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Navigating Privacy Challenges in the Metaverse: A Comprehensive Examination of Current Technologies and Platforms
( IEEE , 2024 , Article)The metaverse's rise brings unique privacy challenges. While existing research has broadly surveyed security and privacy in this domain, our article provides a targeted analysis of user privacy within notable VR/MR devices ... -
Is the ecosystem approach effective in transboundary water systems: Central Asia as a case study?
( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2021 , Article Review)In the context of international environmental law and International Water Law (IWL), the Ecosystem Approach (EA) has become a source of heated debate. In recent years, there has been growing recognition of the negative ... -
Big Data Analytics and Its Impact on Basin Water Agreements and International Water Law: A Study of the Ramotswa Aquifer
( Brill , 2022 , Book chapter)Big data analytics is transforming the water sector at the national and international levels. Its potential impact on transboundary water resource governance is being assessed, for example, in the context of selected basins, ... -
Draft legal framework for shared water resources in the Arab World: is it really needed?
( Routledge , 2021 , Article)Attempts to establish a regional water convention covering shared water resources in the Arab world have been ongoing for more than a decade. During this time, a Draft Arab Water Convention has been proposed, and the content ... -
Maritime Emissions Taxation: An Alternative to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme?
(2014 , Article)The advent of the eighteenth session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP18)1 internationalized a new sense of urgency2 towards preventing the planet ... -
Enforcement Activism of the EU’ cement Activism of the EU’s Renewable Ener s Renewable Energy Directive During the Global Financial Crisis
(2014 , Article)The American “shale revolution”1 has been an economic blessing in a troubled time,2 a blessing the EU (“European Union”) has largely not enjoyed.3 It may prove, however, to have been a double-edged sword. If the ... -
The Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law. Edited by CINNAMON P CARLARNE, KEVIN R GRAY and RICHARD TARASOFSKY
( Oxford University Press , 2017 , Article)The urgency of climate change necessitates considering what types of governance options are available when the existing approaches are failing.1 The United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) Secretariat’s ... -
Decarbonizing Bitcoin: Law and policy choices for reducing the energy consumption of Blockchain technologies and digital currencies
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)The vast transactional, trust and security advantages of Bitcoin are dwarfed by the intentionally resource-intensive design in its transaction verification process which now threatens the climate we depend upon for survival. ... -
Coastal State Regulation of Bunkering and Ship-to-Ship (STS) Oil Transfer Operations in the EEZ: An Analysis of State Practice and of Coastal State Jurisdiction Under the LOSC
( taylor and francis online , 2019 , Article)While the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) expressly allocates jurisdiction in regard to several activities that are conducted in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), it does not do so for bunkering and ... -
Deutsche Bank and the Use of Promises in Islamic Finance Contracts
( SSRN- Elsevier , 2013 , Article)This paper examines the concept of a promise, an essential tool for Islamic financial transactions that has facilitated the development of structured Sharī‘ah-compliant financing arrangements and mitigated much of the risk ... -
Regulating Sovereign Wealth Funds to Avoid Investment Protectionism
( Oxford Academic , 2015 , Article)Chinese and Emirati purchases of US companies have collapsed because of suspicions that their Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) status is a disguise for political ambitions. SWFs have grown in size and number, drawing the attention ... -
Free Zones in the United Arab Emirates: Domestic and International Tax Issues
( Kluwer Law International , 2015 , Article)Free Zones in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) offer an abundance of tax and economic advantages for companies wishing to incorporate in the UAE and develop their business with a high degree of flexibility. However, the ... -
Yenkong Ngangjoh Hodu and ZHANG Qi, The Political Economy of WTO Implementation and China’s Approach to Litigation in the WTO
(2017 , Article)1. There is no gainsaying that international trade is the fulcrum of the world economy. No country can function meaningfully without trade or economic relations with other countries. At the heart of the global trade is the ... -
A Sandbox Approach to Regulating High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Applications
( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , Article)This paper argues for a sandbox approach to regulating artificial intelligence (AI) to complement a strict liability regime. The authors argue that sandbox regulation is an appropriate complement to a strict liability ... -
Governance in the era of Blockchain technology in Qatar: a roadmap and a manual for Trade Finance
( Palgrave Macmillan , 2021 , Article)Nations worldwide have sought to capitalize on the benefits of distributed ledger technology (DLT) including Blockchain, but struggled to strike a balance between encouraging investment and innovation in the technology ... -
"Know Thyself”: Racial Discrimination before the International Court of Justice – Recent Jurisprudential Developments
( Brill - Nijhoff , 2021 , Book chapter)Being the oldest United Nations human rights treaty and enjoying widespread participation, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (“CERD” or the “Convention”) was adopted ... -
Human digital thought clones: the Holy Grail of artificial intelligence for big data
( Routledge , 2020 , Article)This article explores the legal and ethical implications of big data’s pursuit of human ‘digital thought clones’. It identifies various types of digital clones that have been developed and demonstrates how the pursuit of ... -
Tracing Environmental Law Principles within the Qatari Legal System
( BJHSS , 2017 , Article)In the era of environmental revolution, law becomes relevant. The last few decades witnessed huge environmental concerns, at a global level, international conferences, declarations, and international treaties has been ... -
Governing Artificial Intelligence to benefit the UN Sustainable Development Goals
( Wiley , 2020 , Article)Big Tech's unregulated roll-out out of experimental AI poses risks to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with particular vulnerability for developing countries. The goal of financial inclusion ... -
Achieving Green Building in Qatar through Legal and Fiscal Tools
( Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE) , 2019 , Article)This article considers how the advancement of green building can provide multiple dividends in Qatar by enabling reduced resource consumption and producing less waste. LEED® certified “green” buildings consume between 10% ...
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