By Barry Finnegan* (Griffith College) Barry Finnegan is a programme director and senior lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism & Media Communications, Griffith College. He is also a researcher with the Irish branch of the international civil … [Read more...]
Letter to Chancellor Kern from European Civil Society Organisations
H.E. Christian Kern Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria October 6, 2016 Federal Chancellery Ballhausplatz 2 1010 Vienna Austria Your Excellency, Chancellor Kern We, the undersigned, wish to commend you on the concern you have … [Read more...]
Free Trade and Investment, Tax and Human Rights, Part II – Tax
In “The Hidden Wealth of Nations”, Gabriel Zucman writes: “(w)e can no longer continue to liberalize trade while completely ignoring the problems of fiscal dissimulation.” In the World Investment Report 2015, we read: “Ongoing anti-avoidance … [Read more...]
Attac letter to Minister Mitchell O’Connor on CETA
Dear Mrs. Mitchell O’Connor, We thank you for the answer to our letter of 9 May 2016, which we received from your secretary Mrs. Thérèse Walsh. Our letter explained some of our reservations about CETA and, as a result, asked you to please ask for … [Read more...]
ECJ must rule on the compatibility of ISDS with EU law.
Working Paper Delivered At Conference: ‘International and Comparative Law in the 21st Century: Lessons learned?’ 10th June 2016, Griffith College, South Circular Rd., Dublin 8, Ireland. “European Court of Justice Must Rule on Coherence of ISDS … [Read more...]
