The ICJ’s Advisory Function: A Procedural Tool to Advance Human Rights?

While jurisdictional limitations may have initially restrained the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from contributing to the development of international…

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Symposium on Decoding Maldives’ Foreign Investment and Arbitration Law Regime: Examining ICSID as a Maldivian Solution

The Maldives is an island nation having around 5,40,000 people and dispersed across 185 islands. The country has been a development success…

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Symposium on Decoding Maldives Foreign Investment and Arbitration Law Regime: Sun v Hilton – A Maldivian Enka v Chubb?

The judgment handed down by the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) in October 2020 in Enka v Chubb was regarded as a seminal…

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Symposium on Decoding Maldives’ Foreign Investment and Arbitration Law Regime: Consent to Investor-State Arbitration Through Municipal Law – Conceptualizing A Model Provision for Maldives

Maldives’ tryst with international investment law is intriguing. Despite its ample reliance on foreign investment, Maldives is neither party to the…

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Symposium on Decoding Maldives’ Foreign Investment and Arbitration Law Regime: An Introduction

Maldives’ relationship with international trade and investment is as old as its history. Traditionally, Maldives has been dependent on import…

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Symposium on the VCLT, ILC and Investor-State Disputes: Article 29 of the VCLT and the Territorial Application of Treaties in Investment Arbitration

Article 29 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) is the only provision in the Convention offering guidance…

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Symposium on the VCLT, ILC and Investor-State Disputes: The ICSID Convention and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties – A Paradox

The ICSID Convention and the Vienna Convention live a complicated relationship. The Vienna Convention plays (or is meant to play) a key…

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Symposium on the VCLT, ILC and Investor-State Disputes: What Went Wrong with the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties?

The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) was perhaps the most important product of the International Law Commission’s 75 years…

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Symposium on Bangladesh Genocide and International Law: Criminal Responsibility of the Pakistani Prisoners of War

The Editors of the Cambridge International Law Journal Blog endorses this statement by the Fellows of the Lauterpacht Centre for International…

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