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…

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…

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.