Developing Countries’ Pursuit of an Intellectual Property Law Balance under the WTO TRIPS Agreement

Progressive and steady technological advancement in developing countries has generated serious debate whether government discretion to manoeuvre IP laws is unduly curbed by the ever-increasing and fragmented international regulatory regime. The [...]

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On the Al Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Regime: Due Process and Sunsetting

The Al Qaida/Taliban sanctions regime established under Resolution 1267 of the UN Security Council has been under severe strain due to lack of adherence to due process standards. Over the years, the Security Council has incrementally adopted measures [...]

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Chinese Practice in Public International Law: 2010 (II)

This part supplemented materials reflecting Chinese practice in 2010 relating to: I. International Law of the Sea (Responsibility and Obligations of States Sponsoring Persons and Entities with Respect to Activities in the International Seabed Area; [...]



Teething Phase of the ECCC

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia is a careful attempt to respect the sovereignty of the host State while providing for participation of outsiders. In the view of the writer, the court is domestic, with authorized jurisdiction over [...]

More of the Same or Something Different? Preliminary Observations on the Contribution of Universal Periodic Review with Reference to the Chinese Experience

Using the People’s Republic of China as a case study, this paper will consider the extent to which the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review process consolidates and reinforces the pre-existing treaty-monitoring system of the United [...]

Environmental Impact Assessment under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Degradation of the marine environment pushes the law of the sea to develop both substantial and procedural measures to safeguard marine environmental sustainability. Ill-planned and non-planned activities, land, sea or sea-bed based, become one of [...]

"Mopping-up": UNHCR, Neutrality and Non-Refoulement since the Cold War

Since the close of the Cold War, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has undergone a fundamental mutation, reinventing itself as a humanitarian actor, extending its activities into “countries of origin” and, most recently, [...]

Legal Materials on China Received and Catalogued in the Peace Palace Library: 2010