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Telling the Truth Comes at a Cost for Indian Journalists and Human Rights Defenders – Could a Whistleblowing Framework Help?

Whistleblower Network News

At the Constitutional and Unity Conference in Bangalore in February, participants in a closed-door session on whistleblowing emphasized the need to incorporate human rights defenders and journalists, among other groups, into whistleblower-organizing efforts and a comprehensive whistleblower protection law.

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A Masquerade Ball – EPPO uncovers EUR 200M in customs duties and VAT due

Import and Trade Remedies

The EPPO has the power to investigate, prosecute and bring to judgment crimes against the EU budget, such as fraud, corruption or serious cross border fraud. Notably, participation of EU Member States in EPPO is for now optional, with Member States such as Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, Poland and Sweden not participating (so far).

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The Implications of Koch v. Canada for Emissions Trading Schemes

Kluwer Arbitration

KS&T was a market participant in OCTP with tracking accounts for emission allowances in Ontario and California. In 2018, following changes within Ontario’s government, OCTP was abruptly ended. In 2018, following changes within Ontario’s government, OCTP was abruptly ended. The Koch v. Emission Allowances as “Property”?

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2023 Year in Review: Switzerland (Part I: Scope of Arbitration Clause, Capacity of Discernment, Res Iudicata)

Kluwer Arbitration

initiated arbitration proceedings against the Republic of South Sudan on 26 July 2018, demanding payments of USD 3 billion. In 2018, A.’s The parties waived their right to appeal and agreed that the arbitral award would be final and binding. The agreements were not drafted, negotiated, or signed by the father or his sons.

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Treating Symptoms or Root Causes? The Draft Statute of an Advisory Centre on International Investment Dispute Resolution

Kluwer Arbitration

The Advisory Centre’s Mandate Participating in ISDS proceedings requires time and money. But they also stem from structural problems – and for this reason, Working Group delegates have voiced concerns about costs throughout the reform process (see, for example, October-November 2018 Session Report , paras.

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The 3 revolutions of public procurement in Africa

Open Contracting Partnership

These included ongoing issues such as poor institutional coordination, lack of transparency, high levels of corruption, and murky lines of accountability. And despite the reforms aimed at improving accountability, perceptions of corruption in public procurement remained high.

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2024 PAW: Sports Law and the Upcoming Olympics – What Role for Arbitration?

Kluwer Arbitration

Not only is it now one of the busiest international arbitral institutions (with 900 cases per year on average), but it also ensures the rendering of effective awards under its aegis, as confirmed by the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) in 1993 in the Gundel case and by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in 2018 in the Pechstein case.