(January 7, 2007) A former state environmental chief who was forced to resign over a major chemical spill that caused widespread pollution has been appointed deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission.
Dam project brings Laos cash and controversy
(January 4, 2007) Sop Hia, Laos Near this dusty village of 51 houses, amid remote hills in the center of landlocked Laos, a country where electricity and running water are scarce and 80 percent of people still live on subsistence farming, a giant project is taking shape that has multinational companies and lenders buzzing.
As dams threaten fish, firm proposes rabbit diet
(January 4, 2007) For the 11,000 villagers along the in northeastern Cambodia, life is about fish. They eat fish. They sell fish. But one day soon, if Vietnam completes six hydropower dams now planned or under construction along the river, there many not be enough fish. Perhaps they can eat rabbits instead.
The Due Diligence Model: A New Approach to the Problem of Odious Debts
(January 3, 2007) Odious debts are debts incurred by a government without either popular
consent or a legitimate public purpose. There is a debate within
academic circles as to whether the successor government to a regime
that incurred odious debts has the right to repudiate repayment. In the
real world, however, repudiation is not currently an option granted
legitimacy by either global capital markets or the legal systems of
creditor states.
Insolvency principles and the odious debt doctrine:The missing link in the debate
(January 1, 2007) Abstract: The War in Iraq has intensified the international human rights community’s attention to the staggering amount of debt facing any future Iraqi government.
Odious, illegitimate, illegal or legal debts – What difference does it make for international Chapter 9 arbitration?
(January 1, 2007) Once upon a time, sovereign debts were just that — debts or the entitlement to be repaid fully, including interest. During the 1970s it was thought unnecessary to make any distinctions between debts, based on the assumption that sovereigns might possibly become illiquid, but could never become insolvent.
Odious debt, old and new: The legal intellectual history of an idea
(January 1, 2007) In a sense, all debts are odious; that is, to use dictionary definitions, “hateful; disgusting; offensive.”1 Yet insofar as international economic law today is concerned, only a certain few debts can be considered “odious debts” in order to contest and perhaps eventually to repudiate them.
The odious debt doctrine after Iraq
(January 1, 2007) The odious debt doctrine has experienced renewed popularity in the past few years; it has been heralded by academics, political commentators, economists, and politicians as a mechanism to alleviate burdens imposed by illegitimate rulers.
Insolvency principles and the odious debt doctrine:The missing link in the debate
(January 1, 2007) The War in Iraq has intensified the international human rights community’s attention to the staggering amount of debt facing any future Iraqi government.
Odious, illegitimate, illegal or legal debts – What difference does it make for international Chapter 9 arbitration?
(January 1, 2007) Once upon a time, sovereign debts were just that — debts or the entitlement to be repaid fully, including interest. During the 1970s it was thought unnecessary to make any distinctions between debts, based on the assumption that sovereigns might possibly become illiquid, but could never become insolvent.
Odious debt, old and new: The legal intellectual history of an idea
(January 1, 2007) In a sense, all debts are odious; that is, to use dictionary definitions, “hateful; disgusting; offensive.”1 Yet insofar as international economic law today is concerned, only a certain few debts can be considered “odious debts” in order to contest and perhaps eventually to repudiate them.
The odious debt doctrine after Iraq
(January 1, 2007) The odious debt doctrine has experienced renewed popularity in the past few years; it has been heralded by academics, political commentators, economists, and politicians as a mechanism to alleviate burdens imposed by illegitimate rulers.
Ecuador at the crossroads: an integral audit of the public debt case
(January 1, 2007) Ecuador’s debt can be considered "illegitimate" from various perspectives: ethical, financial, legal and social. The flagrant violation of human, economic, social and ecological rights caused by the debt makes it illegitimate, unjust, immoral and unrepayable.
Illegal power plants, coal mines plague China
(December 27, 2006) On the edge of this dusty farming hamlet, the massive smokestack of the half-finished Xinfeng Power Plant looms as a monument to China’s out-of-control demand for energy.
Local authorities lambasted for environment neglect
(December 26, 2006) China’s top environmental official lambasted grassroots authorities here Tuesday, saying that serious local protectionism has fostered rampant environmental violations.
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