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The French citizens’ convention on climate change (2021)
Journal Article
Dadomo, C. (2021). The French citizens’ convention on climate change. IUCN AEL Journal of Environmental Law, 76-84

Following the French President’s speech of 25 April 2019 in which Emmanuel Macron announced a change in the decision-making process regarding the ecological transition agenda, a Citizens’ Convention for climate change was set up in October 2019. Un... Read More about The French citizens’ convention on climate change.

Financial intelligence units and the prevention of money laundering: A comparative analysis of financial intelligence units in the United Kingdom, Singapore and Thailand (2021)
Thesis
Silathong, K. Financial intelligence units and the prevention of money laundering: A comparative analysis of financial intelligence units in the United Kingdom, Singapore and Thailand. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1816628

This thesis examines the implementation of the international Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards regarding the role of Financial Intelligence Units (FIU) under the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations. The main research questions focu... Read More about Financial intelligence units and the prevention of money laundering: A comparative analysis of financial intelligence units in the United Kingdom, Singapore and Thailand.

Broken promises? Tax enforcement policy in the UK (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Bourton, S. (2021, March). Broken promises? Tax enforcement policy in the UK. Presented at Dissemination event for the EU-funded PROTAX project, Centre for Financial and Corporate Integrity, Coventry University

The duty to take precautions in hostilities, and the disobeying of orders: Should robots refuse? (2021)
Journal Article
Pollard, M., & Grimal, F. (2021). The duty to take precautions in hostilities, and the disobeying of orders: Should robots refuse?. Fordham International Law Journal, 44(3), 671-734

This Article not only questions whether an embodied artificial intelligence (“EAI”) could give an order to a human combatant, but controversially, examines whether it should also refuse one. A future EAI may be capable of refusing to follow an order,... Read More about The duty to take precautions in hostilities, and the disobeying of orders: Should robots refuse?.

E-Wallets, money laundering and terrorism financing: Is the voluntary exchange of information the panacea? (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ryder, N. (2021, March). E-Wallets, money laundering and terrorism financing: Is the voluntary exchange of information the panacea?. Paper presented at Stakeholders Consultation on Trafficking of Dangerous Substances through Exploitation of E-Wallet Services, Vienna

This presentation is divided into three parts. Part I provides a brief overview of E-Wallets, it identifies their unprecedented growth and identifies their abuse by money launderers. Part II comments on the effectiveness of the traditional anti-mon... Read More about E-Wallets, money laundering and terrorism financing: Is the voluntary exchange of information the panacea?.

Terrorism financing and fraud – the unseen (seen) nexus? A broken policy and a series of missed opportunities (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ryder, N. (2021, February). Terrorism financing and fraud – the unseen (seen) nexus? A broken policy and a series of missed opportunities. Paper presented at Lincoln University Staff Seminar Series, Lincoln University

This presentation identifies a detailed and authoritative terrorism financing fraud typology and a disjointed counter-terrorism financing/counter-fraud policies. The paper recommends that the fraud typology could be used as a disruptive mechanism an... Read More about Terrorism financing and fraud – the unseen (seen) nexus? A broken policy and a series of missed opportunities.

Fleeing contemporary armed conflicts in international refugee law: Judicial practice in the European Union (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Querton, C. (2021, February). Fleeing contemporary armed conflicts in international refugee law: Judicial practice in the European Union. Presented at McLaughlin College Lunch Talks, York University, Toronto, Canada

As the number of forcibly displaced people in the world today is the highest ever recorded and most are fleeing situations of armed conflict and widespread violence, queries regarding the continued relevance of the 1951 Convention relating to the Sta... Read More about Fleeing contemporary armed conflicts in international refugee law: Judicial practice in the European Union.

Bringing the Ramsar Convention home: A critical examination of the legal regulation of the ecosystem of Lake Urmia (2021)
Thesis
Ostovar, S. Bringing the Ramsar Convention home: A critical examination of the legal regulation of the ecosystem of Lake Urmia. (Thesis). UWE. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/5628606

The present study investigated the effectiveness of the legal regulations of the ecosystem of the Lake Urmia. Lake Urmia located in northwestern part of Iran between the two provinces of East- Azerbaijan and West- Azerbaijan was declared a wetland of... Read More about Bringing the Ramsar Convention home: A critical examination of the legal regulation of the ecosystem of Lake Urmia.

Money laundering through cryptocurrencies: Analysing the responses of the United States and Australia and providing recommendations for the UK to address the money laundering risks posed by cryptocurrencies (2021)
Thesis
Hillman, H. Money laundering through cryptocurrencies: Analysing the responses of the United States and Australia and providing recommendations for the UK to address the money laundering risks posed by cryptocurrencies. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/4234061

This thesis aims to analyse the phenomenon of cryptocurrencies, specifically the legal understanding of cryptocurrencies, to assess whether they may be used to launder money, and if so, how this risk should be addressed in the United Kingdom. Cryptoc... Read More about Money laundering through cryptocurrencies: Analysing the responses of the United States and Australia and providing recommendations for the UK to address the money laundering risks posed by cryptocurrencies.

Health inequalities and ethnic vulnerabilities during COVID-19 in the UK: A reflection on the PHE reports (2021)
Journal Article
Keys, C., Nanayakkara, G., Onyejekwe, C., Sah, R. K., & Wright, T. (2021). Health inequalities and ethnic vulnerabilities during COVID-19 in the UK: A reflection on the PHE reports. Feminist Legal Studies, 29(1), 107-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-020-09446-y

COVID-19 has uncovered the vulnerabilities, inequalities and fragility present within our social community which has exposed and exacerbated the pre-existing racial and socioeconomic inequalities that disproportionately affect health outcomes for Bla... Read More about Health inequalities and ethnic vulnerabilities during COVID-19 in the UK: A reflection on the PHE reports.