Book Launch!: The Emergent African Union Law published by @OUPLaw . Delighted to have Amb. Dr. Namira Negum @nnnegm as keynote speaker on 26/1/22 at 12.30 - 14.00(U.K.) Prior registration required. Please contact Dr @ekiyemisi to register.

Advance access to the first 13 articles in our bumper special issue “Global Perspectives on Freedom of Association” in the European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance ⤵️ brill.com/view/journals/…

Call for Papers for Special Issue of the Journal of Sustainable Development and Policy on the theme: Theme: Private International Law and Sustainable Development in Africa Abstracts Due: 16 December 2024. More info ⬇️ afronomicslaw.org/category/news-…

“In conclusion, Zimbabwe's ongoing efforts to manage its escalating public debt of over USD$21 billion reflect a crucial phase in its economic recovery strategy. Steps taken towards the implementation of the Arrears Clearance, Debt Relief, and Restructuring Process signals a…

Call for Essays: 4th Edition of the International Law Essay Writing Competition: “The Contribution of International Financial Institutions to Sustainable Economic Growth and Development in African Countries” Details on timelines and expectations in the “Concept Note” &…

In about 30, #webinar on book by Prof. Kofi Oteng Kufuor “The AfCFTA: The Development of a Rules-Based Trading Order” Join our @JTGathii, @bisi_akins as well as @d_ashiagbor and @JonBashi (Convenor and Moderator). More info on joining ⬇️

On 30 October 2024 at 1200–1300, join Caliis Badoo, IBA #African Regional Forum Chair, and Garyn Rapson @GarynR, Partner @webberwentzel, for first session of the IBA #ESG Accelerator Training Programme focused on #legal practitioners in #Africa. Register: ibanet.org/conference-det…

NEW BLOG: “Without a deliberate plan by African states to turn these projects into a positively transformative process for natural resource utilization, Africa’s peoples and their environment will only see a repeat of the resource curse. In this respect, visits like the postponed…

Call for Papers: DL: October 14 (Today) Global South request travel available!!!! “As part of the preparatory activities for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), to be held in Sevilla, Spain, from 30 June to 3 July 2025, we invite think tanks,…

📕📚Review IV by Vutha Hung (@IITAdelaide) “this book is a valuable resource for policymakers, scholars, and WTO members, prompting a reconsideration of how SDT can be reshaped to better support the world's most vulnerable economies and foster a more inclusive global trading…

“Nothing short of the foregoing basic minimum goals of transparency and inclusivity in the negotiations will resolve the major legitimacy deficit the US/Kenya STIP talks currently suffer from. From all one can tell from the outside, big business interests have a seat at the table…

Review II: “One of the longest running debates at the World Trade Organization (WTO) is how to best account for and address the unique needs of developing countries as they become integrated into the world trading system. This has raised a broad range of questions centering…

📚Book Review I by Dr. Li Siqi of Special and Differential Treatment Reform in the WTO: The Differentiated Differentiation Approach, by Aniekan Ukpe (Routledge, 2024) afronomicslaw.org/category/analy…

The Societās project funded by @IrishResearch and hosted at @UCCLaw explores the value of freedom of association in comparative legal and philosophical perspective: associationalfreedom.org tracks our research progress and holds space for reflection on associational involvement.

🆕Symposium📝Riku Neuvonen explores the issue of mandatory membership of university student unions in Finland, as part of our symposium on freedom of association in comparative perspective. ⬇️⬇️

🆕Symposium📝@NickAroney and Mark Fowler argue that Australia enjoys a relatively high level of freedom of association largely due to prevailing culture and social practices, despite the absence of explicit constitutional protection. ⬇️⬇️

🆕Symposium📝Shaoming Zhu (@UCC) unpacks the cultural roots and practice of associational freedom in China in the latest post in our symposium on the freedom of association across the globe. ⬇️⬇️

Next: FoA in Egypt - how the Supreme Constitutional Court breathed life into this right @EmanMRashwan blog-iacl-aidc.org/2024-posts/202…

🆕Symposium📝@EmanMRashwan explains how the right to freedom of association has been developed by the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court over the last decades to understand the gap between the constitutional framework and the practical legal framework. ⬇️⬇️

🔊Book Review Symposium: “The main contribution of the book to scholarship is its proposal of ‘differentiated differentiation’ as a unique approach to differentiating between developing countries for the purpose of SDT.” -Aniekan Ukpe (Author & Convener) afronomicslaw.org/index.php/cate…

🔊🔊🔊Call for Papers: Theme: How and Why Do Double Standards Matter for International Law? - Abstracts Due Date: 15, October 2024 - Place: Geneva, Switzerland, -Date: 15-17 May 2025 - Funding: Limited Budget for travel & accommodation. More ⬇️. afronomicslaw.org/category/news-…