This article critically assesses the feasibility of the recently proposed Investment Court System (ICS) under the envisaged Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), from the perspective of the Court of Justice ...

The thesis examines the accountability of state and non-state actors under international law of child soldiering. It argues that states and non-state actors as such must be made accountable for breaching their obligation ...

Since 1998, non-state actors have had access to submit an ‘amicus curiae’ brief to the WTO DSM. Like other forms of non-state actor involvement in the WTO, amicus curiae access has been controversial. Despite this controversy, ...

Verden oversvømmes av våpen, og hvert år blir så mange som 500,000 mennesker drept som en følge av håndvåpen. Våpenkriminalitet forer vold og konflikter, og de spres uanstrengt via internasjonale farvann. Ulovlige håndvåpen ...

The increasing demand for domestic work in affluent European countries is reflected by the influx of mostly young women au pairs from non-EU/EEA countries, particularly from the Philippines. Au pairs under the 1969 ...

Barns med- og selvbestemmelsesrett har vært tema flere ganger i FAB, ofte rettet inn mot helsespørsmål. På dette området foreligger nå viktige lovendringsforslag som skal presenteres og vurderes. Samtidig gis en oppdatert ...

The EU’s new Free Trade and Investment Agreements (FTIAs) are meant to tackle many of the issues that led to the contestation of international investment law, by increasing the control of the contracting parties over the ...