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WTO Dispute Resolution LAURA CARLISLE & PHOEBE SEERS This guide describes the process of resolving disputes between states at the World Trade Organisation Last updated: 27 March 2013 - 6:59pm
Copyright in the UK This guide introduces copyright law in the United Kingdom Last updated: 27 March 2013 - 6:56pm
Freedom of Information Will Dibble and Chris Clark This legal guide provides background on the Freedom of Information Act in England and Wales Last updated: 27 March 2013 - 6:53pm
Social Impact Investing: The Role of Lawyers, Pt. 2 Rhianydd Griffith and Ranajoy Basu Presentations given at a Responsible Business Knowledge Group event on the role of lawyers in social impact investing
  • Responsible business
  • Americas
  • International law
 Last updated: 4 January 2013 - 5:54pm
Social Impact Investing: The Role of Lawyers, Pt. 1 Andy Lower and Michelle Peters Presentations given at a Responsible Business Knowledge Group event on the role of lawyers in social impact investing
  • Responsible business
  • Americas
  • International law
 Last updated: 4 January 2013 - 1:56pm
Recognising Sacred Natural Sites and Territories in Kenya Adam Hussein Adam This report aims to inform communities, civil society, lawyers and policy makers of the importance of Sacred Natural Sites and Territories.
  • Africa
  • Socio-economic rights
  • Governance
 Last updated: 13 November 2012 - 11:50am
Legal Regimes Governing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Host Countries Srijanee Bhattacharyya This legal guide provides a general introduction to FDI regimes in host countries.
  • Debt and Finance
  • Governance
  • International law
 Last updated: 13 November 2012 - 11:47am
The Role of the Media in Development Mark Wilson This presentation, given at our Governance Knowledge Group, deals with the role that the media plays in development, and in holding governments accountable.
  • Governance
  • International law
 Last updated: 29 October 2012 - 1:32pm
The Right to Information & Development Andrew Smith This presentation, given at our Governance Knowledge Group, considers freedom of information and how the right to access information underpins the international development agenda.
  • Africa
  • Governance
  • International law
 Last updated: 29 October 2012 - 12:02pm
Climate Microinsurance: What? Who? How? Aaron Oxley This presentation, given at our Climate Change Knowledge Group, explores how microinsurance works in practice and considers how actuarial weather data is collected.
  • Climate Change
  • International law
 Last updated: 26 October 2012 - 12:32pm
What's the Damage? Loss, Damage, and Microinsurance Christoph Schwarte This presentation, given at our Climate Change Knowledge Group, delivers an overview of the legal framework regulating mechanisms to address loss and damage arising from climate change.
  • Climate Change
  • International law
 Last updated: 26 October 2012 - 12:29pm
Climate risks, loss & damage, and insurance: what are the legal needs? Dr Swenja Surminski This presentation, given at our Climate Change Knowledge Group, discusses the legal and regulatory environment in which microinsurance operates, and the legal needs of stakeholders.
  • Climate Change
  • International law
 Last updated: 26 October 2012 - 12:27pm
Clean Development Mechanism: CDM and the UNFCCC Peter Zaman and Delyth Hughes This legal guide forms part one of a three part guide focussing on CDM as part of the UNFCC.
  • Climate Change
 Last updated: 3 October 2012 - 3:21pm
Protecting Farmers' Rights Using Foreign and Domestic Laws Dr. Mike Adcock This presentation, given at our Intellectual Property Knowledge Group, explores how international and domestic laws can protect farmers' rights in developing countries.
  • Intellectual Property
 Last updated: 26 September 2012 - 11:37am
Juvenile Detention and Justice Professor Carolyn Hamilton This presentation, given at our Socio-economic Rights Knowledge Group, considers the challenges of protecting children's rights within the criminal justice system.
  • Socio-economic rights
  • International law
 Last updated: 26 September 2012 - 11:37am
CRC Complaints Mechanism: Access to justice for children Patrick Geary This presentation, given at our Socio-economic Rights Knowledge Group, provides an overview of the new complaints mechanism attached to the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
  • Socio-economic rights
  • International law
 Last updated: 26 September 2012 - 11:33am
Rights On Trial: Judicial enforcement of the right to education and health Judith Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Sacco This presentation, given at our Socio-economic Rights Knowledge Group, asks whether strategic litigation is an effective means of enforcing the right to education and health in developing countries.
  • Socio-economic rights
 Last updated: 26 September 2012 - 11:33am
The State of Child Rights Ashley Dunford This presentation, given at our Socio-economic Rights Knowledge Group, child rights in the context of child survival, focussing on nutrition.
  • Socio-economic rights
  • International law
 Last updated: 26 September 2012 - 11:31am
Intellectual Property Rights Over Seeds in Developing Nations Teresa Anderson This talk, given at our Intellectual Property Knowledge Group, looks at how intellectual property rights are affecting agriculture in the developing world
  • Intellectual Property
 Last updated: 26 September 2012 - 11:30am
Impact Investing: Legal Considerations Tim Wood This presentation, given at our Responsible Business Knowledge Group, outlines the legal assistance required in impact investing and general issues in seeking international impact investment.
  • Responsible business
 Last updated: 26 September 2012 - 11:29am

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