Introduction This week, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its highly anticipated Advisory Opinion requested…
While jurisdictional limitations may have initially restrained the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from contributing to the development of international…
Introduction Climate pledges are an ever growing means for committing to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030-2040. Although climate pledges could…
The Maldives is an island nation having around 5,40,000 people and dispersed across 185 islands. The country has been a development success…
The judgment handed down by the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) in October 2020 in Enka v Chubb was regarded as a seminal…
Maldives’ tryst with international investment law is intriguing. Despite its ample reliance on foreign investment, Maldives is neither party to the…
Maldives’ relationship with international trade and investment is as old as its history. Traditionally, Maldives has been dependent on import…
Article 29 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) is the only provision in the Convention offering guidance…
The ICSID Convention and the Vienna Convention live a complicated relationship. The Vienna Convention plays (or is meant to play) a key…
The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) was perhaps the most important product of the International Law Commission’s 75 years…