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Journal article 2026 · Open access

Where Regimes Meet: Human Rights and International Investment Law at the Point of Expropriation

Mona Modaresrad, Majid Ghamami

Law and World · Vol. 12, No. 38, pp. 65-82

Contemporary international law increasingly rejects the notion of autonomous legal regimes, favoring a pluralist order grounded in normative interaction. Within this framework, international investment law (IIL) emerges, not as an autonomous, but as a speciali…

Public International Law 10.36475/12.2.4
Journal article 2026 · Open access

State-Guaranteed Legal Aid as a Social Right of an Infrastructural Nature

Vadim Sukhov

Law and World · Vol. 12, No. 39, pp. 21-34

This article examines the legal nature of state-guaranteed legal aid and substantiates its classification as an autonomous social right of an infrastructural character. While legal aid has traditionally been regarded as a mechanism for ensuring access to justi…

International Human Rights Law 10.36475/12.3.2
Journal article 2025 · Open access

Climate Justice on Trial: Role of Nigerian Courts in Connecting the Dots between Climate Change and Violence against Women

Uju Peace Okeke, Sophia Chukwufumnaya Chima

Law and World · Vol. 11, No. 36, pp. 116-136

While growing scholarship has increasingly explored the gendered impact of climate change, the legal responses remain under-examined, particularly in Nigeria. Globally, climate change is a topical issue. The cause could be natural or man-made. While natural ca…

International Human Rights Law 10.36475/11.4.6
Journal article 2025 · Open access

The Right to the Secret of Correspondence and Its Legal Protection

Abdelhadi Derrar, Nassima Derrar

Law and World · Vol. 11, No. 34, pp. 52-59

Respecting the private life of man is one of the most prominent basic rights guaranteed by positive laws and divine laws, as it is a pillar of human dignity and individual freedom. This right includes preserving human secrets and not dispensing them without hi…

International Human Rights Law 10.36475/11.2.5
Journal article 2026 · Open access

Precarious Legal Status and the Protection of Migrant Workers’ Rights: An International Compliance Analysis of Algerian Law

Bentaallah Zahira

Law and World · Vol. 12, No. 37, pp. 74-86

Labour migration is considered one of the most significant forms of human mobility today, as individuals seek to improve their living conditions by pursuing employment opportunities beyond their countries of origin. The impact of migrant workers extends beyond…

Public International Law 10.36475/12.1.5
Journal article 2026 · Open access

The Algerian Legal Framework for the Economic Exploitation of Children: International Standards and Prospects for Reform

Hammas Omar

Law and World · Vol. 12, No. 38, pp. 83-98

The phenomenon of child economic exploitation is an alarming global reality, often exacerbated by economic precariousness that forces many families to sacrifice their children’s education for the sake of an additional income. However, this practice exposes a p…

International Human Rights Law 10.36475/12.2.5
Journal article 2025 · Open access

Environmental, Social, and Governance as Sustainability Solution for Women’s Rights in West Africa

Sophia Abiri-Franklin, Olusola Adesina Akinsanya, Olalekan Moyosore Lalude, Elisabeta Smaranda Olarinde

Law and World · Vol. 11, No. 33, pp. 125-135

In the West African corporate sector, the engagement of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles is becoming the trend and could be a transformative strategy for advancing women’s rights in West Africa. This paper examined the ESG framework as po…

International Human Rights Law 10.36475/11.1.10
Journal article 2025 · Open access

The Study of Right to Freedom of Expression, Digital Media Laws and Demand for Innovation

Gaikwad Sadhana, Rajvardhan

Law and World · Vol. 11, No. 33, pp. 114-124

This paper provides an overview of the concept of the right to freedom of expression, the concept of digital media, relating and applicable laws as well as needed innovation in the existing legal framework to prohibit misinformation on digital media. Nowadays…

International Human Rights Law 10.36475/11.1.9
Journal article 2025 · Open access

The Efficacy of “Anti-Gender-Based Violence Laws” in Addressing the Scourge of Gender-Based Violence in South Africa

Paul S. Masumbe, Pumza Nomnganga

Law and World · Vol. 11, No. 34, pp. 75-83

South Africa has encountered a notable increase in incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) over recent years. The failure of South Africa’s criminal justice system to effectively address GBV cases has resulted in the stigmatisation of the system. Consequently…

International Human Rights Law 10.36475/11.2.7