UN investigator calls on countries to invoke universal jurisdiction in Khashoggi Case
On the 19th of June 2019, Agnes Callamard, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has called on countries to invoke universal jurisdiction in the Khashoggi case.[i] Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist who, since 2017, went into a self-imposed exile […]
Renewable energy subsidies and WTO law
“As countries take steps to address the climate crisis, the last thing we need is the WTO interfering with innovative climate programs. Ontario’s solar and wind incentives program seeks to reduce dangerous carbon pollution and create clean energy jobs, and it should serve as a model for other countries, not a punching bag”(Ilana Solomon, Sierra […]
