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New Space technologies, Earth observation and satellite navigation in particular, have proven to be invaluable drivers of sustainable development, thus contributing to the protection of several human rights (the “Good”). At the same time, however, New Space technologies raise concerns for the right to privacy (the “Bad”), and face a number of challenges posed by hostile cyber operations (the “Ugly”). Dr. Arianna Vettorel analyzes the relevant international, European and domestic legal frameworks and highlights the need for several innovative approaches and reforms, in a transnational and bottom-up perspective, in order to maximize the Good, and minimize the Bad and the Ugly, of New Space technologies.
This Commentary provides the first comprehensive analysis of the Council of Europe (CoE) Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the Istanbul Convention). It offers a complete article-by-article guide to the Convention with reference to the explanatory report, the findings of the monitoring body (GREVIO) and relevant State practice.
This book considers the European Union as a project with a major antidiscrimination goal, which is important to remember at a time of increasing resentment against particularly exposed groups, especially migrants, refugees, members of ethnic or religious minorities and LGBTI persons. While equality and non-discrimination have long been core principles of the international community as a whole, as is made obvious by the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, they have shaped European integration in a particular way. The concepts of diversity, pluralism and equality have always been inherent in that process, the EU being virtually founded on the values of equality and non-di...
The effect of Globalization on health has attracted the attention of scholars and policy makers across multiple disciplines. A key concern is the regulation of international health protection, and in particular the use of international health instruments and the complex interaction between international law and health considerations. For the first time, a group of law and policy scholars have analysed these issues, drawing on knowledge from their respective fields. The resulting book provides comprehensive coverage of contemporary issues in global health law and governance.
In General Principles for Business and Human Rights in International Law Ludovica Chiussi Curzi offers an overview of the relevance of general principles of law in the multifaceted discourse on business and human rights. What are the implications of the state duty to protect human rights in good faith and to guarantee victims of corporate human rights violations access to justice? Can general principles of law, such as abuse of rights, due diligence, and estoppel provide a source of obligations for companies that is relevant to human rights protection? Has an autonomous principle on corporate liability developed in international law? These are the questions at the core of this monograph, which seeks the answers in the normative foundations of public international law.
New Space technologies, such as Earth observation and satellite navigation systems, offer several development possibilities, but they also have the potential to adversely affect individuals' rights. The protection of these rights is at the core of this book.
Após a entrada em vigor do Tratado de Amesterdão (1999), e no desenvolvimento do Espaço de Liberdade, de Segurança e de Justiça então criado, as instituições da União Europeia aprovaram um conjunto de actos de direito da União em matéria de direito internacional privado (conflitos de leis e conflitos de jurisdições). Pode assim falar-se, a este propósito, de um direito internacional privado da União Europeia, cujas regras, nas matérias a que se dirigem, afastam a aplicação das normas homólogas de criação estadual. O presente trabalho, para além de inserir aquela criação normativa da União no contexto que a justificou, analisa alguns dos mais relevantes daqueles diplo...
English summary: Hiring out wombs to bear children for childless couples is banned in most of the world, Germany included. But when German would-be parents rent a mother from abroad, how should such a case be dealt with? Chris Thomale offers a solution to this complex and growing legal problem. German description: Die rechtliche Behandlung der Leihmutterschaft beschaftigt in wachsendem Masse Gerichte und Normsetzer auf allen Ebenen. Dabei beruhren sich familienrechtliche mit international-privatrechtlichen, kollisionsrechtliche mit prozessrechtlichen sowie einfachrechtliche mit grundrechtlichen und unionsrechtlichen Anwendungsproblemen. Dieser Oberflache der rechtspositiven Debatte liegen jedoch rechtsethische, rechtstheoretische und vor allem rechtspolitische Fragestellungen zugrunde, die sich erst aus der Regulierungsperspektive eines ausseren Betrachters und hypothetischen Rechtsetzers beurteilen lassen. Chris Thomale bemuht sich darum, beide Herangehensweisen zusammenzufuhren, um die internationale Leihmutterschaft einer umfassenden Fundamentalkritik zu unterziehen.
Alla luce dei nuovi scenari giuridici del terzo millennio e dei grandi mutamenti sociali, con particolare riguardo ai diritti dell’uomo, inteso non solo e non più come soggetto di diritto, ma come persona, titolare del valore supremo della dignità, non certo irrilevante appare il concetto di “riforma” da sviluppare in tutta la sua estensione storico-letterale. Grazie ad uno sguardo attento sulle diverse possibilità di dare una nuova veste al diritto vigente, è forse possibile renderlo effettivamente diritto “vivente”, al fine di plasmarne nuove morfologie. Questo non significa certo rinnegare la forza delle categorie tradizionali, quando, attraverso l’interpretazione, sia ess...
International Food Law and Policy is the first interdisciplinary piece of academic literature of its kind with a comprehensive, reader-friendly approach to teaching the major aspects of food regulation, law, policy, food safety and environmental sustainability in a global context. The sections are grouped by continents and focus on a range of cross-disciplinary subjects, such as public health, international food trade, the right to food, intellectual property and global regulatory aspects of food production. With its systematic approach, this book will be a valuable resource both for professionals working in food regulation and anyone interested in the subject. It provides a solid foundation for courses and master’s programs in environmental management, food law, policy and regulation, and sustainable development around the world.