Rural and Remote Communities as Non-State Actors: A Legal and Moral Argument

While entities as different as armed groups, multinational corporations, political parties, megacities, labour unions, terrorist organisations or indigenous peoples are mentioned as Non-State Actors in the relevant literature, rural communities are never referred to.

Ciprian Nicolae Radavoi has a background in human rights law (lawyer in a firm with cases at the European Court of Human Rights) and diplomacy (consular positions in Northern Africa and Asia). Since 2012 he has taught international law and social justice subjects in China and in Australia and has published extensively on these matters.

David Price has researched and published widely on intellectual property protection in the Arabian Gulf States, including the intersection with international law and international trade. This extends to investor-state dispute settlement in the Gulf States, Indonesia, and Australia. He has worked in institutions in Australia, China, Europe, Indonesia, Oman, and the United Kingdom.