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The Rise of Private Military and Security Companies in European Union Migration Policies: Implications under the UNGPs (2018)
Journal Article
Davitti, D. (2019). The Rise of Private Military and Security Companies in European Union Migration Policies: Implications under the UNGPs. Business and Human Rights Journal, 4(1), 33-53. https://doi.org/10.1017/bhj.2018.21

This article examines the involvement of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) in both shaping and implementing the European Agenda on Migration (European Agenda), launched by the European Union in May 2015. The migration policies which hav... Read More about The Rise of Private Military and Security Companies in European Union Migration Policies: Implications under the UNGPs.

An inspection of rail franchise procurement: first-class regulation for privatised passenger rail? (2018)
Journal Article
Butler, L. (2018). An inspection of rail franchise procurement: first-class regulation for privatised passenger rail?. Public Procurement Law Review, 6, 251-278

Examines the operation of rail franchise procurement in the UK. Reviews key aspects of such franchising, its legal framework, whether the process is open to competitive tendering or direct awards, and the rules on publication of opportunities, consul... Read More about An inspection of rail franchise procurement: first-class regulation for privatised passenger rail?.

Development Aid Procurement & the UNGPs on Business & Human Rights: challenges and opportunities to move towards ‘the new frontier of Buying Justice’ (2018)
Book Chapter
LA CHIMIA, A. (2018). Development Aid Procurement & the UNGPs on Business & Human Rights: challenges and opportunities to move towards ‘the new frontier of Buying Justice’. In G. Quinot, & S. Williams-Elegbe (Eds.), Procurement Regulation for 21st century Africa (31-78). Juta Law

This chapter engages with the Procurement and Business and Human Rights debate focusing on one specific sector of procurement that has been, thus far, neglected by both human rights and procurement experts, namely development aid procurement, i.e. th... Read More about Development Aid Procurement & the UNGPs on Business & Human Rights: challenges and opportunities to move towards ‘the new frontier of Buying Justice’.

Art.49 Accessible Format (2018)
Book Chapter
Varney, E. (2018). Art.49 Accessible Format. In I. Bantekas, M. Ashley Stein, & D. Anastasiou (Eds.), The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Commentary. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198810667.003.0050

This chapter examines Article 49 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The importance of Article 49 CRPD is threefold. Firstly, it facilitates the dissemination of the CRPD by requiring that the Conventio... Read More about Art.49 Accessible Format.

Art.21 Freedom of Expression and Opinion, and Access to Information (2018)
Book Chapter
Varney, E. (2018). Art.21 Freedom of Expression and Opinion, and Access to Information. In I. Bantekas, M. Ashley Stein, & D. Anastasiou (Eds.), The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Commentary, Ilias Bantekas, Michael Ashley Stein, and Dimitris Anastasiou (eds.). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198810667.003.0022

This chapter examines the effectiveness of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in promoting and protecting the equal right of persons with disabilities to freedom of expression and opinion and access to inf... Read More about Art.21 Freedom of Expression and Opinion, and Access to Information.

Privatization and economic and social rights (2018)
Journal Article
Nolan, A. (2018). Privatization and economic and social rights. Human Rights Quarterly, 40(4), 815-858. https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2018.0047

Privatization is an ever more dominant model of economic and social rights (ESR) realization. Contracting out, public-private partnerships, and other approaches by which the private sector takes responsibility for, or supports the state in, deliverin... Read More about Privatization and economic and social rights.

Conceptual and Contextual Perspectives on the Modern Law of Treaties (2018)
Book
Bowman, M. J., & Kritsiotis, D. (Eds.). (2018). Conceptual and Contextual Perspectives on the Modern Law of Treaties. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316179031

The object and purpose of a treaty's object and purpose (2018)
Book Chapter
Kritsiotis, D. (2018). The object and purpose of a treaty's object and purpose. In M. J. Bowman, & D. Kritsiotis (Eds.), Conceptual and contextual perspectives on the modern law of treaties (237-302). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316179031

Treaties as 'living instruments' (2018)
Book Chapter
Moeckli, D., & White, N. D. (2018). Treaties as 'living instruments'. In M. J. Bowman (Ed.), Conceptual and Contextual Perspectives on the Modern Law of Treaties (136-171). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316179031.008

Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Insolvency: A Modular Approach (2018)
Book
Mokal, R., Davis, R., Mazzoni, A., Mevorach, I., Romaine, B., Sarra, J., Tirado, I., & Madaus, S. (2018). Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Insolvency: A Modular Approach. Oxford University Press

This volume examines the current resolution process for distressed micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and proposes a different, more appropriate, ‘modular’ approach to the treatment of such entities when faced with insolvency proceedings.... Read More about Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Insolvency: A Modular Approach.