Europe faces unprecedented pressures to its food ecosystem. With looming environmental threats, Europe needs to adapt in the way it produces food, while simultaneously avoiding risks to public health. The European Union, which has robust, binding food regulations on member states, and is replete with agencies to gather information… Read More
Under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), States are obligated to consistently advocate for women’s employment rights.[1] However, as the issue of sweatshops hampers efforts to protect these rights for women, it is time to allow for an expansion of… Read More
Under TRIPS, the doctrine of exhaustion is applied to patents, pharmaceuticals, and physical goods, but its application to digital material is a legal gray area.[1] The doctrine establishes that ownership of tangible goods is transferred with a single, definitive transaction, and naturally, the new owner… Read More
A Long-Dormant Territorial Dispute Erupts In 2015, Exxon Mobil Corporation made a significant oil discovery off the coast of Guyana’s Essequibo region.[1] This and subsequent findings would quickly transform Guyana, with a population just over 800,000, into the country with the largest per-capita oil reserves… Read More
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which has provided Hong Kong citizens with civil and political rights, has seen it’s normative force decline since the promulgation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region… Read More
Introduction As technology advances, States must make important decisions about how they want to legislate and regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). In making these decisions, States need to balance their concerns about privacy and data protection[1] with their interests in innovating for the… Read More