artificial Intelligence and Data Economy: A Business and Human Rights Approach Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording of the webinar Artificial Intelligence and Data Economy: A Business and Human Rights Approach Event Details This is the second webinar in our series on 'Artificial…
Artificial Intelligence+2Reimagining the Law 2 June 2020
2nd June 2020
1. Trial by jury? Defendants should have an extra right- namely, to choose trial by a judge instead of a jury. I have addressed hundreds of juries and believe they usually reach a fair decision, but if prejudice is likely (e.g. by the media against defendants from a particular race or religion), or if the case is likely to be quickly dismissed, why not give defendants this option? It exists in Australia and Canada without damaging respect for trial by jury. Geoffrey Robertson QC Why should…
Reimagining the LawTermination of Intra-EU BITs: Legal and Practical Consequences for Pending and Future Disputes
Event Date: 1st June 2020
WEBINAR Termination of Intra-EU BITs: Legal and Practical Consequences for Pending and Future Disputes Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Partner Event details 23 Member States of the European Union signed on 5 May 2020 agreement for the termination of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties. This…
Arbitration+3Reimagining the Law 1 June 2020
1st June 2020
1. Freedom of Expression In an era of no-platforming we need to remind people of the importance of freedom of expression and that as Stephen Sedley so accurately said, "Freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having" The Rt Hon Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury 2. Global Platform for Online Court Hearings To overcome the access to justice problem (less than 50% of the world's citizens have access to courts) - the UK should develop a standard plug-and-play platform for the conduct, worldwide,…
Reimagining the LawBIIICL Launches Reimagining The Law
1st June 2020
What would you change about the law if you could? Today BIICL launches a new initiative. Responding to the question what would you change about the law if you could? A range of legal professionals - from practising lawyers to former judges, academics and legal commentators - have been invited to reimagine an area of the law or of our justice system, and share their thoughts with us. Each day we will be publishing five new ideas under the heading Reimagining The Law Read…
Reimagining the LawBIICL Publishes Concept Note 2
28th May 2020
"Breathing space" Concept Note 2 on the effect of the 2020 pandemic on commercial contracts Following its recent call for Breathing Space, BIICL has released Concept Note 2 which shows in detail which steps should be taken to minimise the risk of a deluge of disputes and to increase the prospect of constructive outcomes. Concept Note 2 argues, among other things, that the best policy approach in the case of many contracts is for the law: To support negotiated solutions…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Ideas and Perspectives for a Climate Emergency Bill
26th May 2020
On 2nd April 2020 the British Institute of International and Comparative Law convened a webinar entitled 'Ideas and Perspectives for a Climate Emergency Bill: Developing a Toolkit for Legislators to Tackle Climate Change'. The webinar was convened in collaboration with Landmark Chambers and Rights Community Action. The event discussed legal developments in the field of climate change from a comparative perspective, emphasising the legislative solutions developed in the UK, France and…
Centre for International Law+1Sovereign Wealth Funds: Transnational Regulation and Dispute Resolution
Yarik Kryvoi | 26th May 2020
The BIICL Investment Treaty Forum in partnership with Withers is delighted to announce the publication of our empirical study on "Sovereign Wealth Funds: Transnational Regulation and Dispute Resolution" With assets under management worth over USD 10 trillion and about 7.8% of all listed equities worldwide under their control, SWFs are among the world's most powerful economic actors. The 20 largest SWFs own 89% of these assets. Despite their significance, the topic of SWFs and dispute…
Arbitration+3COM study on the Rome II Regulation
Eva Lein | 26th May 2020
European Commission Study on the Rome II Regulation The Study on the Rome II Regulation (EC) 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations, conducted by Prof. Eva Lein, Dr. Sara Migliorini and Constance Bonzé, was published in October 2021 Read the Study Share LinksProject - Tags The Study conducts a legal analysis and assessment of the practical experiences and problems of interpretation in the application of the Rome II Regulation for…
Artificial Intelligence+2Investor Roundtable: Modern Slavery Data for Investor Action
Event Date: 20th May 2020
EVENTS Investor Roundtable: Modern Slavery Data for Investor Action Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event details As part of the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre, the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and the Alan Turing Institute are working on a project focused on how to ensure…
Rule of LawCOVID-19, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Governance. A Conversation with Lord Clement-Jones
Event Date: 18th May 2020
Webinar COVID-19, Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance: A Conversation with Lord Tim Clement-Jones Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording of the webinar COVID-19, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Governance. A Conversation with Lord Clement-Jones Read the Joint Committee of Human Rights' report on the…
Artificial Intelligence+1Written evidence submitted to the House of Commons Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
15th May 2020
This written evidence has been re-published on the Bingham Centre website with the kind permission of the House of Commons Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union. Executive Summary The key tasks that the Joint Committee and the Specialised Committees need to execute before the end of the transition period are determining the criteria for the functioning of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, implementing the citizens' rights provisions of the…
European LawBrexit, Delegated Powers and Delegated Legislation: a Rule of Law Analysis of Parliamentary Scrutiny
11th May 2020
Brexit has reopened long running debates over the impact of delegated powers and delegated legislation on Parliament's role in the legislative process. The legislative process in Parliament enables parliamentarians to hold the government to account for proposed changes to the statute book, to amend bills and to decide whether a government bill should be enacted. The government's reliance on delegated powers and delegated legislation to deliver Brexit has raised concerns that parliamentarians…
Brexit+2Government response to the pandemic: balancing public health and investment protection
Event Date: 7th May 2020
WEBINAR Government response to the pandemic: balancing public health and investment protection Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Media Sponsor Event details As states face difficult choices to protect public health and keep their economies afloat, their treatment of foreign investors in this crisis is yet…
Arbitration+3Law firms and chambers seminar: Regulatory options for human rights due diligence in the EU and UK: Presentation of two BIICL studies
Event Date: 6th May 2020
EVENTS Law firms and chambers seminar: Regulatory options for human rights due diligence in the EU and UK: Presentation of two BIICL studies Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details During 2019, calls for mandatory human rights due diligence laws multiplied across Europe, and businesses…
Business and Human RightsUnity and Diversity in National Understandings of the Rule of Law in the EU (Reconnect deliverable 7.1)
4th May 2020
The working paper aims to show that the rule of law is not only one amongst the few overarching constitutional principles that can together be regarded as undergirding all legal systems in Europe, but it is also a constitutional principle whose core meaning is consensual and well-defined. The paper submits that there is now a broad legal consensus in Europe on the core meaning of this principle, its minimum components, and how it relates to other key values such as democracy and…
European LawPLF Webinar on Product Liability and Emergency Products
Event Date: 4th May 2020
EVENTS PLF Webinar on Product Liability and Emergency Products Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The objective of this webinar is to discuss the current regulatory and liability responses to the manufacture of products in the current crisis, including medicines, vaccines, PPE, and…
COVID-19+1Business seminar: Presentation of two BIICL studies on human rights due diligence regulatory options in the UK and EU
Event Date: 4th May 2020
Events Business seminar: Presentation of two BIICL studies on human rights due diligence regulatory options in the UK and EU Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event details During 2019, calls for mandatory human rights due diligence laws multiplied across Europe, and businesses are increasingly…
Business and Human RightsParliament must legislate on the government’s plans for contact tracing apps
4th May 2020
On 4 May the Joint Committee on Human Rights took evidence from the Information Commissioner, academics and the CEO of NHSX on the risks to the right to privacy (Article 8 ECHR) if a contact tracing app is introduced to track and slow the spread of the coronavirus. This is helpful scrutiny of the government's plans. Yet if the government goes ahead with its proposed contact-tracing application it is essential that the processing of large amounts of personal data by the state, even if…
COVID-19New blog: EU Foreign Direct Investment Screening, Economic Crimes and ISDS
1st May 2020
On 30 April 2020, I spoke at a webinar on the interaction between public international law and the EU Investment screening mechanism organised by Maastricht University and the University of Southern Denmark, which was a part of the Common European Law on Investment Screening (CELIS) project. In 2019, the European Union established a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments in Regulation 2019/452. This regulation comes into force the provisions of the Regulation are set to…
Investment and TradeMeaning and Scope of the EU Rule of Law (Reconnect deliverable 7.2)
1st May 2020
The Working Paper addresses the key questions surrounding the meaning and scope of the EU rule of law: primarily whether, and the extent to which, supranational understandings of the rule of law differ, if at all, from the national understandings. The paper also examines the European minimum standards of the rule of law, and whether the EU has promoted or applied different understandings for instrumental reasons. The paper concludes that the rule of law can and should be considered…
European LawBIICL-led due diligence study basis for European legislative initiative
30th April 2020
European Commission will launch a legislative initiative to consider the introduction of mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence Yesterday, on 29 April, EC Commissioner Didier Reynders (DG Justice and Consumers) presented the BIICL-led study on due diligence requirements through the supply chain. During the presentation, it was announced that the European Commission will launch a legislative initiative to consider the introduction of mandatory human rights and environmental…
Business and Human RightsThe U.K. Races to Catch Up on COVID-19
30th April 2020
The United Kingdom (U.K.) responded differently than other countries at the start of the coronavirus crisis. The government's initial policy, in hindsight, appears ill thought-through and has already faced growing criticism. The U.K. subsequently took a more orthodox approach—adopting social distancing measures, restricting movement, and ultimately implementing a nationwide lockdown. Read more Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication -…
COVID-19UK accession to the 2007 Lugano Convention
28th April 2020
On 8 April 2020, the United Kingdom deposited a request for re-accession to the 2007 Lugano Convention as an individual member. According to Art. 72 of the Convention, the UK accession requires the unanimous consent of all contracting parties. While Switzerland, Norway and Iceland have already announced their support, the European Union and Denmark (which is an individual member due to its special status in EU civil justice cooperation) still have to give their explicit consent. The accession…
Brexit+3Integration of migrants in middle and small cities and in rural areas in Europe
27th April 2020
This report on the 'Integration of migrants in middle and small cities and in rural areas in Europe', authored by Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellow Jean-Pierre Gauci, was commissioned by the 'Commission for Citizenship, Governance, Institutional and External Affairs of the European Committee of the Regions (CIVEX). This report explores the context in which, and the structures through which, integration measures are implemented and the nature of the actions being undertaken by medium…
MigrationGian Luca Burci and Philippe Sands Event Report Published
27th April 2020
"COVID-19 and International Law: What went wrong and what can we learn from it?" If you missed the fascinating discussion between Philippe Sand and Gian Luca Burci at BIICL on the 16th of April there is now a report of the event available. Read the report and download a recording of the webinar here
COVID-19Coronavirus Amendment Regulations: The Government's dubious response to the 'out out' defence
27th April 2020
Maintaining public confidence in the Government's response to the pandemic matters. Trust will drain away if we are not given the full story about amendments to the coronavirus legislation restricting osur movements. The Rule of Law requires full disclosure. The comedian Micky Flanagan has a routine about being 'out out' . The central gag is that he only went 'out' to do a bit of shopping, but was waylaid by a friend and ended up in a nightclub for the evening. But he wasn't properly…
COVID-19BIICL Publishes Concept Note 1
27th April 2020
Breathing space - a Concept Note on the effect of the pandemic on commercial contracts BIICL has today published a Concept Note on the effects of the pandemic on commercial contracts and legal consideration in mitigating mass defaults. Read the press release Read more about the Breathing Space Project
Centre for Comparative Law+1Responding to COVID-19 product risks: should Government focus on the manufacturer or the patient?
24th April 2020
It was revealed recently that the Government has agreed to cover the legal liabilities of companies developing medical equipment at speed in the fight against COVID-19. In a letter in April 2020 to the Public Accounts Parliamentary Select Committee, Government Minister Michael Gove MP, revealed that the highly unusual step had been taken of indemnifying certain companies which are manufacturing medical equipment such as ventilators against legal risk in case the product causes injury…
COVID-19+1Covid-19: When is a rule not a rule?
24th April 2020
There has been some confusion over the extent of the Government's legal powers in the Covid-19 lockdown, and the precise status of a "rule". There is a difference between regulation and legislation. Voermans argues that legislation is the constitutionally authoritative form in which law is made by the state. Regulation is much broader and means any public intervention in a market or in society. Legislation means banning smoking in enclosed public spaces. Regulation includes the…
COVID-19COVID-19 and International Law: What went wrong and what can we learn from it?
23rd April 2020
The webinar: 'COVID-19 and International Law: What went wrong and what can we learn from it?' held on 16 April 2020 featured a conversation between the award-winning author and international lawyer Philippe Sands QC, and the international health law expert and WHO former legal counsel Gian Luca Burci to explore what may have gone wrong, the lessons to be learned, and future institutional and legal changes needed Project Report This post-event report provides a summary of the discussion…
COVID-19Parliament reopening will help the Government defeat COVID-19
21st April 2020
Parliament's work in scrutinising Government is never more important than in a crisis. Emergencies sound the hour of the executive, where it plays an essential role in coordinating and delivering urgent support; this has certainly been the case with COVID-19, with Ministers granted additional powers to mobilise a rapid response to the lethal danger posed by the virus. While it is clear that special measures are required to cope with this extraordinary situation, it is essential to the Rule…
COVID-19Extended Deadline: Call for Papers for Teaching International Law Webinar Series
20th April 2020
Deadline Extended! BIICL is delighted to be convening a webinar series entitled Teaching International Law. The Organising Committee invites all those engaging with the teaching of international law from around the world to share their experiences and critically reflect on current practices of teaching international law. The aim is to foster reflection and discussion amongst the plurality of actors that teach international law across different contexts, traditions, and perspectives. The deadline…
TrainingCOVID-19 and International Law: What went wrong and what can we learn from it?
Event Date: 16th April 2020
EVENTS COVID-19 and International Law: What went wrong and what can we learn from it? Philippe Sands in conversation with Gian Luca Burci Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event details The adverse effects of the novel COVID-19 pandemic are felt globally, raising questions about the state of international…
COVID-19Force Majeure and Hardship in Commercial Contracts: Cross-border and Comparative Perspectives
Event Date: 8th April 2020
WEBINAR Force Majeure and Hardship in Commercial Contracts: Cross-border and Comparative Perspectives Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The objective of this webinar is to examine the legal consequences of a party's inability to perform a contract due to events outside their…
Comparative Law+4ISDS FAQ
Last Updated: 7th April 2020
International Investment Law and Dispute Resolution (Online Course) Frequently Asked Questions There's no link to pay by card. I do not have a PayPal account, how can I pay? You do not need to have a PayPal account to pay. You can also pay by Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express. Simply click on pay by PayPal button and then click on 'Pay by Debit or Credit Card'. You can pay by Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express. I…
Investment and TradeIdeas and Perspectives for a Climate Emergency Bill: Developing a Toolkit for Legislators to Tackle Climate Change
Event Date: 2nd April 2020
WEBINAREE Ideas and Perspectives for a Climate Emergency Bill: Developing a Toolkit for Legislators to Tackle Climate Change Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording of the Webinar Webinar: Ideas and Perspectives for a Climate Emergency Bill Sponsored by Event details In May 2019 the UK parliament…
Climate ChangeBIICL Global Development
2nd April 2020
BIICL establishes partnership with Singapore Management University (SMU) BIICL has now extended its presence in Asia, establishing a partnership with Singapore Management University (SMU). With the Centre for AI and Data Governance, the Centre for Cross Border Commercial Law in Asia, and the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy, the SMU Law School has significant research commitments in compatible fields of research interest as those which BIICL is prioritising. Professor David…
Artificial IntelligenceEuropean Parliament in-depth analysis on Sustainable Consumption and Consumer Protection Legislation
1st April 2020
This In-Depth Analysis on "Sustainable Consumption and Consumer Protection Legislation", authored by Bert Keirsbilck, Evelyne Terryn, Anaïs Michel (KU Leuven) and Ivano Alogna (BIICL), was commissioned by Policy Department A at the request of the European Parliament's Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), in order to provide the Members of the European Parliament with evidence and recommendations for the own-initiative report entitled "Towards a more sustainable…
Business and Human Rights+3European Parliament in-depth analysis on Sustainable Consumption and Consumer Protection Legislation
Ivano Alogna | 1st April 2020
This In-Depth Analysis on "Sustainable Consumption and Consumer Protection Legislation", authored by Bert Keirsbilck, Evelyne Terryn, Anaïs Michel (KU Leuven) and Ivano Alogna (BIICL), was commissioned by Policy Department A at the request of the European Parliament's Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), in order to provide the Members of the European Parliament with evidence and recommendations for the own-initiative report entitled "Towards a more sustainable…
Climate Change+2HRDD Forum: Damage control or opportunity for change?
Event Date: 1st April 2020
EVENTS HRDD Forum: Damage control or opportunity for change?: Working with companies after the identification of human rights impacts Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event details As expectations on business to undertake human rights due diligence are mounting, companies, advisers and other…
Business and Human RightsNew Online Training Course on International Investment Law
31st March 2020
Today BIICL begins offering a new online course in international investment law and dispute resolution The course developed by Professor Kryvoi, Senior Research Fellow in International Economic Law and Director of the Investment Treaty Forum, will enable participants to understand the theory and practice of international investment law and dispute resolution. Participants will develop their own critical appreciation of history and nature of international investment law, the main substantive…
Investment and TradeHungary's Coronavirus legislative response: indeterminate powers for an indeterminate period
27th March 2020
The UK's legislative response to Covid-19 has been enacted in great haste, and its impact on the Rule of Law will no doubt continue to be debated in the months to come. However, it is clear that the Coronavirus Act 2020 contains some important Rule of Law safeguards. It has a sunset clause , meaning it will expire after 2 years. It allows Parliament the possibility to review the Act after 6 months. The Secretary of State must lay reports before Parliament every 2 months…
COVID-19POSTPONED: Prosecuting in the public interest: Independence without isolation
Event Date: 26th March 2020
EVENTS POSTPONED: Prosecuting in the public interest: Independence without isolation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event details We are delighted to announce that the Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Max Hill QC, will deliver a keynote speech on prosecutorial independence on Thursday 26…
Rule of LawOnline Course: International Investment Law and Dispute Resolution
Last Updated: 25th March 2020
International Investment Law and Dispute Resolution (Online Course) International Investment Law and Dispute Resolution (course trailer) Course details This course covers the history and the rationale of protection of foreign direct investments, applicable law, the key principles of international investment law and investor-state dispute settlement. Total guided learning time: approximately 18 hours. The course is led by Professor Yarik Kryvoi. Professor…
Investment and TradeCoronavirus Bill: A Rule of Law Analysis (Supplementary Report - House of Lords)
25th March 2020
The Coronavirus Bill is a response to a genuine public health emergency and contains the most sweeping powers ever taken by the UK Government outside of wartime. There is absolutely no doubt that the Government needs to take swift and bold measures to protect citizens, and that some of these measures will unavoidably impinge upon personal liberties in a drastic way. The role of Parliament in scrutinising these measures is even more important during an emergency. Neither law nor…
COVID-19+1POSTPONED: International and Comparative Law Quarterly Publishing Workshop in association with Cambridge University Press
Event Date: 25th March 2020
EVENTS POSTPONED: International and Comparative Law Quarterly Publishing Workshop in association with Cambridge University Press Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details This workshop is aimed at those starting out in an academic…
ICLQRule of Law Monitoring of Legislation - Coronavirus Bill
23rd March 2020
The Coronavirus Bill is a response to a genuine public health emergency and contains the most sweeping powers ever taken by the UK Government outside of wartime. There is absolutely no doubt that the Government needs to take swift and bold measures to protect citizens, and that some of these measures will unavoidably impinge upon personal liberties in a drastic way. The role of Parliament in scrutinising these measures is even more important during an emergency. Neither law nor…
COVID-19+1Empirical Study: Corporate Restructuring and Investment Treaty Protections
23rd March 2020
BIICL and Baker McKenzie present the first comprehensive empirical study on corporate restructuring and investment treaty protections. The study examines all publicly available decisions of investor-state tribunals dealing with issues of corporate structuring and restructuring. Facilitating the consistency and correctness of decisions remains an important concern for states including with regards to divergent interpretations relating to jurisdiction and admissibility. The UNCITRAL working…
Arbitration+1BIICL and Baker McKenzie Announce New Study
23rd March 2020
New Empirical Study: Corporate Restructuring and Investment Treaty Protections Today BIICL and Baker McKenzie published the first comprehensive empirical study on corporate restructuring and investment treaty protections. The study examines all publicly available decisions of investor-state tribunals dealing with issues of corporate structuring and restructuring. Facilitating the consistency and correctness of decisions remains an important concern for states including with regards to divergent…
Arbitration+1Empirical Study: Corporate Restructuring and Investment Treaty Protections
Yarik Kryvoi | 23rd March 2020
BIICL and Baker McKenzie present the first comprehensive empirical study on corporate restructuring and investment treaty protections. The study examines all publicly available decisions of investor-state tribunals dealing with issues of corporate structuring and restructuring. Facilitating the consistency and correctness of decisions remains an important concern for states including with regards to divergent interpretations relating to jurisdiction and admissibility. The UNCITRAL working…
Arbitration+3New Blog: The Future of the United Kingdom Investment Policy after Brexit
20th March 2020
On 25 February 2020, BIICL convened an Investment Treaty Forum event to discuss the investment policy of the United Kingdom following its exit from the European Union. The UK is getting ready to deliver on the ambitious promise to conclude new trade agreements with various countries around the world. Although the European Union rules did not prevent the United Kingdom from concluding its own international investment agreements consistent with EU law, the British government preferred…
Courts and Tribunals+1Does law fall silent in the war against Covid-19?
18th March 2020
The UK's Prime Minister yesterday joined other international leaders in declaring "war " on the invisible enemy, Covid-19. In a public emergency, the Government is quite right to use emergency powers to protect the public. Coronavirus is a genuine public health emergency, not a legal or political crisis. The primary focus of the Government's response is, rightly, on public health, medical evidence and scientific research. Lawyers are not doctors and aren't qualified to give medical advice…
COVID-19Expert Roundtable: Modern Slavery Data for Investor Action
Event Date: 17th March 2020
EVENTS Expert Roundtable: Modern Slavery Data for Investor Action Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and the Alan Turing Institute are working on a project focused on how to ensure investors and asset managers have access to high-quality, accurate…
Rule of LawBIICL Coronavirus Update
16th March 2020
In the context of the coronavirus outbreak, BIICL staff have been recommended to work from home until further notice, taking the health and welfare of our workforce and community is the best approach at this point.We aim to host some of our events online; others will be postponed until it is safe to re-schedule. Otherwise we will continue to deliver our work as normally as possible. We will post updates on the re-scheduling of events as it develops on the event webpage and here as a news item.…
COVID-19The EU-UK Future Relationship and the Rule of Law
13th March 2020
Executive Summary The EU and the UK have begun negotiating their future relationship. The two sides disagree over the structure of the agreement(s), the legal form of any commitments to maintain common standards, and dispute resolution. Each of these disagreements highlights the unprecedented nature of these negotiations: this is the first time the EU has negotiated an international agreement with a state after it has withdrawn from the EU through Article 50 TEU . The condensed timetable…
Brexit+2Climate Change Event Report published
11th March 2020
The Event Climate Change Litigation: Comparative and International Perspectives' held on 16 January 2020 event discussed legal developments in the field of climate change from a comparative and international perspective. The event was comprised of two panels, the first on 'Climate Change Litigation before Domestic Courts', and the second on 'Climate Change Litigation at the International Level'. The panellists included academics and legal practitioners, many of whom were, or are currently,…
Climate ChangeZimbabwe - Living on the edge
Event Date: 10th March 2020
The Mike Campbell Foundation and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law Presents: "Zimbabwe - Living on the edge" Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by the Bingham Centre and the Mike Campbell Foundation Event Details Living on the edge, without rule of law, is unimaginable to most people in the…
Rule of LawDivergence and alignment: The Rule of Law implications of the future relationship with the EU
Event Date: 9th March 2020
EVENTS Divergence and alignment: The Rule of Law implications of the future relationship with the EU Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details On Tuesday 25 February the EU published their negotiating directives for the future relationship following adoption by the Member States in…
Brexit+2Human Rights Education 4 All: A Roundtable
Event Date: 9th March 2020
EVENTS Human Rights Education 4 All: A Roundtable Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On March 9th 2020 the Bingham Centre will host a meeting of the Human Rights Education 4 All Alliance. The Group has been working on producing consultation responses to government inquiries,…
Rule of LawClimate Change Litigation: Comparative and International Perspectives
9th March 2020
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law held the event 'Climate Change Litigation: Comparative and International Perspectives' on 16 January 2020, as part of the Arthur Watts Seminar Series in Public International Law funded by Volterra Fietta. The event discussed legal developments in the field of climate change from a comparative and international perspective. It was comprised of two panels, the first on 'Climate Change Litigation before Domestic Courts', and the…
Climate ChangeHuman Rights Due Diligence Forum Events
Last Updated: 5th March 2020
HRDD Forum Events Events and conferences The Forum is a membership-based group, bringing together some of the most expert and experienced lawyers working in the field. The Forum organises around 3-4 Roundtables a year involving thematic discussions on business and human rights related topics as they relate to legal practitioners. On occasion, external speakers may be invited to present on certain topics. In addition to the member-only events, there will be one public…
Business and Human RightsCorporate Restructuring: Managing Investment Risks through Treaty Protections
Event Date: 4th March 2020
EVENTS Corporate Restructuring: Managing Investment Risks through Treaty Protections Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised in conjunction with Event details BIICL, in conjunction with Baker McKenzie, is delighted to present the first comprehensive empirical study on the permissibility of strategic…
Investment and TradeBIICL Trustee joins Royal Society of Edinburgh
4th March 2020
BIICL offers its congratulations to our trustee, Professor Malik Dahlan from Queen Mary's Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) who was this week named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The new Fellows of the society comprise leading thinkers and experts from Scotland and around the world, whose work has had a significant impact on the country. Professor Malik Dahlan is one of 64 new Fellows by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) and was nominated for…
GovernanceBringing claims for mass data-breaches
Event Date: 3rd March 2020
EVENTS Bringing claims for mass data-breaches Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details In light of increasingly high-profile cases concerning remedies for data breaches, this event will consider the different perspectives on accountability for mass data-breaches. Convened by the British…
Collective Redress+3ICLQ Annual Lecture 2020
Event Date: 2nd March 2020
EVENTS ICLQ Annual Lecture 2020 Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details The Annual ICLQ Lecture this year will be based on the paper 'Modern Slavery: Uncovering and Bridging the Gap' by Professor Philippa Webb and Dr Rosana Garciandia, both of King's College London. The article examines…
ICLQThe Correspondence of Frederick Alexander Mann (1907–1991)
1st March 2020
F.A. Mann (1907-1991), a German born and educated lawyer, fled racial persecution in 1933, took home in London and became one of the best known solicitors and legal scholars of his generation. The present stock-taking of his voluminous surviving correspondence shows Mann as a prolific networker and provides fascinating insights behind the scenes on how judges and legislators make law, and how legal practitioners and academics shape this development. Mann's testimony as contemporary…
Arbitration+5New empirical research on Intellectual Property litigation and launch of Platform regulation project
Event Date: 26th February 2020
EVENTS AHRC Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre: New empirical research on Intellectual Property litigation and Platform regulation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Organised by Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre (PEC) This conference is co-hosted by BIICL and CREATe, the UK Copyright and…
Artificial IntelligenceUK Investment Protection Policy Post-Brexit
Event Date: 25th February 2020
EVENTS UK Investment Protection Policy Post-Brexit Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised in partnership with Event details Following its official exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020, the UK is gearing up to launch an aggressive trade negotiation strategy with State partners around the…
Investment and TradeEuropean Commission study on due diligence in supply chains
24th February 2020
This study for the European Commission focuses on due diligence requirements to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for abuses of human rights, including the rights of the child and fundamental freedoms, serious bodily injury or health risks, environmental damage, including with respect to climate. The study was conducted by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (lead), Civic Consulting and LSE Consulting. Through desk research, country analyses, interviews…
Business and Human RightsEuropean Commission study on due diligence in supply chains published
24th February 2020
Today a study for the European Commission by BIICL, Civic Consulting and LSE Consulting was published by the European Commission. The study focused on due diligence requirements to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for abuses of human rights, including the rights of the child and fundamental freedoms, serious bodily injury or health risks, environmental damage, including with respect to climate. Through desk research, country analyses, interviews and surveys the study identifies Market…
Business and Human RightsBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: Where are we and where to next?
Event Date: 18th February 2020
EVENTS Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction: Where are we and where to next? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised in partnership with Event Details On the 24 December 2017, the United Nations General Assembly decided to convene an Intergovernmental Conference to develop the text…
Climate Change+1Law, Culture and Human Rights in Asia and the Middle East
Event Date: 14th February 2020
EVENTS Law, Culture and Human Rights in Asia and the Middle East Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by Event Details The 4th Annual International Conference of the Asian Yearbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, jointly organised by the British Institute for International and Comparative…
Cultural Heritage+1A UK failure to prevent mechanism for corporate human rights harms: Is it legally feasible?
Event Date: 11th February 2020
EVENTS A UK failure to prevent mechanism for corporate human rights harms: Is it legally feasible? e? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details In March 2017, the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights released a report on business and human rights in which it proposed the introduction of a…
Business and Human RightsNew BIICL Report Looks at Preventing Human Rights Harms
11th February 2020
Report explores the legal feasibility of introducing a corporate duty to prevent human rights harms. Today BIICL in partnership with Hogan Lovells and Quinn Emmanuel launches a new report entitled 'A UK Failure to Prevent Mechanism for Corporate Human Rights Harms'. Key findings include: The majority of companies surveyed indicated that existing law does not provide business with sufficient legal certainty about which procedures are required to avoid legal risks for human rights abuses.…
Business and Human RightsA UK Failure to Prevent Mechanism for Corporate Human Rights Harms
11th February 2020
As developments around mandatory human rights due diligence laws are taking place rapidly across Europe, this report considers the legal feasibility of introducing into UK law a corporate duty to prevent human rights harms. In 2010, the UK Bribery Act introduced an offence if a company fails to prevent bribery. In 2017, the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights proposed that this model could be used for corporate human rights abuses. The report considers whether and how the legal elements…
Business and Human RightsRule of Law Measurement: Uses and Users
Event Date: 5th February 2020
EVENTS Rule of Law Measurement: Uses and Users Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Hosted by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in collaboration with the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford this event is focused on thinking about how better…
Rule of LawShort Course: Business and Human Rights
Event Date: 3rd February 2020
EVENTS Short Course: Business and Human Rights Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Business and human rights is an area of international human rights law in continuous development at the international and national levels. On successful completion of BIICL's Business and Human…
Business and Human RightsBIICL launches new MOOC: Citizenship and the Rule of Law
3rd February 2020
Today BIICL and the Bingham Centre are proud to announce the launch of an exciting course: 'Citizenship and the Rule of Law' This six-week course communicates our expertise in human rights, rule of law and international law through video lectures, articles, assessments and discussion forums. The initiative is aimed at lawyers, campaigners and students interested in learning more about the practical requirements of the Rule of Law and its application to everyday situations. The course is the…
TrainingIs the rule of law too vague a notion to be monitored and enforced by the EU against backsliding Member States?
Event Date: 30th January 2020
EVENTS Is the rule of law too vague a notion to be monitored and enforced by the EU against backsliding Member States? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised in partnership with Event Details The rule of law is considered as a driver of legitimacy in the EU and the Member States. However, its…
European Law+1Arbitration & Asia: Opportunities & Challenges
Event Date: 29th January 2020
EVENTS Arbitration & Asia: Opportunities and Challenges Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location BIICL is a proud supporting organisation of this event co-organised by Fandga Partners and Three Crowns LLP and hosted by 39 Essex Chambers. Event Details As Asia's prominence in international dispute…
ArbitrationNew Publication: Protecting Education in Insecurity and Armed Conflict
27th January 2020
Today we are pleased to announce the release of the second edition of Protecting Education in Insecurity and Armed Conflict: An International Law Handbook. The publication is the result of the collaborative project between BIICL and Education Above All Foundation (EAA) through its Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC) programme. The second edition, fully updated with the recent legal developments and relevant case-law, provides a comprehensive overview of current…
Human Rights and IHLProtecting Education in Insecurity and Armed Conflict: An International Law Handbook (Second Edition).
27th January 2020
Protecting Education in Insecurity and Armed Conflict: An International Law Handbook (Second Edition). This Handbook is a practical and comprehensive guide to the relevant provisions of international law that protect education in situations of insecurity and armed conflict. Published in January 2020 this is the Second Edition of the Handbook, with the first one having been published in 2012. The Handbook was authored by BIICL, in cooperation with Protect Education in Insecurity…
Centre for International Law+1Course: Comparative Business Law
Event Date: 23rd January 2020
EVENTS Course: Comparative Business Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised in partnership with: Event Details BIICL is working with ESCP Europe Business School on this 30 hour course on Comparative Business Law. Taught by BIICL and ESCP staff and legal practitioners, the course provides an excellent…
Arbitration+2Understanding Assignments: English, comparative and private international law
Event Date: 21st January 2020
EVENTS Understanding Assignments: English, Comparative and Private International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The law of equitable assignment within English law simulates the effects of what would be termed 'assignment' in Civilian jurisdictions. Based on the work…
Comparative LawBIICL / IADC Meeting: Toxic Torts & Emerging risks
Event Date: 20th January 2020
EVENTS BIICL/IADC Meeting: Toxic Torts & Emerging risks Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by the IADC and the BIICL Product Liability Forum Event Details This seminar will focus on current litigation & regulatory patterns in respect of toxic torts and related risks around…
Product Liability LawClimate Change Litigation: Comparative and International Perspectives
Event Date: 16th January 2020
EVENTS Climate Change Litigation: Comparative and International Perspectives Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Part of the Arthur Watts Seminar Series Sponsored by Event Details Climate change litigation is increasingly being used as a tool to pressure governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies based…
Climate ChangeBilingualism in law in practice: the experience of Belarus and the United Kingdom
Event Date: 15th January 2020
EVENTS Bilingualism in law in practice: the experience of Belarus and the United Kingdom Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by: The British Embassy in Minsk Co-organised in partnership with: The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Event details Both the United Kingdom and Belarus have more than…
Cultural HeritageThe European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill and the Rule of Law
10th January 2020
The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill (WAB) is a Bill of paramount constitutional importance. The aim of this report is to examine a number of Rule of Law issues raised by the WAB. This report uses the Rule of Law checklist adopted by the Venice Commission in 2016 to inform its analysis of the WAB. These Rule of Law standards provide a guide to the core elements of the Rule of Law, for which consensus can be found amongst the 47 States of the Council of Europe. The Venice Commission's…
Brexit+2The United Nations Convention against Corruption and International Investment Law
Event Date: 17th December 2019
EVENTSed Nations Convention against Corruption and International Investment Law The United Nations Convention against Corruption and International Investment Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised in partnership with Event Details With over 180 State parties the United Nations Convention against…
Investment and TradeBIICL to Explore New Security Threats and the Future of Economic Globalization
10th December 2019
Today BIICL announced a new multi-year project with the Graduate School of International Development of Nagoya University (Japan) to explore New Security Threats and the Future of Economic Globalization. The inter-disciplinary (law and political science) research project funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science will explore the increasing tension between economic globalization and security issues. It will examine whether the current trade and investment liberalisation…
Investment and TradeNew Security Threats and the Future of Economic Globalization
Yarik Kryvoi | 10th December 2019
A multi-year project with the Graduate School of International Development of Nagoya University (Japan) to explore New Security Threats and the Future of Economic Globalization. This inter-disciplinary (law and political science) research project funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science will explore the increasing tension between economic globalization and security issues. Share LinksProject - Tags It will examine whether the current trade…
Artificial Intelligence+1International Law, Force and Coercion in the South China Sea
10th December 2019
L Buszynski and D T Hai (eds) THE SOUTH CHINA SEA: FROM A REGIONAL MARITIME DISPUTE TO GEO-STRATEGIC COMPETITION (Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series 2019) pp.169-182). This chapter combines an examination of international jurisprudence and state practice in addressing three separate legal issues that have arisen in the context of disputes over territory with a special focus on the South China Sea: (1) the applicability of the rules on the use of force to territorial disputes; (2)…
Law of the SeaBlog: The interaction between investment disputes and human rights due diligence
4th December 2019
On 4 December 2019, the newly-established Human Rights Due Diligence Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law convened its first meeting. The topic was the interaction between investment disputes and human rights due diligence. The main focus of the meeting was on the implications of newly adopted or proposed laws on human rights due diligence. Such laws essentially place the responsibility of prevention of human rights violations on multinational enterprises,…
Business and Human Rights+1HRDD Fourm: The interaction between investment disputes and human rights due diligence
Event Date: 4th December 2019
EVENTS HRDD Forum: The interaction between investment disputes and human rights due diligence Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Following recent regulatory decisions aimed at reaching climate change targets, states such as the Netherlands, Germany and the EU are facing investment…
Business and Human RightsInternational Commercial Arbitration- The View from the Commonwealth Ecosystem
Event Date: 4th December 2019
EVENTS International Commercial Arbitration - The View from the Commonwealth Ecosystem Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised in partnership with Media Partner Event Details The Commonwealth study into international commercial arbitration provides the rare opportunity…
ArbitrationICLQ Announces 2020 Annual Lecture and Young Scholar Prize Winner
2nd December 2019
ICLQ Announces 2020 Annual Lecture and Young Scholar Prize Winner Each year the Editorial Board of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly selects one of the best papers of the previous 12 months for presentation at BIICL in London as a lecture. We are delighted to announce that the Annual ICLQ Lecture this year will be given by Professor Philippa Webb and Dr Rosana Garciandia, both of Kings College London, based on their article published in Vol 68(3) "State Responsibility…
ICLQEmpirical study: Provisional measures in investor‑state arbitration
29th November 2019
BIICL and White & Case complete a research project on provisional measures in investment arbitration. On 27 November BIICL and White & Case presented the first comprehensive empirical study on provisional measures in investment treaty arbitration. The study examines over a hundred decisions and orders rendered by ICSID, UNCITRAL and other investor-state tribunals. It offers a unique insight into how international tribunals treat applications for provisional measures. Over the…
Arbitration+1Short Course: Public International Law in Practice (November 2019)
Event Date: 28th November 2019
EVENTS Short Course: Public International Law in Practice Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Short Course Public International Law in Practice offers a dynamic introduction into applied public international law from the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.…
Arbitration+6ITF Meeting: Provisional Measures in Investor-State Arbitration
Event Date: 27th November 2019
EVENTS ITF Meeting: Provisional Measures in Investor-State Arbitration Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised in partnership with: Event Details BIICL, in conjunction with White & Case, is delighted to present the first comprehensive empirical study on provisional measures in investment treaty arbitration. The…
ArbitrationEmpirical Study: Provisional measures in investor‑state arbitration
27th November 2019
BIICL and White & Case complete a research project on provisional measures in investment arbitration On 27 November BIICL and White & Case presented the first comprehensive empirical study on provisional measures in investment treaty arbitration. The study examines over a hundred decisions and orders rendered by ICSID, UNCITRAL and other investor-state tribunals. It offers a unique insight into how international tribunals treat applications for provisional measures. Over the past…
Arbitration42nd FA Mann Lecture: Preserving the Rule of Law in the Age of Trump
Event Date: 26th November 2019
EVENTS 42nd FA Mann Lecture: Preserving the rule of law in the age of Trump Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details Chair Sir Christopher Greenwood GBE CMG QC Speaker Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law, Yale Law School Professor Koh will be speaking on the topic…
Rule of LawOffshore methane hydrates in Japan: Research Report published
26th November 2019
Dr Constantinos Yiallourides has recently completed a 14 months-long research project in Tokyo, Japan. The project examined the potential prospects and benefits from the commercial development of offshore methane hydrates in Japan and whether existing legal frameworks are sufficiently robust to address the foreseeable environmental risks posed by methane hydrate exploration and exploitation operations in Japan and beyond. The project investigated how methane hydrates fit within Japan's…
Climate Change+1Is antitrust still fit for purpose in a digital age?
Event Date: 21st November 2019
EVENTS Is antitrust still fit for purpose in a digital age? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details The digital space is top of mind for antitrust authorities globally and one central question is whether existing antitrust law and enforcement practice remains fit for purpose. The roundtable…
Competition LawFisheries after Brexit
Event Date: 19th November 2019
EVENTS Fisheries after Brexit Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details As a result of Brexit, a new fisheries regime or regimes governing the UK exclusive economic area will need to be devised in the context of a UK constitutional arrangement whereby fisheries management has been transferred to the four devolved…
Brexit+1Small States, International Law and the Realisation of Rights
Event Date: 14th November 2019
EVENTS Conference: Small States, International Law and the Realisation of Rights Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised in partnership with Event Details The conference will examine how Small States influence international law and global decision-making, including a review of the common challenges faced and a comparative…
International LitigationShort Course: Cross-border Dispute Resolution
Event Date: 13th November 2019
EVENTS Short Course: Cross-border Dispute Resolution Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This three-day programme is focused on current developments and strategies in cross-border dispute resolution. Cross-border dispute resolution is a part of the practice of almost every commercial…
Comparative Law+1Challenges of Arbitration in Asia
Event Date: 12th November 2019
EVENTS Challenges of Arbitration in Asia Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details This event focuses on recent developments of arbitration in Asia. Weixia Gu, University of Hong Kong, will highlight current issues that arise in arbitration from an Asian perspective, and present an inter-jurisdiction…
ArbitrationBlog: Counterclaims in investor-state disputes: time for the system to change?
8th November 2019
At a packed BIICL event on 6 November 2020, we discussed counterclaims in investor-state disputes. DLA Piper and the Investment Treaty Forum brought together an excellent panel to discuss the complexities of asserting counterclaims, including jurisdictional, substantive and enforcement aspects of it: Michael Ostrove, David Herlihy, Alison Macdonald and Dainis Pudelis from the State Chancellery of the Republic of Latvia. Although I was not one of the event's main speakers, I have been…
Arbitration+1ITF Meeting: Counterclaims in Investor-State Arbitration
Event Date: 6th November 2019
EVENTS ITF Meeting: Counterclaims in Investor-State Arbitration Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with: Event Details As the system of investor-state disputes is criticised by some as biased in favour of investors. One aspect of this bias is that many investment treaties only place obligations on the host State to…
Arbitration'The future of Europe' conference (Bucharest)
Event Date: 31st October 2019
EVENTS 'The future of Europe' conference (Bucharest) former recently taking measures to protect judges from political influence. Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Rule of Law backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe remains worrisome. Recently, the Venice Commission expressed serious…
European Law+1Blog: Appointment of International Judges and Arbitrators: Perspectives from Different Institutions
26th October 2019
On 18 October 2019, we put together a joint BIICL/University of Liverpool event on the appointment of international judges and arbitrators. The idea was to look at common trends and divergences between various international courts and tribunals with a particular focus on legitimacy and the rule of law. Diversity as legitimacy I presented my views on the split between the public and private adjudication and how it may undermine the legitimacy of various institutions. For instance, the…
Arbitration+1Appointment of International Judges and Arbitrators: Legality, Legitimacy and the Rule of Law
Event Date: 25th October 2019
EVENTS Appointment of International Judges and Arbitrators: Legality, Legitimacy and the Rule of Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with International Law and Human Rights Unit Event Details The backgrounds and professional qualifications of judges have become salient and contested issues…
Arbitration+1Blog: Valuation of damages in investment disputes - conference takeaways
22nd October 2019
On 18 October 2019, we organised a conference on the valuation of damages in international investment law. This topic is far from being theoretical as slight differences in the methodology of calculation of damages can lead to giant differences in sums awarded. For example, in the controversial Tethyan v. Pakistan case earlier this year, Pakistan was ordered to pay nearly US$6 billion as compensation when one of its provinces denied a mining licence. The ICSID tribunal used a "modern…
Investment and TradeThirty Third ITF Public Conference: Valuation of Damages in International Investment Law
Event Date: 18th October 2019
EVENTS Thirty Third ITF Public Conference: Valuation of Damages in International Investment Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Lunch sponsored by Media Sponsor Event Details…
Investment and TradePLF Meeting: Domestic Appliances and Product Liability
Event Date: 16th October 2019
EVENTS PLF Meeting: Domestic Appliances and Product Liability Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Speakers include: Pierre Chalançon, APPLiA (Home Appliance Europe ) and Vorwerk & Co, who will discuss the current regulatory & litigation environment for white goods, as well as the impact…
Comparative LawState Aid and Tax – Two ECJ landmark rulings
Event Date: 9th October 2019
EVENTS State Aid and Tax - Two landmark rulings from the General Court Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details On September 24 the General Court announced the decisions on the appeals brought by the Netherlands and Luxembourg governments regarding the Commission's decisions on Starbucks and Fiat. The…
Competition LawNo Deal Brexit, Business and the Rule of Law
4th October 2019
The profound changes that would accompany a No Deal Brexit will transform the legal environment in which business operates, from changing the terms of trade relationships in Europe, to the structure of regulation and the content of laws. This paper explores the consequences for the Rule of Law for Business from these changes, by drawing on the perspectives of experts from the Bingham Centre's business network and other Brexit experts. Our interviews revealed that the search for…
Brexit+2External Event: The London Conference on International Law
Event Date: 3rd October 2019
EVENTS External Event: The London Conference on International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The London Conference on International Law will bring together international law academics, judges, practitioners, representatives of civil society, business-leaders, and other stakeholders to see how States…
International Law+1New Project launch: Determinants of Anti-Trafficking Efforts
1st October 2019
BIICL is delighted to announce the launch of a new project entitled: Determinants of Anti-Trafficking Efforts. The project, which is funded by the United States Government, assesses the links and sequencing of specific factors that have yielded improved political will and capacity in national governments to address trafficking in persons and which have led to sustained and comprehensive anti-trafficking efforts. It seeks to answer the practical question asked by anti-trafficking actors…
MigrationDeterminants of Anti-Trafficking Efforts
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 1st October 2019
The outputs of this project are available here. BIICL is delighted to be undertaking a large scale project on determinants of anti-trafficking policies around the world. The overall goal of the project is to improve national governments' anti-trafficking efforts. It will assess the links and sequencing of specific factors that have yielded improved political will and capacity in national governments to address trafficking in persons and which have led to sustained and comprehensive…
Human Rights and IHL+1Offshore Methane Hydrates in Japan: Prospects, Challenges and the Law
30th September 2019
Offshore Methane Hydrates in Japan: Prospects, Challenges and the Law Working Paper, September 2019 Authors: Constantinos Yiallourides & Roy Andrew Partain Report Summary This report provides a background to the science and engineering of Japan's offshore methane hydrates, on the place of the natural gas produced from those hydrates in Japan's overall energy policies, and how Japan might best legally prepare for the onset of natural gas production from those offshore hydrate assets.…
Climate Change+1Representing Interests of States in International Courts and Tribunals
Event Date: 18th September 2019
EVENTS Representing Interests of States in International Courts and Tribunals Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details This joint event of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the Belarusian State University will focus on complexities of representing the…
Investment and TradeISDS@Singapore Public Conference: Dimensions of Legitimacy in Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Event Date: 13th September 2019
EVENTS ISDS@Singapore Public Conference: Dimensions of Legitimacy in Investor-State Dispute Settlement Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The landscape of investor-State dispute settlement is changing. In 2017, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law conferred a broad mandate on Working Group III to…
Investment and TradeSixth Annual Bingham Lecture
Event Date: 12th September 2019
EVENTS Sixth Annual Bingham Lecture g Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details The Sixth Annual Bingham Lecture: 'Process of Discovery: What Brexit has taught us (so far) about Parliament, Politics and the UK Constitution' Delivered by The Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons …
Brexit+1UNGPs in Legal Practice Roundtable Series: Human Rights Due Diligence and Corporate Liability
Event Date: 11th September 2019
EVENTS UNGPs in Legal Practice Roundtable Series: Human Rights Due Diligence and Corporate Liability Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details In the sixth roundtable of our UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in Legal Practice Roundtable series, we will explore the links between human rights due diligence…
Business and Human RightsNew workshop report: The Human Right to Access and Enjoy Cultural Heritage in the United Kingdom
10th September 2019
On the 31st of May 2018, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law hosted a workshop on the human right to access to, and enjoyment of, cultural heritage in the United Kingdom (UK), which was moderated by Kristin Hausler (Dorset Senior Fellow). This workshop was organised as part of HEURIGHT, a research project on Cultural Heritage in the European Union, in relation to which an edited volume was published by Brill Nijhoff in 2019. While there is no right to cultural…
Cultural HeritageThe Human Right to Access and Enjoy Cultural Heritage in the United Kingdom
10th September 2019
On the 31 May 2018, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law hosted a workshop on the human right to access to, and enjoyment of, cultural heritage in the United Kingdom (UK), which was moderated by Kristin Hausler (Dorset Senior Fellow). This workshop was organised as part of HEURIGHT, a research project on Cultural Heritage in the European Union, in relation to which an edited volume was published by Brill Nijhoff in 2019. While there is no right to cultural…
Cultural HeritageThe EU Engagement in International Migration Policies
1st September 2019
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM): The EU Engagement in International Migration Policies' Book chapter in R Wessel and J Odermatt, Research Handbook on the European Union and International Organizations (Edgar Elgar 2019) Over the years, the European Union has developed relationships with other international institutions, mainly as a result of its increasingly active role as a global actor and the transfer of competences…
European Law+2Migrant integration survey
Last Updated: 27th August 2019
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MigrationGCM Ind: Obj 10:Prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in persons in the context of Int Migration
21st August 2019
Blog post written by Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and Francesca Romana Partipilo (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) and forms part of a series of blog posts examining the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Read the Blog
MigrationCan Regulatory Freedom Justify Indirect Expropriation in Investment Arbitration?
10th August 2019
Can Regulatory Freedom Justify Indirect Expropriation in Investment Arbitration? Blog by Yarik Kryvoi, and Lizaveta Trakhalina Kluwer Arbitration Blog 10/08/19 Read the Blog
ArbitrationSolidarity "A La Carte": The EU's Response to Boat Migration
9th August 2019
Solidarity "A La Carte": The EU's Response to Boat Migration Blog by Jean-Pierre Gauci Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law Eleni Karageorgiou,Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Law at Lund University and Researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. Opionio Juris 09/08/19 Read the Blog
MigrationBIICL Trustee announced as president of the Supreme Court
25th July 2019
Lord Reed to succeed Baroness Hale It was announced today that the Rt Hon Lord Reed will succeed Baroness Hale of Richmond as President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, alongside three additional appointments as Justices. The Queen has been pleased to confer a peerage of the United Kingdom for Life on Lord Reed upon his appointment as the President of the Supreme Court in recognition of the contribution that he has made to law and justice reform. Lord Reed will replace Lady Hale…
GovernanceGCM Indicators: Objective 9: Strengthen the transational response to smuggling of migrants
23rd July 2019
GCM Indicators: Objective 9: Strengthen the transational response to smuggling of migrants Blog post written by Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and Francesca Romana Partipilo (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) and forms part of a series of blog posts examining the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. Read the blog
MigrationCentre for International Law
Last Updated: 19th July 2019
Centre for International Law International law, with its set of rules established through treaty or custom, is the key to stable international relations, collective security, and sustainable development. When international law is not respected, growing insecurity and inequalities, as well as attacks on the rule of law, become the norm. Following decades of efforts to expand the reach and content of international law through multilateralism, international law is now challenged…
International LawCompetition Law Forum
Last Updated: 18th July 2019
Competition Law Forum Overview The Competition Law Forum is a centre of excellence for European competition and antitrust policy and law at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. It provides a forum in which the practical application of competition policy is considered by lawyers, economists, senior business managers, public servants, public affairs professionals, consumer bodies and other specialist practitioners. The Forum identifies areas requiring…
Competition LawAssistance to States in Investment Treaty Matters
Last Updated: 17th July 2019
Assistance to States in Investment Treaty Matters The Investment Treaty Forum is pleased to facilitate assistance to States when reforming their domestic laws and international treaties, negotiating international agreements or when faced with an investment dispute. Given that the Forum has been established with a view to facilitating discussion amongst lawyers, policy advisers, academics, government officials and other specialist practitioners, it is in a strong position…
Arbitration+1Herbert Smith Freehills Project Series
Eva Lein | 12th July 2019
New Specialist Commercial Courts - Changing Dispute Resolution post Brexit? (2019/2020) Overview With support of Herbert Smith Freehills, the Center of Comparative Law is working on the project "New Specialist Commercial Courts - Changing Dispute Resolution post Brexit?" The project looks at the newly established Commercial Courts (CCs) in Europe and their possible impact on the European market for litigation. Legislative initiatives to create Commercial Courts have been put forward in…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Prime Minister announces new Modern Slavery Centre to be led by the Bingham Centre
9th July 2019
Prime Minister announces new Modern Slavery Centre to be led by the Bingham Centre The Prime Minister has today announced the investment of £10 million of public funding from UK Research and Innovation's Strategic Priorities Fund to create an ambitious new Policy and Evidence Centre on Modern Slavery and Human Rights. The Centre's job will be to bring about a step change in our understanding of modern slavery and to transform the effectiveness of the legal and policy framework which is designed…
Human Rights and IHLThe Right to Cultural Heritage - Its Protection and Enforcement through Cooperation in the European Union (HEURIGHT14).
Kristin Hausler | 1st July 2019
In June 2015, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, BIICL was awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for a three-year project on 'The Right to Cultural Heritage - Its Protection and Enforcement through Cooperation in the European Union' (HEURIGHT). This project investigates how human rights guarantees in relation to cultural heritage are being understood and implemented within the EU and by the EU as part of its external action. It focuses…
Cultural HeritageThe 58th London-Leiden Conference: The European Union and International Law
Event Date: 29th June 2019
Time: 09.30-17.30 (registration from 09.00) Venue: King's College London, Bush House, 30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG Sponsored by Now in its 58th year, this year's London-Leiden conference will discuss the role of the European Union in the broader international law framework. Article 3(5) of the Treaty on the European Union, requires the Union to contribute to the strict observance and development of international law. In this conference, we will explore whether and how the European Union is…
European LawCLF Lunch seminar on digital platforms and other pressing antitrust issues
Event Date: 28th June 2019
Time: 12:00-13:30 (registration from 11:30) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP On the antitrust field, platform power continues to be in the spotlight. The Bundeskartellamt's decision against Facebook and the European Commission's interventions against Google brings some interesting views on how to deal with cases within the digital space. How will political change in Europe - if any - affect trans-Atlantic views…
Competition LawEuropean State Aid and Tax Rulings
26th June 2019
European State Aid and Tax Rulings This book investigates whether the European Commission (EC) has the mandate to legislate on direct taxation in sovereign states and ultimately questions whether the EC's enforcement action in recent tax ruling cases, in the area of state aid, respects the rule of law. Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Competition LawExcellent ICLQ Performance in 2018 Impact Factor
21st June 2019
Our journal, The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, is now the top-ranked peer-reviewed international law journal according to Journal Citation Reports (Web of Science Group, 2019) 2018 2-year Impact Factors announced yesterday. The ICLQ is now placed 30th out of all 148 law journals in the Journal Citation Reports. According to the reports, in International law only the student-reviewed Harvard Journal of International Law ranks more highly than the ICLQ. Impact Factor is a measure…
ICLQITF Debate on Regulatory Freedom and Indirect Expropriation in Investment Arbitration
Event Date: 20th June 2019
Listen to the audio recording ITF Debate on Regulatory Freedom and Indirect Expropriation in Investment ArbitrationThis ITF meeting will feature a debate of the scope, relationship and method for delineating between regulatory freedom and indirect expropriation and ways for resolving this in practice - considering important issues such as the intent and effects of State actions. It will also include the launch of Dr Aniruddha Rajput's book entitled "Regulatory Freedom and Indirect Expropriation…
Investment and TradePLF meeting: New Regulatory Landscape for Products post-Brexit
Event Date: 19th June 2019
Time: 17:00-19:30 Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP The event is run jointly with the MHRA and the Public Law Project, and will bring together leading experts to examine the recent products-related Statutory Instruments and their impact on the regulation of products post-Brexit in spheres such as medicines (Human Medicines (EU Exit Regulations) 2019), chemicals (REACH etc (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations…
Brexit+1Current issues and common challenges for the protection of human rights in Europe, Africa and the Americas
Event Date: 14th June 2019
Time: 10.00-18.30 (registration from 09.30) Followed by a reception Venue: Travers Smith LLP, 2-3 Hosier Lane, London EC1A 9LX Sponsored by THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED This one-day conference will consider current issues and common challenges facing the three regional court systems in Europe, Africa and the Americas: the European Court of Human Rights; the African Commission and Court on Human and Peoples' Rights; and the Inter-American Commission and Court of Human Rights. The event will…
Courts and TribunalsHighlights from the 2019 annual ICN meeting in Cartagena and the direction for the ICN in 2020
Event Date: 13th June 2019
Time: 14:30-17:30 (registration from 14:00) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP In collaboration with the Competition Markets Authority (CMA), the Competition Law Forum (CLF) will bring together CMA officials, UK NGAs, EU NGAs and businesses to consider the questions from this year's annual ICN meeting in Cartagena. The ICN direction for 2020 will also be discussed. Speakers Tony Penny, Assistant Director, International,…
International LawAnnual Grotius Lecture 2019
Event Date: 12th June 2019
Time: 17.30-19.00 (registration from 17.00) Event followed by a drinks reception Venue: Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 78AH. Sponsored by: THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED 2019 marks centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919, which paved the way for women to become lawyers for the first time. It is, therefore, fitting that this year's lecture is entitled "Women's Rights Worldwide" and will be delivered by Baroness Hale of Richmond, the current - and first woman…
Human Rights and IHL+1Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law invite submissions
10th June 2019
Today BIICL announces a call for submissions to the Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (AYBHRHL) volume V to be published in 2021 on the subject of Culture and Cultural Heritage in Asia and the Middle East, addressing culture and cultural heritage in times of peace and armed conflicts in the region. The authors of papers being included in the yearbook will be invited to be present their paper at the 2020 conference to be held on 14th February 2020. More details about the conference…
Human Rights and IHLFacebook’s Anticompetitive Lean in Strategies
6th June 2019
Abstract Facebook is under fire on several fronts and with good reason. Regulators strive to make sense of and address a plethora of seemingly unrelated issues that arise from the operation of its platform. These range from antitrust, privacy violations, dissemination of harmful content and speech, deception and polarisation to political manipulation. This paper identifies Facebook's unrestricted and excessive data collection as a unifying theme that requires immediate antitrust action.…
Competition LawDraft Report: Reform of the European Court of Human Rights
28th May 2019
On the 21st of May, BIICL hosted a seminar on Reform of the ECtHR: would closer co-operation with national senior courts help? The draft report presented at the seminar can be accessed here. Its authors are now seeking views and comment on its content and its central proposal: the adoption of a rule of procedure or practice by national senior courts which requires those courts, in any judgment rejecting a claim based on the Convention, to include a succinct statement of the reasons for dismissing…
Courts and Tribunals28th Annual SLS/BIICL Workshop on Theory in International Law
Event Date: 15th May 2019
EVENTS 28th Annual SLS/BIICL Workshop on Theory in International Law Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Spaces beyond Sovereignty: International Law Outside of Territorial Jurisdiction 4th December 2017, the UN General Assembly decided to convene an intergovernmental conference to negotiate a treaty on the conservation and sustainable…
European LawCultural Heritage in the European Union
15th May 2019
Cultural Heritage in the European Union Edited by Andrzej Jakubowski, Kristin Hausler and Francesca Fiorentini Cultural Heritage in the European Union provides a critical analysis of the laws and policies which address cultural heritage throughout Europe, considering them in light of the current challenges faced by the Union. The volume examines the matrix of organisational and regulatory frameworks concerned with cultural heritage both in the Union and its Members States, as well as…
Cultural HeritageICLQ announces winner of 2018 Young Scholar Prize
13th May 2019
ICLQ announces winner of 2018 Young Scholar Prize The Editorial Board of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly is pleased to announce that the 2018 Young Scholar Prize will be awarded to Dr Barrie Sander of the Fundacao Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro for his article 'History on Trial: Historical Narrative Pluralism within and beyond International Criminal Courts' published in Volume 67 Part 3. The Prize is awarded annually to the best article by a scholar aged 35 or under at the…
ICLQICLQ Annual Lecture 2019 - Judicial Review in the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy
Event Date: 13th May 2019
Time: 17.30-19.30 (Registration from 17.00) Event followed by a drinks reception Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP The Annual ICLQ Lecture this year will be based on the paper 'Judicial Review in the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy' by Professor Panos Koutrakos of City University. The paper examines the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union in relation to judicial review of the Common…
ICLQThirty Second ITF Public Conference: State Responsibility in Investment Law
Event Date: 10th May 2019
Time: 09:00-17:00 (Registration from 08:30) Venue: BMA House, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 9JP THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED The event will bring together arbitrators, leading practitioners and academics working in the area of international investment law to discuss issues related to State responsibility, including: circumstances precluding wrongfulness force majeure, distress and necessity fundamental change of circumstances attribution for the conduct of different branches of…
Investment and Trade16th Annual BIICL International Mergers and Antitrust Conference
Event Date: 2nd May 2019
Time: 14:00-18:10 (Registration 13:30) Followed by a drinks reception Venue: Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall , London, SW1Y 5ED The digital economy continues to deliver huge opportunities for business and consumers, but challenges for authorities charged with promoting competitive markets and protecting consumers. Our panel of experts will discuss the implications of recent influential reports for all stakeholders active on digital markets and companies looking to digitise their businesses.…
Competition LawThe Belt & Road Initiative and Global Dispute Resolution London Forum
Event Date: 2nd May 2019
Time: 14.15-18.00 (Registration from 13.45) Followed by a drinks reception Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED In advance of the of 2019 London International Disputes Week, BIICL, in cooperation with the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), is delighted to co-organise 'The Belt and Road Initiative and Global Dispute Resolution' London Forum. The…
ArbitrationBlog: Zuckerberg is right: third party standards must govern online speech
Lise Smit | 6th April 2019
While some lawmakers and privacy advocates have criticized Mark Zuckerberg's recent call for greater government oversight, deeming it PR-driven and self-serving, the proposal he outlined goes a long way toward reforming an issue of enormous significance in the tech space. He advocates for third-party content standards, which would sharply reduce Facebook and other companies' power to decide what constitutes protected speech.Freedom of speech, guaranteed under the First Amendment of the Constitution,…
Business and Human RightsOnline advertising, human rights and the Rule of Law (New York)
Event Date: 3rd April 2019
Time: 18.00-19.30 (Registration from 17.30) Venue: Cantor Boardroom 11-75, New York University Stern School of Business, Henry Kaufman Management Center (KMC), 44 West 4th Street, New York 10012 This discussion will consider the human rights implications of current online advertising practices, and how advertisers, internet platforms, and advertising companies can be expected to address these risks. Advertisers face potential reputational risks when brands are associated with hateful or harmful…
Business and Human Rights17th Annual Review of the Arbitration Act
Event Date: 26th March 2019
Time: 14.00-18:15 (Registration from 13:30) Venue: Simmons & Simmons LLP, CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9SS Event Papers Keynote lecture by Sir Rupert Jackson Judicial Decisions Summaries - December 2017 to February 2019 BIICL in cooperation with Simmons & Simmons is organising the 17th Annual Review of the Arbitration Act. The event will be held on Tuesday 26 March 2019 and will bring together judges, leading practitioners and academics working in the area of international…
ArbitrationIs Corporate Accountability Possible in Capitalism?
Event Date: 25th March 2019
Time: 17.30 19.30 (Registration from 17.00) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP The speakers on the panel will discuss the demand for corporate accountability in a context where more and more areas of life are organised by, and mediated through corporations, for profit. This increased corporate presence has led to areas of friction where the demand for 'corporate accountability' seeks to address the balance between…
Business and Human RightsUK Business and Human Rights Scholars Network meeting
Event Date: 25th March 2019
Time: 12.00-17.30 (Registration from 11.30) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP UK Business and Human Rights' Scholars Network is a multi-disciplinary initiative led by the Essex Business and Human Rights Project. It brings together scholars interested in all areas of business and human rights from any discipline. The goal of the Network is to create space and opportunities for scholars researching, teaching and…
Business and Human RightsHow to tackle Rule of Law backsliding in the EU?
Event Date: 20th March 2019
Time: 9.30-11.30 CET (registration with coffee opens at 9.00) Venue: Info Point Europa - Schuman, Rond-point Schuman / Schuman Plein, Rue Archimède, 1 - B-1000 Brussels, Belgium There have been important developments and decisions taken in the past few months with respect to the Rule of Law in the European Union (EU). This includes, for example, the European Commission's proposal on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the Rule of Law, which would…
European Law+1The ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Chagos Islands
Event Date: 18th March 2019
Time: 17.30-18.30 (Registration from 17.00) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP This event will discuss the most recent decision of the International Court of Justice. On the 25th of February, the Court delivered its Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965. The Court found that the separation of the Chagos islands from the British colony of Mauritius…
Law of the SeaBrexit Votes Explained UK in a Changing Europe and Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law report
11th March 2019
The report sets out what affects MPs' influence and shows that there could be no deal if members of parliament continue to vote against everything. Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Brexit+2CLF lunchtime seminar: The importance of economic effects
Event Date: 6th March 2019
Time: 12.30-14.00 (Registration and a sandwich lunch from 12 noon) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP Roger P. Alford and Jeffrey M. Wilder will be discussing the importance of economic effects in antitrust. Christian Ahlborn, Partner at Linklaters, will provide comments to their presentation. Speakers Roger P. Alford, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice…
Competition LawBCLP & BIICL Conference - Competition in Financial Services
Event Date: 5th March 2019
Time: 15.00-18.00 (Registration from 14.30) Event followed by a drinks reception Venue: The Auditorium, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Adelaide House, London Bridge, London EC4R 9HA This conference will see a diverse range of panellists from industry, private practice, economists and regulators, discuss the key competition issues affecting the financial services sector in 2019, including: Topic I - Antitrust enforcement against individuals Topic II - Retail markets - vulnerability and switching…
Competition LawITF Meeting: Renewing the Relationship between Treaties and Customary International Law
Event Date: 4th March 2019
Time: 18.00-19.30 (Registration from 17.30) Event followed by a drinks reception Venue: Withers LLP, 20 Old Bailey, London EC4M 7AN View the photographs of the event Listen to the audio recording Podcast: Renewing the Relationship between Treaties and Customary International Law BIICL Investment Treaty Forum in cooperation with Withers is organising a seminar on the relationship between treaties and custom in international investment law. This event will bring together…
Investment and TradeBlog: Access to Legal Remedies for Victims of Corporate Human Rights Abuses in Third Countries
1st March 2019
Ensuring effective access to legal remedies for victims of corporate human rights abuses in third countries is a key part of both the State's duty to protect human rights and the business responsibility to respect human rights, as recognised under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.A recent study by Axel Marx, Claire Bright and Jan Wouters was conducted for the European Parliament on "Access to legal remedies for victims of corporate human rights abuses". The study mapped…
Business and Human RightsMaritime Disputes and Disputed Seabed Resources in the African Continent
23rd February 2019
This chapter provides an overview of some of the most significant maritime boundary disputes in Africa, both past and ongoing, and the interplay between these disputes and the exploration and exploitation of seabed resources. It discusses how the exploration and exploitation of disputed seabed resources have fueled maritime disputes and how African States have attempted to resolve their differences. Particular focus is paid to cases where the disputing parties were able to…
Law of the SeaResolving the Brexit impasse UK in a Changing Europe and Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law report
14th February 2019
There are disputes over territory in almost every region of the world, sometimes leading to escalations and violence between States and threatening international peace and security. International law requires States to refrain from the threat or use of force and to attempt to settle their disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace, security and justice are not endangered. In June 2018 the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) has completed…
Brexit+2ITF Meeting: Annulment in International Investment Law
Event Date: 6th February 2019
Time: 18.00-20.30 (Registration from 17.30) Event followed by a drinks reception Venue: Baker Botts LLP, 41 Lothbury, London EC4M 7AN View the photographs from the event Listen to the audio recording Audio Recording 020619:Annulment in International Investment Law BIICL Investment Treaty Forum in cooperation with Baker Botts is organising a seminar on the law governing the annulment of arbitral awards in international investment law. This event will bring together leading…
Arbitration+1International-level dispute resolution for mass claims / human rights claims
Event Date: 4th February 2019
Time: 16.30-19.15 (Registration from 16.00) Event followed by a drinks reception Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP The event is a panel discussion on international-level dispute resolution for mass claims / human rights claims. The event was prompted by the publication of Prof Maya Steinitz's book, The Case for an International Court of Civil Justice, which is about the resolution of transnational mass tort claims. …
International LitigationThe Framework of Judicial Cooperation after Brexit Civil and Commercial Matters
1st February 2019
The Framework of Judicial Cooperation after Brexit Civil and Commercial Matters Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
International LitigationThe Framework of Judicial Cooperation after Brexit - Civil and Commercial Matters
Eva Lein | 1st February 2019
This research topic relates to post Brexit perspectives of judicial cooperation in a wider Europe. It assesses the legislative gap following the UK's exit from civil justice cooperation and potential ways to fill it in order to ensure an efficient cross-border enforcement of judgments. This includes a discussion of the Lugano and 2005 Hague Convention regimes as well as the new Hague Judgments Convention which has now been adopted. Share LinksProject - Tags
International LitigationPLF Meeting: Is the Product Liability Directive Fit for Purpose: the Challenges of New Technology
Event Date: 30th January 2019
Time: 17:15-19:30 (Registration from 16:45) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP This event will bring together domestic & international speakers to consider the challenges posed by new technology to the PLD. This was a central issue in the European Commission's recent Fifth Report on the Directive, as raised by the preceding public consultation which illustrated that there were concerns about whether the Directive…
Comparative Law+1Blog: Civil society and corporate lawyers should work together on human rights due diligence
30th January 2019
Current trends suggest the law could drive corporate action on human rights In the current legal framework, direct corporate legal obligations for human rights are rare. As a result, claimants and their legal representatives have found creative ways to bring human rights claims through other avenues such as tort, consumer claims and statutory provisions. However, we are seeing some examples of corporate legal obligations for human rights developing, centred around the standard of human rights…
Business and Human RightsThe UNGPs and Legal Accountability in Corporate Groups
Event Date: 29th January 2019
Time: 14.00-16.00 (Registration from 13.30) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP In the fourth roundtable of our UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in Legal Practice Roundtable series, we will explore various developments around corporate group liability for human rights impacts. We will consider attribution through the "identification" versus enterprise or "corporate culture" methods, how…
Business and Human RightsUnder Fire: Cultural Heritage and Armed Groups
Event Date: 28th January 2019
Time: 17.30-19.00 (Registration from 17.00) Event followed by a drinks reception Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED Cultural heritage is often at risk of damage or destruction in situations of armed conflicts. Certain armed groups have sometimes intentionally destroyed cultural monuments, as an attempt to erase diversity or remove the links communities have with their past. In addition…
Cultural HeritageReimagining the Law
Last Updated: 24th January 2019
Reimagining the Law Reimagining the Law: Video Presentations In 2020, academics, former judges, practitioners and commentators were invited to come up with ways in which some aspect of the law or our justice system might be reimagined, in just 50 words. There was an overwhelming response and up to five suggestions a day appeared on the website during the month of June. Six of the contributors have been invited to expand on their item in short videos which re posted below…
Reimagining the LawRome II at 10: Looking back and ahead
Event Date: 22nd January 2019
Time: 16.30-19.15 (Registration from 16.00) Event followed by a drinks reception Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP It's time to celebrate 10 years since Rome II came into force. Its application over the last 10 years has given rise to numerous interesting legal and practical issues as the Courts have started to grapple with applying a novel legal regime. Specialist practitioners and academics from the UK and Europe…
International LitigationSeven Brexit endgame scenarios – a guide to the parliamentary process of withdrawal from the European Union
15th January 2019
Seven Brexit endgame scenarios - a guide to the parliamentary process of withdrawal from the European Union Project Report This report is a guide to seven of the different possible parliamentary scenarios that might occur between now and exit day. This report explains how each of these scenarios could play out, and highlights the problems each faces. These hurdles come both from within the UK and from the rules created by the EU. This report explains how procedure will affect the politics,…
Brexit+2The Path of Investor-State Disputes: From Compensation Commissions to Arbitral Institutions
3rd January 2019
The Path of Investor-State Disputes: From Compensation Commissions to Arbitral Institutions ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal, Volume 33, Issue 3, pp. 743-765 (2018) Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Arbitration+1Offshore Methane Hydrates in Japan: Prospects, Challenges and the Law
Constantinos Yiallourides | 1st January 2019
On 19 March 2013, Japan became the first-ever country to announce successful continuous-flow production of methane gas from a solid methane hydrate layer located under the seabed in ultra-deep waters, establishing the technical feasibility of this novel natural resource and of its novel extraction technology. Methane hydrates are a unique natural resource that could provide both a tremendous amount of natural gas and fresh water. For example, one cubic meter of hydrate produces…
Climate ChangeBIICL acts as the UK Hub of the European Law Institute
Eva Lein | 1st January 2019
ELI UK Hub BIICL acts as the UK Hub of the European Law Institute. The UK Hub will be officially launched in autumn 2020. It aims at encouraging UK based ELI Members to participate in various ELI projects and to organise events in cooperation with the European Law Institute. The European Law Institute Founded in June 2011 as an entirely independent organisation, the European Law Institute (ELI) aims to improve the quality of European law, understood in the broadest sense. It seeks to…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Reconciling Europe with its Citizens through Democracy and the Rule of Law (RECONNECT)
Eva Lein | 1st January 2019
BIICL is one of 18 partner organisations participating in a Horizon 2020 EU-funded project, 'Reconciling Europe with its Citizens through Democracy and the Rule of Law' (RECONNECT). This four-year multidisciplinary project focuses on strengthening the EU's legitimacy throughout Europe and seeks to assist the EU in becoming more attuned to the expectations of its citizens. BIICL has a multifaceted role in RECONNECT. Along with the University of Leuven, we are co-leading the Communication,…
European LawJustice for Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises
Eva Lein | 1st January 2019
This project is led by Prof Petra Butler, Victoria University of Wellington in cooperation with various institutions, including BIICL (Prof Eva Lein). Recent research indicates that the current default system of international dispute resolution, by litigation in national courts, is not satisfactory for Micro, Small and Medium sized Enterprises ("MSMEs"). MSMEs generally respond to this dissatisfaction with either artificially restrict their cross-border trade or expose themselves to unacceptable…
Centre for Comparative Law+1European Commission study on due diligence in supply chains
Lise Smit | 1st January 2019
This study for the European Commission focuses on due diligence requirements to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for abuses of human rights, including the rights of the child and fundamental freedoms, serious bodily injury or health risks, environmental damage, including with respect to climate. The study was conducted by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (lead), Civic Consulting and LSE Consulting. Through desk research, country analyses, interviews…
Business and Human RightsF.A. Mann (1907-1991) and his Contribution to English, German, European, and International Law
Eva Lein | 1st January 2019
BIICL cooperates with the Humboldt University Berlin in a project on the renown lawyer Frederick Alexander ("Francis") Mann (1907-1991). This three-year, interdisciplinary project explores, documents, and critically assesses the considerable impact of Frederick Alexander ("Francis") Mann on the development of English, German, European, and International Law in the 20th century. The project will use the extensive corpus of his documents, bequeathed to the Humboldt University, to…
Centre for Comparative LawThe EU and the Proliferation of Integration Principles under the Lisbon Treaty, Routledge, 2019.
19th December 2018
Animal Welfare by Julinda Beqiraj in The EU and the Proliferation of Integration Principles under the Lisbon Treaty, Routledge, 2019. Edited by Francesca Ippolito, Maria Eugenia Bartoloni and Massimo Condinanzi Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
European LawBlog: Governments can help make business more diligent on human rights
18th December 2018
In the last few months, a host of new initiatives and regulations have been announced around mandatory transparency and mandatory due diligence for companies On 29 November 2018, the Australian Parliament approved the Modern Slavery Act, which will require companies headquartered or with operations in Australia to submit a 'Modern Slavery Statement'. By virtue of the AUD$100 million threshold, the Australian Act will apply to fewer companies than the UK Modern Slavery Act, but it imposes…
Business and Human RightsA talk with officials who helped write and negotiate the proposed new EU regulation on FDI
Event Date: 14th December 2018
Time: 14.00-15.30 CET (Registration from 13.30) Venue: Fipra International, Rue de la Loi 227, 1040 Brussels The Competition Law Forum (CLF) launches the first of its Rapid Response seminars in Brussels with experts from the European Commission and Parliament, who worked on the trilogue that hammered out a pan-European framework for screening foreign direct investments into the EU. The final language of the Regulation establishing the EU screening framework, which now needs to be formally…
Competition LawBrexit, Rights and Devolution
Event Date: 7th December 2018
Time: 10:00-16:00 (Registration open from 09:30) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP Click here to read a report of the event, compiled by Dr Tobias Lock (Edinburgh University) and Bingham Centre research assistant Ellis Paterson. Click here to read a report of the event, compiled by Dr Tobias Lock (Edinburgh University) and Bingham Centre research assistant Ellis Paterson. This one-day conference follows three…
BrexitTrade (Law) in an Age of Trump and Brexit
Event Date: 5th December 2018
Time: 17:30-19:00 (Registration from 17:00) Event followed by a drinks reception Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP This event will analyse the implications of Brexit and the Trump Administration on international trade law. Building on speakers' expertise, the panel will examine questions such as the future UK trade relationship with the EU and third states, the US-China 'trade wars' and the practical implications…
Brexit+1Implementing Brexit - A Rule of Law Perspective
Event Date: 5th December 2018
Time: 12:00 - 14:00 CET Venue: European Parliament, Rue Wiertz, Room 5B001 Brussels, Belgium To mark human rights week, we will be holding an event to discuss EU citizens in the UK, data privacy and the protection of personal data and dispute resolution after Brexit from the perspective of the Rule of Law. Our panellists will be discussing the Rule of Law implications of the proposed Withdrawal Agreement. A light lunch will be served. Co-hosted by: Molly Scott Cato MEP Alyn Smith MEP Catherine…
BrexitThe Forgotten Conflict: Seeking Accountability in Yemen
Event Date: 3rd December 2018
Time: 17:30-19:00 (Registration from 17:00) Event followed by a drinks reception Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP The intervention by Kristin Hausler at UNOG in September 2018 on the destruction of cultural heritage in Yemen can be accessed here. This event will address the alleged violations and abuses of international humanitarian law and international human rights law perpetrated…
Cultural HeritageICSID Arbitration Reform: Mapping Concerns of Users and How to Address Them
30th November 2018
ICSID Arbitration Reform: Mapping Concerns of Users and How to Address Them This paper summarises key practical concerns of some members of the Investment Treaty Forum related to ICSID arbitration, as well as a wider community of experts, how the ICSID reform proposals address these concerns and makes suggestions for further improvement. The paper looks at key concerns of ICSID arbitration users such as timely appointment of arbitrators and challenges to it, over-committed arbitrators…
Arbitration+1GCM Commentary: Objective 9: Strengthen the transnational response to smuggling of migrants
22nd November 2018
Migrant smuggling is defined in the Smuggling Protocol (art.3) as: "The procurement, in order to obtain, directly or indirectly, a financial or other material benefit, of the illegal entry of a person into a State Party of which the person is not a national or a permanent resident".IntroductionObjective 9 of the UN Global Compact for Migration addresses the issue of migrant smuggling. The new objective highlights some important issues, including the need to differentiate between trafficking…
MigrationInvestment Promotion and Protection in the Canada-UK Trade Relationship
Yarik Kryvoi | 18th November 2018
A new investment agreement between Canada and the UK constitutes a crucial opportunity to include innovative provisions from recent international agreements and to explore new possibilities to construct a more legitimate regime. In order to support evidence-based decision-making in the negotiation of such an agreement, a comprehensive review of the range of opportunities must be provided. What are the provisions that can be included in an investment agreement between the two states to…
Arbitration+1Administrative Reform of the Competition and Markets Authority following Brexit
15th November 2018
Administrative Reform of the Competition and Markets Authority following BrexitIntroductionAmong the multi-dimensional changes Brexit will trigger, an administrative reform is inevitable. The scope of timing of this reform, justifies the prediction that the changes to the largest branch of the UK government will be wide-ranging and fast-paced. Despite that, the debate on administrative challenges in the UK post-Brexit has been largely neglected. Although the Department for Business, Energy…
Competition LawICSID-SIA-BIICL Conference on Proposed Revision of ICSID Rules
Event Date: 13th November 2018
Time: 09:15-16:05 (Registration from 08:45) Venue: One Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London, SW1H 9JJ On 13 November 2018, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the School of International Arbitration (SIA) of Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) are organising a full-day conference to discuss the proposed revision of ICSID Arbitration Rules. The conference will gather in London representatives…
Investment and TradeBlog: ICSID Arbitration Reform: Mapping Concerns of Users and How to Address Them
11th November 2018
ICSID Arbitration Reform: Mapping Concerns of Users and How to Address Them Blog featured in the Kluwer Arbitration Blog Read the blog
Arbitration+1Media Professionals and International Humanitarian Law
11th November 2018
In November 2018 the British Red Cross launched the field guide and handbook Media Professionals and Armed Conflict: Protection and Responsibilities Under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) these publications will provide information to members of the media about their legal position under International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The handbook and field guide were the result of a project begun in September 2012, by BIICL and commissioned by the British Red Cross, undertaking research into…
Human Rights and IHLMedia Professionals and Armed Conflict Handbook and Field Guide
11th November 2018
In November 2018 the British Red Cross launched the field guide and handbook Media Professionals and Armed Conflict: Protection and Responsibilities Under International Humanitarian Law (IHL) These publications provide information to members of the media about their legal position under International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The handbook and field guide were the result of a project begun in September 2012, by BIICL and commissioned by the British Red Cross, undertaking research into…
Human Rights and IHLLegitimate Expectations in International Investment Law
Event Date: 8th November 2018
Time: 17:30-19:00 (Registration from 17:00) Venue: International Energy Charter, Boulevard de la Woluwe B-1200 Brussels, Belgium Listen to the audio recording Legitimate Expectations in International Investment Law - podcastOn 8 November 2018, the BIICL Investment Treaty Forum and the Energy Charter Secretariat, are hosting a roundtable in Brussels, to discuss the application of the legitimate expectations concept in international investment law. The rapid proliferation…
Investment and TradeMaritime Search and Rescue: Responsibilities and Implications for Private Vessels
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 1st November 2018
The British Institute of International and Comparative Law has just launched a new project looking at the responsibilities of and implications for private vessels of maritime search and rescue of migrants and refugees. The project is led by Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci and funded by the Mirpuri Foundation. Recent years have seen growing numbers of migrants, and would-be asylum seekers, embarking on perilous sea crossings to flee violence, conflict or persecution. Private vessels and NGO…
MigrationThirty First ITF Public Conference: Human Rights in International Investment Law
Event Date: 26th October 2018
Time: 09:00-17:00 (Registration from 08:30) Venue: The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH As international investment tribunals increasingly confront non-investment obligations, academics and practitioners in the field of international investment law find it challenging to understand the legal and ethical responsibilities of foreign investments in the area of human rights. Investment tribunals typically do not include experts on international human rights law. Moreover,…
Investment and TradeCulture under fire: armed non-state actors and cultural heritage in wartime
25th October 2018
Culture under fire: armed non-state actors and cultural heritage in wartime This report presents the findings of a pioneering, twoyear study conducted by Geneva Call on cultural heritage and armed non-State actors (ANSAs). It represents the most comprehensive research available on this topic to date. The report centres around three case studies—Iraq, Mali and Syria—and is based on information obtained through desk and field research, as well as interviews with leading specialized…
Cultural Heritage+1UK Government Digital Competition Expert Panel Public responses to call for evidence from individuals
10th October 2018
UK Government Digital Competition Expert Panel - Public responses to call for evidence from individuals Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen responding to the following questions 1. What are the emerging benefits and harms from digital markets such as social media, e-commerce, search, and online advertising tending towards only one or a small number of big firms? 2. What are the emerging benefits and harms of the same small number of digital firms becoming present across a broad range of digital markets?…
Competition LawThe Rule of Law Implications of the Withdrawal Agreement, the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
Event Date: 10th October 2018
As the UK stands poised to leave the European Union at the end of March 2019, this meeting has been convened to assist parliamentarians in grappling with the large number of complex political and constitutional questions that must be navigated in order to ensure that Brexit is compatible with principles of the Rule of Law. The meeting will focus on the impact of the Brexit Agreements on citizens' rights, the role of the courts and Parliament, common rulebooks and Northern Ireland. The expert…
European LawThe Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration: A Preliminary Rule of Law Analysis
9th October 2018
This report identifies a number of Rule of Law issues that can inform the scrutiny of the Withdrawal Agreement, the Political Declaration on the Future Relationship and the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill in Parliament. The Rule of Law, a central principle of the UK's uncodified constitution, provides a set of minimum standards that can inform both the process and substance of Brexit. The final six months before exit day are unlikely to provide ideal conditions for effective parliamentary…
Brexit+2Report Launch Event: 'The Use of Force in Relation to Sovereignty Disputes over Land Territory'
Event Date: 9th October 2018
Time: 18.00 - 20.00 (Registration from 17.30) Event followed by a reception Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP Keynote Speaker: Sir Michael Wood Sir Michael is a member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations and is a senior fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge. This event formally launched the report 'The Use of Force in Relation to Sovereignty Disputes…
Law of the SeaA "failure to prevent" adverse human rights impacts mechanism project
Lise Smit | 1st October 2018
In March 2017, the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights released a report on business and human rights in which it proposed the introduction of a "failure to prevent" mechanism for corporate human rights abuses. BIICL, with support from international law firms Hogan Lovells and Quinn Emanuel, conducted a study into the feasibility and options of such a "failure to prevent" mechanism. The study explored what such a mechanism could look like, whether it would be criminal…
Business and Human RightsThe Brexit endgame: a guide to the parliamentary process of withdrawal from the European Union
29th September 2018
The Brexit endgame: a guide to the parliamentary process of withdrawal from the European Union Project Report In this exhaustive report, Matt Bevington, Jack Simson Caird and Alan Wager have gone to great lengths to meticulously examine the nooks and crannies of parliamentary procedure to give an insight into how this process might work. Leaving to one side the vicissitudes of party politics, which, frankly, merit a report in their own right, they lay bare the complexities of the parliamentary…
Brexit+2Partnerships for Practice: Making the Global Compact on Migration Work
Event Date: 7th September 2018
Time: 11:00-17:00 (Registration open from 10:30) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP Read the Workshop Report In September 2018, the United Nations General Assembly is expected to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). That step will finish a process that started in September 2016 with the New York Declaration, which committed to protecting 'the safety, dignity and human rights…
MigrationBlog: Bribery, Corruption, and Fraud in Investor-State Disputes
10th August 2018
Blog: Bribery, Corruption, and Fraud in Investor-State Disputes: How Should Tribunals Approach Economic Crimes? Blog featured in the Kluwer Arbitration Blog Read More
Arbitration+1Podcast: The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018
1st August 2018
Podcast: The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 By Maya Lester QC, Brick Court Chambers Podcast: The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018
BrexitPodcast: Brexit and Environmental Law
1st August 2018
Podcast: Brexit and Environmental Law Podcast: Brexit and Environmental Law
Brexit+2Podcast: Cultural Heritage post-Brexit
1st August 2018
Podcast: Cultural Heritage post-Brexit Podcast: Cultural Heritage post-Brexit
Brexit+1The Human Rights of Smuggled Migrants and Trafficked Persons
31st July 2018
The Human Rights of Smuggled Migrants and Trafficked Persons in the UN Global Compacts on Migrants and Refugees On 19 September 2016, the UNGA adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants through which States committed to developing two compacts: one on refugees and one on safe, orderly and regular migration. The Zero Drafts of the compacts were published on 31 January 2018 and 5 February 2018, respectively. The move towards the discussion and adoption of the global…
MigrationStumbling Towards the UK’s New Administrative Settlement: A Study of Competition Law Enforcement After Brexit
11th July 2018
Stumbling Towards the UK's New Administrative Settlement: A Study of Competition Law Enforcement After Brexit While there has been much talk of the role of parliaments and courts in the Brexit process, far less—indeed very little—has been said about the challenges facing the largest part of the UK government: the administrative branch. Whatever results from the UK's negotiations with the EU, Brexit will likely necessitate wide-ranging and fast-paced administrative reform in the UK.…
Competition LawEconomic Crimes in International Investment Law
1st July 2018
Economic Crimes in International Investment Law The protection of foreign investment by treaties often clashes with the State's sovereign right to investigate economic crimes committed by investors. This article examines the different approaches taken by tribunals to questions concerning admissibility and jurisdiction, applicable law, the standard of review, the burden and standard of proof and deference to actions taken by domestic courts and regulators related to economic crimes. It…
Arbitration+157th Leiden-London Meeting: Agencies, Accountability and Association: Legal issues of agencies in the EU legal order and in relations with neighbouring States
Event Date: 30th June 2018
Venue: Europa Institute, University of Leiden, Netherlands Time: Full day conference The Europa Instituut of the University of Leiden and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law annually organise a conference to discuss current developments in European Union Law. This year will be the fifty-seventh Leiden-London Meeting; it will take place in Leiden on Saturday 30th June 2018. In the EU system of governance, administrative powers are increasingly granted to bodies other…
European LawBrexit and the Irish Border: What are the Rule of Law Implications?
Event Date: 25th June 2018
Time: 18:00-19:30 (Registration 17:30) Followed by a drinks reception Venue: Bindmans LLP, 236 Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8HB The UK-EU agreement of December 2017 saw an undertaking that both parties would avoid a "hard border" in Ireland following Brexit. To achieve this in the event of the UK leaving the customs union and the single market, UK Government papers have explored the use of modern technology as an alternative to traditional border posts with passport checks and goods inspection.…
BrexitBlog: Legal Pathways to Protection
23rd June 2018
In this week's first blog post, one of us noted that migration as such is not a crisis, nor is the arrival of people in the EU. The language of crisis is political and helps, firstly, to sustain the narrative that the majority of migrants come to Europe (which is far from true). Secondly, it helps to justify a complex set of migration management practices aimed at preventing people from reaching and entering the EU. In distinction, we argue that the problem is not that people move in search…
MigrationDoors open for First Hearing of International Chamber at Paris Court of Appeal
5th June 2018
Doors open for First Hearing of International Chamber at Paris Court of Appeal Written by Duncan Fairgrieve (BIICL;Université de Paris Dauphine) and Solenn Le Tutour (avocat, Barreau de Paris) Read More
Comparative LawThe Use of Force in relation to Sovereignty Disputes over Land Territory
1st June 2018
There are disputes over territory in almost every region of the world, sometimes leading to escalations and violence between States and threatening international peace and security. International law requires States to refrain from the threat or use of force and to attempt to settle their disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace, security and justice are not endangered. In June 2018 the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) completed…
Environmental Law+1The Use of Force in relation to Sovereignty Disputes over Land Territory
Constantinos Yiallourides | 1st June 2018
There are disputes over territory in almost every region of the world, sometimes leading to escalations and violence between States and threatening international peace and security. International law requires States to refrain from the threat or use of force and to attempt to settle their disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace, security and justice are not endangered. In June 2018 the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) completed…
Law of the SeaCollective Redress in the EU, Central & South East Europe
Event Date: 17th May 2018
Time: 17:30-19:00 (Registration open from 17:00) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP This seminar takes the recent developments at an EU level in respect of Collective Redress mechanisms as the context for examining the development of mechanisms for resolving mass disputes in the regions of Central Europe and South East Europe. Leading speakers will discuss whether existing collective redress procedures provide…
Collective Redress+1When national law conflicts with international human rights standards
Lise Smit | 17th May 2018
The first research supported by the Bingham Centre's Business Network examines how companies can adhere to international human rights standards, as described in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, when faced with contradictory domestic laws or practices. The research brought together the international legal framework, existing guidance for specific issues or sectors, and practical examples for businesses. The research methodology included semi-structured conversations…
Business and Human RightsCultural Heritage and the Security Council: Why Resolution 2347 matters
31st March 2018
Blog: Cultural Heritage and the Security Council: Why Resolution 2347 matters This piece considers how the UN Security Council gradually established cultural heritage protection as a key element in the maintenance of international peace and security, including through its combat against terrorism financing. Considering the wider context of escalated attacks against cultural heritage in armed conflict, it analyses Resolution 2347 in parallel with other key documents adopted…
Cultural Heritage+1The Use of Force in Relation to Sovereignty Disputes over Land Territory
Event Date: 27th March 2018
Time: 09:30-18.00 (Registration from 09:00) Venue: Goodenough House, Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AB NOW FULLY BOOKED This event will analyse and discuss the legal obligations of States in regard to disputed land territories, be it continental or island. The event will offer four panels featuring international law experts and members of BIICL's largescale research project on Territorial Disputes In particular, the event will examine the most important primary rules regulating the threat…
Law of the SeaIslands, Sovereignty and the Right to Return
26th March 2018
Islands, Sovereignty and the Right to Return: An Analysis of the Chagos Islands ICJ Advisory Opinion RequestDid the UK act illegally in splitting off the Chagos Islands from Mauritius prior to its independence in 1968? On 22 June 2017 Mauritius successfully petitioned the UN to ask the International Court of Justice to consider this question, against the UK's wishes, but the outcome is rather uncertain. This contribution explains why. Read More
Law of the SeaCultural Heritage, Cultural Rights and the European Union
Event Date: 13th March 2018
Time: 09:10-14:00 (Registration from 08:45am) Venue: Instutite of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Staszic Palace, 72 Nowy Świat, Warsaw On 13 March 2018, the Research Team of the project HEURIGHT - The Right to Cultural Heritage - Its Protection and Enforcement through Cooperation in the European Union is organizing an international seminar, entitled "Cultural Heritage, Cultural Rights and the European Union". The core aim of this event is to present the research findings of…
Cultural HeritageComplexity's Embrace The International Law Implications of Brexit
1st March 2018
Complexity's Embrace The International Law Implications of Brexit Edited by Oonagh E. Fitzgerald and Eva Lein In Complexity's Embrace, international law practitioners and academics from…
Brexit+2Legal Pathways to Protection
26th February 2018
Between October 2017 and March 2018, BIICL Associate Senior Research Fellow Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci, in collaboration with King's College London colleagues Dr Leonie Ansems de Vries and Dr Henry Redwood implemented a research initiative on Legal Pathways to Protection. The initiative included an expert workshop at King's College London on 27 October 2017. and the development of a Policy brief entitled: Legal Pathways to Protection: Towards the Provision of Safe, Legal and Accessible Routes…
MigrationThe EU (Withdrawal) Bill, A Rule of Law Analysis of Clauses 1 - 6
21st February 2018
This Report sets out the Bingham Centre's Rule of Law analysis of clauses 1 to 6 of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, to inform the House of Lords Committee Stage consideration of those clauses. The Bill's purpose is to protect the Rule of Law as the UK withdraws from the EU. It repeals the European Communities Act ("ECA"), the legal basis for EU law having effect and supremacy in UK law, with effect from the date of the UK's exit. However, it aims to ensure legal continuity, certainty and stability…
Brexit+1Submission to Brexit: competition and State aid
2nd February 2018
Brexit: competition and State aid A review by the UK government published February 2018 and incuding a submission by BIICL Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Brexit+2FAQ: Brexit and Environmental Law
1st February 2018
FAQ: Brexit and Environmental Law Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Brexit+2Brexit and Environmental Law:The Rocky Road Ahead
1st February 2018
Brexit and Environmental Law:The Rocky Road Ahead Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Climate ChangeBrexit, Brexatom, the Environment and Future International Relations
1st January 2018
Brexit, Brexatom, the Environment and Future International Relations Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Climate ChangeRemedies for Damage Caused by Vaccines: A Comparative Study of Four European Legal Systems
1st January 2018
Remedies for Damage Caused by Vaccines: A Comparative Study of Four European Legal Systems By Leonora Rajneri , Jean-Sébastien Borghetti , Duncan Fairgrieve , Peter Rott , European Review of Private Law , 2018 Issue 1, pp. 57-95 Abstract: The most important public health consideration of vaccination. This study explores the approach to vaccine damage cases in four different European countries (France, Germany, Italy and the UK), examining the variety of different mechanisms for providing…
Comparative LawMaking sense of managing human rights issues in supply chains
1st January 2018
After a successful research project with Norton Rose Fulbright in 2016, entitled 'Exploring Human Rights Due Diligence', BIICL and Norton Rose Fulbright undertook a follow-up project in 2017/18, which analysed managing human rights issues in supply chains. As part of this project, BIICL and Norton Rose Fulbright co-hosted a session at the 2017 Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, with support from Hogan Lovells and Foley Hoag. The session focused on "Human rights remedies…
Business and Human RightsBrexit and International Environmental Law
1st December 2017
There are disputes over territory in almost every region of the world, sometimes leading to escalations and violence between States and threatening international peace and security. International law requires States to refrain from the threat or use of force and to attempt to settle their disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace, security and justice are not endangered. In June 2018 the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) has completed…
Brexit+2Protecting and Preserving the Marine Environment in Disputed Areas
30th November 2017
Protecting and Preserving the Marine Environment in Disputed Areas: Seismic Noise and Provisional Measures of Protection This paper is the first to address the environmental legal issues that could arise from the conduct of unilateral seismic operations in disputed maritime areas. And that should be surprising: such operations are ongoing in many places across the globe as states seek to enhance their domestic natural resource potentials and as they seek to establish their sovereign control…
Law of the SeaBIICL and PRI: Human Rights in Private Equity Investment
24th November 2017
BIICL and PRI Workshop on Human Rights in Private Equity: Information and Summary It is increasingly expected that human rights due diligence (HRDD) is undertaken by businesses, as per the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises, emerging laws such as the UK Modern Slavery Act and the French duty of vigilance law, and other proposed legislative reforms. According to the UNGPs, all business enterprises regardless of sector…
Business and Human RightsState responsibility for unilateral hydrocarbon activities in disputed maritime areas:
23rd November 2017
State responsibility for unilateral hydrocarbon activities in disputed maritime areas: The case of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire and its implicationsThis post comments on the issue of the international responsibility of Ghana for its hydrocarbon activities in the disputed maritime area. It also deals with the future implications of the SC's ruling for the conduct of hydrocarbon activities in undelimited areas. Read more
Law of the SeaState responsibility for unilateral hydrocarbon activities in disputed maritime areas..
23rd November 2017
State responsibility for unilateral hydrocarbon activities in disputed maritime areas: The case of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire and its implications Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Law of the SeaAnalysis of Dispute Concerning Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire
19th November 2017
Analysis of Dispute Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean Read More: Part I
Law of the SeaBlog: Arbitration in the CIS Region: from Soviet Roots to Modern Arbitration Laws
15th November 2017
Arbitration in the CIS Region: from Soviet Roots to Modern Arbitration Laws Blog featuredin the Kluwer Arbitration Blog Read the blog
Arbitration+1Study on Collective Redress for the European Commission
Eva Lein | 1st November 2017
BIICL conducted a study for the European Commission, in a research consortium with Civic Consulting and Risk & Policy Analysts (RPA), and supported by the Office for Economic Policy and Regional Development (EPRD). The more than 1000 pages study analyses the state of collective redress in the EU in context of the implementation of the Commission Recommendation (2013/396/EU) on common principles for injunctive and compensatory collective redress mechanisms in the Member States. The…
Centre for Comparative Law+1Calming the Waters in the West African Region: Ghana and Côte D'Ivoire
13th October 2017
Calming the Waters in the West African Region: The Case of Ghana and Côte D'Ivoire On 23 September 2017, a Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) unanimously fixed the course of the maritime boundary between Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire and, thus, ended a longstanding dispute between the two West African neighbours. In addition to maritime delimitation, the legal reasoning and conclusions drawn in the judgment - especially in view of the Special Chamber's…
Law of the SeaIt Takes Four to Tango: Quadrilateral Boundary Negotiations in the NE Atlantic
12th October 2017
It Takes Four to Tango: Quadrilateral Boundary Negotiations in the North-East Atlantic This contribution examines the current state of play in the boundary negotiations between the UK, Ireland, Denmark and Iceland in the North-East Atlantic. It reviews the recent British, Irish and Danish submissions to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf and finds that while these submissions have been instrumental in clarifying the legal and scientific basis of the parties' perception…
Law of the SeaThe Common Fisheries Policy Post-Brexit
Event Date: 12th September 2017
Time: Peter Oliver, Monckton Chambers and Visiting Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles Dr Jill Wakefield, University of Warwick This event offers the equivalent of 2 CPD hours. Individual - £40 Non-members: Student - £25 eventsregistration@biicl.org Carmel Brown Cancellation by you No charge events
BrexitBriefing Note on the Discount Rate applying to Quantum in Personal Injury Cases
7th September 2017
Briefing Note on the Discount Rate applying to Quantum in Personal Injury Cases : Comparative Perspectives This briefing note examines the discount rate applying to quantum in personal injury claims from a comparative law perspective focusing on Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Spain and South Africa. These jurisdictions represent common and civil law jurisdictions, a diverse geographical spread as well as a range of approaches and rates. The research highlights…
Comparative LawLaw and Practice of International Arbitration in the CIS Region
24th August 2017
Law and Practice of International Arbitration in the CIS Region Edited by Kaj Hober & Yarik Kryvoi Law and Practice of International Arbitration in the CIS Region offers the first comprehensive overview of commercial arbitration in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region. After the collapse of the Soviet Union over a dozen new states emerged with their individual systems of international commercial arbitration. Today, the former Soviet republics such as Russia, Ukraine,…
Arbitration+1International Criminal Justice Achievements And Challenges, In Syria And Beyond
17th July 2017
Event Report On 17 July, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Institute for International and Comparative Law, in association with Temple Garden Chambers and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, held a conference on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the International Criminal Court on thetheme of 'International Criminal Justice - Achievements and Challenges, in Syria and Beyond'. This one day event gathered a large audience of private practitioners, senior government legal…
Courts and TribunalsOptions to refine the UK competition regime
7th July 2017
A response to the Department for Business, Energy, Innovation & Industrial Strategy's consultation on 'Options to refine the UK competition regime, 7 July 2017 Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Competition LawBlog: Back to Old Tricks? Italian Responsibility for Returning People to Libya
6th June 2017
On 10/11 May 2017 various news outlets reported a maritime operation by the Libyan authorities, in coordination with the Italian Search and Rescue Authority, in which 500 individuals were intercepted in international waters and returned to Libya. This operation amounted to refoulment in breach of customary international law and several treaties (including the Geneva Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights), and an internationally wrongful act is one for which Italy…
MigrationBrexit, China and Other New Challenges to International Trade Law
Event Date: 31st May 2017
Time: Venue: Panels: Panel 1: UK-EU Trade Relationship after Brexit Panel 3: From Multilateralism to Bilateralism? New Trends in International Trade Treaty Making Confirmed Speakers: Sir Frank Berman KCMG QC, Essex Court Chambers Prof Ming Du, University of Surrey Dr Markus Gehring, British Institute of International and Comparative Law Lode van den Hende, Herbert Smith Freehills Prof Sir Francis Jacobs, Kings College London Prof Yarik Kryvoi, British Institute of International and…
Investment and TradeState Aid and Direct Taxation and the Big Eruption between the US and the EU’
22nd May 2017
State Aid and Direct Taxation and the Big Eruption Between the U.S. and the EU. Published by Liza Lovdahl Gormsen in The Antitrust Bulletin May 2017 This article critically assesses the division that the recent decisions of the European Commission in the field of State aid have exposed between the EU and the U.S. It examines how the two legal orders address the issue of government subsidies and explores the reasons for their different approach. It argues that State aid law has become…
Competition LawLegitimate Expectation of Consistent Interpretation of EU State Aid Law
24th April 2017
Legitimate Expectation of Consistent Interpretation of EU State Aid Law: Recovery in State Aid Cases Involving Advanced Pricing Agreements on Tax By Liza Lovdahl Gormsen Clement Mifsud-Bonnici Journal of European Competition Law and Practice Vol 8(7) 423-436 Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Competition LawContinental Shelf Boundaries in the North Sea and the North Atlantic
1st April 2017
Continental Shelf Boundaries in the North Sea and the North Atlantic This contribution provides a composite overview of the continental shelf boundaries in the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean from a historical perspective, dating back to the early days of the North Sea oil and gas industry, before considering live issues such as those surrounding the remote Atlantic rock of Rockall and the prospective maritime boundary delimitation between the United Kingdom and its regional neighbours…
Law of the SeaBusiness and Human Rights Due Diligence in Supply Chains
Lise Smit | 1st March 2017
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights were unanimously adopted by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011, and require all business enterprises to undertake human rights due diligence. Because of the limited information available about how companies are going about to conduct human rights due diligence BIICL and the global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright are working together to research this important area. Share LinksProject - Tags Human Rights Due…
Business and Human RightsWhen national law conflicts with international human rights standards
Lise Smit | 1st March 2017
BIICL recently completed a study for the Business Network on addressing conflicts between international human rights standards and national laws. The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights expect companies to respect international human rights wherever they operate. However, questions often arise as to how businesses should adhere to international human rights standards when faced with contradictory national laws or practices. BIICL's research brings together the international…
Business and Human RightsDirective 2014/60/EU and the Movement of Cultural Objects in the European Union
17th February 2017
Directive 2014/60/EU and the Movement of Cultural Objects in the European Union Santander Art and Cultural Law Review 2(2) 2016 , co-edited by F Fiorentini, K Hausler, A Jagielska-Burduk, and A Jakubowski. Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Cultural HeritageException to the duty to refer in markets of insufficient importance
8th February 2017
BIICL Competition law forum submission to the CMA public consultation ' Mergers: Exception to the duty to refer in markets of insufficient importance' February 2017 Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Competition LawThe Article 50 'Brexit' Appeal: The Rule of Law After Miller
Event Date: 6th February 2017
This event is now fully booked. Time: 17:30-19:30 (Registration from 17.00) Venue: Jones Day, 21 Tudor Street, London EC4Y 0DJ The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its decision in the Miller case in January. In deciding what role, if any, Parliament has in triggering Article 50 and the UK's departure from the EU, the Court will deliver one of the most important constitutional law judgments in decades. This rapid response event will provide opportunity to hear leading experts consider…
BrexitLegal Pathways to Protection
Jean-Pierre Gauci | 10th January 2017
Between October 2017 and March 2018, BIICL Associate Senior Research Fellow Dr Jean-Pierre Gauci, in collaboration with King's College London colleagues Dr Leonie Ansems de Vries and Dr Henry Redwood implemented a research initiative on Legal Pathways to Protection. The initiative included an expert workshop at King's College London on 27 October 2017. and the development of a Policy brief entitled: Legal Pathways to Protection: Towards the Provision of Safe, Legal and Accessible Routes…
MigrationChina’s market economy status’, Italian practice relating to international law,
1st January 2017
China's market economy status', Italian practice relating to international law, in the Italian Yearbook of International Law 2017 Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
European LawOutside the Debate? The Potential Impact of Brexit for Cultural Heritage in the UK
1st January 2017
Outside the Debate? The Potential Impact of Brexit for Cultural Heritage in the UK Article published in Art Antiquity and Law, Volume XXII, Issue 2, July 2017 Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Cultural HeritageThe Migrant Smuggling Protocol and the Need for a Multi-Faceted Approach
21st November 2016
The Migrant Smuggling Protocol and the Need for a Multi-faceted Approach: Inter-sectionality and Multi-actor Cooperation Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
MigrationAnd Then There Were Eleven: Some Context on the Supreme Court Sitting En Banc in the Article 50 Case
9th November 2016
And Then There Were Eleven: Some Context on the Supreme Court Sitting En Banc in the Article 50 Case By Joe Tomlinson, Jake Rylatt and Duncan Fairgrieve Read More
Comparative LawThe "Refugee Crisis": Challenges and Implications for International and EU Law
Event Date: 8th November 2016
Time: 17:30-19:30 (followed by a drinks reception) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP This event will examine the legal questions arising from the so-called "refugee crisis", looking at implications for International and European refugee law frameworks, the Schengen aquis and the Dublin system as well as for private vessels engaged in maritime search and rescue. Beyond and through these questions, this seminar…
MigrationComparative Law in Practice
20th October 2016
Comparative Law in Practice, Contract Law in a Mid-Channel Jurisdiction By Duncan Fairgrieve Published by Bloomsbury Professional This book provides a comparative study of contract law, examining the interaction of common law and civil law approaches to contract law Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Comparative LawUndelimited Maritime Areas conference report published
10th October 2016
Law of the Sea - Obligations of States in respect of Undelimited Maritime Areas BIICL has completed a major research project on the 'Obligations of States in respect of Undelimited Maritime Areas' led by Jill Barrett, Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law. The research report was discussed at a public conference on 22 July 2016, by members of the research team and other distinguished experts in law of the sea from academia, legal practice and the international judiciary.…
Law of the SeaBlog: Some Justice for Timbuktu
5th October 2016
On 27 September, Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi was sentenced to nine years of imprisonment by Trial Chamber VIII of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for intentionally directing attacks against ten religious and historical monuments located in Timbuktu. The ICC Prosecutor had opened an investigation following the self-referral by Mali of its situation on 13 July 2012, immediately after the attacks took place. A week after an arrest warrant for Mr Al Mahdi had been issued by the Court, he was…
Courts and TribunalsBlog: A landmark case for the ICC
4th October 2016
On 27 September, Trial Chamber VIII of the International Criminal Court (ICC) sentenced Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi to nine years in prison for having intentionally directed attacks against nine mausoleums and a mosque in Timbuktu, most of which were listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites.These attacks, which took place over a period of ten days in late June and early July 2012, had been immediately condemned by the United Nations Security Council in its resolution 2056 of 5 July 2012. A week…
Courts and TribunalsEU State Aid Law and Transfer Pricing: A Critical Introduction to a New Saga
19th September 2016
EU State Aid Law and Transfer Pricing: A Critical Introduction to a New SagaThe Court of Justice of the European Union ('CJEU') has made it clear from the early stages of its jurisprudence that State Aid rules are applicable to taxation measures. Thus, the fiscal nature of a measure does not in itself preclude the Commission's scrutiny under Article 107(1) TFEU et seq. A number of cases have contributed to the development of the concept of fiscal aid, and the Commission has tried to provide…
Competition LawTrade and Investment post Brexit
Event Date: 12th September 2016
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED Time Venue: Professor David Collins, The City Law School, City University London Sir Daniel Bethlehem KCMG QC, 20 Essex Street Iain Maxwell, Herbert Smith Freehills Thomas Sebastian, Monckton Chambers Chair: Iain Maxwell Jiries Saadeh, Fietta Bernhard Maier, DLA Piper This event has been convened by Dr Eva Lein event flyer CPD hours have been applied for eventsregistration@biicl.org events team Carmel Brown Cancellation by us Cancellation…
Investment and TradeInternational Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
12th July 2016
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Published by Wolters Kluwer Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of the structure, competence, and management of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) provides substantial and readily accessible information for lawyers, academics, and policymakers likely to have dealings with its activities and data. Publication…
ArbitrationLaw of the Sea - UNCLOS as a Living Treaty
1st July 2016
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) now has nearly 170 States parties and is still attracting new ones. Often described as the "Constitution of the Sea", it sets the legal framework for all matters concerning the world's oceans. This book provides original thinking on a broad range of issues relating to maritime delimitation, exploiting the outer continental shelf, emerging international energy issues at…
Law of the SeaLaw of the Sea - UNCLOS as a Living Treaty (E-Publication)
'Law of the Sea: UNCLOS as a Living Treaty' is a forthcoming book edited by Jill Barrett and Richard Barnes. "The papers in this volume [are] prepared by a very distinguished group of the most expert, and most perceptive, commentators on the contemporary law of the sea ...The insight that each of them brings to the peculiar strengths and weaknesses of UNCLOS as an expression of, and vehicle for, international co-operation and co-ordination makes this a volume of exceptional interest and importance."…
Law of the SeaReport on the Obligations of States under Articles 74(3) and 83(3) of UNCLOS in respect of Undelimited Maritime Areas
30th June 2016
Report on the Obligations of States under Articles 74(3) and 83(3) of UNCLOS in respect of Undelimited Maritime Areas This report considers the requirements of Articles 74(3) and 83(3) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ("UNCLOS") concerning delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone ("EEZ") and continental shelf, with particular focus on States' obligations in respect of undelimited maritime areas in which no provisional arrangements apply. Its aim is to shed light…
Law of the SeaObligations of States under Articles 74(3) and 83(3) of UNCLOS in respect of Undelimited Maritime Areas
Jill Barrett | 30th June 2016
More than half of the world's maritime boundaries are not the subject of a delimitation agreement. Worldwide, many of these boundaries are hotly disputed, leading to tensions and generating uncertainty for States and non-State actors with a stake in maritime resources. The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) regulates the delimitation of maritime boundaries, and provides a framework for managing the overlapping claims of States with adjacent or opposite coastlines, and for…
Law of the SeaPost Brexit: The Fate of Commercial Dispute Resolution in London and on the Continent
Event Date: 26th May 2016
Time: 15:30-19:00 (followed by a drinks reception) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP Co-organised by Sponsored by Post Brexit: The Fate of Commercial Dispute Resolution in London and on the Continent This joint conference of the Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law (Luxembourg) and the British Institute for International and Comparative Law looks at the potential impact of a Brexit on cross-border commercial…
BrexitEvidence before the International Court of Justice
1st April 2016
Evidence before the International Court of Justice (out of stock) Authors: Anna Riddell and Brendan Plant Published: April 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905221-63-9 Cover: Paperback Pages: 448 The initiative taken by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law to carry out a thorough study of the rules of evidence in international courts and tribunals will place international lawyers deeply in their debt. There can be hardly any field of international legal practice presenting…
Courts and TribunalsThe Legal Impact of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Event Date: 27th January 2016
Time: Lord Carnwath, Justice of the Supreme Court Full-time Student - £25
Climate ChangePunitive Damages in Europe and a Plea for the Recognition of Legal Pluralism
1st January 2016
Punitive Damages in Europe and a Plea for the Recognition of Legal Pluralism By Erdem Buyuksagis, Ina Ebert, Duncan Fairgrieve, Renee Charlotte Meurkens, Francesco Quarta This multi-author article aims to demonstrate that, despite the traditional understanding that tort law should serve the sole purpose of remedying the harm caused as precisely as possible, there are growing indications in several continental European legal systems that damages awards are not entirely immune from extra-compensatory,…
Comparative LawBlog: Enforcement of Settlement Agreements Reached in Arbitration and Mediation
25th November 2015
Enforcement of Settlement Agreements Reached in Arbitration and Mediation, 25 November 2015 Blog featured in the Kluwer Arbitration Blog Read the Blog
Arbitration+1International Economic Agreements and the Rule of Law - the case of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Event Date: 13th October 2015
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED Time: Venue: Rule of Law and Accountability in the negotiation of economic agreements - what is the role of parliaments in overseeing TTIP, and what kind of national accountability mechanisms are in place? What redress mechanisms are built-in within these agreements generally, and how do these relate/not to the rule of law? Costs and benefits, winners and losers, and implications for the UK. Panellists Ruth Bergan, Coordinator, The Trade Justice Movement…
Investment and TradeCourts and Comparative Law
30th July 2015
Courts and Comparative Law Mads Andenas & Duncan Fairgrieve (Editors) While the role of comparative law in the courts was previously only an exception, foreign sources are now increasingly becoming a source of law in regular use in supreme and constitutional courts. There is considerable variation between the practices of courts and the role of comparative law, and methods remain controversial. In the US, the issue has been one of intense public debate and it is still one of the major…
Comparative LawManaging Migration Flows in the Mediterranean? A Critical Appraisal
Event Date: 25th June 2015
Time: 17:30-19:30 Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP Recent weeks have seen a number of incidents in the Mediterranean Sea that have led to the death of over 1,000 people within the space of just a few days. This was not the first incident of its kind, but its size and media attention shed a spotlight on the ongoing migration crisis in the Mediterranean. It has prompted the European Union and its Member States…
MigrationThe Brussels I Regulation Recast
7th May 2015
The Brussels I Regulation Recast Andrew Dickinson and Eva Lein Summarises the structure of the Regulation and the role played by the case law of the European Court of Justice Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
International LitigationExploring the Boundaries of International Law: Current Protection Challenges
14th April 2015
Exploring the Boundaries of Refugee Law Current Protection Challenges Protection challenges around the globe require innovative legal, policy and practical responses. Drawing primarily from a new generation of researchers in the field of refugee law, this volume explores the 'boundaries' of refugee law. On the one hand, it ascertains the scope of the legal provisions by highlighting new trends in State practice and analysing the jurisprudence of international human rights bodies, as well…
MigrationA Liberal Tide: immigration and asylum law and policy in Latin America
1st April 2015
A Liberal Tide: immigration and asylum law and policy in Latin America Over the past decade, a paradigm shift in migration and asylum law and policymaking appears to have taken place in Latin America. Does this apparent 'liberal tide' of new laws and policies suggest a new approach to the hot topics of migration and refugees in Latin America distinct from the regressive and restrictive attitudes on display in other parts of the world? The question is urgent not only for our understanding…
MigrationConsent Awards in International Arbitration: From Settlement to Enforcement
20th March 2015
Consent Awards in International Arbitration: From Settlement to Enforcement Y. Kryvoi, The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) Dmitry Davydenko, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law Although over a third of all arbitration proceedings result in settlement agreements very little has been written on the legal status of consent awards in international arbitration. Drawing on comparative analysis of procedural rules and practice of…
Arbitration+1A New Dimension in International Environmental Liability Regimes
Event Date: 11th March 2015
Time: Venue: Arthur Watts public international law seminar series sponsored by Volterra Fietta Event Flyer Speakers Professor Alan Boyle, Edinburgh University and Essex Court Chambers Simon Parker, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Join in the conversation @BIICL #EnvironmentalLiability Sponsored by Jill Barrett This event is accredited with 2 CPD points. BIICL Members: Individual - £40 Full-time Student - £15 Non-members: Individual - £70 Full-time…
Climate ChangeEnhanced Court Fees The Government Response to Part 2 of the Consultation on Reform of Court Fees
1st January 2015
Enhanced Court Fees The Government Response to Part 2 of the Consultation on Reform of Court Fees and Further Proposals for Consultation Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
International LitigationFactors Influencing International Litigants' Decisions to Bring Commercial Disputes to the London Based Courts
1st January 2015
Factors Influencing International Litigants' Decisions to Bring Commercial Disputes to the London Based Courts Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
International LitigationBlog: Attacks on Schools: What about International Law?
3rd August 2014
On 30 July, a school operated by a UN agency in the Jabalia refugee camp, north of Gaza City, was shelled by the Israeli army, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 100.On 3 August, the Israeli army bombed another Gaza school run by the UN, this time in Rafah, where over 2,000 displaced Palestinians were sheltering. This attack reportedly killed at least 10 individuals. There have also been reports that Hamas has been storing weapons in schools. Can attacks on schools, teachers…
Human Rights and IHLContemporary Challenges for the International Criminal Court
1st April 2014
Contemporary Challenges for the International Criminal Court "This incisive and important collection of contributions from well-established experts takes the [discussion on the International Criminal Court] to newer and higher levels. The contemporary challenges are set out and underscored and explained. This is a collection of views and opinions that needs to be read by practitioners, academics and judges alike. It will be an essential tool in the debates that these challenges will generate…
Courts and TribunalsFactors Influencing International Litigants' Decisions to Bring Commercial Disputes to the London Based Courts
Eva Lein | 1st March 2014
BIICL conducted a study for the UK Ministry of Justice on factors influencing litigants' decisions to bring commercial disputes to London based courts. The project involved a broad fieldwork process including an online survey and qualitative interviews with legal practitioners and litigants in the UK and abroad who assessed the advantages and disadvantages of litigation in the UK. The assessment included the reasons for choice of court agreements in favour of English courts and choice…
International LitigationProtecting Education
Kristin Hausler | 1st November 2013
International Law Handbook In January 2020, BIICL published Protecting Education in Insecurity and Armed Conflict: An International Law Handbook (Second Edition).This Handbook is a practical and comprehensive guide to the relevant provisions of international law that protect education in situations of insecurity and armed conflict. This is the Second Edition of the Handbook, with the first one having been published in 2012. The Handbook was authored by BIICL, in cooperation with Protect Education…
Human Rights and IHLWhat Role Do Property Rights Play In Climate Change?
6th June 2013
What Role Do Property Rights Play In Climate Change? Publication - Download PDF Share Links Publication - Tags
Climate ChangeAccess to justice and legal aid: can modern technology compensate for cuts?
Event Date: 3rd June 2013
EVENTS Event Description Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details As a result of Brexit, a new fisheries regime or regimes governing the UK exclusive economic area will need to be devised in the context of a UK constitutional arrangement whereby fisheries management has been transferred to the four…
Artificial IntelligenceReport on Immigration Detention and the Rule of Law
Kristin Hausler | 6th January 2013
The Bingham Centre has published its report, Immigration Detention and the Rule of Law: Safeguarding Principles. Led by Michael Fordham QC, with Research Fellows Justine Stefanelli and Sophie Eser, this report draws on legal instruments, promulgated standards, working illustrations and judicial observations. It includes 'soft law' sources and finds inspiration in the principled proactivity of non-governmental organisations. The Bingham Centre was awarded a research grant by the Nuffield…
MigrationClimate Change Issues in the Commonwealth
Kristin Hausler | 1st June 2012
In December 2011, the Commonwealth Law Bulletin published an article written by Kristin Hausler and Robert McCorquodale on Climate change and its impact on security and survival. This paper had been previously successfully presented at the Commonwealth Law Ministers, which took place in Sydney in July 2011. BIICL followed-up on this initial scoping study by conducting a comprehensive assessment of the adequacy of the legal frameworks applicable within the Commonwealth with regard to access…
Climate ChangeCurrent Competition Law Vol. IV
Editors: Philip Marsden and Michael Hutchings Published: December 2005 ISBN-10: 1-905221-00-2 Cover: Paperback Pages: 577 This book is a collection of papers and speeches given at our main competition law events during 2004-2005, in particular: the Institute's annual conference on merger control in December 2004; a conference we held on October 2004 on comparative issues in competition litigation; and our two-day trans-Atlantic Antitrust Dialogue in May 2005. Areas covered include in-depth…
Competition LawJoint Development of Offshore Oil and Gas...
1st December 1989
Joint Development of Offshore Oil and Gas: Joint Development of Offshore Oil & Gas Model Agreement for States for Joint Development with Explanatory Commentary v. 1 A first meeting to investigate joint development agreements between States in offshore maritime zones was held by the Institute on 10 June 1985. A Working Group under the chairmanship of Sir Maurice Bathurst was set up with members drawn from industry, university and government service. The Working Group was supported…
Climate Change
Reimagining the law video presentations Michael Olatokun
28th January 2021
28 January 2021 Decolonise the legal curriculum RTL 19 Jan 28 Michael Olatokun - Decolonizing the Legal Curriculum I wish that the contribution of African thinkers to the Rule of Law, human rights and democracy was more prominent in my legal education. Without leading black thinkers in the textbooks it is hard to imagine becoming one myself. Michael Abiodun Olatokun FRSA The Bingham Centre, BIICL
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