Boletín de referencias de actualidad de Derecho Internacional (10 mayo 2018) - International Law Current References Digest (May 10, 2018)

Nota: Este Boletín ha sido elaborado por el Prof. Francisco J. Zamora Cabot (Universidad Jaume I de Castellón) [email: zamora(at)dpr.uji.es], a quien agradezco la autorización para publicarlo en Conflictus Legum.

HH RR AND RELATED MATTERS

Rohingyas:

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/oic-assume-stronger-role-rohingya-crisis-180506171514197.html
• https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/08/un-security-council-refer-myanmar-icc

Land Grabs/Burma:

• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-landrights-court/myanmar-court-convicts-farmers-of-trespass-in-blow-to-land-rights-idUSKBN1I81X2

L.G./China:

• https://www.farmlandgrab.org/post/view/28127

ATS-Jesner:

• https://www.omm.com/resources/alerts-and-publications/alerts/supreme-court-further-limits-alien-tort-suits-against-corporations/
• https://verfassungsblog.de/corporate-liability-for-extraterritorial-human-rights-violations-the-us-in-retreat/ ******
• https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=57db20b2-fa9e-4aff-a768-d3cdbb093cb9&utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+General+section&utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2018-05-04&utm_term=

Due Diligence:

• http://www.international-alert.org/publications/human-rights-due-diligence-conflict-affected-settings

Child Labour:

• https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/how-electric-car-tech-companies-could-be-using-child-labour-mined-cobalt-from-small-scale-miners-in-dem-rep-of-congo-includes-companies-comments
• http://greedmedia.com/child-labour-poverty-and-terrible-working-conditions-lie-behind-the-sugar-you-eat/

Slavery:

• https://www.editions-dalloz.fr/esclavage-traite-et-exploitation-des-etres-humains.html#product_tabs
• https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/pape/news/2018-05/message-video-pape-francois-esclavage-moderne-argentine.html

Extractivism:

• http://movimientom4.org/2018/05/el-extractivismo-minero-y-produccion-de-la-naturaleza/

Chains of Supply:

• http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/2/535

Environment/Indigenous Peoples:

• https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/05/03/us/ap-us-oil-pipeline.html
• https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/utlj.2017-0062
• https://maytree.com/five-good-ideas/five-good-ideas-listening-and-learning-indigenous-peoples-and-human-rights/
• http://mnnews.today/aurora/may-2018/30581-west-papuans-cry-out-for-freedom/
• http://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1200401&dswid=9526
• http://www.actualidadjuridicaambiental.com/articulo-doctrinal-evolucion-de-la-prevencion-y-control-integrados-de-la-contaminacion-en-el-derecho-europeo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+actualidadjuridicaambiental%2FvnjC+%28Actualidad+Jur%C3%ADdica+Ambiental%29
• http://www.actualidadjuridicaambiental.com/nota-del-editor-articulos-doctrinales-20-anos-de-prevencion-y-control-integrados-de-la-contaminacion-balance-y-perspectivas/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+actualidadjuridicaambiental%2FvnjC+%28Actualidad+Jur%C3%ADdica+Ambiental%29
• https://www.amnesty.org.au/act-now/india-protect-indigenous-activist/
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/08/canadian-activists-pipeline-tiny-homes-british-columbia
• https://www.farmlandgrab.org/post/view/28116

TIJ and HHRR:

• https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3160073

On The Inter-American Court of HHRR:

• https://ilg2.org/2018/05/06/the-strategic-prudence-of-the-inter-american-court-of-human-rights-rejection-of-requests-for-an-advisory-opinion/

On Judgments Project:

• http://conflictoflaws.net/2018/hcch-revised-preliminary-explanatory-report-on-the-judgments-project-is-available-now/

Migrants/Refugees:

• https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/03/graveyard-of-dreams-julian-burnside-on-the-heartbreaking-plight-of-refugees
• https://www.aworldofhumanrights.com/refugees-asylum-seekers--migrants/libya-time-running-out-for-hundreds-of-migrants-and-refugees-in-dangerously-overcrowded-detention-center
• http://leidenlawblog.nl/articles/who-breaks-a-butterfly-on-a-wheel
• http://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/9149/migrants-file-echr-lawsuit-against-italy-for-sea-incident

Climate Change:

• http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/earth-and-environmental-science/environmental-policy-economics-and-law/governing-climate-change-polycentricity-action?format=HB&isbn=9781108418126#ojvIkdOPqRRkkQFK.97
• https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=231be76c-440f-45bc-b0dc-bc6eaa38ba03&utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+General+section&utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2018-05-09&utm_term=

Mass Atrocities:

• http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/TransitionalJusticeAndPrevention.aspx

Corporations and HHRR:

• https://www.openglobalrights.org/Being-flexible-while-staying-true-the-balance-of-engaging-corporations-in-human-rights/?lang=English

ECJ and HHRR:

• https://www.ejiltalk.org/a-court-that-dare-not-speak-its-name-human-rights-at-the-court-of-justice/

URG Update (Corruption and HHRR, Climate Change, etc.) *****:

• https://mailchi.mp/universal-rights/urg-update-august-1325633?e=d921c8c4ff

Conflicts and the ECHR:

• https://lawofnationsblog.com/2018/05/07/silence-amid-the-clash-of-arms-surveying-commentary-on-proposals-to-derogate-from-the-echr-in-armed-conflict/

Child Labour:

• https://brotfueralle.ch/content/uploads/2017/03/R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9-rapport-LafargeHolcim.pdf

Book on the Critique of HHRR:

• http://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/Product/Lacroix-Justine-Universite-Libre-de-Bruxelles/Human-rights-on-trial---a-genealogy-of-the-critique-of-human-rights/9781108424394

Treaty on Bus. and HHRR:

• https://www.somo.nl/international-law-lags-behind-economic-reality/?utm_source=SOMO+Newsletter&utm_campaign=f8ff5d3483-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ba1b8b451d-f8ff5d3483-309878657

Report on Corruption and HHRR:

• https://www.universal-rights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Policy_report_corruption_LR.pdf

IDLO's Justice Digest:

• http://www.idlo.int/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=778

Access to Water:

• https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2018/05/global-analysis-finds-water-related-terrorism-rise/

TRANSNATIONAL LAW ISSUES

Standing and Surveillance:

• https://harvardlawreview.org/2018/04/standing-surveillance-and-technology-companies/

Interesting Papers by Professor Whytock:

• http://conflictoflaws.net/2018/us-papers-on-conflict-of-laws-international-law-global-governance/

Tax Havens:

• https://www.oxfam.org/en/shining-light-tax-havens-eu-cant-ignore

Worldwide Freezing Orders:

• https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=dbe85173-5846-46ba-8ed1-7650b69cfa25&utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+General+section&utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2018-05-04&utm_term=
• https://hsfnotes.com/litigation/2018/05/03/commercial-court-clarifies-scope-of-standard-undertaking-not-to-enforce-worldwide-freezing-order-abroad-without-courts-permission/
• https://gavclaw.com/2018/05/09/bankas-snoras-v-antonov-et-al-freezing-injunctions-and-lis-alibi-pendens/

Anti-Corruption:

• http://www.fcpablog.com/blog/2018/5/3/sundar-narayanan-on-corruption-lets-consider-the-role-of-bel.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+fcpablog%2FsLbh+%28The+FCPA+Blog%29

New Issue of EJIL:

• https://www.ejiltalk.org/ejil-in-this-issue-4/
• https://www.ejiltalk.org/new-issue-of-ejil-vol-29-2018-no-1-published/

EU/Investments:

• http://www.cepc.gob.es/publicaciones/revistas/revistaselectronicas?IDR=4&IDN=1393&IDA=38366

New Company Law Rules:

• https://www.eubusiness.com/topics/eulaw/company-law

Texas Long Arm Statute:

• http://leidenlawblog.nl/articles/jurisdiction-under-the-texas-long-arm-statute#.WvBkAoxKwKo.linkedin

Investments-Achmea:

• https://www.ejiltalk.org/achmea-the-fate-and-future-of-intra-eu-investment-treaty-awards-under-the-new-york-convention/

Consumer's Law:

• https://cartasblogatorias.com/2018/05/07/union-europea-propuesta-para-avanzar-en-la-tutela-colectiva-de-los-consumidores/

Data Rules and Trade Agreements:

• https://www.cigionline.org/articles/data-rules-modern-trade-agreements-toward-reconciling-open-internet-privacy-and-security

Turmoil at the WTO:

• https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news18_e/gc_07may18_e.htm

Taxing the MTNS:

• https://www.rug.nl/research/portal/publications/taxing-the-multinational-enterprise-on-the-forced-redesign-of-global-value-chains-and-other-inefficiencies(25f53e37-718c-48e3-b430-13f9043c2548)/export.html

Petrobras in Bolivia:

• https://www.academia.edu/36491582/Petrobras_in_Bolivia_Is_there_a_rule_of_law_in_the_primitive_world

Investments-UNCITRAL: 

• https://www.somo.nl/isds-reform-need-substantive-overhaul-investment-protection/?utm_source=SOMO+Newsletter&utm_campaign=f8ff5d3483-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ba1b8b451d-f8ff5d3483-309878657

Immunities:

• http://opiniojuris.org/2018/05/08/jams-v-ifc-on-io-immunity-case/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+opiniojurisfeed+%28Opinio+Juris%29
• https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=04054bb8-8d4a-419f-8f72-417049c54373&utm_source=lexology+daily+newsfeed&utm_medium=html+email+-+body+-+general+section&utm_campaign=lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=lexology+daily+newsfeed+2018-05-09&utm_term=
• https://gavclaw.com/2018/05/10/lloyds-v-syria-state-immunity-and-submission-to-us-jurisdiction/

Investments:

• https://www.ejiltalk.org/crimea-investment-disputes-are-jurisdictional-hurdles-being-overcome-too-easily/
• https://fernandezrozas.com/2018/05/09/el-acuerdo-de-proteccion-de-las-inversiones-entre-la-union-europea-y-sus-estados-miembros-por-una-parte-y-la-republica-de-singapur-por-otra-esta-mas-cerca/
• https://academic.oup.com/yel/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/yel/yex013/4824946
• https://www.thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2018/05/08/a-corporate-giant-is-taking-nicola-sturgeons-government-to-court-over-human-rights-violations/

Public Policy/Arbitration:

• https://lawofnationsblog.com/2018/05/10/public-policy-exception-when-are-allegations-of-fraud-not-enough/

MISCELLANEOUS

On Good Faith in English Law:

• https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=05bafdd0-cdc7-4930-91c2-488c095a01fb&utm_source=lexology+daily+newsfeed&utm_medium=html+email+-+body+-+general+section&utm_campaign=lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=lexology+daily+newsfeed+2018-05-04&utm_term=

Wilson Weekly:

• http://pages.wilsoncenter.org/index.php/email/emailWebview?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWXpFM01tSTNNMkl6TVRKbSIsInQiOiJjV2ZsS0MzNUlCcVZXQ1BPcWFXbldEeW5Zdk1aYTR0b2p6UGlSdmUzN0swU0liaEhzMDBEWllBZE12ZGs2enpJMnJXdmZHQXoxd1ZYK2ZFU2lkZzlKSStOa3pCSVdYYldmSGxrSFAxckFKbDcrT2I3ejhxZU9EOXlFdU5tQmtwQSJ9

Online Divorces:

• http://www.lawandreligionuk.com/2018/05/06/online-divorce-applications-rolled-out-across-england-wales/

Universities as Enterprises:

• https://www.lenouvelliste.ca/actualites/lock-out-a-luqtr-cest-une-vraie-catastrophe-8154bb95efb0fd95ea1f15eca031f146

Polar Silk Road:

• https://international.thenewslens.com/article/94855

Smart Contracts:

• http://conflictuslegum.blogspot.com.es/2018/05/bibliografia-novedad-editorial.html
• https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=683fb3c1-dd6f-4daa-9fc7-dd43d44dcd24&utm_source=lexology+daily+newsfeed&utm_medium=html+email+-+body+-+general+section&utm_campaign=lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=lexology+daily+newsfeed+2018-05-10&utm_term=

Reform of the Polish Constitution:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSC4ulE_jdQ

Countering Populism:

• http://app.mx3.americanprogressaction.org/e/es.aspx?s=785&e=1143751&elqTrackId=ac8045166cea40e9af686322c61b4fc1&elq=51196bc392534eafbec5a33a0e94c18e&elqaid=37740&elqat=1