To Bring the World to Account: Introducing a System to Tackle International Corruption
This blog entry will be the first part of a miniseries covering this Symposium. This first blog will provide a comprehensive summary of the IACC Proposal and the Symposium’s findings on topics 1 and 2, as well as discuss any potential problems that were not addressed or warrant more investigation.
Pigeon or Phoenix? The Supreme Court Decides: Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya and the Status of International Law in Canadian Courts
Over the past few decades, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has increasingly addressed legal issues that refer to various international legal instruments such as treaties, conventions, and declarations. In Nevsun Resources Ltd v Araya, the SCC clarified a longstanding evidentiary and procedural issue surrounding its status in domestic courts and delivered a ground-breaking decision ruling that customary international law (CIL) is a part of the common law in Canada.
