Outer space heritage site protection

Missions to and around the Moon are about to burgeon. How to ensure that future space explorers, while making new histories, also undertake appropriate measures to protect sites with historic value?

Zhuang Tian • November 14, 2022

70 years international upholding of freedom of association: 3300+ cases

Freedom of association for trade unions is not safeguarded in many countries and companies

Paul van der Heijden • November 11, 2022

From empty to over-congested airports: Schiphol’s passenger compensation scheme

Until very recently passengers were missing flights due to closed borders or positive COVID tests. Now, passengers might miss their flights, not due to pandemic measures, but due to poor airport management and labour practices.

Tuvana Aras • November 08, 2022

Travel chaos at Schiphol: The need for tripartite dialogue

Travel chaos at Schiphol is one of the post-pandemic labour challenges to the aviation industry and this disaster will continue till the end of March 2023. What solutions do lawyers have?

Yuran Shi • November 07, 2022

Workshop on Human Rights and Contested Agency

There is a lack of understanding of how agency is currently conceptualised and what it actually constitutes in the operationalisation of international human rights instruments. A recent Workshop addressed this issue.

Hoko Horii • October 31, 2022

Safety First: Forced Mobilization and the Right to Seek Asylum

Everyone has the right to seek asylum. Human rights do not change based on race, religion, sex, or nationality. On the other hand, compulsory military service is not illegal and fleeing persecution for refusal to join armed forces should meet certain criteria.

Rytis Satkauskas • October 13, 2022

A plea for more focus on children's rights

States can deny refugee protection in cases where a person could find safety in another part of their home country. A closer look at this well-established doctrine reveals yet another area where children's rights are unexplored.

Daniel Simon • August 23, 2022

Project Mariupol: A record of evil

Atrocities committed in Ukraine, especially by the Russian military, are on a scale not seen in recent decades, leading to one of the largest war crimes investigations in recent history, using new methods and sources of investigation.

Deniz Nikolay Dirisu • August 22, 2022

Sustainable development in India’s FTAs

Is India’s historical protectionism towards its European counterparts making way for a 'greener shade' of trade agreements?

Cláudia Ferreira Azevedo, Divya Gupta, Eva Baudichau and Olivier Beaubien • July 28, 2022

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