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Title:How to reconcile health law and economic law with human rights? : administration of justice in tobacco control disputes Author(s):PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich Date:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2015/01Abstract:Tobacco companies and tobacco exporting members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have initiated an increasing number of disputes in national, regional and worldwide jurisdictions and investor-state arbitrations ...
Title:How to reconcile human rights, trade law, intellectual property, investment and health law? : WTO dispute settlement panel upholds Australia’s plain packaging regulations of tobacco products Author(s):PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2018/19Abstract:This comment on the legal findings of the four WTO panel reports of June 2018 on Australia's tobacco plain packaging (TPP) measures begins with a discussion of the ‘systemic interpretation’ challenges (I) and ‘legitimacy ...
Title:How to rein in fossil fuel subsidies? : towards a new WTO regime Author(s):HAPPERSBERGER, Simon; MATEO, Eleanor Reyes; ÜNEKBAŞ, Selçukhan Date:2021Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Graduate Institute of Geneva; Centre for Trade and Economic Integration (CTEI) Working Paper; 2021Abstract:Fossil fuel subsidies have negative consequences on the climate change, public budgets and and the transition to an environmentally friendly economy. Nevertheless, governments do not keep up with their commitments to phase ...
Title:How trade-restrictive is standardised packaging? : economic and legal implications of the WTO panel reports in Australia : tobacco plain packaging Author(s):BUZARD, Kristy; VOON, TaniaDate:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2019/72; Global Governance Programme-363; [Global Economics]Abstract:The lengthy and long-awaited WTO Panel Reports in Australia – Tobacco Plain Packaging contain a host of material for reflection, particularly in relation to the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and the Agreement ...
Title:How voluntary and mandatory due diligence requirements affect corporate compliance : insights from motivational crowding theory Author(s):VAN DER ZEE, EvaDate:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI; LAW; AEL; Working Paper; 2022/13; European Society of International Law (ESIL) PaperAbstract:The concept of mandatory due diligence legislation is gaining momentum worldwide. As such, businesses are now not only confronted with voluntary but also mandatory requirements. These voluntary and mandatory requirements ...
Title:Human Capital Externalities : Evidence from the Transition Economy of Russia Author(s):MURAVYEV, AlexanderDate:2006Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:DIW Berlin Discussion Paper; 2006/629
Title:A Human Dignitas? The Contemporary Principle of Human Dignity as a Mere Reappraisal of an Ancient Legal Concept Author(s):HENNETTE-VAUCHEZ, StéphanieDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2008/18Abstract:This paper suggests that the contemporary principle of human dignity in so far as it is used as means of limiting the exercise of individual freedom (in such landmark cases as the dwarf-throwing ones, as well as when ...
Title:Human resources and innovation : total factor productivity and foreign human capital Author(s):FASSIO, Claudio; KALANTARYAN, Sona ; VENTURINI, Alessandra Date:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/43; Migration Policy CentreAbstract:The objective of this paper is to analyse the role of migrants in innovation in Europe. We use Total Factor Productivity as a measure of innovation and focus on the three largest European countries – France, Germany and ...
Title:Human rights : a Third World perspective Author(s):YUSUF, Abdulqawi A.Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2013/01; Distinguished Lectures of the AcademyAbstract:First, let me take the second part of the title and consider the etymology of the expression ‘Third World’. The origin of the expression lies in the French phrase ‘Tiers Monde’, coined in 1952 by Alfred Sauvy as a play on ...
Title:Human Rights and International Economic Law: Common constitutional challenges and changing structures Author(s):PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich Date:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2012/07Abstract:This contribution is based on my lecture at the SIDI XVI annual meeting of the Italian Society of International Law in June 2011 at Catania. Section I of this contribution recalls that – due to the ‘dual’ and ‘incomplete ...
Title:Human rights and international humanitarian law in the common security and defence policy : legal framework and perspectives for PMSC regulation Author(s):FALCO, ValentinaDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2009/25; PRIV-WAR projectAbstract:The actual and potential role of private military and security companies (PMSCs) within the European Union’s crisis-management operations make it crucial to clarify the legal framework in which their personnel must operate. ...
Title:Human Rights and Women Migrant Workers in North Cyprus Author(s):GUVEN-LISANILER, Fatma; UGURAL, Sevin; RODRIGUEZ, LeopoldoDate:2005Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2005/18
Title:Human rights aspects of immigrant and refugee integration policies : a comparative assessment in selected Council of Europe member states Author(s):CARRERA, Sergio ; VANKOVA, Zvezda Date:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Council of Europe Issue Paper; 2019; [Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:This Issue Paper examines integration policies regarding immigrants and refugees in selected Council of Europe member states in light of human rights standards. In particular, it focuses on how the enjoyment of the right ...
Title:Human rights law in international investment arbitration Author(s):KUBE, Vivian ; PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich Date:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2016/02Abstract:Parts I-III of this paper give an overview of references to human rights – mainly at the initiative of host states and non-governmental third parties, but increasingly also by complainants and judges on their own initiative ...
Title:Human rights of persons with disabilities in international and EU law Editor(s):ESTRADA-TANCK, DorothyDate:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2016/01Abstract:The present Working Paper derives from the 'Workshop on Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities in International and EU Law' organised by the Human Rights Working Group of the European University Institute (EUI) and the ...
Title:Human rights require ‘cosmopolitan constitutionalism’ and cosmopolitan law for democratic governance of public goods Author(s):PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich Date:2013Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2013/04Abstract:The more ‘globalization’ transforms ‘national public goods’ demanded by citizens into transnational ‘aggregate public goods’, the stronger becomes the need for reviewing ‘Westphalian governance failures’ and related ‘legal ...
Title:Human Rights Violations by Private Persons and Entities: The Case-Law of International Human Rights Courts and Monitoring Bodies Author(s):ZIEMELE, InetaDate:2009Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI AEL; 2009/08; PRIV-WAR ProjectAbstract:The article sums up the state of international human rights law as concerns the issue of responsibility for human rights violations allegedly carried out by private persons and entities. It employs four main legal concepts: ...
Title:Human rights, constitutional justice and international economic adjudication : legal methodology problems Author(s):PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI LAW; 2018/18Abstract:International economic law (IEL) developed since ancient times based on private and public, national and transnational regulation of economic transactions and related economic policies. International human rights law (HRL) ...
Title:The human smuggling industry : nuances and complexities Author(s):ACHILLI, Luigi Date:2018Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:The University of Texas at El Paso; BTI Institute DHS Symposium Series; 2018/14; [Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:Despite the popular depiction as immoral and deceitful villain who do not hesitate to toss human beings in the sea or abandon them under the scorching desert sun, human smugglers’ services seem to be in high demand lately. ...
Title:Humanitarian action and non-state armed groups : the international legal framework Author(s):GILLARD, Emanuela-Chiara Date:2017Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:Chatham House Research Paper; 2017Abstract:The UN Security Council should be encouraged to systematically include humanitarian exemption clauses in sanctions regimes, as this is the best way of ensuring they are replicated in national law.