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The International Court of Justice launches an app THE HAGUE, 22May 2019. Today, the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the UnitedNations, launched a mobile device app. The free app, called CIJ-ICJ, allows users to keep abreast of developments at the Court in its two official languages, …

In the international law of the 21st century, more and more regulation comes in the form of post-treaty rules. Developed in environmental law, this trend increasingly spreads to areas ranging from tobacco regulation to arms trade. This book offers the first systematic examination of these decisions, resolutions and recommendations adopted by treaty bodies, to assess their effectiveness. The study shows that the authority of such rules is in question as, in practice, treaty parties retain almost complete discretion when it comes to their implementation. This conclusion gives rise to two key questions. To what extent does this ambiguous authority affect adherence to procedural principles like legal certainty, non-arbitrariness and the duty to state reasons? And can the legitimacy of the process and content of post-treaty rules fill the gaps in their authority? In assessing these questions, the study shines a light on this crucial but neglected area in international law scholarship and forms a starting point for improvements and reform.

The United Nations Convention Against Corruption Author: Edited by Cecily Rose, Michael Kubiciel, and Oliver LandwehrISBN: 9780198803959Binding: HardcoverPublication Date: 24 March 2019Price: $210.00 Description The United Nations Convention against Corruption includes 71 articles, and takes a notably comprehensive approach to the problem of corruption, as it addresses prevention, criminalization, international …

Palestine v United States: Why the ICJ does not need to decide whether Palestine is a state Palestine’s institution of proceedings against the United States before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has already drawn much attention on this blog (see here and here) and elsewhere. A great deal has …

Does the ICC Statute Remove Immunities of State Officials in National Proceedings? Some Observations from the Drafting History of Article 27(2) of the Rome Statute Following oral hearings held in September, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently deliberating in Jordan’s Appeal of the Pre-Trial Chamber’s …

A pesar de los retiros estadounidenses de compromisos convencionales, sigue (y seguirá) obligado por las recientes exigencias de la CIJ Por Nicolás Carrillo Santarelli Lo expresado en el título es mi opinión personal en relación con la reciente (nuevamente, airada, hipócrita) reacción estadounidense bajo la administración de Donald Trump (nominado …

The Bolton Speech: The Legality of US Retaliatory Action Against Judges and Officials of the International Criminal Court? The speech given on Monday by John Bolton, US National Security Adviser, threatening action by the US against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to potential ICC investigation of US personnel …

Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) toma nota de amenazas hechas por Estados Unidos En un comunicado oficial dado a conocer el pasado 12 de setiembre, la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) contestó, a su manera, a las manifestaciones hechas por uno de los principales asesores del actual ocupante de la Casa Blanca …

Global Pact for the Environment: Defragging international law? A ‘defrag’ computer program that consolidates fragmented files on a hard drive holds metaphorical attraction for international lawyers. Our encounters with international law often seem to be specific to particular legal regimes, which have a functional orientation and professional sensibility that, in …

Towards an International Convention on Business and Human Rights by Carlos Lopez [Carlos Lopez is a Senior Legal Advisor at the International Commission of Jurists.] The first draft of one of the most important international human rights treaties of recent years, and instrument addressing on business and human rights has …

Here Comes the Name Again: Treaty Making at the Epicenter of the Greek Debate over the agreement with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia This week, the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia reached agreement over the long running dispute regarding the …