Wednesday, September 25, 2013

New Volume: German Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the German Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 55, 2012) is out. Contents include:
  • Forum: The Arab Spring and International Law
    • Jean-Yves de Cara, The Arab Uprisings Under the Light of Intervention
    • Javaid Rehman & Eleni Polymenopoulou, Justice After Democracy in the Arab World: Islamic Law Perspectives on Accountability
  • Focus: Disaster Preparedness and Response
    • David Fisher, The Future of International Disaster Response Law
    • Walter Kälin, The Human Rights Dimension of Natural or Human-Made Disasters
    • Sara E. Davies, Natural Disasters and the Responsibility to Protect
    • Rebecca M. Bratspies, State Responsibility for Human-Induced Environmental Disasters
    • Dirk Hanschel, Prevention, Preparedness and Assistance Concerning Nuclear Accidents Effective International Legal Framework or Patchwork?
    • Markus Kotzur, European Union Law on Disaster Preparedness and Response
  • General Articles
    • Rosanne van Alebeek, Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy): On Right Outcomes and Wrong Terms
    • Marco Calisto, Jurisdictional Immunities of the State: Germany v. Italy before the ICJ from an Italian Perspective
    • Athanasios Yupsanis, The Meaning of »Culture« in Article 15 (1)(a) of the ICESCR Positive Aspects of CESCRs General Comment No. 21 for the Safeguarding of Minority Cultures
    • Mart Susi, The Definition of a »Structural Problem« in the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights Since 2010
    • Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Indigenous Whaling and Environmental Protection
    • Prabhakar Singh, Mercantile Metaconstitutionalism: Interpretation of the WTO Treaty and the Developing Countries
    • Nicholas Tsagourias, Scotland: Independence and Membership of the UN and the EU
  • German Practice
    • Christophe Eick, The UN Security Council and International Law in 2012
    • Peter Wittig, Making UN Sanctions Work: Germanys Chairmanship of the Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council
    • Antje Siering, Germanys Contribution to the Protection of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by Hosting the IPBES Secretariat in the UN City of Bonn
    • Nicholas English & Felix Bieker, Upholding Data Protection Law Against Multinational Corporations: German Administrative Measures Relating to Facebook
    • Christoph Seidler, European Commission v. Germany: The Data Retention Directive Legal or Political Issue?
    • Patrick Braasch, Margin of Appreciation or a Victimless Crime? The European Court of Human Rights on Consensual Incest of Adult Siblings
    • Julia Gebhard & Johannes Fuchs, Equal (Enough), at Last? Latest ECtHR Jurisprudence in Ahrens v. Germany and Kautzor v. Germany on the Rights of Biological Fathers
    • Rainer Grote, The ECHRs Rulings in von Hannover v. Germany (No. 2) and Axel Springer AG v. Germany: Rebalancing Freedom of the Press with the Respect for Privacy
    • Julia Müller, The Arrest of G8 Protestors: The Contested Legitimacy of Preventive Detention
    • Stephanie Schlickewei, Preventive Detention Revisited Before the ECtHR: O. H. v. Germany
    • Julia Glocke, German Measures Against Islamic Extremist Organisation Upheld in Strasbourg: Hizb Ut-Tahrir and Others v. Germany
    • Tobias Thienel, The Appointment of Public Officials, Interim Measures and Article 6 of the ECHR
    • Hans Michael Heining & Stefan Kirchner, Private Prayer in Public Schools: The Judgment of the German Federal Administrative Court of 30 November 2011
    • Andrea Meyer, Handling of Somali Pirates from Capture until Transfer to Kenyan Authorities in Accordance with International Law?