Marta Maria Sosa Navarro

• Juris Doctor
• Research fellow at Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

È possibile immaginare un mondo in cui gli avvocati, invece di fatturare le loro ore, fatturano la loro attenzione, misurata attraverso un elettroence-falogramma (EEG) ? È possibile che un imputato riesca a difendersi se le prove a suo carico sono informazioni estratte direttamente dal suo cervel-lo ? Questi sono solo alcuni degli interrogativi che...

The relationship between technology and the law is traditionally known to be a complex one-especially when it comes to neurotechnology. Neurotechnology is the science and technology that can read and modify the brain, which is the organ responsible for our thoughts, perceptions, agency and identity. Therefore, it is unquestionable that the regulato...

The publication of General Comment 25 by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has made an important contribution to the definition of the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress contained in article 15 of the IC ESCR. This chapter examines some of the most significant proposals addressed at rethinking this right as an...

Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) is one of the key elements developed by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). Although it has lately gained great attention, many questions remain open regarding its content and scope. The picture becomes more complex if we consider that today, businesses activity worldwide is dominated by...

Este comentario analiza los argumentos jurídicos desarrollados por la Gran Sala del TEDH en el asunto N.D. y N.T. contra España. A través de un examen de la jurisprudencia del propio Tribunal y de los análisis doctrinales más recientes, el presente comentario lleva a cabo un estudio detallado de los fundamentos jurídicos de una sentencia sin preced...

En los últimos tiempos, el cambio climático ha hecho evidente la conexión entre un medio ambiente sano y el efectivo disfrute de algunos derechos humanos, entre los cuales cabe destacar el derecho al agua. Teniendo como marco teórico el Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible número 6 de las Naciones Unidas (Agua limpia y saneamiento), elaborado en el ma...

This commentary analyses the judgment issued by the CJEU in the case C-78/18 that confronts the European Commission against Hungary on the occasion of the adoption of the Transparency Law or Lex NGO, which imposes obligations of publicity, registration and declaration to the non-governmental organizations that receive foreign funds. The judgment, i...

The present paper addresses the problem of human rights violations perpetrated by business enterprises under the lens of the law of State responsibility. To this end, it explores the current challenges faced by international law in this realm from the two-fold perspective of the State’s positive obligation to respect, and negative obligation to pro...

The international crisis that has emerged from COVID-19 calls for a reflection on how to face a global challenge for which we are not prepared through international cooperation. The first victim of a mismanagement of this emergency is the right to health. This paper examines the content and scope of this right and analyzes the risks that arise from...

In occasion of the 70th anniversary of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, this article concentrates on the analysis of the principle of equality before the law. Hence, the first of the two sections which compose this work examines the legal value of the cited instrument. To this end, a joint interpretation of the organs (Inte...

This work addresses the concept, origin, role and legal nature of a procedural tool that has progressively gained relevance in the light of its potential to fight impunity in respect of the most serious international crimes: the obligation to extradite or prosecute.

The Kampala Conference held in 2010 to review the Rome Statute portrays a discouraging image regarding the fight against impunity for those responsible for the waging of war. Its outcome reflects the international community’s lack of willingness to take the necessary steps to hold accountable those responsible for the crime of aggression. Regardles...

The present article aims to present comprehensive description of the “extraordinary renditions” programme launched by the Bush administration after the September 11th terrorist attacks and its effect on international law. The first section focuses on analysing the human rights violations that result from the process of abducting alleged terrorists...