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Revisiting the Indus Waters Treaty: PCA Reasserts Competence

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The 2013 Kishenganga Award allowed India to continue its projects on the Kishenganga but prohibited India from using drawdown flushing to disperse sedimentation if it led to water levels in the dam fall below the dead storage capacity. India characterised the arbitration proceedings as “ illegally constructed.”

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LIDW 2024: The Rise of African Arbitration – Is Africa Leading the Way?

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Over the years, this has led to a huge number of bilateral, multilateral and regional investment treaties being concluded throughout Africa – as of 2016 , there were approximately one thousand such treaties with an African state party. Should investors be pushing back on African seat proposals when negotiating arbitration clauses?

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Small States and Climate Change

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She examined in what manner small states have been (i) accessing courts to get them to address climate change in international law; (ii) shaping the legal landscape and the law in so doing; and (iii) considering international law’s capacity to provide actual legal remedies.

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Interviews with Our Editors: In Conversation with Datuk Sundra Rajoo, Director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC)

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He is currently the Director of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) and President of the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR) , and he also previously served as President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2016).

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Prioritizing Mission Critical Climate Resilience

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Agenda Learning Objectives Complimentary Registration Live Captioning CART Agenda Join us as thought leaders from government and industry discuss the impact of EO 13990, the changes in the threat landscape that require new thinking about resilience, and how agencies can plan ahead to build resilience capacity as risks expand.

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

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For contracts being developed or negotiated during this period of unusually high inflation, an EPA clause may be an appropriate tool to equitably balance the risk of inflation between the Government and contractor. Arguably, a negligent negotiations assertion does not alter the elements of a superior knowledge claim.

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The COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Legal Donnybrook Has Arrived

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Tanvir , the Supreme Court made clear that, under RFRA, a government official can be sued in his/her individual capacity. [48] Hence, just like under the NLRA, unless the bargaining unit agreement already grants to the agency the unilateral right to impose a vaccination requirement, the agency has to negotiate. 512, 515 (2016). [67]