Abstract International investment agreements have always been in the center of critique with regards to incompatibility international economic law climate change policies. The overly simplistic bilateral treaties gradually being replaced by more textually complex that include specific provisions or chapters on sustainable development and change. European Union has very active this process. pres...

This Article contains some reflections concerning the Draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (“the Draft Treaty”), which was approved by the European Council on September 28, 2004 and formally signed in Rome on October 29, 2004. At the time of writing in early 2005, it is presently in the process of ratification by the twenty-five Member States of the European Union (“EU”). The Art...

Advances in modern science and technology and the globalisation of the veterinary manufacturing industry, coupled with the relaxation of trade restrictions by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade treaty on sanitary and phytosanitary measures, call for an international approach to standards of acceptable risk and risk analysis methodology. In Australia, different elements of risk analysis ...

This paper examines the negotiation of an international environmental agreement in which di¤erent countries determine the (nonenforceable) promises of investment in clean technologies to be included in the agreement. Furthermore, it analyzes countries’ optimal investments in clean technologies, considering that, in addition to the utility that countries perceive from an improved environmental q...

BACKGROUND March 2011 marked the 50th anniversary of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. This legal instrument, the bedrock of the current United Nations based global drug control regime, is often viewed as merely a consolidating treaty bringing together the multilateral drug control agreements that preceded it; an erroneous position that does little to provide historical context for conte...

The recent Diplomatic Conference held (1-5 October 2001) by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London adopted the Draft Convention prepared by The Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) of IMO for the "Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems for Ships." The convention has been developed to immediately ban the use of Tributyltin (TBT) globally in anti-fouling paints to "p...

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Even if most European countries have not yet joined the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), treaty has been salient in a number national settings. In Netherlands, TPNW enjoys broad societal appeal, and Dutch parliament has, occasions, called government to explore options for joining treaty. this piece, we empirically study attitudes toward TPNW. Our findings indicate that majority ...

The Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 established the International Joint Commission (IJC) as an organization designed to resolve disputes and to avoid conflicts over transboundary environmental matters. Article IV of the Treaty provides the provision that neither party shall cause pollution that would injure the health or property of the other side. In 1972, the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreemen...