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How might modern slavery risk in adult social care procurement be reduced? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Emberson, C., & Trautrims, A. (2019, June). How might modern slavery risk in adult social care procurement be reduced?. Paper presented at Public Procurement Global Revolutions IX, Nottingham, UK

In its second interim report from the independent review of the UK Modern Slavery Act, the review committee recommended that Section 54: Transparency in supply chains (TISC) be extended to public authorities. This duty would apply to both products an... Read More about How might modern slavery risk in adult social care procurement be reduced?.

Forcible acts by states towards non-state actors operating in disputed waters: beyond the limits of international law? (2019)
Journal Article
Pappa, M. (2019). Forcible acts by states towards non-state actors operating in disputed waters: beyond the limits of international law?. Legal Issues Journal, 7(1),

The obligation of States to not use force against other States is well established in international law both on land and at sea. Unless authorized by the United Nations Security Council or based on self-defence, non-compliance with this rule is a bre... Read More about Forcible acts by states towards non-state actors operating in disputed waters: beyond the limits of international law?.

Reasserting Agency: Procedural Justice, Victim-Centricity, and the Right to Remedy for Survivors of Slavery and Related Exploitation (2018)
Journal Article
Schwarz, K., & Geng, J. (2018). Reasserting Agency: Procedural Justice, Victim-Centricity, and the Right to Remedy for Survivors of Slavery and Related Exploitation. Journal of Modern Slavery, 4(2), 93-120

One of the biggest failings of contemporary regimes governing human exploitation is their treatment of ‘victims’. This paper roots narratives of victimhood and agency in the legal frameworks through analysis of the right to effective remedy in human... Read More about Reasserting Agency: Procedural Justice, Victim-Centricity, and the Right to Remedy for Survivors of Slavery and Related Exploitation.

Reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and historical enslavement: Linking past atrocities with contemporary victim populations (2018)
Journal Article
Moffett, L., & Schwarz, K. (2018). Reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and historical enslavement: Linking past atrocities with contemporary victim populations. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 36(4), 247-269. https://doi.org/10.1177/0924051918801612

The debate around reparations for the transatlantic slave trade has been discussed for centuries with no end in sight. This article does not intend to cover the historical or political aspects of this debate, but instead to shed more light on the leg... Read More about Reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and historical enslavement: Linking past atrocities with contemporary victim populations.

Exploration of energy resources in the deep seabed: opportunities for industry, challenges for law (2018)
Journal Article
Pappa, M. (2018). Exploration of energy resources in the deep seabed: opportunities for industry, challenges for law. International Energy Law Review, 66-74

The Continental Shelf is not the only part of the ocean where energy resources lie. The seabed extending beyond coastal states’ jurisdiction is also rich in hydrocarbons, methane hydrates, and marine genetic resources which can be used to cover the w... Read More about Exploration of energy resources in the deep seabed: opportunities for industry, challenges for law.

Furthering the ‘war on terrorism’ through international law: how the United States and the United Kingdom resurrected the Bush doctrine on using preventive military force to combat terrorism (2017)
Journal Article
Kattan, V. (2018). Furthering the ‘war on terrorism’ through international law: how the United States and the United Kingdom resurrected the Bush doctrine on using preventive military force to combat terrorism. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law, 5(1), 97-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/20531702.2017.1376929

Missing in action: the human eye (2016)
Book Chapter
Bassok, O. (2016). Missing in action: the human eye. In . F. Fabbrini, & V. C. Jackson (Eds.), Constitutionalism across borders in the struggle against terrorism (283-304). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing

The growing involvement of lawyers in approving military operations, coupled with the disappearance of the soldier’s unmediated gaze of the battlefield, increase the probability for the execution of a certain kind of manifestly unlawful orders. Two d... Read More about Missing in action: the human eye.