Dr Stephanie Triefus

Wonderful evening @westdenhaag.bsky.social full of international law & art! Keynote by @sofiastolk.bsky.social and exhibitions by Daria Radu, Salome Erni & Anastasia Troshkova. @stephtriefus.bsky.social @celewis.bsky.social @tmcasser.bsky.social #kabk #moviesthatmatter www.asser.nl/education-ev...

A Canadian-led gold mining project in Romania threatened to displace 1000 locals in Rosia Montana. Yet, international investment rules are neglecting the locals’ voices, perpetuating injustice to them.

How did that happen? Read Stephanie Triefus and Irina Velicu's new paper

Today, we interviewed Rafaella Monesi. She completed her internship in ‘Transnational public interests: constituing public interest beyond and below state’ strand with @stephtriefus.bsky.social
and @antoineduval.bsky.social.

Read the interview

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It's been amazing working with artist Salome Erni to bring some of the impacts of investment arbitration on local communities to light, and I am excited to see her work exhibited at West, Den Haag from 28/2-13/3!

Looking fwd to presenting my article in progress on fair profits in intl investment law at @uvalawschool.bsky.social this week! It's been very eye-opening to dive into a case so close to home, learning about how Groningers have been dealing with earthquakes caused by gas extraction for decades

Two weeks to go until the @tmcasser.bsky.social - @seven-uva.bsky.social panel event 'Climate on trial: lessons from the Milieudefensie versus Shell case' - register now to attend in person in the Hague or online! www.asser.nl/education-ev...

Join us for a panel discussion on the pivotal Milieudefensie v. Shell judgment, and explore its significance for future climate accountability strategies!

🗓️ Date: 13 Feb 2025
🕐 Time: 17:00 – 18:30
📍 Location: T.M.C Asser Institute and online

Register here: www.asser.nl/education-ev...

Please share with your networks #bizhumanrights @antoineduval.bsky.social @chiaramacchi.bsky.social @taravanho.bsky.social @dbose.bsky.social @lroorda.bsky.social @gamzeerdemturkelli.bsky.social @philpaiement.bsky.social @jkrommendijk.bsky.social @chpaulussen.bsky.social & rest of BHR Bluesky 🙂

While the judgment may not have delivered the decisive victory climate activists sought, it offers insights into developing judicial attitudes -> corp responsibility for climate change. We'll consider the decision from diff angles incl its significance for future climate accountability strategies.

The event will take place in person at the Asser Institute in the Hague, and online.
Speakers: @andrenollkaemper.bsky.social (SEVEN) and Sjoukje van Oosterhout (milieudefensie.bsky.social), others TBC.
Event supported by the Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research @nnhrr.bsky.social

📣Register now - panel discussion on Milieudefensie v Shell 13 February 17:00-18:30 📣
Join @tmcasser.bsky.social and @seven-uva.bsky.social for a discussion on the lessons of this important case in #climatelitigation against corporations. Register here:
www.asser.nl/education-ev...
#bizhumanrights

Come and work with me! Please share with your most brilliant students - the NNHRR intern is absolutely crucial to the operation of the Network and Romina Ruszin's and Ewa Romanowska's are big shoes to fill 😊

NNHRR is looking for an intern! Deadline 5 January 2025.
· Full-time (38 hours per week – study commitments are taken into account)
· Starting 24 Feb 2025
· 6 months (poss ext to 9)
· The Hague (in person)
· Expense allowance: € 550/month

Please spread the word about this #bizhumanrights internship and give @nnhrr.bsky.social a follow 😊

Gold mining, resistance and investment arbitration in Türkiye - SOMO Large-scale mining projects highlight complex tensions between states, foreign investors, and local communities, leading to environmental and social risks.

Disputed Grounds: Gold Mining, Community Resistance, and #ISDS in Turkey.

New @somoamsterdam.bsky.social longread, with Abdurrahman Erol.

#AlamosGold #Kirazlı #Kazdağları #Türkiye

www.somo.nl/disputed-gro...

As I reach the end of my PhD I am looking for a research position in the Netherlands, so pls keep me in mind if you hear of anything in the realm of IIL, HR, BHR, and qualitative studies in international law, and send good thoughts as I try to submit my PhD at some point!

I'm grateful to a bunch of people for helping me get my first article into the world, and since most are on the former bird app rather than here: twitter.com/stephtriefus...

Evidently there is some way to go before companies are likely to forego the potential windfall of an ISDS award on the basis of their HR responsibilities, but it is important to articulate what these are so that we can inch towards a world where that idea isn’t so ridiculous.

As argued by CCSI_Columbia's Nora Mardirossian, Lisa Sachs and others, this should apply to a company’s entire litigation strategy, as ISDS is not the only way companies can cause adverse HR impacts through engagement with legal institutions www.unsdsn.org/handbook-for...

Human rights due diligence is one potential way to move forward with the idea that businesses have a responsibility to consider the HR impacts of ISDS - the decision to bring a case should be assessed as part of a company’s HRDD processes.

As we have seen in ongoing debates on human rights and IIL, these impacts are not mitigated through how tribunals consider human rights, as human rights are rarely considered relevant to disputes and current reform processes are limited to procedural changes.

I set out three possible ways that engaging in ISDS itself may remove or reduce individuals’ enjoyment of human rights - chilling of human rights & climate change measures, crippling mega-awards, and direct impacts on third-party rights.

Using David Birchall's understanding of adverse HR impacts from his article 'Any Act, Any Harm, To Anyone': ‘impacts’ expands well beyond the scope of legal infractions to capture a much wider range of harms incl non-violative, legally-permitted acts ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/any-act-any-...

In this article I make the case that businesses should consider the human rights impacts of ISDS before submitting a case for arbitration, because businesses can no longer ignore the fact that engaging in ISDS can adversely impact human rights.

Beyond delighted to share my first ever published article ‘The UNGPs and ISDS: Should Businesses Assess the Human Rights Impacts of Investor–State Arbitration?’ available open access in the wonderful Business & Human Rights Journal

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Hello Bluesky! Hoping to have something interesting to share soon :)