Latest blog articles
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This post will focus on the Article 34(1) ICJ Statute requirement that ‘[o]nly states may be parties in cases before the Court’.
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The trade and sustainable development chapters included in recent EU FTAs have been criticized for lacking an effective enforcement mechanism, and in particular for the absence of sanctions to ensure compliance. This has been blamed for the poor implementation of their commitments by partner...
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On 10 October 2017, Catalonia issued and then immediately suspended its declaration of independence, and urged Spain to negotiate. Spain does not want to negotiate.
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From different angles it was called to finance public duties from the curator differently than from the estate, like to detect insolvencies fraud, for example from public resources. (Dutch only)
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From illegal but legitimate to legal because it is legitimate? This post argues that, analogous to the concept of defences in municipal legal systems, international law on the use of force should adopt a systematic distinction between justifications and excuses.
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Abuse of partnership companies is a societal problem that has existed for decades... This blog is only available in Dutch.
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Last Tuesday (27 October 2015) NLFI (the organisation responsible for managing state participation in the financial sector) and ABN AMRO group NV announced that they would be taking the next steps towards ... This article is only available in Dutch.