Exploration and collection of marine genetic resources ('MGRs') has led to the identification of more than 15,000 molecules. As a result of these discoveries, the number of international claims for marine gene patents deposited between 1991 and 2009 reached 677, and dozens of products based on...

This Perspective discusses counterclaims of respondent states in investor-state dispute-settlement (ISDS) as effective means to better integrate investment and human rights law. It does so in light of the current UNCITRAL process on ISDS reform, as well as the recent UN treaty project on human...

Notes on Contributors Foreword Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction Angelica Bonfanti 2 Sustainable Development Goals in Europe and Their Intersection with the Business and Human Rights Framework Paolo Davide Farah 3 Managing Global Interdependencies through Law and Governance:...

Machine generated contents note: Part I. Multilevel Cooperation in the Mediterranean: 1. Conceptualizing a migrant's rights-based EuroMed cooperation: political, legal and judicial rationale Francesca Ippolito; 2. EuroMed, migration, and frenemy-ship: pretending to deepen cooperation across the...

The present paper wants to identify and discuss the legal challenges posed by the offshore energy industry in the light of the relevant international legal framework, which is fragmented among the different fields of international law mentioned above, and among different sectors of activities...

This paper draws a sketch of the legal framework in which Frontex operative activities started in 2006-2007. It then focus on the legally of such operations in the light of the international obligations binding EU and EU member states in the field of human rights, asylum law and law of the sea....