Saturday, December 16, 2023

New Volume: Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law

The latest volume of the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law (Vol. 26, 2022) is out. Contents include:
  • Thematic Forum: ‘The International Court of Justice at 75: an Assessment’
    • Interview: in Conversation with Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf
    • Interview: in Conversation with Judge Hilary Charlesworth
    • Interview: in Conversation with Philippe Gautier
    • Interview: in Conversation with Cristina Hoss
  • Thematic Articles
    • Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida & Giulia Tavares Romay, Opening the World Court to the International Community: an Empirical Analysis of Non-party Participation in the International Court of Justice
    • Michael A. Becker, Pay No Attention to that Man behind the Curtain: the Role of Civil Society and Other Actors in Decisions to Litigate at the International Court of Justice
    • Amanda Bills, Revisiting the Standard of Proof for Charges of Exceptional Gravity before the International Court of Justice
    • Serena Forlati & Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida, Is There a Role for Intervener States in Inducing Compliance with Decisions of the International Court of Justice?
    • Zuzanna Godzimirska, The Legitimacy of the International Court of Justice from the Vantage Point of UN Members
    • Sondre Torp Helmersen, The Application of Teachings by the International Court of Justice, 2016– 2022
    • Gleider Hernández, ‘With a Steady Hand’: Precedent and the International Court of Justice
    • David Hongler, The International Court of Justice and Territorial Disputes: an Updated Systematization
    • Vladyslav Lanovoy, Counter-Claims before the International Court of Justice: Incidental yet Independent
    • Sotirios-Ioannis Lekkas, Panos Merkouris & Daniel Peat, The Interpretative Practice of the International Court of Justice
    • Yishu Liu, Treating Evidence from Negotiations: the So-called Exclusionary Practice
    • Cameron Miles, Anatomy of a Judgment or: Why Aren’t You Reading Djibouti v France?
    • Kei Nakajima, Fact-Finding by Trade-off: Questions of Evidence and Its Interactions with Valuation in Compensation Cases before the International Court of Justice
    • Victor Stoica, The Remedial Mechanisms of the International Court of Justice: Past and Present
    • Katalin Sulyok, Framing Environmental Disputes and Scientific Knowledge by the International Court of Justice: Past Developments and Current Trends
    • Julio A. Tilloy, The Unprecedented Legal Effect of a Precedent: the Chagos Advisory Opinion in Light of the Mauritius/ Maldives Judgment
    • Kimberley N. Trapp, The ICJ and International Terrorism
  • Articles on the Law and Practise of the United Nations (General Section)
    • Nina Cozzi, Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: the Missing Link between Equal Pay and Unpaid Care and Domestic Work
    • Philipp Janig, Jane A. Hofbauer & Christina Binder, Peacekeeping in the Anthropocene: the Effects of Climate Change and Positive Human Rights Obligations in ‘Protection of Civilians’ Mandates
    • Per Sevastik, Rule of Law and Human Rights: at the National and International Levels
    • Marko Svicevic, The Invocation of Chapter vii in United Nations Security Council Resolutions: Qualification, Classification, and Legal Bindingness
    • Michael Wood, The ILC’s First Reading Draft Articles on ‘Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction’ (2022)
  • Reports and Documents
    • Update on the Law and Practise of the United Nations - Statement by Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel to the International Law Commission (2023)