This chapter addresses the theory and practice that help to determine how and when the international human rights judiciary (IHRJ) can promote the human rights role of national parliaments. In the first part it asks: what ...

This paper examines the notion of the doctrine of humanitarian intervention and its relation with state sovereignty as the fundamental basis of the modern world order and attempts to establish whether a legal and legitimate ...

Foreign investors refer to arbitration for resolving their disputes with the host states. Recent practice demonstrates that the arbitral tribunals are often confronted with the question of legality of investment. This issue ...

Consequences from intensive fossil-fuel combustion are increased GHG emissions to the atmosphere and changes in the world’s ecosystem. Considering climate change problem produced and utilized biofuel can be one of the ...

An important ‘stress test’ for regional human rights courts would be to see how well such courts perform when faced with authoritarian, human rights-violating regimes that they are supposed to hinder or constrain. These ...