You find here the English edition of Antonio Cassese’s book-length interview with Italian journalist Giorgio Acquaviva, originally published in Italian in 2011 (L’esperienza del male – Guerra, tortura, genocidio, terrorismo alla sbarra, Il Mulino), a few months before his passing. The book was later translated into Spanish (Pensando en derechos humanos) and German (Nachdenken über Menschenrechte). This self-published English edition, released by the Initiative, marks the first time the work is available to an English-speaking audience.
This volume is a compelling invitation to reflect on the principles of justice, human rights, and the enduring power of law to transform societies. It addresses critical questions, such as what genocide is, how to combat terrorism lawfully, and the role of human rights as a cornerstone of our lives.
The book also delves into his reflections on Palestine, including a peace plan he co-authored in the 1980s that was ultimately shelved by the Italian government. It highlights examples of courageous judges and activists and rejects the passive mindset that disasters are inevitable or that one should “mind their own business.” The book also examines the shift in global ethos over recent decades, driven by public demands for justice that were unthinkable before the 1990s—and unprecedented before the Nuremberg post World War II trial.
This victim-centered approach has fostered a burgeoning global public opinion. Antonio Cassese discusses the challenges and prospects of the International Criminal Court (the ICC), an institution he passionately supported yet lamented for its shortcomings. Throughout the book, he advocates for a robust international rule of law that goes beyond the ICC, emphasizing the fundamental need for every individual to assert their rights and achieve justice, even when confronting the modern Leviathan.
Friday, December 13, 2024
Cassese: Experiencing Evil War, Torture, Genocide, Terrorism on the Dock: A conversation with Giorgio Acquaviva (English Translation)
Antonio Cassese has published Experiencing Evil War, Torture, Genocide, Terrorism on the Dock: A conversation with Giorgio Acquaviva (2011; translation by Robert Bouygue 2023). Here's the abstract:
New Issue: Journal of International Dispute Settlement
The latest issue of the Journal of International Dispute Settlement (Vol. 15, no. 4, December 2024) is out. Contents include:
- Articles
- Costanza Margiotta Broglio & Federico Ortino, Treaty interpretation, multilinguism, and the WTO dispute settlement system: towards the comparative translation paradigm?
- Vahid Rezadoost, Unveiling the ‘author’ of international law — The ‘legal effect’ of ICJ’s advisory opinions
- Julien Chaisse, Arbitration in cross-border data protection disputes
- Juan Miguel Alvarez Contreras, The ‘no greater rights’ principle: heading to a new Calvo Clause?
- Yating Lin, ‘China’s Disequilibrium’ in ISDS: an interplay of China’s trade-offs and domestic institutions to investment treaty policy
Thursday, December 12, 2024
New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law
The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 55, no. 4, 2024) is out. Contents include:
- Enduring and Emerging Issues of the Law of the Sea: A Special Issue in Honor of Professor Ted L. McDorman
- Suzanne Lalonde, Clive Schofield & Kristin Bartenstein, Introduction to the Special Issue in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Suzanne Lalonde & P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Moving Beyond Benign Neglect: The Beaufort Sea Dispute and the Benefits of Compromise Solutions between Salt Water Neighbors, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Elizabeth Elliot-Meisel, Resolution at the Intersection of Sovereignty and Security in the Northwest Passage Dispute: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Erik Franckx, Arctic Straight Baselines: Time for a Revisit?—An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon, Complexities and Complications: Delineating and Delimiting Russia’s Arctic Continental Shelf as the Russian Federation Wages War on Ukraine, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Tore Henriksen, The Dispute over the Geographical Application of the Svalbard Treaty: Into a New Phase, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Young Kil Park, Evaluation of South Korea’s Growing Activities in the Changing Arctic: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Natalie Klein, The South China Sea Code of Conduct and the Freedom of Navigation: A Proposal in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Seokwoo Lee, Evolution of the Law of the Sea and Ocean Policy in Northeast Asia
- Donald McRae & Amanda Turnbull, The 1999 Pacific Salmon Agreement: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Donald R. Rothwell, Bilateral Law of the Sea Neighbors: Australia and New Zealand’s Partnership and McDorman’s North American Rivals
- Joanna Mossop & Clive Schofield, Options for Cooperation and Joint Management in Disputed Areas of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Stuart Kaye, The Impact of Advisory Opinions from the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea on the Work of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Nigel Bankes, The Dispute Resolution and Advisory Opinion Provisions of the BBNJ Agreement: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Clive Schofield & David Freestone, The Legal Regime of Islands after the South China Sea Award—Orphaned or Influential? An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Kuan-Hsiung Wang, From Fishery Resources Conservation to Labor Protection: RFMOs and the Development of Combating IUU, An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Kristin Bartenstein, ‘Inconvenient Conveniences’: An Essay on Extraterritorial Port State Jurisdiction, in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Aldo Chircop, Pollution Substitution? Scrubber Discharges and the Law of the Sea: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- Yoshifumi Tanaka, The Concept of Adjacent Coastal States in the BBNJ Agreement: An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
- David L. VanderZwaag & Abdul Hafez Mahamah, International Governance of Marine Geoengineering: Sketchy Seascape, Foggy Future—An Essay in Honor of Ted L. McDorman
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
New Issue: Journal on the Use of Force and International Law
The latest issue of the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law (Vol. 11, nos. 1-2, 2024) is out. Contents include:
- Francis Grimal & Michael J. Pollard, A Blurring of Lines: The Jus ad Bellum Past, Present, and Future
- Jasmin Johurun Nessa & Agata Kleczkowska, Jus ad bellum series: self-defence against armed non-state actors in the MENA region
- Juliet Skingsley, ‘Cyber-rattling: can ‘pre-positioning’ in cyberspace amount to a threat of the use of force under Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter?
- Sava Jankovic & Volker Roeben, The threat of Russia's force in Ukraine
- Toby Fenton, An analysis of pre-attack self-defence doctrines through a risk-based lens
- Monique Cormier & Anna Hood, Breaking the impasse: the case for establishing a no first nuclear threat norm
- Ka Lok Yip, To call a spade a spade: use of force depriving a people of their right to self-determination as violation of Jus Contra Bellum
- Deyi Ma & Yanlin Zhou, Peacetime Maritime Law Enforcement by Warships
- Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg, ‘Bombable geographies’ and the international Monroe: a global south history of the unwilling or unable standard
- Francis Grimal & Michael J. Pollard, Concurrent application and artificially intelligent target selection
- Jasmin Johurun Nessa, Agata Kleczkowska & Seyfullah Hasar, Digest of state practice: 1 July – 31 December 2023
- Jasmin Johurun Nessa, Agata Kleczkowska & Seyfullah Hasar, Digest of state practice: 1 January – 30 June 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Call for Submissions: Polish Yearbook of International Law
The Polish Yearbook of International Law has issued a call for submissions for its next volume (vol. 44, 2024). The deadline is January 31, 2025. The call is here.
Monday, December 9, 2024
New Volume: Asian Yearbook of International Law
The latest volume of the Asian Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 28, 2022) is out. Contents include:
- Vahid Rezadoost, The Legal Policy of the International Court of Justice: A Conceptual Framework
- Muhammad Ekramul Haque & Md. Abu Bakar Siddique, Protection of Refugees in the Non-Signatory States to the 1951 Refugee Convention: Bangladesh Case Study
- R. Rajesh Babu & S. Pandiaraj, India’s Refugee Protection and Border Control: Some Reflections on State Practice
- Arie Afriansyah & Muhammad Syahravi Hatta, Dilemmatic Border Protection: Indonesia’s International Obligation for Refugees vs National Interests
- Kanami Ishibashi, Immigration Control in Japan: Can the Revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act of 2023 Justify Japan’s Policy?
- Battogtokh Javzandolgor, International Refugee Law Protection: Practice in Mongolia
- Rommel J. Casis, Refugee Protection and Border Control in the Philippines
- Kitti Jayangakula, Refugee Protection in Thailand
Sunday, December 8, 2024
New Volume: Polish Yearbook of International Law
The latest volume of the Polish Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 43, 2023) is out. Contents include:
- General Articles
- J. Kranz, Supremacy Over Primacy...? Reflections on Legal Controversies Between Poland and the European Union (2015–2023)
- E.-U. Petersmann, How to Respond to UN Governance Failures? Lessons from Europe’s Economic and Environmental Constitutionalism
- M. Sobol, The European Commission and the Establishment of the European Neighbourhood Policy: A Case-Study for Institutionalist Analysis?
- R. Cardoso, Navigating Troubled Waters: Evaluating the Function and Material Legitimacy of European Criminal Law
- J. Kociubiński, State Aid for Green Technologies in the European Union: Limitations and Risks
- N.A. Marin & B. Manova, Putin’s Russia Before the International Court of Justice
- S. Poghosyan, Russia’s Discourse on Democracy in International Law
- M. Lipovský, What is “A Certain International Criminal Court” and Does the Choice of a Fully International or Internationalized (Hybrid) Court/Chambers Matter for the Crime of Aggression Committed Against Ukraine?
- L. Lumiste, There and Back Again? Russia’s Quest for Regulating War in Cyberspace
- K. Gavrysh, Prosecuting Individuals for Environmental Harm in the Armed Conflict BetweenRussia and Ukraine: The Case of Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam
- Seminar: Universal Jurisdiction and the Crime of Aggression: The Challenges and Opportunities for JIT Member States
- D. Sagatienė, Championing Accountability: Lithuania’s Leadership in Investigating Russian Crimes in Ukraine
- G. Grigaite-Daugirde, Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine: Legality and Legitimacy of Domestic Prosecutions in Third States
- M. Biszczanik, The Inadmissibility of Jurisdictional Immunity of Persons Responsible for the Commission of International Crimes in Terms of Domestic Universal Jurisdiction Proceedings
- H. Kuczyńska & Michał Nasiłowski, The Polish Investigation into Core Crimes Committed in Ukraine: Practical Aspects of the Functioning of the JIT
- Ł. Kułaga, Domestic and International Criminal Jurisdiction in the Context of the Initiative for a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression
- A. Kosylo & A. Dmytriv, Implementation and Interpretation of the Definitions of International Crimes in the National Jurisdiction of Ukraine
- A. Korynevych, O. Senatorova & M. Shepitko, Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression in International and Ukrainian Jurisdiction: Challenges and Prospects
- K. Aksamitowska, International Centre for the Prosecution of Russia’s Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine and the Role of New Technologies and Justice Hubs in the Fight Against Impunity
- Polish Practice
- G. Wierczyński & K. Wierczyńska, Polish Practice on Promulgation of International Agreements Between Poland and the USSR, 1944-1960
- Book Reviews
- K. Sulyok, Lukasz Gruszczynski, Joanne Scott, The WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. A Commentary, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford: 2023, pp. 384
- M. Safta, Aleksandra Mężykowska, Anna Młynarska-Sobaczewska, Persuasion and Legal Reasoning in the ECtHR Rulings Balancing Impossible Demands, Routledge, Oxon and New York: 2023, pp. 230
- A. Mężykowska, Jason Scott Palmer, Reparations in Domestic and International Mass Claims Processes: Justice and Money, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham: 2023, pp. 200
- A. Jakubowski, Grega Pajnkihar, State Succession to Responsibility for Internationally Wrongful Acts, Brill- Nijhoff, Boston-Leiden: 2023, pp. xii + 389
- S. Zaręba, Mateusz Błachucki, International Cooperation, Competition Authorities and Transnational Networks, Routledge, Oxford-New York: 2023, pp. 296
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