Hinduism is based on a concept known as dharma. The essence of dharma is the distinction between good, supporting the cosmic order, and evil, which poses a threat to this order. Accordingly, the preservation of good at the cost of a war was justified in ancient Vedic society. However, unlike the...

This article is designed to examine the tension that is emerging in jurisprudence and state practice between the desire and need to protect legitimate rights and expectations of foreign investors on the one hand and the need not to unduly restrict the right of host governments to take measures...

This book offers an up-to-date, scholarly overview of the law of foreign investment, incorporating a thorough and succinct analysis of the principles and standards of treatment available to foreign investors in international law. It is authoritative and multi-layered, offering an analysis of the...

This chapter looks at international law in Nepal. Nepal has had more than its fair share of internal political upheavals. In the latter part of the twentieth century, this history was complemented by a diverse set of interactions with the United Nations and the regimes negotiated under its...

The prospect of long-term global and irreversible harm to the environment by certain economic activities of our generation has brought environmental issues from the periphery to the center of the international political agenda. Consequently, the world has entered a new age of environmental...

The present report is submitted in accordance with decision 9/15 of the Human Rights Council. The present Special Rapporteur was appointed with effect from 1 May 2009 and he undertook his first mission to Cambodia a month later, from 16 to 26 June 2009. Given the lack of time to conduct an...

Cambodia has made some noteworthy progress in protecting and promoting human rights, including enacting some major new laws to this effect. The Government of Cambodia is more engaged with the United Nations human rights institutions and accepted all of the recommendations made during the...

The International Conference on Financing for Development was held from 18-22 March 2002 in Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.The Post Conference Daily Calendar provides links to all information from the plenaries, roundtables, side events and press conferences. The General Assembly will convene on...