The use and choice of hard and soft law in international governance has been the subject of
ever-increasing scholarly interest. This law and social science literature has primarily …

In this article, the author discusses various consequences of the softness of soft law. He
acknowledges that the concept of soft law is useful for certain endeavours in international …

From a lawmaking perspective “soft law” is simply a convenient description for a variety of
non-binding normatively worded instruments used in contemporary international relations by …

Refugees and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration–was the
culmination of an extensive inter-governmental process designed to strengthen the …

On 19 September 2016, in response to the large movements of refugees and migrants
around the world, the UN General Assembly held its first ever summit dedicated to this topic …

The soft law reflects the ability of the international community to develop mechanisms for the
production of legal rules. This law constitutes one of the fundamental issues in which there …

This thought-provoking book examines whether regional centres associated with global
legal institutions facilitate expanded citizen engagement in global soft law making. Through …

New modes of governance are proliferating at all levels, most prominently in the EU. One
main characteristic of new governance is adjustability and revisability in the form of soft law …

In the absence of effective legal means of entry in the EU, asylum seekers arrive
spontaneously, a process that involves substantial dangers. 1 Countries of protection, on the …

Soft law is a general term for various types of non-statutory regulation. The nature of soft law
is inherently debatable in a way that the nature of law is not. Despite this fact, or perhaps …