How proper monitoring can contribute to adequate legislation Proper monitoring and standard setting is of crucial importance to successfully combatting plastic pollution. This blog discusses the relationship between data and the effective regulation of plastic pollution. Vera de Boer and Emma Stekelenburg • January 23, 2020 • 2 comments
De Nederlandse (faillissements)rechter is geen onbenul Onlangs plaatsten drie Amsterdamse wetenschappers een noodkreet in het Financieele Dagblad. Onder de kop “Nieuwe wet in faillissementsrecht benadeelt vooral kleine ondernemingen” stelden zij dat de Wet Homologatie Onderhands Akkoord (WHOA) vooral kleine ondernemingen kan schaden. Reinout Vriesendorp • January 22, 2020
Homophobic bias in conditions for donating blood Prohibitions and restrictions on donating blood continue to affect homosexual males around the world. Why it is high time for future legal innovations to change the approach to this delicate matter. Francesco Schmidt • January 17, 2020 • 3 comments
The impact of tightened counter-terrorism policies on humanitarian action When the line between terrorism and armed conflict is blurred and when the enemy becomes a terrorist, humanitarian action is most at stake. How exactly does this recent tendency to tighten counter-terrorism policies impede the work of the ICRC? Merve Çavuşoğlu • January 10, 2020 • 2 comments
The fallacy of reactive regulation: AI bias as an unchecked tool of systemic oppression The rapid integration of new artificial intelligence systems into our lives has raised a number of grave human rights concerns. A proactive regulatory framework is necessary to address the potential for profuse systemic bias in these systems. Waruguru Gaitho • January 08, 2020 • 1 comment
A run on the Bank(ović): 18 years later, will the court provide clarity in Hanan v. Germany? With the pending case of Hanan v. Germany, the Grand Chamber has the opportunity to consider anew whether airstrikes fall within the jurisdiction of the Convention, and clarify – once and for all – that Member States cannot do abroad what they cannot do at home. Katie Pentney • January 06, 2020 • 1 comment
“Free the MEPs” Roars the Court of Justice? In its Junqueras judgment, the European Court of Justice resorted to the principle of representative democracy to protect European parliamentary rights from national law. Nathan de Arriba-Sellier • December 20, 2019
The myth of bioplastics Many companies have discovered that making their products sustainable is a unique selling point and good for PR. Some are eager to promote bioplastics as being more sustainable. Often this is not the case. Thomas Meekel • December 16, 2019
Arbitrability of competition claims in China – A case study of the EU, US and China Both China’s arbitration law and competition law were derived from western jurisdictions around 10 years ago. In recent years, arbitration has become the preferable forum as an alternative to litigation in China. Siyou Zhou • December 16, 2019 • 5 comments
