If human rights are "inalienable rights of all members of the human family", as is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, then no government should be allowed to deny people of them. When some governments fail to realize them for the people under their jurisdiction, the international community has a responsibility to step in. This extra-territorial effect of human rights was no...

on 26 february 2007, the international court of justice issued it's judgment on the application of the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide (bosnia and herzegovina v.serbia and montenegro). the court finds that serbia has not committed genocide, through its organs or persons whose acts engage its responsibility under customary international law, in violation...

To achieve the goals of Paris Agreement, much will depend on how governments implement future progression toward more ambitious climate policy. While there is research acceptance international policy or specific national instruments, we know comparatively little about public support for internationally pledged emissions targets. We are thus interested in causal effect framing government policie...

In B2B contract enactment, cooperation should be taken into account when modeling contractual commitments through obligations. We advocate a directed deadline obligation approach, taking inspiration on international legislation over trade procedures. Our proposal is based on authorizations granted in specific states of an obligation lifecycle model. Flexible deadlines provide an additional leve...