Public Law Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention – zero impact? Part 1 Despite what Turkey claims, the domestic impact of Turkey’s recent withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention is cause for concern. Jing Rou Loh + 2 others • 28-05-2021
Interdisciplinary Study of the Law Allegations of genocide in the XUAR must be urgently investigated This article is a response to the blog ‘Debating genocide, but in whose language?’, by Michael Liu. Anouk Wear • 26-05-2021
Private Law A Historic Milestone for Mainland China-Hong Kong Cross-border Insolvency A recently-signed Record of Meeting marks a milestone for cooperation between Mainland China and Hong Kong on cross-border insolvency issues. What is it about? And what does it mean for the future? Shuai Guo • 25-05-2021
Interdisciplinary Study of the Law Debating genocide, but in whose language? To legally categorise what is happening in Xinjiang as crimes against humanity or genocide assumes genocide is the crime of crimes and necessarily entails killing. We need to decolonise genocide. Michael Liu • 18-05-2021
Public Law Covid: The touchstone of democracy? With vaccinations hopefully ending the pandemic soon, a reflection on Yuval Harari’s gloomy forecast that COVID-19 benefits authoritarian regimes at the cost of democracy. Eva Grosfeld + 1 other • 17-05-2021
Public Law The effect of vaccine nationalism and the global right to health Competition to gain fast access to Corona virus vaccines has led to vaccine nationalism. Under current circumstances, does international law recognize a global right to health that States should respect? Senuri de Silva • 04-02-2021
Public Law Rule of law conditionality in EU spending: Time to pull the plug on illiberalism Illiberal leaders in Poland and Hungary are using Covid-19 to consolidate their powers and violate EU values. Could the Union’s budget be used as leverage to force them to comply with the rule of law? Amandine van Zuylen • 13-05-2020
Public Law How to exit the exit? Corona crisis during social unrest In some countries the COVID-19 pandemic has put protests and social unrest on hold. How should lockdown exit strategies in those countries take special account of human rights standards? Carolina Flores • 12-05-2020
Public Law Ensuring the right to education in times of COVID-19 The right to education is a human right. State measures to combat the corona crisis mean that 1.2 billion students are affected by school closures worldwide. Could education systems have prepared better? Aliona Normandin • 01-05-2020
