Michael Waibel
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Michael Waibel is a Professor of International Law at the University of Vienna School of Law. He is co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Economic Law
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Corporate Human Rights and International Law: Obstacle or Precursor to Human Rights Accountability?
Editor’s note: This post is part of the EJIL:Talk! Symposium on 'Expanding Human Rights Protection to Non-Human Subjects? African, Inter-American and European Perspectives.' Introduction The topic of debate is whether corporate human rights pose an obstacle or precursor to their own accountability for human rights violations. Many might have an intuitive…
The Brexit Bill and the Law of Treaties
May 4, 2017
Michael Waibel
As has been widely reported in the media (e.g. The Guardian, the BBC), the House of Lords reached two main legal conclusions in its March 2017 report on Brexit and the EU budget: Article 50 TEU allows the UK to leave the EU without being liable for outstanding financial obligations under the EU budget…
Mauritius v. UK: Chagos Marine Protected Area Unlawful
April 17, 2015
Michael Waibel
On 1 April 2010, the UK declared the world’s largest Marine Protected Area (MPA) around the Chagos Archipelago. The Archipelago is one of 14 remaining British overseas territories, administered by the UK as the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). In contrast to other British overseas territories such as the Falklands/Malvinas and Gibraltar, BIOT is not on…
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Mauritius v. UK: Chagos Marine Protected Area Unlawful
April 17, 2015
Michael Waibel
On 1 April 2010, the UK declared the world’s largest Marine Protected Area (MPA) around the Chagos Archipelago. The Archipelago is one of 14 remaining British overseas territories, administered by the UK as the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). In contrast to other British overseas territories such as the Falklands/Malvinas and Gibraltar, BIOT is not on…
The Brexit Bill and the Law of Treaties
May 4, 2017
Michael Waibel
As has been widely reported in the media (e.g. The Guardian, the BBC), the House of Lords reached two main legal conclusions in its March 2017 report on Brexit and the EU budget: Article 50 TEU allows the UK to leave the EU without being liable for outstanding financial obligations under the EU budget…
ICSID Arbitrators: The Ultimate Social Network?
September 25, 2014
Michael Waibel
Michael Waibel is a University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge. Sergio Puig’s article offers a refreshingly new, thought-provoking analysis of the links between investment arbitrators. Who the parties appoint as arbitrators matters for how the investment treaty regime operates. Criticism of the appointment process in investment arbitration is widespread, yet…