Von der Leyen’s proposals for EU legal reforms
On the 1st of December 2019, the new European Commission led by President Ursula von der Leyen took office. The members of the European Parliament elected Ursula von der Leyen as Commission president on 16 July 2019, for a five-years term. Right after the election, the President sent official letters to the member states’ heads […]
Clash between Sharia law and human rights in light of PACE Resolution 2253
The relationship between Sharia law and human rights law has been widely debated in the last years. Sharia law is understood as being the “path to be followed”, the “law to be obeyed by every Muslim” (Surah 5). It is, therefore, meant to be the positive law enforceable on Muslims, “an all-embracing body of religious […]
Trump wants to buy Greenland: what does international law say?
In August 2019, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has expressed his interest to buy Greenland from Denmark. To the proposal of buying the world’s largest island, which is an autonomous Danish territory, the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, has promptly replied that “Greenland is not for sale”[1]. Donald Trump is not the […]
L’OIL ha adottato una Convenzione per combattere la violenza e le molestie nel mondo del lavoro
Il 21 Giugno 2019, l’Organizzazione Internazionale del Lavoro (OIL) ha adottato una Convenzione per combattere la violenza e le molestie nel mondo del lavoro. L’Organizzazione Internazionale del Lavoro (OIL) è l’agenzia delle Nazioni Unite che si occupa di promuovere un lavoro dignitoso (decent work) in condizioni di libertà, uguaglianza, sicurezza e dignità umana per tutte […]
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 […]
Gender-based violence under international law: the case of Italy
In Italy, between 2000 and 2018, more than 3100 women were killed. According to a research made by EURES, in 72% of cases, murders happened within the family environment and were perpetrated by their partner or former partner.[1] In 92% of cases, these women died at the hands of a man.[2] According to Italian National […]
Sustainable Development Goals and EU free trade agreements
Sustainable development is now a fundamental part of the EU trade policy; indeed, all EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) include a Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) Chapter. The rationale behind the TSD Chapter is that there is no way to ensure that trade is ecologically and socially sustainable. This revolutionary change in EU trade policies […]
