Due Diligence at a Crossroads: The Old Road, the New Road, and the Bridge Between

Speaker: Dr Penelope Ridings, International Law Commission Lecture summary: In the last several decades, scholarly views of due diligence in international law have shifted from due diligence as a primary obligation under customary international law, to due diligence as a standard of conduct attached to a primary obligation. Thus, for example, due diligence is required to meet a State’s obligation…