625 research outputs found
Existe-t-il encore une place pour la coopération bilatérale ? Réflexions à partir de l'expérience canadienne
No full text[eng] Bonnie Campbell and Pascale Hatcher — Is there still a place for bilateral strategies of international cooperation ? Reflections on the basis of the Canadian experience. . The multilateralisation of analysis and development strategies proposed by the Bret ton Woods institutions has major political implications for aid policies. Based on an analysis of the Canadian experience, this article raises concerns that Canada might abandon its ability to achieve coherence among its various policy instruments at the bilateral level and, as well, that Canada might abdicate responsibility for its own development and aid policies. In such a context, the existence of an autonomous specialised bilateral agency such as the Canadian International Development Agency, СIDА, represents a valuable institutional means which provides space and hence safeguards for debates, analysis and policies which are unlikely to emerge from any other institution.
From Suspicion to Trust: The ‘Pact of Translation’ in Two Author-Translator Collaborations
No full textThere is a vast literature showing that author-translator relationships are often fraught with tensions which undermine trust between the two parties (Anokhina 2017; Hersant, 2017, 2020). These tensions are hardly detectable from the sole comparison of source and target texts but are likely to be revealed in archival material such as editorial correspondence or revised translator’s typescripts and galley proofs. The examination of archival material makes it possible to observe how trust between translator and author develops and deepens, but also how it can be jeopardized when other intermediaries come into play. This paper focuses on documents taken from the Lilly Library at the University of Indiana Bloomington. Both epitextual sources (such as correspondence with publishers and authors) and genetic sources (such as translators’ manuscripts and notebooks) pertaining to translators William Weaver (1923-2012) and Barbara Wright (1915-2009) are examined, with a view to better understand the complex interplay of trust and mistrust that takes place in translation collaborations
Pascale Drouet, Love’s Labour’s Lost
No full textWith its concise historical contextualizing and its pertinent approaches to analysis, Pascale Drouet’s recent publication provides the oft-overlooked play the critical acknowledgment it greatly deserves. It is especially designed for francophone students of Shakespeare, bringing together some of the most artfully-couched and enlightening insights from other prominent critical works, continental and other. In “Repères,” the author makes use of those biographical and historical elements that sh..
Indigenous Rights in Mongolia: Challenges and Opportunities
No full textSince 2019, Jenny and Pascale have been conducting research into the complaints submitted by the herders of Khanbogd and Tsoggtsetsei to the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which is part of the World Bank Group. A key aspect of these complaints was the claim that Mongolian herders are indigenous peoples and should therefore get more rights according to IFC’s own Investment Performance Standards. Our research is based on analysis of the CAO complaints and agreements, alongside interviews with key stakeholders on the Tripartite Council (TPC) (herders, local government, Oyu Tolgoi (OT) and NGOs) and a focus group with herders. After being delayed by COVID-19, we are grateful to Tseren Byambasuren for assisting us to conduct more interviews in Spring 2022.
This short brief is intended for herders impacted by Oyu Tolgoi mine in the South Gobi. It lays out the main conclusions of our research and suggests long term avenues for herders to advance their objectives
How the horizontal social clause can be made to work: the lessons of gender mainstreaming
No full textThe author of this Policy Brief, Pascale Vielle, Lecturer at the University of Louvain, identifies the potential benefits and likely pitfalls associated with the Horizontal Social Clause in Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in the light of the experience of the gender mainstreaming clause. She shows that only a firm commitment on the part of all relevant European actors can ensure the successful development of horizontal policies on the scale of the EU
The politics of artisanal and small-scale mining in Mongolia
No full textLarge-scale mining has become the cornerstone of Mongolia’s
development and poverty reduction narrative. Building on political economy
insights, this paper explores the politics of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)
in the competing context of the fast-pace development of large-scale mining in
Mongolia. Questions are raised about the actors involved in promoting an
‘investment-led model’ which has privileged large-scale activities. Such context
sheds light on the marginalisation of ASM activities in Mongolia, a sector which,
despite being illegal until 2010, has continued to support 20 per cent of Mongolia’s
rural workforce
Global norm domestication and selective compliance: The case of Mongolia's Oyu Tolgoi mine
No full textMongolia is in the midst of one of the world's largest mining boom and the Gobi Desert is the construction site of what is expected to become the World's third-largest gold-copper mine: Oyu Tolgoi. The paper follows the case of Oyu Tolgoi to analyse how a complex array of global norms are being domesticated in the particular context of Mongolia. Building on data gathered in the course of three field visits to Mongolia and the literature rooted in critical political economy, it is argued that in Mongolia, the domestication of market-oriented norms in extractive governance have taken precedence over any other international norms championed for the sector. In such light, and this is the second argument of the paper, this hierarchy embedded in the complex array of international norms that impact the mining sector has compelled the State to strategically cede some of its former roles and responsibilities to the private sector, leaving civil society elements—in the case of Oyu Tolgoi mine, local nomadic communities—with little recourse to address what is now a highly asymmetric relationship with Rio Tinto, the main shareholder of the mine
Sull'obbligo degli Stati di registrare gli accordi internazionali presso il segretariato generale delle Nazioni Unite: il caso Jadhav
No full textThis paper discusses the Jadhav case submitted to the ICJ by India against Pakistan on 8 May 2017. The case concerns the alleged violation of the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations with regard to the detention and trial of an Indian national who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court. Pakistan claimed to have applied the 2008 bilateral Agreement on Consular Access, providing that “in case of arrest, detention or sentence made on political or security grounds, each side may examine the case on its merits”. Nonetheless, according to India, the bilateral Agreement cannot be invoked before the ICJ, as it was not promptly registered with the UN Secretariat, inconsistently with Article 102 of the UN Charter. The author does not share such a formalistic interpretation of Article 102. This provision aims at discouraging secret treaties. Since the bilateral Agreement has never been secret, it could be invoked before the ICJ regardless of its registration. Hence, it was not necessary for Pakistan to register the bilateral Agreement after India had instituted proceedings before the ICJ
La tutela dei diritti umani in Africa: origini, istituzione e attività della Corte africana dei diritti dell’uomo e dei popoli
No full textThe Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, adopted in Ouagadougou in 1998, came into force in 2004 representing an important step forward for Africa. This article examines the origins of the African Court, highlighting the different factors that up to the 1990s had prevented, and then later allowed, the creation of such a Court. The social, historical and political background provided in this article, shows how hard it was to establish the first African court for human rights. The organization and the composition of the African Court are described according to similarities and differences with the European and the Inter-American Courts on Human Rights. Particular attention is given to the new rule on the exclusion of a judge who is citizen of a State in dispute before the Court. The very broad advisory jurisdiction of the African Court is examined in comparison with those of other regional Human Rights jurisdictions. Furthermore, this article highlights how contentious the jurisdiction of the Court is. This is examined in relation to two questions: subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction. Particular emphasis is given to the role of individuals and NGOs, which can bring cases directly before the Court only if the State concerned has made a declaration accepting the competence of the Court in this regard. The activities undertaken so far by the African Court are described in the last paragraph. After a brief mention of the first case dealt with by the Court, the author focuses on the Libyan affair. The order for provisional measures adopted in March 2011 is examined and developments regarding the Libyan case are investigated, bearing in mind the great changes that have taken place in Tripoli in the meantime
Letture di Temistio tra il XIV e il XV secolo
No full textThis paper aims to complete the survey of all extant witnesses of Themi- stius, orationes IV-V-VII-IX-X (a corpusculum of late antique origin), by means of analysis and collation of the text transmitted by four mss. which contain excerpts or single speeches: namely mss. Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek, Pal. gr. 129 (K); Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, B.V.33 (T); Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana, 12 (E); Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 2967 (c). A brief description of the manuscripts is provided and their relationships with other wit- nesses of Themistius’ speeches are established; hence the four mss. find place in the stemma codicum drawn up by the author in a previous work. Finally, the re- sults of new research about some important witnesses of Themistius’ speeches are presented: in particular, most of the manuscripts appear to have beeen copied and studied during the Palaeologan Period (XIII-XIV century), between Thessaloniki and Constantinople
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