Michail Risvas

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Michail Risvas is a Doctoral Candidate in the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford & at Balliol College, Oxford.

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The Saga Continues: Argentina’s Request for Provisional Measures v Ghana before the ITLOS

On 14 November 2012 Argentina filed a Request for provisional measures before the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) based in Hamburg, Germany in accordance with Article 290(5) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), requesting Ghana to release the frigate ARA Libertad, a sailing training vessel of…

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Argentina’s Sovereign Debt Default Cases: Some Recent Developments in a Continuing Saga

More than ten years have passed since Argentina defaulted on its external debt obligations in December 2001. However, the repercussions of the Argentine financial crisis continue to contribute to the development of international law. This brief note provides a short overview of the most recent decisions of different domestic courts arising out of this Argentinian saga:…

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