An Independent Norm Under Customary International Law to Prohibit Secondary Sanctions? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

An Independent Norm Under Customary International Law to Prohibit Secondary Sanctions? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

We can witness in real time how the Trump administration is devastating international relations as well as the international legal order. Sanctions form an integral part of this disruptive behaviour, as they attribute political and economic weight to the US’ foreign policy agendas (see e.g. here; here). One particular tool to maximize these aspired goals … Read more

Market makers – A dream come true for secondary cat bond liquidity: SIFMA 2025 – Go Health Pro

Market makers – A dream come true for secondary cat bond liquidity: SIFMA 2025 – Go Health Pro

The entry of market makers to enhance liquidity options in the secondary market for trading catastrophe bonds would be a dream come true, speakers suggested at the SIFMA ILS 2025 conference in Miami yesterday.Exploring the secondary trading environment in the catastrophe bond sector, panellists from the investor side, in one of yesterday’s discussions at the … Read more

The right to perform secondary movements under international refugee law – Go Health Pro

The right to perform secondary movements under international refugee law – Go Health Pro

    Paolo Biondi, EU Asylum Agency   Photo credit: Ggia, via Wikimedia Commons     Introduction   The 1951 Refugee Convention is a pivotal document in international refugee protection, outlining the rights of asylum seekers and the responsibilities of states. Central to this convention is Article 31(1), which addresses the non-penalization of refugees for … Read more

ALLEA Statement in Support of Secondary Publication Rights for Scholarly Articles – Go Health Pro

ALLEA Statement in Support of Secondary Publication Rights for Scholarly Articles – Go Health Pro

The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) has for many years supported the move away from proprietary models of scholarly publishing towards Open Access (OA).[1] ALLEA, therefore, welcomes the recognition in the laws of an increasing number of European countries of so-called ‘Secondary Publication Rights’ (SPRs) that allow publicly funded researchers to … Read more

CfP Ljubljana Sanctions Conference; Secondary Sanctions and the International Legal Order Discussion; The Law of International Society Lecture; CfS Cyber Law Toolkit; ICCT Live Webinar – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

An Independent Norm Under Customary International Law to Prohibit Secondary Sanctions? – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

1. Call for Papers: Ljubljana Sanctions Conference. The Ljubljana Sanctions Conference will be held on 25 – 26 September 2025 at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. The event aims to encourage interdisciplinary discussions by bringing together practitioners, scholars, and experts to explore various aspects of sanctions in international and European law, politics, and economics. The organisers invite abstracts covering a wide range of topics, including the evolution of international sanctions practices, theoretical and practical perspectives on sanctions, challenges in national sanctions implementation, sanctions and human rights, legal issues surrounding the confiscation of state and private property, sanctions as geo-political and geo-economic tools, links between sanctions and investment law, sanctions and humanitarian action, critical views on sanctioning policies and double standards, and TWAIL perspectives on sanctions. Paper and panel proposal up to 500 words must be submitted by 31 December 2024. The call for papers and submission portal is available here.

2. Secondary Sanctions and the International Legal Order Panel Discussion. The T.M.C. Asser Instituut is hosting the free event “Secondary Sanctions and the International Legal Order” at 18:00 CET on 5 November 2024 in The Hague, the Netherlands. Register here.

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