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Private Law

The Singapore Mediation Convention: a promising start, an uncertain future

On 7 August, 46 countries signed the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation. These states have to ensure that international commercial settlement agreements are enforced. After a promising start, there are doubts as to its future implementation.

Hassan Faraj Mehrabi + 1 other • 05-09-2019

Public Law

Do trade agreements work in an unpredictable world?

Quite quickly national considerations are taking priority over collective agreements. Who would have thought the European Union would be challenged by Brexit? And who would have thought trade wars, such as the one between China and the US would re-emerge?

Laura Lancée • 30-08-2019

Public Law

How does cyber warfare fit in the framework of International Humanitarian Law?

Gone are the days when the worst thing on the Internet to be afraid of was a pesky virus. The current highly sophisticated malware looks for software vulnerabilities which can result in fatal damage to the opponent’s entire computer network.

Laura Krawczyk • 09-08-2019

Public Law

News from “cookie land”

The use of web cookies has become increasingly diverse, enabling tracking beyond traditional cookie techniques. Social networks and website owners both get a piece of the pie, but how should legal responsibilities be split?

Helena U. Vrabec • 08-08-2019

Criminal Law and Criminology · Interdisciplinary Study of the Law

‘The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started…’

50 years after landing on the moon the media and scientists still dream about further exploring space. Yet the images of planet earth have shifted our focus: we return to where we started, with a renewed awareness of the place we have always lived in.

Wim Bonis • 07-08-2019

Public Law

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on state responsibility and climate change

In November 2017, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued Advisory Opinion OC-23, which highlighted the relationship of interdependence and indivisibility that exists between human rights, the environment and sustainable development.

Paola Tiffer • 06-08-2019

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The Singapore Mediation Convention: a promising start, an uncertain future

Do trade agreements work in an unpredictable world?

How does cyber warfare fit in the framework of International Humanitarian Law?

News from “cookie land”

‘The end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started…’

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on state responsibility and climate change