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UN Human Rights Council endorses new Guiding Principles on Business and International Human Rights

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Global
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  • July 6 2011

On 16 June 2011, the UN Human Rights Council (the "Council") endorsed the "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights" (the "Guiding Principles"

International Court of Justice declines jurisdiction in dispute between Georgia and the Russian Federation

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Georgia, Global, Russia
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  • May 24 2011

On 1 April 2011, the International Court of Justice (the “ICJ”) decided it had no jurisdiction to hear an application by Georgia concerning Russia's international responsibility for “actions on and around the territory of Georgia” in breach of the 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (the “CERD”