Da Silva v Brazil Iron. High Court, applying the Court of Appeal’s approach in Limbu v Dyson and with emphasis on the possibility to obtain substantial justice, rejects suggestion of ‘judicial colonialism’, accepts jurisdiction in Brasilian mining pollution case. – Go Health Pro

Da Silva v Brazil Iron. High Court, applying the Court of Appeal’s approach in Limbu v Dyson and with emphasis on the possibility to obtain substantial justice, rejects suggestion of ‘judicial colonialism’, accepts jurisdiction in Brasilian mining pollution case. – Go Health Pro

In my contribution to the EAPIL online seminar discussing Ekatarina Aristova’s excellent Tort Litigation against Transnational Corporations: The Challenge of Jurisdiction in English Courts (OUP 2024), I flagged the discussion by Dr Aristova in Chapter 6 of the book, of one of the objections to jurisdiction exercised by ‘European’ or by extension courts in the Global North, … Read more

Judicial Paternalism and Free Speech in India – Go Health Pro

Judicial Paternalism and Free Speech in India – Go Health Pro

In one of my contributions to Verfassungsblog last year, I analyzed the decision of the Indian Supreme Court in Nipun Malhotra v. Sony Pictures Film India Pvt Ltd to show how, among other things, the Court tends to ‘assume the seat of a social reformer’ by adopting a ‘guidance-laden approach’ while deciding free speech cases, … Read more

Judicial Independence and the EU-Switzerland Framework Treaty – Go Health Pro

Judicial Paternalism and Free Speech in India – Go Health Pro

The European Union is about to finalise a package of sectoral treaties with Switzerland. Its goal is to institutionalise five existing treaties and to conclude three new ones. At the core of these agreements lies the dispute settlement mechanism, modelled after the EU’s agreements with the post-Soviet states of Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. This … Read more

We Are Launching the Judicial Resilience Project – Go Health Pro

We Are Launching the Judicial Resilience Project – Go Health Pro

How Vulnerable Is the German Judiciary? Over the past 18 months, we have studied what would happen if authoritarian populists gained control over state power in the Eastern German state of Thuringia. We travelled across the entire Federal Republic to better understand this question and bring our scenarios to public attention. In our more than … Read more

CfB International Human Rights Law in Practice; EIL Ethical Standards and Judicial Discipline Webinar; CfA Climate Heritage Reparations; International Energy Law Seminar; CfP Perspectives on Sustainable Development in the Artic; Climate Change Education Workshop; Law of the Sea Summer Academy; EU Law in Changing Europe Masterclass; CfS Netherlands Yearbook of International Law; CfP Canadian Yearbook of International Law – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

CfB International Human Rights Law in Practice; EIL Ethical Standards and Judicial Discipline Webinar; CfA Climate Heritage Reparations; International Energy Law Seminar; CfP Perspectives on Sustainable Development in the Artic; Climate Change Education Workshop; Law of the Sea Summer Academy; EU Law in Changing Europe Masterclass; CfS Netherlands Yearbook of International Law; CfP Canadian Yearbook of International Law – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

1. Call for Books: International Human Rights Law in Practice Series.  The Series Editors of the International Human Rights Law in Practice Series are inviting proposals for the publication of monographs, edited volumes, and commentaries, on any aspect falling within the remit of the Series. The Editors are particularly interested in books touching on aspects of the following topics: (i) Addressing Inequalities within and among States through Human Rights; (ii) Climate Change and Human Rights Law; (iii) Human Rights in Armed Conflict: Case studies; and (iv) Migration and Human Rights Law. Prospective authors should submit by 30 June 2025 the following: (i) a 1600-word overview of the content and structure the book; (ii) a 700-word outline of the reasons as to why the book should be published in light of existing case law and literature; (iii) a sample chapter (only in the case of manuscripts at an advanced stage); and (iv) a curriculum vitae. Submissions should be sent to the attention of Lauren Danahy, Acquisitions Editor at lauren.danahy {at} brill(.)com. After a first in-house assessment, the proposal shall be submitted to double-blind peer review. Once a proposal is accepted, prospective authors shall be invited to produce the entire manuscript, which will be, in turn, submitted to double-blind peer-review.  

2. ELI Webinar on Ethical Standards and Judicial Discipline. On 27 November 2024, the European Law Institute (ELI), adopted its ELI-Mount Scopus European Standards of Judicial Independence, available here, to strengthen and uphold the impartiality of European judiciaries. The third webinar in the Judicial Independence Series will take place on 12 February 2025 from 12:30–14:00 CET. More information and registration here.

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