Culture, Courts, and Constitutions: Negotiating the Balance on Gender Equality
In July 2023, opening the Human Rights Council debate on a resolution on religious hatred and bigotry in the wake of the burning of the Qur’an in Sweden, the United […]
The Time Trap in International Protection: The Misplaced Notion of “Imminence”
In refugee law, it is widely accepted that a person may qualify for international protection even if they have less than a fifty percent chance of being persecuted. However, there […]
Goethe, Homeless in Rome? State Immunity and Human Rights in Germany v. Italy (II)
In 2012, in Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece intervening), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Italy had violated Germany’s jurisdictional immunity by awarding damages […]
Preferential Trade Agreements as Transnational Justice
Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) are deals between two or more trading partners. Unlike multilateral trade agreements, PTAs give states the latitude to pursue policy goals not traditionally part of trade […]