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Business, Human Rights, and the Promise of Polycentricity

Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business...

Blackwater’s New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Co

Piracy has reemerged with a vengeance in the twenty-first century. Although it is confined primarily to the horn of Africa, piracy poses...

Blood Diamonds and Non-State Actors

The Kimberley Process did not end the major diamond wars, but it entirely changed the way the trade in rough diamonds was managed and...

The Role of International Agreements in Achieving Food Security: How Many Lawyers Does It Take to Fe

This Article discusses how international agreements impact the ability of science and technology to enhance food security. International...

A Club of Incumbents? The African Union and Coups d’État

This Article considers the response of the Organization for African Unity (the OAU, founded in 1963) and its successor, the African Union...

Managing Forced Displacement by Law in Africa: The Role of the New African Union IDPs Convention

This Article provides a critical appraisal of the newly adopted African IDPs Convention. In particular, it offers a detailed analysis of...