Democracy, Governance, and Rule of Law
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European Union Member States Sign Treaty to Terminate Intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties
On May 5, 2020, the European Commission (Commission) announced that 23 of the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) signed the Agreement for the Termination of Bilateral Investment Treaties [("BITs")] between the Member States of the European Union (the Treaty).[1] If the
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Inter-American Court of Human Rights Recognizes the Right to a Healthy Environment
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Pandemic, Emergency Power, and Implications on the Right to Seek Asylum
As the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, executive branches of governments have been exercising public health emergency powers.[1] While many of the extraordinary measures taken under the emergency power are essential to the containment of the virus, such power is subject to potential misuse. This Insight examines the human rights implications of exercising public health emergency powers in the particular context of asylum seekers waiting at a border.
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