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Conference Announcement: “Contemporary Challenges to International Law and...
This from my colleague and friend Paolo Farah: I would like to share with you the programme of the conference “Contemporary Challenges to International Law and Policy on Sustainable Development,...
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Empresas y Derechos Humanos. Temas actuales," edited by M.C. Marullo y F.J....
I am delighted to announce the publication of Empresas y Derechos Humanos. Temas actuales," edited by M.C. Marullo y F.J. Zamora Cabot and published (en Castellano) by Editoriale Scientifica (Napoli)....
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Transitions to Entertain and Distract the West: A Harder Review at a New Era...
Pix from Nicolas Acevedo and Carmen Sesin, "Cuba has a new president, and for the first time in over 40 years, his last name is not Castro." ABC News (19 April 2018).The world is abuzz today, if only...
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白轲, 在商业与人权中理解问责制：跨国企业、国家和国际社会 [New Paper Posted: “Unpacking Accountability in...
在商业与人权中理解问责制：跨国企业、国家和国际社会 [“Unpacking Accountability in Business andHuman Rights: The Multinational Enterprise, the State, and the International Community”]白轲 [Larry Catá Backer]English Version Access...
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Environmental Harn, Nuclear Weapons, and North Korean Labor: Links to Rearly...
Though this report comes very late, I thought it useful to include at least a nod in the direction of the batch of actions taken by the Pension Fund Global at the beginning of the year. An assessment...
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Seminar Presentation at Henan Normal University 河南师范大学: “Designing an Ideal...
It was my great honor to lead a seminar presentation at Henan Normal University河南师范大学 Law Faculty, Xin Xiang, Henan, PRC, on April 23, 2018. The seminar centered (as its title suggests) on Designing an...
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"Creating a New Pattern of Research on China’s Credit Legislation and Credit...
Flora Sapio and I recently participated in a day long set of events centered around China's "Social Credit" Initiative and related issues of big data management. Meeting with government officials and...
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Brief Thoughts on Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, 584 U.S. --- (2018): The State of...
On April 24, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much anticipated opinions in Jesner v. Arab Bank (No. 16-499) (Argued October 11, 2017; decided April 24, 2018) 584 U.S. -- (2018). Justice Kennedy...
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Invitation to open multi-stakeholder consultation with the UN Working Group...
The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights has decided to focus its 2018 report to the UN General Assembly on emerging practice and innovations of corporate human rights due diligence across...
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德黑兰，四月七日（Mehr News Agency）在就近期美国和中国针锋相对的关税争端发表评论时，白轲（Larry...
德黑兰，四月七日（Mehr News Agency）在就近期美国和中国针锋相对的关税争端发表评论时，白轲（Larry Backer）教授表示，两国经济一体化的深层次结构不会因为一系列的重新谈判而付之一炬。随着美国和中国加大针锋相对的关税争端，在过去几周内，人们常常说，没有人会赢得贸易战。宾夕法尼亚州立大学的法律和国际事务教授白轲就这个问题发表了看法。以下是对白轲教授采访的全文：[HERE for...
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Conference Presentation: “The Structures and Ideologies of Social Credit in...
I was honored to have been asked to participate in a recently concluded conference, 欧美国家信用法治经验及对中国的启示 [Experiences of Credit Law Practices From the U.S. and European Countries and its Implications for...
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Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning) Ethics Guidelines for the European...
China has advanced its much heralded approach to the management and direction of artificial intelligence (AI) since the Chinese State Council released the New Generation AI Development Plan...
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Flora Sapio: "The Making of Global Norms With Chinese...
On May 4th and 5th, Dr. Flora Sapio was invited to the Conference “China Global”, held at the University of Cologne (Germany). Conference Program may be found here. Dr. Sapio presented a paper titled...
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Action and Reaction: President Trump to Withdraw the U.S. From the Joint...
Today President Trump announced that he was taking steps to "terminating the United States’ participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran and re-imposing sanctions lifted...
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"Asia and International Law in Challenging Times"--Annual Conference of the...
The Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law has just announced the Program for its Annual Conference to be held at Waseda Uniersity 1 July 2018. The theme for the conference is Asia...
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ASIL International Legal Theory Interest Group Symposium: "When Corporate and...
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2018)It was my great delight to attend a recently concluded ASIL International Legal Theory Interest Group (ILTIG) Symposium, When Corporate and International Law Meet:...
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"Where Neither Corporate Nor International Law Converge: The Multinational...
I was thrilled to have been able to participate in the recently concluded ASIL International Legal Theory Interest Group (ILTIG) Symposium, When Corporate and International Law Meet: Corporate Agency...
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"The Arc of Triumph and Transformation of the OECD Guidelines" Thoughts on...
From 2010 Professor Roel Nieuwenkamp was Chair of the OECD Working Party on International Investment and in that capacity chaired the negotiations on the 2011 update of the OECD Guidelines for...
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Workshop Presentation: "The Protection of the Rights of Corporations Under...
I was delighted to have been invited by Professors Zhiwei Tong and Sun Ping of East China University of Political Science and Law to conduct a workshop for faculty and students on “The Protection of...
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Malaysia Under Anwar Ibrahim and Mahatir Mohamad. . . Again: Sex, the Serpent...
The political cycles in Malaysia run astonishingly fast. And yet they appear, during the lives of its greatest protagonists, to merely replay patterns of alliance, rebellion, denunciation,...
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