We are pleased to announce that the Qatar University College of Law Trade and Investment Law Clinic is working on a project for the National Climate Change Committee, Ministry of Environment, State of Qatar. The research seeks to analyze Qatar's commitment to developing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) as a signatory to the Paris Protocol for Climate Change, and the indirect effect of Qatar's NDCs on its trade and investment policies. The sessions with the studen

First French report by Graduate Institute Clinic students on the African Continental Free Trade Area's Protocol on Trade in Services. The confidential report includes recommendations for trade in transport and environment services. Read the summaries in French and English here. #GraduateInstitute #News #French

Clinic: Graduate Institute, Fall 2018 Executive Summary* ** * Executive Summary in French below ** Confidential Report The agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was signed in March 2018 by 44 members of the African Union. If ratified, this agreement will create the world's largest free trade area. As the first phase of the AfCFTA negotiations ends, the State Parties to the AfCFTA wish to develop a strategy to promote their interest in the tra

Supervised by Professor Joost Pauwelyn, students of the 2018 Graduate Institute Clinic worked on a research paper for the Permanent Mission of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu to the WTO analyzing and providing reasons for the necessity of a Paris Accord-related Environmental Goods and Services Agreement to implement the Paris Agreement through a trade facilitation framework. Read the project here. #GraduateInstitute #News

It's Necessity and Feasibility Clinic: Graduate Institute, Fall 2018 Beneficiary: Permanent Mission of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu to the World Trade Organization Executive Summary Read the full report here The catastrophic effects of climate change require stronger measures than the existing ones. Despite the success of the Paris Agreement in terms of participation, it is still necessary to undertake stronger and more effective steps to mitigate this phenomenon and furt

TradeLab has clinics running back-to-back in 2019! Do get in touch with us if you wish to collaborate. Email the TradeLab Coordinator, Sarah Mathew, at mathew@tradelab.org if you wish to collaborate with one of the clinics. #News