by Jonathan Haskin | Apr 13, 2022 | All, Climate Change, Russia, Ukraine, Uncategorized
On March 1st, just five days after Russia’s surprise invasion of Ukraine, Switzerland-based energy company Nord Stream 2 AG filed for bankruptcy. The company’s future had already been imperiled the previous week by the German government’s decision to withdraw...
by Sarah Burns | Apr 4, 2022 | All, ICC, Uncategorized, United Nations
Background The concept of an international tribunal to prosecute accused perpetrators of violent crimes had been proposed countless times before the official establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2002. It was first proposed in 1872 by Gustav...
by Eric Cunningham | Mar 28, 2022 | All, Trade, U.S. Foreign Policy, Uncategorized
Introduction On Monday March 28th, the Supreme Court issued an order denying certiorari in Transpacific Steel v. United States (“Transpacific”), a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit about the President’s statutory authority...
by Connor Noel | Mar 24, 2022 | All, Comparative Law, Europe, European Union, Japan, Uncategorized
Patent rights are utilized across the globe to guarantee the rights of inventors and patent holders against infringement and misuse of their invention. The value of patents lies in the exclusivity to enjoy the oftentimes substantial economic benefits through the...
by Elizabeth Schroeder | Mar 21, 2022 | All, Comparative Law, North America, Uncategorized
A note on language: I use both “identity-first” (disabled person) and “people-first” (person with a disability) language throughout this article. People with disabilities are not a homogenous group, and different people have distinct preferences of how they would like...
by Laura Holt, Rebecca Nica and Arturo J. Carrillo | Mar 19, 2022 | All, Comparative Law, Middle East & North Africa, Pakistan, Special Features, Uncategorized
March 2022 This article was prepared by members of the GW Law Civil and Human Rights Law Clinic as part of the Clinic’s research and advocacy from 2020 to 2022. I. Introduction In Pakistan, criminal defamation laws are aggressively used by both civilians and the...
