Prepared by the Case Law Editorial Team: Aidan Hammerschmid (Coordinating Editor), Brian Barbour, Regina Jefferies, and Tamara Wood from the Kaldor Centre for International

Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney, Australia; and Felix Peerboom from the Law Faculty, Maastricht University, Netherlands [...]

AbstractThe 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, together with its 1967 Protocol, is the foundation of the contemporary international refugee regime. Despite

criticisms of Eurocentrism, the Refugee Convention continues to have a significant impact on regional conventions, national legislation, and evolving norms and standards. [...]

SUMMARYThis note on international protection highlights the critical need to abide by international legal standards and to fulfil commitments in the Global Compact on Refugees,

as persecution and conflicts continue to force people from their homes in record numbers and solutions remain elusive in all regions of the world. [...]

AbstractThis article examines refugee status determination (RSD) procedures in Norway and Canada, focusing on religious conversion claims. It is structured in two parts. The

first describes the features of RSD in both countries, including the standards of review and legal precedents used by courts. [...]

AbstractThis article discusses the relationship between subsidiary protection status granted to persons fleeing indiscriminate violence in armed conflicts under article 15(c)

of the European Union (EU) Qualification Directive (soon to be Qualification Regulation) and international humanitarian law. [...]

AbstractThis article maps the future of commercial arbitration. With its decision in the Pechstein case, the European Court of Human Rights sanctioned the Swiss Federal Supreme

Court for its rather generous approach towards the Court of Arbitration for Sport and imposed human rights restrictions on arbitration proceedings. [...]

AbstractParty-appointed arbitrators are a common but controversial feature of many arbitral systems. The main point of contention is whether parties can and do use their power

to appoint one of the arbitrators in a way that undermines impartial, equal, and fair arbitration. [...]

AbstractThis article discusses how the Arbitration Bill contains a new conflict of laws rule to replace the current common law test because the latter is thought to defeat

party expectations. But the Bill also contains an exception to this new rule, for treaty-derived arbitration agreements. [...]