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Whistleblower Protection And The Challenge To Public Employment Law, Robert Vaughn
Whistleblower Protection And The Challenge To Public Employment Law, Robert Vaughn
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Whistleblowers who are public employees are protected by statutes which vary in scope and character, but authorise employees to disclose information outside of the chain of command and under standards that replace internal agency rules or guidelines. During the last decade a number of countries enacted whistleblower statutes that protect public employees who disclose various types of misconduct or incompetence. At the same time, a number of international treaties and conventions addressing governmental corruption have included provisions protecting whistleblowers. The recent activity in providing protection for public sector whistleblowers as well as movements for honesty and transparency in government present …
Drafting In Doha: An Assessment Of The Darfur Peace Process And Ceasefire Agreements, Paul Williams
Drafting In Doha: An Assessment Of The Darfur Peace Process And Ceasefire Agreements, Paul Williams
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In the spring of 2010, in Doha, Qatar, the major parties to the Darfur conflict signed a series of framework and ceasefire agreements. The Doha Agreements comprise the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Framework, the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) Framework, and the LJM Ceasefire Agreements. These accords served two principal purposes. The first and more obvious was to establish a cessation of hostilities and lay the foundation for the negotiation of a comprehensive peace agreement. Critical to each are provisions relating to Security Sector Reform (SSR) and the Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) of combatants. Well drafted SSR and …
Chapter 25. International Investment Arbitration: Winning, Losing And Why, Susan Franck, Karl P. Sauvant, Lisa Sachs, Ken Davies, Ruben Zandvliet, Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Laza Kekic, Nathan M. Jensen, Edmund J. Malesky, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Jose Guimon, Lorenzo Cotula, Christian Bellak, Markus Leibrecht, Terutomo Ozawa, Michael Mortimore, Carlos Razo, Premila Nazareth Satyanand, Gert Bruche, Anne Van Aaken, Jürgen Kurtz, Kathryn Gordon, Joachim Pohl, Veljko Fotak, William L. Megginson, Charles Kovacs, Mark Plotkin, David N. Fagan, Subrata Bhattacharjee, Armand Claude De Mestral, Jason Webb Yackee, Kevin P. Gallagher, Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen University College London, Hans Smit, Michael D. Nolan, Frederic G. Sourgens, Luke Eric Peterson, Gus Van Harten, Alexandre De Gramont
Chapter 25. International Investment Arbitration: Winning, Losing And Why, Susan Franck, Karl P. Sauvant, Lisa Sachs, Ken Davies, Ruben Zandvliet, Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Laza Kekic, Nathan M. Jensen, Edmund J. Malesky, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Jose Guimon, Lorenzo Cotula, Christian Bellak, Markus Leibrecht, Terutomo Ozawa, Michael Mortimore, Carlos Razo, Premila Nazareth Satyanand, Gert Bruche, Anne Van Aaken, Jürgen Kurtz, Kathryn Gordon, Joachim Pohl, Veljko Fotak, William L. Megginson, Charles Kovacs, Mark Plotkin, David N. Fagan, Subrata Bhattacharjee, Armand Claude De Mestral, Jason Webb Yackee, Kevin P. Gallagher, Lauge N. Skovgaard Poulsen University College London, Hans Smit, Michael D. Nolan, Frederic G. Sourgens, Luke Eric Peterson, Gus Van Harten, Alexandre De Gramont
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Succinct yet insightful reports are most welcome – especially in our era, distracted as it is by a rising tide of shallow commentary. For those who care about foreign direct investment (FDI), the premier reports are Columbia FDI Perspectives, published every few weeks by the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment. Since the first issue (here republished as chapter 2) appeared in November 2008, the Perspectives have adhered to a format of about two pages, authored by a leading expert, on an FDI question of immediate interest. Consequently, there is no better way to keep abreast of changing trends …