HIGHLIGHTS

2019 membership dues

The 2019 membership dues for the Academy are now payable. More information is also available directly via this link:

Elections – Letter of the Secretary-General to Members

End of the Year Letter of the Secretary-General to Members and National Committees

Arrest of Prof. Maurice Kamto – Press Release 30/01/19

COMPARATIVE

CASE LAW

October 2018 Pechstein judgment by the European Court of Human rights becomes final and binding

Feb 12, 2019

Following the judgment rendered by the 3rd Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on October 2 2018, Claudia Pechstein filed a request to refer the matter to the Grand Chamber of the ECHR. Pechstein's request was dismissed on February 4th 2019 by a Panel of the...

US Supreme Court: New Judge Kavanaugh delivers for the first time the opinion of the Court

Jan 9, 2019

The US Supreme Court has just rendered its decision in the case HENRY SCHEIN, INC., ET AL. v. ARCHER & WHITE SALES, INC. The opinion of the unanimous Court has been delivered by justice Brett Kavanaugh. The US Supreme Court has affirmed that arbitrators should...

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LEGISLATIVE

REFORM

Gender-neutral ‘X’ option for birth certificates now available in NYC

Jan 2, 2019

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a new provision into a law in September 2018, making New York City the fifth place after California, Oregon, Washington state and New Jersey where people who do not identify as male or female can now opt for a third gender category of X...

Switzerland: “Swiss law, not foreign judges” proposal rejected by 66% of voters

Nov 26, 2018

On 25 November 2018, over 66 percent of voters in a Swiss referendum voted against the “Swiss law, not foreign judges” proposal. The proposal, backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, called for a provision to be added to the national constitution giving it...

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DOCTRINAL

STUDIES

Les droits humains comparés – à la recherche de l’universalité des droits humains

Feb 12, 2019

Les droits humains comparés - à la recherche de l'universalité des droits humains February 2019 DIRECTEURS DE PUBLICATION Linos-Alexandre SICILIANOS Cour européenne des droits de l’homme Caroline KLEINER et Niki ALOUPI Centre d’études internationales et européennes de...

Comparative Administrative Law

Feb 7, 2019

Comparative Administrative Law, Second Edition Edward Elgar, 2019, Research Handbooks in Comparative Law series, Edited by Susan Rose-Ackerman, Henry R. Luce Professor Emeritus of Law and Political Science, Yale University, Peter L. Lindseth, Olimpiad S. Ioffe...