The future of investor-state dispute settlement in the energy sector: engaging with climate change, human rights and the rule of law

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Rivkin ◽  
S. J. Lamb ◽  
N. K. Leslie
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Energy Sector ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Future

scholarly journals ASEAN REFORM: TOWARDS A MORE COHESIVE REGIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-83
Author(s):  
Yogi Bratajaya
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
National Identity ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Territorial Integrity ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
United Nations Charter ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional intergovernmental organization that has seen exponential growth throughout the course of its lifespan ever since it was founded in August 8 of 1967. The organization comprises of 10 Member States with differing backgrounds in economy, culture and government. Its aims and purposes include “To promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries of the region and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter” based on the “Mutual respect for the interdependence, sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity, and national identity of all nations.” However, it seems that ASEAN’s fundamental principles are its main detriment to achieving and carrying out its aims and purposes. The organization has faced multiple criticisms regarding its failure to address pressing matters in the region, such as ongoing human rights violations committed by member states. The slowness in addressing these matters is due to its fundamental principles of non-intervention and mutual respect for political independence, which in turn causes the lack of comprehensive dispute settlement mechanisms within the organization. This journal aims to pinpoint and identify the root of the aforementioned problems and seeks to provide a comprehensive solution with reference to other regional organizations. Keywords: ASEAN, Legal Personality, Dispute Settlement, Human Rights   AbstrakAssociation of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) merupakan sebuah organisasi antarnegara regional yang mengalami perkembangan pesat sejak terbentuknya pada 8 Agustus 1967. Saat sekarang ASEAN mengandung 10 anggota negara yang mempunyai latar-belakang ekonomi, budaya, dan sistem pemerintahan yang berbeda. Tujuan dari ASEAN adalah “To promote regional peace and stability through abiding respect for justice and the rule of law in the relationship among countries of the region and adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter” berdasarkan “Mutual respect for the interdependence, sovereignty, equality, territorial integrity, and national identity of all nations.” Namun, prinsip dasar ASEAN seakan-akan menghambat ASEAN untuk mencapai tujuannya. Kritik yang dihadapi oleh ASEAN meliputi statusnya dalam hukum internasional, kurangnya efektivitas sistem penyelesaian sengketa di dalam ASEAN, dan bagaimana ASEAN mengatasi permasalahan Hak Asasi Manusia. Jurnal ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi masalah tersebut dan memberi solusi komprehensif dengan meninjau kepada organisasi regional lain. Kata Kunci: ASEAN, Personalitas Hukum, Penyelesaian Sengketa, Hak Asasi Manusia

scholarly journals Allusiveness, Language and Imagery in Francis Moto's Gazing at The Setting Sun

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-67
Author(s):  
Syned Mthatiwa
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Political Change ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Congress Party ◽  
The Future ◽  
Autocratic Leadership

Francis Moto is a Malawian writer who has published poetry both in vernacular (Chichewa) and in English. His poetry in English appears in a collection titled Gazing at the Setting Sun published in 1994, the year Malawians voted Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda and his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) out of power. Besides recording the suffering of Malawians during the autocratic leadership of the first post-independence president, Dr Banda, and remembering the author's childhood experiences, the poetry also celebrates Malawi's political transformation from one party rule to multiparty democracy in the early 1990s. In the poems, Moto also looks to the future with a sense of hope for a better society where human rights and the rule of law will be respected. This article analyses Moto's poems with the aim of celebrating his successes as a poet. This is done by focusing on his more successful poems in terms of style. It is argued in this article that the success of some of Moto's poems in Gazing at the Setting Sun depends on his allusions to and evocations of dictatorship and political change in Malawi. These evocations and allusions depend on his imagery and choice of words and expressions. In the analysis of the poems, close reading with a particular focus on style is done. The discussion is in two parts. The first part discusses Moto's poems that allude to the dictatorial reign of Dr Banda in Malawi and the second part provides a discussion of Moto's imagery in relation to his evocation of political change.

Constitution Making in Eritrea: Why It Is Necessary to Go Back to the Future

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 237-272
Author(s):  
Joseph Eliot Magnet
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
High Risk ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Power Sharing ◽  
Democratic Institutions ◽  
National Assembly ◽  
Civil Strife ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Future

Eritrea went through a constitutional process from 1995 to 1997, which resulted in a text that provides for the rule of law, democratic institutions and human rights. The text was ratified by the National Assembly, but never implemented. The United Nations, the usa and the eu support the 1997 Constitution. They have called on Eritrea to “(i)mplement (it) fully and without further delay”. This recommendation is challenged here. Eritrea is multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-lingual. The 1997 Constitution creates a highly centralized Stalinist structure that experience teaches does not work in deeply diverse democracies. Eritrea requires a power sharing constitution, fabricated in a proper negotiated process. Implementing the 1997 Constitution would likely bring Eritrea’s two large nationalities into conflict with its eight smaller nationalities with high risk for violent civil strife that could spill over into neighbouring countries. This is concerning for geopolitics and would be devastating for human rights.

scholarly journals Law and liberty in a time of climate change

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Nicole Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Catastrophic Impact ◽  
Urgent Action

In this article I examine the intersection between human rights and climate change, and consider whether, in fact, fundamental human rights are or would be jeopardised by a concerted attempt on the part of Western governments to curb carbon emissions. I draw comparisons with the war on terror, and discuss the implications of a possible war on climate change for democracy and the rule of law. My argument is that any curtailment of human rights must be placed in perspective. It is increasingly apparent that, if left unchecked, climate change will have a catastrophic impact upon human rights. Thus, the requirement for urgent action on climate change arises as much from a human rights perspective as from a more wholistic environmental perspective.

scholarly journals The Contribution of Human Rights in Thinking on Renewing The Book of Law of Criminal Events (KUHAP)

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-426
Author(s):  
Yahyanto Yahyanto
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Fundamental Principle ◽  
Equal Treatment ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Law

The fundamental principle of human rights is that all people are born free and have equality in human rights. Equality requires equal treatment; it means that anyone should be treated equally in any condition before the law. The idea of Human Rights in the Draft of the Law on Criminal Procedure Code, which will be upheld, will become a new legalized law in the future, not apart from lifting and placing a suspect, defendant, and convicted dignified position as a creature of God. Moreover, in the end, declarative human rights principles will not mean much if the stage of the rule of law does not follow them.Fundamental dari hak asasi manusia adalah ide yang meletakkan semua orang terlahir bebas dan memiliki kesetaraan dalam hak asasi manusia. Kesetaraan mensyaratkan adanya perlakuan yang setara, dimana pada situasi sama harus diperlakukan dengan sama, dimana pada situasi yang berbeda diperlakukan dengan berbeda pula.  Pemikiran HAM dalam RUU KUHAP  yang akan diundangkan menjadi UU kedepan, tidak terlepas  mengangkat dan menempatkan seorang tersangka, terdakwa dan terpidana dalam kedudukan yang bermartabat sebagai makhluk ciptaan Tuhan. Dan pada akhirnya, prinsip-prinsip HAM yang bersifat deklaratif tidak akan banyak berarti apabila tidak diikuti dengan tahap supremasi hukum. 

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