Wednesday, January 11, 2017

New Volume: Czech Yearbook of Public & Private International Law

The latest volume of the Czech Yearbook of Public & Private International Law (Vol. 7, 2016) is out. Contents include:
  • Studies in International Law and Organizations
    • Ernest Petrič, Principles of the Charter of the United Nations – Jus Cogens?
    • Čestmír Čepelka, Problem with the Inclusion of Aggression into the Rome Statute of the ICC
    • Jan Ondřej & Magda Uxová, Islamic State, an Actor Threatening Peace in the Middle East
    • Josef Mrázek, Some Critical Reflections on the Extended Use of Military Force in the Contemporary World
    • Zuzana Trávníčková, Are Unilateral (Economic) Sanctions Really Impermissible under International Law?
    • Jakub Handrlica, International Administrative Law and Administrative Acts: Transterritorial Decision Making Revisited
  • International Law and European Law
    • Dalibor Jílek & Jana Michaličková, The Conceptual Role of Habitual Residence
    • Solange Maslowski, The Scope and the Future of Equality of Treatment for Economically Inactive Union Citizens on the Move
    • Václav Šmejkal, Saving EU and its Welfare States Through Disincentives to Migration? On a Recent CJEU Case-Law Limiting the Access of EU Migrants to Social Assistance
  • Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law
    • Veronika Bílková, Towards a New Convention for the Protection of the Human Rights of Older Persons?
    • Pavel Bureš, Consensus on Human Nature? The Concept of European Consensus in the Case-Law of the Court in Strasbourg
    • Harald Christian Scheu, The Status of New Minorities in the Light of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
    • Tuomas Heikkinen & Martin Faix, The Use of Human Shields and the Principle of Proportionality under Law of Armed Conflict
    • Petra Ditrichová-Ochmannová, International Law and the Use of Armed Drones: Where is the Controversy?
    • Milan Lipovský, The Digital Aspects of the Right to Privacy – Surveillance Issues
    • Monika Forejová, Right to a Fair Trial in Asylum Procedures
  • International Criminal Law
    • Petr Válek, The Czech Contribution to the Work of the United Nations War Crimes Commission: the Auschwitz and Birkenau Case
    • Pavel Caban, Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction – Exceptions to Immunity ratione materiae
    • Jan Lhotský, The ICC Arrest Warrant for the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in Connection with his Visit to the Republic of South Africa
    • Ondřej Svaček, Applicable Law, Interpretation, Inherent and Implied Powers – Brief Rendezvous with the ICC
  • Environmental Protection and Law of the Sea
    • Birutė Pranevičienė & Violeta Vasiliauskienė, Do the Europeans have the Right to get Information about Ostrovets Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus?
    • Soma Hegdekatte, The Bay of Bengal Maritime Arbitration: a New Ray of Hope
  • Views on Investment and Trade Law
    • Katarína Chovancová, Non- Precluded Measures in International Investments Arbitration
    • Ondřej Svoboda & Jan Kunstýř, Third Party to Pick up the Bill? Cost Issues Relating to Third Party Funding in Investment Arbitration
    • Vojtěch Trapl, About Recent Development in a Further Aim to Reform the Investor-State Arbitration by the Introduction of a Permanent Investment Tribunal and an Appeal Mechanism – focused on the work done by CIDS under auspices of the UNCITRAL
  • Czech Practice of International Law
    • Pavel Šturma, The International Law Commision at the End of Quinquennium: an Exceptional Session and Positive Results
    • Vít Alexander Schorm, The Czech Republic before the European Court of Human Rights in 2015
    • Milan Beránek, International Treaties ratified by the Czech Republic
  • Shorter Articles and Notes
    • Miloš Olík, Case Notes, Court of Justice of the European Union to Rule on The Compatibility of intra-EU BITs with EU Law in the Case Achmea B.V. vs. The Slovak Republic
    • Milan Lipovský, Moot Courts on Issues of International Law in 2015/2016