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 [...]
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 [...]
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; [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]