Outputs (411)

Debts unravelled: trust law's unbiased approach to resolving sovereign defaults. (2023)
Journal Article
MAK, C.H.W. 2023. Debts unravelled: trust law's unbiased approach to resolving sovereign defaults. Trusts and trustees [online], 29(5), pages 437-443. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/tandt/ttad023

Sovereign debt defaults have long ignited debate in international finance as debtors, creditors and global entities wrestle with clashing interests. Trust law emerges as a fair and objective method, with trusts formed to manage and disburse funds for... Read More about Debts unravelled: trust law's unbiased approach to resolving sovereign defaults..

Namibia: energy policy. (2023)
Other
MOLLER, L. 2023. Namibia: energy policy. In Tiess, G., Majumder, T. and Cameron, P. (eds.) Encyclopedia of mineral and energy policy. Berlin: Springer [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40871-7_159-2

This contribution provides a general overview of Namibia's context and energy policy.

Deciphering gender disparities in socioeconomic cum cultural and religious practices in Africa. (2023)
Journal Article
ODUSANYA, T.O., FAYOMI, O.O. and OGUNSANWO, A. 2023. Deciphering gender disparities in socioeconomic cum cultural and religious practices in Africa. Innovare journal of social sciences [online], 11(3), pages 9-14. Available from: https://doi.org/10.22159/ijss.2023.v11i3.47686

Demographically, more than half of the African population are women. Nevertheless, disparities in allusion to gender linger at the apex of contemporary issues, especially in Africa. For several decades, women have been continuously sidelined from soc... Read More about Deciphering gender disparities in socioeconomic cum cultural and religious practices in Africa..

Human rights and the war in Ukraine. [Blog post] (2023)
Digital Artefact
LYONS, C. 2023. Human rights and the war in Ukraine. [Blog post]. Posted on the RGU Law School Blog [online], 19 April 2023. Available from: https://rgulaw.blog/2023/04/19/human-rights-and-the-war-in-ukraine/

The 1940 Katyn massacre, and its unexpected confluence with contemporary European human rights standards, is evoked here so as to give some context to an overview of the human rights consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Whil... Read More about Human rights and the war in Ukraine. [Blog post].

Non-adherence of MNOCs to corporate obligations: a review of litigation from the Niger Delta. (2023)
Thesis
OCHEI, N.V. 2023. Non-adherence of MNOCs to corporate obligations: a review of litigation from the Niger Delta. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2071698

Multinational oil companies (MNOCs) claim that they have several corporate obligations to protect human rights and the environment in which they operate, and to resolve with local communities any disputes arising from their operations in the shortest... Read More about Non-adherence of MNOCs to corporate obligations: a review of litigation from the Niger Delta..

Sovereign debt sustainability: multilateral debt treatment and the credit rating impasse. (2023)
Journal Article
MAK, C.H.W. 2023. Sovereign debt sustainability: multilateral debt treatment and the credit rating impasse. INSOL world [online], 2023(1st Quarter), page 39. Available from: https://publications.insol.org/view/823629741/39/

This is a review of "Sovereign Debt Sustainability: Multilateral Debt Treatment and the Credit Rating Impasse" by Daniel Cash (Routledge, 2022). The 2007-09 global economic crisis resulted in pressing issues for many countries, especially those with... Read More about Sovereign debt sustainability: multilateral debt treatment and the credit rating impasse..

Hong Kong: civil and commercial judgments: reciprocal recognition of Hong Kong and mainland court judgments. (2023)
Journal Article
MAK, C.H.W. 2023. Hong Kong: civil and commercial judgments: reciprocal recognition of Hong Kong and mainland court judgments. Journal of international banking law and regulation [online], 38(4), pages N16-N17. Available from: https://uk.westlaw.com/Document/I1A0AD610C2CF11EDAFD6F430EC801F0E/View/FullText.html

The Hong Kong Legislative Council passed The Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (MJREO) on 26 October 2022. The Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commerc... Read More about Hong Kong: civil and commercial judgments: reciprocal recognition of Hong Kong and mainland court judgments..

Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis. (2023)
Book Chapter
ARNELL, P. and LYONS, C. 2023. Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 26, pages 421-431. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_26

The migration crisis has posed fundamental questions for European institutions. Amongst these are whether EU human rights reality matches its rhetoric. The answer is a resounding no. The reaction of the EU to the crisis has entailed an abdication of... Read More about Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis..

An effective multi-stakeholder strategy for environmental sustainability in oil and gas-producing areas. (2023)
Thesis
DEBSKI, J.A. 2023. An effective multi-stakeholder strategy for environmental sustainability in oil and gas-producing areas. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2071585

Environmental sustainability dominates global discourse because of the increasing challenges of mitigation and adaptation to global warming. The aims and targets of ongoing international initiatives are proving insufficient, and are particularly diff... Read More about An effective multi-stakeholder strategy for environmental sustainability in oil and gas-producing areas..

The shameful response to Shamima Begum. [Newspaper article] (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
ARNELL, P. 2023. The shameful response to Shamima Begum. [Newspaper article]. The Scotsman [online], 26 February 2023. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/5n8wdmwx

The response by the UK government to the actions of Shamima Begum is shameful. It is discriminatory, disproportionate and inhumane. The Begum case has become a touchstone, with sections of the press and government politicians celebrating the rejectio... Read More about The shameful response to Shamima Begum. [Newspaper article].