Law Group of Wageningen University

🌱Last week we had the workshop "Law for Healthy Soils", organised by Edwin Alblas, Julian Helfenstein, and Anna Edlinger, with the help of Alessandro Di Bello and María José Díaz Bernal. The workshop is part of the project "(Re-)thinking soil law across spatial and temporal scales", funded by the Wageningen Biodiversity Initiative!🌱    The small-scale workshop brought together academics from all across WUR, seeking to bridge law and soil science and focusing on the EU's recent legislative proposal for a Soil Monitoring Directive. We want to thank all the participants for their crucial insights and participation! The organisers and participants will bring their expertise together to work on a shared paper on the topic. Would you like to stay updated on the progress? Please get in contact with edwin.alblas@wur.nl   Link: https://lnkd.in/ev2ncgJE Tags: Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen Social Sciences

✨The weekend has passed but we are still thinking back to The Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association and Business and Human Rights Teaching Forum Annual Conference!✨ We want to thank all the participants again for sharing their knowledge on the latest developments in the BHR field, such as the adoption of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive corporate accountability in times of armed conflict, and teaching strategies.  We hope you enjoyed your stay in Wageningen and brought home with you valuable insights! Last but not least, this conference would not have been such a success without our amazing organising committee, led by our colleagues Dr. Nadia Bernaz and Dr. Olena Uvarova, so a big thank you to them for all their efforts. Photos: Chad Osorio Tags: Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen Social Sciences.

✨Yesterday "International Investment Law and Arbitration from a Latin American Perspective" was launched!✨ While we dive into the second day of the conference, we want to share with you some pictures from yesterday's final event, the book launch of "International Investment Law and Arbitration from a Latin American Perspective." The book, edited by Nitish Monebhurrun, the Ambassador of Colombia to The Netherlands Carolina Olarte-Bácares, and Marco A. Velásquez Ruiz, PhD, explores how Latin American states have traditionally stood before the field of International Investment Law and Arbitration and critically reflects on the developments of their approach and position as players in the International Investment Law field. Photos: Chad Osorio

🎉The Global Business and Human Rights Scholars Association and Business and Human Rights Teaching Forum Annual Conference has commenced!🎉 We’re excited to welcome all the participants to our beautiful campus! The event, which brings together nearly a hundred BHR scholars, will start strong with an opening session featuring our Acting Chair Nadia Bernaz, David Hess, Rachel Chambers, and Robert McCorquodale as the keynote speaker. It will then be followed by a discussion with the participation of the UN Rapporteur on the right to development Surya Deva, Danielle Anne Pamplona, and Tara Van Ho on “Research informed teaching, teaching informed research”. Finally, after a series of parallel sessions that promises to spark the interest of all the participants, this busy and exciting day will be closed by the book launch of “International Investment Law and Arbitration from a Latin American Perspective” edited by Nitish Monebhurrun, the Ambassador of Colombia to The Netherlands Carolina Olarte-Bácares, and Marco A. Velásquez Ruiz, PhD. Photos by Chad Osorio.

📣✨The first policy brief of the REBALANCE project has been released!✨📣 The “Towards Effective Implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)” brief, written by Olena Uvarova, Chiara Macchi and Nadia Bernaz, provides an exhaustive overview of the challenges concerning the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD). It also proposes recommendations to address them based on a multifaceted approach that can be adapted to different national contexts. Link: https://lnkd.in/epM8mmN5

🌱🧪Check out "Understanding soil phosphorus cycling for sustainable development: A review", co-authored by our colleague Edwin Alblas, to discover why the topic of soil phosphorus levels in the soil is increasingly gaining attention from law and policy experts!🧪🌱 This interdisciplinary article draws from different fields, such as law and soil science, and reviews the current improvements in tools and techniques to measure soil phosphorus (P) levels. Building on these grounds, it emphasises that these improvements need to go hand in hand with policy and technological development to successfully address P-related sustainable development goals. Congratulations to the authors Julian Helfenstein, Bruno Ringeval, Federica Tamburini, Vera L. Mulder, Daniel S. Goll, Xianjin He, Edwin Alblas, Yingping Wang, Alain Mollier, and Emmanuel Frossard! Link: https://lnkd.in/eRPjzuWA Wageningen Social Sciences

⚖️💼Why assessing the influence of corporate actors on the rule of law is a key factor for understanding its environment?💼⚖️ Our colleague Olena Uvarova's newest article "The Rule of Law and Corporate Actors: Measuring Influence" reflects on this topic and proposes an approach for conceptualising and assessing the extent of corporate actors impact on the law environment in different societies. Link to the article: https://lnkd.in/etta3v-s

🌟🇰🇷Congratulations to our colleague Nadia Bernaz, whose inspiring book "Business and Human Rights: History, Law and Policy - Bridging the Accountability Gap" has been selected as one of the "2024 Outstanding Books" by the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea!🇰🇷🌟 Even before this fantastic achievement, the book quickly became a staple in the BHR field since its publication. If you're curious about it and all the other selected books, here is the link to the list: https://lnkd.in/ejXsn542

✨We are back from the holidays with new exciting news!✨ If you are passionate about new technologies and international law, don't miss the #ESIL2024Vilnius conference "Technological Change and International Law" on the 5th and 6th of September 2024! Among the panelists, you will also find our very own Eirini Fasia.💻⚖️ For more information: https://lnkd.in/dhKpAxAu

☀️Newsletter & Summer Break☀️ As the sun shines brighter, we will take a little break to recharge in view of a fantastic academic year! We will be back in September with fresh ideas and thrilling events. Meanwhile, here is our monthly newsletter full of news and readings that will keep you company during August. Enjoy your summer and stay tuned! #newsletter #law #humanrights #environmentallaw #foodlaw