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A Joint Seminar with a Guest Scholar Organised by the ACCPIL - 'Citizenship and Borders: The Meaning and Cost of 'Belonging' through the Lenses of the 'Public' and 'Private''

The seminar was held on the 13th June 2023 with the two speakers leading the two sessions and eight panels - Magdalena Zabrocka and Shahab Saqib. The event focused on the concept of citizenship, its different faces, meaning and places within various areas of law, as well as relevance to…

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The Anti-SLAPP Research Hub reflects on media freedom on the 30th Anniversary of World Press Freedom Day

What is World Press Freedom Day?

The 3rd of May was proclaimed “World Press Freedom Day” by the UN General Assembly in 1993. The Day raises awareness about the importance of independent media, threats to media freedom, and presents an opportunity for States to reflect on and recommit to protecting…

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The Anti-SLAPP Research Hub calls for global cooperation in tackling SLAPPs at the UN's expert seminar on the safety of journalists

On Tuesday 25 March 2023, Dr Francesca Farrington represented The Anti-SLAPP Research Hub at an expert seminar on legal and economic threats to the safety of journalists organised by the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). She was accompanied by Anti-SLAPP Hub Member Ms. Magdalena…

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Nigeria's Creative Industries Development Bill: A Private International Law Perspective

When Burna Boy, who is based in Lagos, negotiates a contract to perform at the Paris Stade de France, perhaps doing so from his second home in London; private international law (“PIL”) is unavoidably engaged.[1] All parties involved need certainty and predictability on the legal norms that govern any international…

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Strengthening Africa's international obligations on child rights and protection: the importance of the Hague Children Conventions

17th International Association of Women Judges (“IAWJ”) Africa Regional Conference:Kampala UGANDA, 25 to 29 October 2022 - Women Judges Breaking Barriers to Equal Justice and Strengthening Institutions SDG 16- Peace, Justice & strong institution

Strengthening Africa’s international obligations on child rights and protection: the importance of the Hague…

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Analysis: Three's a Crowd. Jurisdictional Protection of Employees in Multinational Company Grounds (Case C-604/20, FB V ROI Land Investment Ltd)

This post was originally published on EU Law Live. We are grateful to the editors for the authorisation to repost it here.

Since the 1980’s, EU law has granted a jurisdictional privilege to certain weaker parties: parties who typically are socially and economically weaker, such as employees and…

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Why Nigeria should welcome the value and feasibility of acceding to the Hague Conference Children's Conventions

The mechanism for protecting the interests of Nigerian children caught in disputes across frontiers, including those with dual or other nationalities with a connection to Nigeria, has room for improvement. The next step must be progressive and impactful, and this ought to include concrete actions towards Nigeria becoming a contracting…

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International family law post-Brexit: a cliff edge? Reflecting on the Brussells IIbis Recast

Brexit has sparked an interesting discussion of law and policy on the regulation of international family matters. One school of thought claims there is no cliff edge, after the striking down of the Brussels IIa Regulation in the UK, because the Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and…

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Use of Blockchain Technology in Cross-Border Legal Cooperation under the Conventions of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)

This post is based on a research seminar held at the University of Aberdeen on 27 March 2019

Blockchain and other types of distributed ledger technology (DLT) have attracted significant interest and become a much-debated topic, particularly after it was realised that their potential goes far beyond underpinning cryptocurrencies. Their…

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