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The presentation of the report in Vienna 4 May 2023

Report on the deportation of Ukrainian children

On 30 March 2023, 45 #OSCE participating States, following consultation with #Ukraine, invoked the OSCE’s #MoscowMechanism on the issue of "forcible transfer of #children within parts of Ukraine’s territory temporarily controlled or occupied by #Russia and/or their deportation to the Russian Federation". NAILs Cecilie Hellestveit was selected by Ukraine and the invoking states as one of the experts to work on…

Posted on May 6, 2023May 6, 2023 by NAIL

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Report: A UN Tax Convention?

EXPLORING THE MERITS AND FEASIBILITY OF A NEW INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON TAX AND FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY Every year, billions of US dollars in government revenue are lost through corporate tax avoidance, profit shifting, and other tax-related illicit financial flows. This is an issue of transboundary concern, undermining States’ fiscal independence and…

Posted on September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

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Report: The merits and feasibility of an international taiga agreement

The taiga is a natural resource of enormous scale, with great value for wildlife and all of humanity. It provides a range of vital ecosystem services at local, national, regional, and global levels. Its role in global carbon sequestration and as a driver of precipitation makes the protection and sustainable…

Posted on January 21, 2022February 4, 2022 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

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Fact-finding mechanisms

Hellestveit has written a chapter on fact-finding mechanisms under international law in the Research Handbook on International Law and Peace (Elgar) edited by Professor Cecilia Baillet. Hellestveit presented the chapter at a book-launch at the Faculty of Law during Oslo Peace Days.

Posted on December 11, 2019February 19, 2021 by NAIL

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The case for a treaty on marine plastic pollution

The call for a new international treaty on marine plastic pollution is growing in strength. Scholars and civil society actors are now calling for a global regulatory framework to be put in place. At the first session of the open-ended ad hoc expert group on marine plastic litter and microplastics,…

Posted on November 28, 2018January 7, 2020 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

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The TPNW: Setting the record straight

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is steadily attracting new adherents and is likely to enter into force in the next few years. Numerous states, NGOs, and scholars have praised the adoption of the treaty as a welcome addition to the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime. But…

Posted on October 14, 2018October 28, 2020 by Kjølv Egeland

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The TPNW and its implications for Norway

This report explains the contents of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), discusses its compatibility with Norwegian defence arrangements and explores the details of some of the key dilemmas Norwegian policymakers are faced with. (more…)

Posted on October 9, 2018November 24, 2020 by NAIL

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Trump publishes report on legal and policy framework for the use of military force

Following the election of Donald Trump in November 2016, the Obama administration rushed to finalize a report on existing legal and policy framework guiding military operations, published in December 2016. The objective was to identify current practices and understandings by the US administration, and force subsequent administrations to identify changes…

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Report on the deportation of Ukrainian children

Posted on May 6, 2023May 6, 2023 by NAIL

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Report: A UN Tax Convention?

Posted on September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

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Report: The merits and feasibility of an international taiga agreement

Posted on January 21, 2022February 4, 2022 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

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Fact-finding mechanisms

Posted on December 11, 2019February 19, 2021 by NAIL

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The case for a treaty on marine plastic pollution

Posted on November 28, 2018January 7, 2020 by Torbjørn Graff Hugo

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The TPNW: Setting the record straight

Posted on October 14, 2018October 28, 2020 by Kjølv Egeland

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The TPNW and its implications for Norway

Posted on October 9, 2018November 24, 2020 by NAIL

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Trump publishes report on legal and policy framework for the use of military force

Posted on March 20, 2018 by NAIL