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Fordham International Law Journal

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2015

United Nations

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Bringing In A New Scale: Proposing A Global Metric Of Internet Censorship, Philip Chwee Nov 2015

Bringing In A New Scale: Proposing A Global Metric Of Internet Censorship, Philip Chwee

Fordham International Law Journal

Part I of this Note provides an overview of Internet censorship and international law, including the different approaches and theories behind Internet censorship. Part I.A discusses the development of the ICCPR and its application to the Internet. Next, Part I.B-D provides an in-depth overview of the Internet censorship models of three different countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. Part II examines each country’s Internet censorship model under Article 19 of the ICCPR, considering Article 19(3)’s three-part test and requirements established by recent UN reports interpreting them. The analysis will also examine each country’s copyright laws under Article …


The European Union And The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea, Esa Paasivirta Aug 2015

The European Union And The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea, Esa Paasivirta

Fordham International Law Journal

This Essay comments on EU participation in UNCLOS and its implementation. It addresses first the nature of the EU as a contracting party and outlines the modalities for its participation. It then reviews the international implementation of the UNCLOS obligations and the implementation/status of the Convention under EU law.


Moving Forward The Un Guiding Principles For Business And Human Rights: Between Enterprise Social Norm, State Domestic Legal Orders, And The Treaty Law That Might Bind Them All, Larry Catá Backer Jan 2015

Moving Forward The Un Guiding Principles For Business And Human Rights: Between Enterprise Social Norm, State Domestic Legal Orders, And The Treaty Law That Might Bind Them All, Larry Catá Backer

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