Steve Peers, Professor of Law, Royal Holloway University of London* Photo credit: Aldo Ardetti, via Wikimedia Commons *Thanks to Justin Borg-Barthet for corsair quote **This blog post builds on research for the upcoming third edition of The EU Citizenship Directive: A Commentary, by Elspeth Guild, Steve Peers and Jonathan Tomkin (OUP, 2026) Defending … Read more
In February 2025, the South Korean government promised a long-term plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, whereas previous plans were limited to 2030. In this post, I examine how a court case considering the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change influenced this shift. The Constitutional Court’s ruling in D.H. Kim et al … Read more
Editor’s note: This post is part of the EJIL:Talk! Symposium on ‘Expanding Human Rights Protection to Non-Human Subjects? African, Inter-American and European Perspectives.’ As in previous industrial revolutions –bolstered by scientific discovery– bold entrepreneurs seek to influence decision-makers and shape social and legal rules to achieve the precarious assembly of raw materials, energy, labour, and … Read more
The Dutch SC has today held that it is minded to refer to the CJEU on a variety of issues relating to Rome II’s applicable law rule for (follow-on damages claims) related to competition law infringement. The case is related to the air cargo cartel referral which I flag here and is a follow-up to … Read more
The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency is scrambling to contact more than 130 former employees after a federal court ruled that the Trump administration must reinstate workers it “unlawfully” fired. U.S. District Judge James Bredar last week ordered the Trump administration to reinstate employees laid off across a number of U.S. government agencies, including the Department … Read more