By Yuki Taylor Law Student Editor On July 14, 2022, the United States initiated a bilateral Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP) with Kenya. Despite the present lack of tariff
By Sharon FosterLaw Student Editor The European Union’s Commission, revealed its draft directive on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence on February 23, 2022. While human rights, environmental law, and
By Sharon FosterLaw Student Editor On January 4, 2022, the United Kingdom’s National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act) went into effect. The NSI Act empowers the Department for
By BethEl NagerLaw Student Editor Aaron FellmethFaculty Co-Editor Victoria SahaniFaculty Co-Editor The Convention establishing the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in 1966 (the “ICSID Convention”) added a
By Aaron Fellmeth, Faculty Co-Editorand BethEl Nager, Law Student Editor During the 2011 Arab Spring, Libya endured its first civil war. This war was fought between supporters of long time dictator
By BethEl NagerLaw Student Editor On September 2, 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a milestone ruling in Republic of Moldova v. Komstroy LLC, holding that the Energy
By BethEl Nager, Law Student Editorand Aaron Fellmeth, Faculty Co-Editor In 1999, President William Clinton issued an executive order that declared a national emergency to address the threat of the
By BethEl NagerLaw Student Editor On June 17, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed whether to hold corporations liable for human rights violations under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) in Nestlé
By BethEl Nager, Law Student Editor& Aaron Fellmeth, Faculty Co-Editor The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recently held that Italy violated Article 6 of the European Convention on
By BethEl NagerLaw Student Editor Rusoro Mining is a publicly-traded gold explorer and producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. In 2006, Rusoro began acquiring mining licenses in the southern region of