Saturday, July 20, 2019

New Issue: International Human Rights Law Review

The latest issue of the International Human Rights Law Review (Vol. 8, no. 1, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Tom Obokata, Combating Transnational Organised Crime through International Human Rights Law
  • G. Anthony Giannoumis & Michael Ashley Stein, Conceptualizing Universal Design for the Information Society through a Universal Human Rights Lens
  • Majid Nikouei & Masoud Zamani, Jurisprudence of Tolerance: Hate Speech, Article 17 and Theory of Democracy in the European Convention on Human Rights
  • Maria Augusta León Moreta, Analysing Benefit Sharing Scheme as Compensation for Damages Caused by Resource Extraction in Indigenous Territory

New Issue: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht

The latest issue of the Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Vol. 79, no. 2, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Abhandlungen
    • Aniel Caro de Beer & Dire Tladi, The Use of Force against Syria in Response to Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons by Syria: A Return to Humanitarian Intervention?
    • Laura Hering, Beamtenstreik zwischen Karlsruhe und Straßburg: Art. 11 EMRK und die konventionskonforme Auslegung durch das BVerfG
    • Gerd Winter & Koba Kalichava, Rechtstransfer und Eigendynamik in Transformationsländern: Das Beispiel der Verwaltungsrechtsentwicklung in Georgien
  • Stellungnahmen und Berichte
    • Matthias Hartwig, Bericht zur völkerrechtlichen Praxis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Jahr 2017

Eksteen: The Role of the Highest Courts of the United States of America and South Africa, and the European Court of Justice in Foreign Affairs

Riaan Eksteen has published The Role of the Highest Courts of the United States of America and South Africa, and the European Court of Justice in Foreign Affairs (Asser Press 2019). Here's the abstract:
This book deals with what the author considers a sorely neglected question, namely the role of the judiciary in states’ foreign policy processes. Eksteen argues that the impact of the judiciary on foreign affairs is understudied and that recognition of its role in foreign affairs is now due. This makes it a ground-breaking scholarly contribution that should first of all prove of value to students, scholars, researchers and practitioners in the two broad fields of politics and law for the wide scope of issues it covers and the very comprehensive reference lists it contains. Secondly, professionals working within politics, including members of the legislatures of the United States, the European Union and South Africa, as well as members of the judiciaries there, should find this book of benefit. A detailed examination has been undertaken of the role of the United States Supreme Court, the two high courts in South Africa, namely the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal, and the European Court of Justice of the European Union, in foreign affairs. The author substantiates the unmistakable fact that these Courts have become involved in and influence foreign affairs. Furthermore, that they have not shied away from using their judicial authority when dealing with cases touching on foreign affairs and especially presidential overreach. The lack of recognition of the judiciary’s role in foreign affairs is still noticeable in Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA) literature. This book concludes that FPA has to accept and give proper recognition to the judiciary and its increasing relevance in foreign affairs.

Dupont, Schultz, & Angin: Double Jeopardy? The Use of Investment Arbitration in Times of Crisis

Cedric G. Dupont (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies), Thomas Schultz (King's College London - Law; University of Geneva), & Merih Angin (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies) have posted Double Jeopardy? The Use of Investment Arbitration in Times of Crisis. Here's the abstract:
Investment arbitration is increasingly making the headlines because of both its potential to overly restrict the policy space of states and its significant costs for parties. Against this background of negative side-effects, it is worth asking whether it is used predominantly in situations that at least appear legitimate. We focus on the hypothesis that investment arbitration is used as a response to the effects of two types of shocks on investors – shocks caused by severely dysfunctional governance at the national level and shocks caused by economic crisis. Whereas investment arbitration could gain legitimacy if used to redress or mitigate severe governance deficiencies, its use in the context of economic crisis could be viewed as putting the countries’ economy in double jeopardy. Investment arbitration would further hurt countries already in great difficulty and would thus be used in a situation that does not appear plainly legitimate. We test links between governance, economic crises and investment arbitration using an original dataset that includes investment claims filed under the rules of all arbitration institutions as well as ad hoc arbitrations. We find that bad governance, understood as corruption and lack of rule of law (using the WGI Corruption and WGI Rule of Law indexes), has a statistically significant relation with investment arbitration claims, but economic crises do not when considered separately. Yet, bad governance and economic crises considered together are a good predictor of when countries get hit by investment arbitration claims.

Call for Proposals: Emerging Voices Panel for International Law Weekend 2019

The American Branch of the International Law Association and the International Law Students Association have issued a call for abstracts for an emerging voices panel for International Law Weekend 2019, which will take place October 10-12, in New York City. The theme is "The Resilience of International Law." The deadline is July 29, 2019. The call is here.

Call for Submissions: The Interaction Between International Investment Law and Special Economic Zones (SEZs)

Transnational Dispute Management has issued a call for submissions for a special issue on "The Interaction Between International Investment Law and Special Economic Zones (SEZs)." The call is here.

New Issue: Transnational Environmental Law

The latest issue of Transnational Environmental Law (Vol. 8, no. 2, July 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Editorial
    • Thijs Etty, Veerle Heyvaert, Cinnamon Carlarne, Bruce Huber, Jacqueline Peel, & Josephine van Zeben, Transnational Environmental Law across the Spectrum of Development
  • Articles
    • Nada Ali, Reilly Dempsey Willis, Asim El Moghraby, & Mohammaed Jalal Hashim, Norms, Mobilization and Conflict: The Merowe Dam as a Case Study
    • Mohsen Nagheeby, Mehdi Piri D., & Michael Faure, The Legitimacy of Dam Development in International Watercourses: A Case Study of the Harirud River Basin
    • Ana Mercedes López-Rodríguez, The Sun Behind the Clouds? Enforcement of Renewable Energy Awards in the EU
    • Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty & Anna Huggins, Satellite Measurement of GHG Emissions: Prospects for Enhancing Transparency and Answerability under International Law
    • Qi Gao & Sean Whittaker, Standing to Sue Beyond Individual Rights: Who Should Be Eligible to Bring Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China?
    • Yue Zhao, Shuang Lyu, & Zhu Wang, Prospects for Climate Change Litigation in China

Friday, July 19, 2019

New Issue: Global Responsibility to Protect

The latest issue of Global Responsibility to Protect (Vol. 11, no. 3, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Andrea L. Everett, Humanitarian Military Action in the 21st Century: Three Trends Shaping the Contemporary Landscape
  • Eglantine Staunton, Iraq (1991, 2003 and 2014), Normative Debates on Human Protection, and the Role Played by France
  • Pınar Gözen Ercan, UN General Assembly Dialogues on the Responsibility to Protect and the Use of Force for Humanitarian Purposes
  • Alex J. Bellamy & Stephen McLoughlin, Human Protection and the Politics of Armed Intervention: With Responsibility Comes Accountability

New Issue: International Negotiation

The latest issue of International Negotiation (Vol. 24, no. 2, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Mustafa Kirisci & J. Michael Greig, Reputation, Pressure and Concession-making in Claim Disputes
  • Su-Mi Lee, The Philippines’ 1963 Mediation in the Borneo Confrontation
  • Annie Herro, The Pre-negotiation of UN Human Rights Treaties: The Case of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Eric Keels, The Importance of Being Earnest (in Mediation): Rebel Group Structure, Leadership Turnover, and Success in Civil War Mediation
  • Allard Duursma& Isak Svensson, Introducing an Agenda-based Measurement of Mediation Success: The Divergent Effects of the Manipulation Strategy in African Civil Wars
  • Owen Darbishire, Preparing for Brexit: Substance, Politics and Readiness in an International Re-negotiation

New Issue: Transnational Dispute Management

The latest issue of Transnational Dispute Management (2019, no. 4) is out. This is a special issue on: "Foreign Direct Investment Operations and Investment Disputes in the African Extractive Sector: Challenges and Opportunities for Africa's Growth & Development." The table of contents is here.

New Issue: Legal Issues of Economic Integration

The latest issue of Legal Issues of Economic Integration (Vol. 46, no. 3, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • From the Board: ‘The Paradox of Proliferation and Contestation of Economic Integration’
  • Geraldo Vidigal, WTO Adjudication and the Security Exception: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed – Something Blue?
  • Arnoud Willems & Maryanne Kamau, Of Binding Provisions and Trust Marks; Roadmap to a Global Legal Framework for the Digital Economy
  • Yilly Vanessa Pacheco Restrepo, Enforcement Practice Under Preferential Trade Agreements: Environmental Consultations and Submissions on Environmental Enforcement Matters in the US-Peru TPA
  • Marijn Van Der Sluis, Similar, Therefore Different: Judicial Review of Another Unconventional Monetary Policy in Weiss (C-493/17)
  • Vicktoria Elazarova, Swedish Match 2018: Can the Court Actually Advise or Make the Commission Consider the Evidence?

Werle & Zimmermann: The International Criminal Court in Turbulent Times

Gerhard Werle (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Law) & Andreas Zimmermann (Universität Potsdam - Law) have published The International Criminal Court in Turbulent Times (Asser Press 2019). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:
The chapters in this book are reworkings of presentations given during a conference held in 2018 at the German Embassy to the Netherlands in The Hague on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute. They provide an in-depth analysis of major points of contention the International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently facing, such as, inter alia, head of state immunities, withdrawal from the Rome Statute, the exercise of jurisdiction vis-à-vis third-party nationals, the activation of the Court’s jurisdiction regarding the crime of aggression, as well as the relationship of the Court with both the Security Council and the African Union, all of which are issues that have a continued relevance and carry a particular controversy.

Thursday, July 18, 2019

New Issue: Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d'histoire du droit international

The latest issue of the Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d'histoire du droit international (Vol. 21, no. 2, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Special Issue: Revisiting State Socialist Approaches to International Criminal and Humanitarian Law
    • Raluca Grosescu & Ned Richardson-Little, Revisiting State Socialist Approaches to International Criminal and Humanitarian Law: An Introduction
    • Giovanni Mantilla, The Protagonism of the USSR and Socialist States in the Revision of International Humanitarian Law
    • Sonja Dolinsek & Philippa Hetherington, Socialist Internationalism and Decolonizing Moralities in the UN Anti-Trafficking Regime, 1947–1954
    • Raluca Grosescu, State Socialist Endeavours for the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to International Crimes: Historical Roots and Current Implications
    • Ned Richardson-Little, The Drug War in a Land Without Drugs: East Germany and the Socialist Embrace of International Narcotics Law
    • Tamás Hoffmann, Crimes against the People – a Sui Generis Socialist International Crime?

New Issue: International Journal of Human Rights

The latest issue of the International Journal of Human Rights (Vol. 23, no. 6, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Karen Kong, Human rights activist scholars and social change in Hong Kong: reflections on the Umbrella Movement and beyond
  • Hao Duy Phan, Promotional versus protective design: the case of the Asean intergovernmental commission on human rights
  • Manuel Góngora-Mera, The ethnic chapter of the 2016 Colombian peace agreement and the afro-descendants’ right to prior consultation: a story of unfulfilled promises
  • Eric Freedman, Returning to the mission? Journalists after jail
  • Julie Fraser, Challenging State-centricity and legalism: promoting the role of social institutions in the domestic implementation of international human rights law
  • Phuong N. Pham, Niamh Gibbons & Patrick Vinck, A framework for assessing political will in transitional justice contexts
  • Isabella Moore, Indignity in unwanted pregnancy: denial of abortion as cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
  • Jeffrey S. Bachman & Jack Holland, Lethal sterility: innovative dehumanisation in legal justifications of Obama’s drone policy

New Issue: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

The latest issue of the Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies (Vol. 10, no. 1, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Ergun Cakal, Political Violence and Its Discontents: A Critique of Refugee Status as Purely Civilian and Humanitarian
  • Smadar Ben-Natan, Revise Your Syllabi: Israeli Supreme Court Upholds Authorization for Torture and Ill-Treatment
  • Dale Stephens, Roots of Restraint in War: The Capacities and Limits of Law and the Critical Role of Social Agency in Ameliorating Violence in Armed Conflict
  • Hin-Yan Liu, Léonard Van Rompaey & Matthijs M Maas, Editorial Beyond Killer Robots: Networked Artificial Intelligence Systems Disrupting the Battlefield?
  • Hin-Yan Liu, From the Autonomy Framework towards Networks and Systems Approaches for ‘Autonomous’ Weapons Systems
  • Léonard Van Rompaey, Shifting from Autonomous Weapons to Military Networks
  • Matthijs M Maas, Innovation-Proof Global Governance for Military Artificial Intelligence? How I Learned to Stop Worrying, and Love the Bot
  • Valentin Jeutner, The Digital Geneva Convention: A Critical Appraisal of Microsoft’s Proposal
  • Nathan Edward Clark, Blurred Lines: Multi-Use Dynamics for Satellite Remote Sensing
  • Gary Schaub Jr., Controlling the Autonomous Warrior: Institutional and Agent-Based Approaches to Future Air Power

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Zannoni: Disaster Management and International Space Law

Diego Zannoni (Università degli Studi di Padova) has published Disaster Management and International Space Law (Brill | Nijhoff 2019). Here's the abstract:

Is international law equipped to tackle the challenges posed by the dramatic increase in disasters? In Disaster Management and International Space Law Diego Zannoni attempts to answer this crucial question through an analysis of the main legal issues involved, addressing both prevention and relief, with a special focus on major space applications such as remote sensing and telecommunications, and the attendant specific legal regimes.

It is argued that, when lives of human beings are in danger, territorial sovereignty becomes, to a certain extent, porous and bends in front of the value of human life and the urgent need to rescue. On the other hand, specific obligations were identified to cooperate in the prevention and management of disasters, particularly in terms of data sharing.

New Issue: The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals

The latest issue of The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals (Vol. 18, no. 1, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Bartosz Soloch, CJEU Judgment in Case C-284/16 Achmea: Single Decision and Its Multi-Faceted Fallout
  • Steven William Kayuni & Mtendere Mute Gondwe, Gouverner C’est Prévoir – Trappings of Value Distribution: a Prolegomenon to the African Union’s Hissène Habré Trust Fund for Victims
  • Judith Levine, Ethical Dimensions of Arbitrator Resignations: General Duties, Specific Quandaries, and Sanctions for Suspect Withdrawals
  • Arman Sarvarian, Procedural Economy at the International Court of Justice
  • Fernando Lusa Bordin, Procedural Developments at the International Court of Justice

New Issue: Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy

The latest issue of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy (Vol. 4, no. 1, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Nina H.B. Jørgensen, The (Unequal) Relationship between Hong Kong’s Waters and China’s Baselines
  • Jo Inge Bekkevold, Coast Guard Cooperation in the South China Sea: A Confidence-Building Measure?
  • Jae-Gon Lee, International Regulations of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from International Shipping: Issues and Possible Responses

New Issue: Chinese Journal of Global Governance

The latest issue of the Chinese Journal of Global Governance (Vol. 5, no. 1, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Xinmin Ma, China and the UNCLOS: Practices and Policies
  • Dimitris Liakopoulos, Evolutionary, Dynamic or Contemporary Interpretation in WTO System?
  • Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, A Human Rights Focus to Upgrade China’s International Lending

New Issue: Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law

The latest issue of the Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law (Vol. 7, no. 1, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Min Jung Chung, Analysis of the Territorial Issue regarding the Liancourt Rocks between Korea and Japan
  • Ji-Young Lee & Jaehyun Lee, Everyday Politics of “Dokdo” and South Korean National Identity: An Analysis of Education, Media, and Civil Society
  • Seokwoo Lee & Seryon Lee, Decision of the Korean Court on Japanese Forced Labor re New Nippon Steel Corporation (Supreme Court, Case 2013 Da 61381, Final Judgment)

New Issue: International Criminal Law Review

The latest issue of the International Criminal Law Review (Vol. 19, no. 3, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Paul Bradfield, Preserving Vulnerable Evidence at the International Criminal Court – the Article 56 Milestone in Ongwen
  • Benedict Abrahamson Chigara, Towards a nemo judex in parte sua Critique of the International Criminal Court?
  • Annika Jones, A Quiet Transformation? Efficiency Building in the “Fall” of International Criminal Justice
  • Renée Nicole Souris, Virtue Ethics, Criminal Responsibility, and Dominic Ongwen
  • Owiso Owiso, The International Criminal Court and Reparations: Judicial Innovation or Judicialisation of a Political Process?
  • Philipp Kastner, Teaching International Criminal Law from a Contextual Perspective

New Volume: AIIB Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the AIIB Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 2, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Peter Quayle & Xuan Gao, Introduction: International Organizations and the Promotion of Effective Dispute Resolution
  • International Arbitration’s Effectiveness and Affinity with Multilateral Institutions
    • Cavinder Bull, An Effective Platform for International Arbitration: Raising the Standards in Speed, Costs and Enforceability
    • Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof & Romilly Holland, What makes for Effective Arbitration? A Case Study of the London Court of International Arbitration Rules
    • Matthew Gearing & Joe Liu, The Contributions of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre to Effective International Dispute Resolution
    • Jingzhou Tao & Mariana Zhong, Resolving Disputes in China: New and Sometimes Unpredictable Developments
  • International Organizations as Proponents of the Norms of Dispute Resolution
    • Hugo Siblesz, The Role of International Organizations in Fostering Legitimacy in Dispute Resolution
    • Locknie Hsu, The Role of International Organizations in Promoting Effective Dispute Resolution in the 21st Century
  • The Dispute Resolution Mandates of International Organizations
    • Wenwen Liang, The World Bank and the Creation of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes: Legality and Legitimacy
    • Malik R. Dahlan, Dispute Regulation in the Institutional Development of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Establishing the Normative Legal Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative
    • Asif H. Qureshi, The World Trade Organization and the Promotion of Effective Dispute Resolution: In Times of a Trade War
  • The Role of Dispute Resolution and Economic Development
    • Ramit Nagpal & Christina Pak, Development Financing of Dispute Resolution Reform Projects: The Evolving Approach of the Asian Development Bank
    • Andreas Baumgartner, Commercial Dispute Resolution: Unlocking Economic Potential Through Lighthouse Projects
    • Marie-Anne Birken & Kim O’Sullivan, The Evolution of Mediation in Central Asia: The Perspective of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • 2018 AIIB Law Lecture and Legal Conference
    • Georg Nolte, 2018 AIIB Law Lecture: International Organizations in the Recent Work of the International Law Commission
    • Ranjini Ramakrishnan, 2018 AIIB Legal Conference Report

New Issue: Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Institutions

The latest issue of Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Institutions (Vol. 25, no. 2, April-June 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • John W. Holmes Memorial Lecture
    • Lorraine Elliott, “We the Peoples” Reclaiming an Ethic of Solidarity
  • The Global Forum
    • Abiodun Williams, The Legacy of Kofi Annan
    • Edward Mortimer, Kofi Annan’s Public Diplomacy
    • Gillian Sorensen, Secretary-General Kofi Annan
    • Jean Krasno, The Origins of Kofi Annan’s Leadership: Family, Culture, and Historical Roots in Ghana
  • Articles
    • Eugenia C. Heldt & Henning Schmidtke, Global Democracy in Decline? How Rising Authoritarianism Limits Democratic Control over International Institutions
    • Troels Gauslå Engell & Katja Lindskov Jacobsen, Unintended Consequences of the Primacy of Politics in UN Peace Operations
    • Ann Louise Lie, Power in Global Nutrition Governance: A Critical Analysis of the Establishment of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Partnership
    • Danita Catherine Burke, Club Diplomacy in the Arctic
    • Miriam Cullen, Questioning the Criminal Justice Imperative: UN Security Council Procedure and the Downside of Chapter VII Decision Making for the Adjudication of International Crimes

Lieblich: The International Wrongfulness of Unlawful Consensual Interventions

Eliav Lieblich (Tel Aviv Univ. - Law) has posted The International Wrongfulness of Unlawful Consensual Interventions (Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, forthcoming). Here's the abstract:

Recent years have witnessed an upsurge in the literature on the lawfulness, under international law, of forcible interventions in states upon governmental consent. The contemporary discussion mirrors, to an extent, the classic debate between those that view such interventions - at least when a certain level of conflict is reached - as strictly prohibited, and those that presume that in general, governments possess the power to invite external intervention, subject to certain limitations.

This brief contribution addresses a question which is frequently glossed over in the discussion: on either approach, what do we mean when we say that in a certain situation, an intervention is unlawful? Or, in other words, which international norm is violated when a consensual intervention is wrongful? As a point of departure, this contribution urges to distinguish between situations in which consent is void ab initio,and situations where the consent itself is valid, but the actions committed pursuant to it are unlawful. This is crucial since if consent lacks any legal effect, it could be said that the intervention violates the prohibition on the use of force. The contribution then offers a brief typology of circumstances that fall under these categories.

New Issue: Journal of World Investment & Trade

The latest issue of the Journal of World Investment & Trade (Vol. 20, nos. 2-3, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Special Issue: China’s External Energy Security—Energy Trade and Investment Along the ‘Belt and Road’
    • Anatole Boute, China’s External Energy Security: Energy Trade and Investment Along the ‘Belt and Road’: An Introduction
    • Andrei V. Belyi, North Asian Hydrocarbon Markets Regionalised
    • Kaho Yu, Energy Cooperation Under the Belt and Road Initiative: Implications for Global Energy Governance
    • Wenhua Shan & Peng Wang, The International Legal Framework for Belt and Road Energy Cooperation: Progress and Prospect
    • Kaj Hobér, Arbitration of Energy Disputes Under the Energy Charter Treaty: Added Value for the Belt and Road Initiative
    • C.L. Lim, The Function of the Transnational Chinese Contract
    • Hao Zhang, The Carbon Externality of Investments Financed by China’s Development Banks: The Case of Energy Investments in Central Asia
    • Sergey S. Seliverstov & Vsevolod D. Krivonosov, Structuring Chinese Energy Investments Under the Russian Law on Strategic Investments
    • Marc Bungenberg & Angshuman Hazarika, Chinese Foreign Investments in the European Union Energy Sector: The Regulation of Security Concerns
    • Zhenis Kembayev, The Emerging Eurasian Common Energy Market: What is Its Potential Impact on China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
    • Cees Verburg, Modernising the Energy Charter Treaty: An Opportunity to Enhance Legal Certainty in Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Call for Papers: ASIL International Law in Domestic Courts Annual Workshop

The ASIL Interest Group on International Law in Domestic Courts has issued a call for papers for its annual workshop. Here's the call:
The ASIL International Law in Domestic Courts Annual Workshop will take place on Friday, December 6 at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. If you have a work-in-progress that you would like to present, please send an abstract (or more if you prefer) to interest group co-chairs Andrew Kent and Kristina Daugirdas (akent@law.fordham.edu, kdaugir@umich.edu) by Friday, September 6. Five or six papers will be selected. Preference will be given to papers that focus on U.S. courts, but all proposals are welcome. Please note that those whose papers are selected will need to submit a complete draft by November 15 for circulation to the other workshop participants. Following the selection of papers, we will solicit volunteers to serve as commentators.

De Lucia: Rethinking the Conservation of Marine Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction – From ‘Not Undermine’ to Ecosystem-Based Governance

Vito De Lucia (Artic Univ. of the Sea - K. G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea) has posted an ESIL Reflection on Rethinking the Conservation of Marine Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction – From ‘Not Undermine’ to Ecosystem-Based Governance.

Call for Session Ideas: 2020 ASIL Annual Meeting (Deadline Today)

The American Society of International Law has issued a call for session ideas for its 114th Annual Meeting, which will take place April 1-4, 2020, in Washington, DC. The conference theme is: "The Promise of International Law." The deadline is today, July 16, 2019. Here's the call:

The Promise of International Law

In a world of increasing polarization and threats to individual and collective security, many turn to international law for guidance and protection, while others consider this body of law and the institutions that apply it ill-equipped to address evolving needs. Has international law lived up to its full potential and is it equipped to safeguard the peaceful coexistence of its subjects, to protect human rights and the environment, and to contribute to the attainment of shared prosperity?

The year 2020 will give us much to reflect upon and to reaffirm. Even as states have withdrawn or sought to withdraw from agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, and the Treaty on European Union, the international community will commemorate other enduring institutions and commitments in 2020. For example, the United Nations will mark its 75th anniversary amidst calls for significant reforms to global governance. The year 2020 also will see the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty of Versailles and of the Covenant of the League of Nations, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States, and the 20th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. At the same time, the year 2020 will serve as a reminder that we have but ten years left to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which envisage "a world of universal respect for human rights and human dignity, the rule of law, justice, equality and non-discrimination."

At its 114th Annual Meeting in 2020, the American Society of International Law (ASIL) invites policymakers, practitioners, academics, and students of international law to reflect upon the successes and failures of international law. Has international law held states, military forces, multinational corporations, and other actors – both public and private – to account for their international obligations? What role do regulatory bodies, international institutions, and non-governmental organizations play in actualizing the objectives of international law? Can and should international law be expected to produce just outcomes in all circumstances? The Annual Meeting presents an opportunity for the Society to take stock of the past successes and failures of international law while reaffirming the promise it holds for the future.

Thematic Tracks:

  • International Human Rights, Humanitarian Law, and Criminal Justice
  • Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Dispute Resolution
  • Trade, Investment, Finance, and Technology
  • Sustainable Development and Global Governance
  • Security, Foreign Relations, and Use of Force
  • Energy, Environment, Sea, and Space

Call for Session Ideas

To suggest a session to the Committee, please complete the form below by no later than July 16, 2019.

Click to Access Proposal Form

Conference: Fourth African International Economic Law Network Biennial Conference

On July 18-20, 2019, the African International Economic Law Network will hold its Fourth Biennial Conference at Strathmore Law School, Nairobi. The theme is: "Africa’s Participation in International Economic Law in the 21st Century." The program is here.

New Issue: International & Comparative Law Quarterly

The latest issue of the International & Comparative Law Quarterly (Vol. 68, no. 3, July 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Articles
    • Campbell McLachlan, The Assault on International Adjudication and the Limits of Withdrawal
    • Philippa Webb & Rosana Garciandia, State Responsibility for Modern Slavery: Uncovering and Bridging the Gap
    • Thérèse O'donnell, Vulnerability and the International Law Commission's Draft Articles on the Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters
    • Peter Cumper & Tom Lewis, Blanket Bans, Subsidiarity, and the Procedural Turn of the European Court of Human Rights
    • Filip Saranovic, Jurisdiction and Freezing Injunctions: A Reassessment
    • Claire Kilpatrick, Taking The Measure of Changing Labour Mobilization at the International Labour Organisation in the Wake of the EU Sovereign Debt Crisis
  • Shorter Articles
    • Paul Gragl & Malgosia Fitzmaurice, The Legal Character of Article 18 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
    • Elizabeth Stubbins Bates, Distorted Terminology: The UK's Closure of Investigations into Alleged Torture and Inhuman Treatment in Iraq
    • Johannes Hendrik Fahner & Matthew Happold, The Human Rights Defence in International Investment Arbitration: Exploring the Limits of Systemic Integration
    • Niccolò Zugliani, Human Rights in International Investment Law: The 2016 Morocco–Nigeria Bilateral Investment Treaty

New Issue: International Affairs

The latest issue of International Affairs (Vol. 95, no. 4, July 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Re-visioning war and the state in the twenty-first century
    • Tracey German, Introduction: re-visioning war and the state in the twenty-first century
    • Warren Chin, Technology, war and the state: past, present and future
    • James J. Wirtz, Nuclear disarmament and the end of the chemical weapons ‘system of restraint’
    • Matthew Uttley, Benedict Wilkinson, & Armida van Rij, A power for the future? Global Britain and the future character of conflict
    • Bettina Renz, Russian responses to the changing character of war
    • Harsh V. Pant & Kartik Bommakanti, India's national security: challenges and dilemmas
    • Maryanne Kelton, Michael Sullivan, Emily Bienvenue, & Zac Rogers, Australia, the utility of force and the society-centric battlespace
    • Alice Pannier & Olivier Schmitt, To fight another day: France between the fight against terrorism and future warfare
    • Peter Viggo Jakobsen & Sten Rynning, Denmark: happy to fight, will travel

Conference: 7th AsianSIL Biennial Conference

The 7th Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law will take place August 22-23, 2019, in Manila. The theme is: "Rethinking International Law: Finding Common Solutions to Contemporary Civilizational Issues from an Asian Perspective." The program is here.

Monday, July 15, 2019

New Issue: Revue trimestrielle des droits de l'homme

The latest issue of the Revue trimestrielle des droits de l'homme (No. 119, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • X. Philippe, La reconnaissance du principe de fraternité par le juge constitutionnel français : révolution ou poursuite d’une évolution ?
  • C. Philippe, Le juge de Strasbourg, la lettre de la soft law et l’interprétation
  • B. Pastre-Belda, La protection des droits fondamentaux de la personne privée de liberté : quelles évolutions dans la jurisprudence européenne ?
  • C. Maubernard, K. Blay-Grabarczyk, L. Milano, C. Nivard, & R. Tinière, Les juridictions de l’Union européenne et les droits fondamentaux
  • X. Delgrange, L’entreprise de tendance, c’est tendance !
  • M. Maisonneuve, Le Tribunal arbitral du sport et le droit au procès équitable : l’arbitrage bienveillant de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme
  • J. Lievens M. Spinoy, Éducation inclusive : la Cour est-elle à bonne école ?
  • X. Miny F. Bouhon, Nationalité et citoyenneté, les deux visages du Janus européen – La conformité de la perte de plein droit de la nationalité d’un État membre au regard du droit européen

Conference: What Room for Military Assistance on Request in the International Legal Order?

On Thursday and Friday, December 5-6, 2019, the Journal on the Use of Force and International Law and the Ghent Rolin-Jaequemyns International Law Institute will hold a conference on "What Room for Military Assistance on Request in the International Legal Order?" in Ghent. The program is here.

Call for Papers: Mixed Arbitral Tribunals, 1919–1930: An Experiment in the International Adjudication of Private Rights

The Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law has issued a call for papers for a conference on "Mixed Arbitral Tribunals, 1919–1930: An Experiment in the International Adjudication of Private Rights," to take place April 23–24, 2020. The call is here.

New Issue: Stanford Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the Stanford Journal of International Law (Vol. 55, no. 2, Summer 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Mehdi J. Hakimi & Erik G. Jensen, Rethinking Legal Education in Afghanistan: The Law Program at the American University of Afghanistan
  • Sara L. Ochs, In Need of Prosecution: The Role of Personal Jurisdiction in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
  • Scott J. Shackelford, Should Cybersecurity Be a Human Right? Exploring the 'Shared Responsibility' of Cyber Peace

New Issue: American Journal of International Law

The latest issue of the American Journal of International Law (Vol. 113, no. 3, July 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Articles
    • Michael A. Mehling, Harro van Asselt, Kasturi Das, Susanne Droege, & Cleo Verkuijl, Designing Border Carbon Adjustments for Enhanced Climate Action
    • Alan O. Sykes, The Economic Structure of International Investment Agreements with Implications for Treaty Interpretation and Design
    • Bennett Ostdiek & John Fabian Witt, The Czar and the Slaves: Two Puzzles in the History of International Arbitration
  • International Decisions
    • Jorge Contesse, Case of Barrios Altos and La Cantuta v. Peru
    • Lorenzo Cotula & James T. Gathii, Cortec Mining Kenya Limited, Cortec (Pty) Limited, and Stirling Capital Limited v. Republic of Kenya
    • Yulia Ioffe, Case of Georgia v. Russia (I) (Just Satisfaction)
    • Machiko Kanetake, María de los Ángeles González Carreño v. Ministry of Justice
    • Seokwoo Lee & Seryon Lee, Yeo Woon Taek v. New Nippon Steel Corporation
  • Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
    • Jean Galbraith, Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
  • Recent Books on International Law
    • David P. Stewart, reviewing Jurisdictional Immunities of States and International Organizations, by Edward Chukwuemeke Okeke
    • David A. Gantz, reviewing The Wealth of a Nation: A History of Trade Politics in America, by C. Donald Johnson
    • Tara J. Melish, reviewing Beyond Human Rights: The Legal Status of the Individual in International Law, by Anne Peters
    • Eliav Lieblich, reviewing The Crime of Aggression, Humanity, and the Soldier, by Tom Dannenbaum
    • Beth Van Schaack, reviewing The Kenyan TJRC: An Outsider's View from the Inside, by Ronald C. Slye

Call for Papers: ESIL 2020 Research Forum

The European Society of International Law has issued a call for papers for its 2020 Research Forum, which will take place April 23-24, 2020, at the Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi di Catania. The theme is: "Solidarity: The Quest for Founding Utopias of International Law." The call is here.

New Issue: Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law

The latest issue of the Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law (Vol. 28, no. 2, July 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Original Articles
    • Benoit Mayer, Interpreting States’ general obligations on climate change mitigation: A methodological review
    • María Eugenia Recio, Dancing like a toddler? The Green Climate Fund and REDD+ international rule‐making
    • Belén Olmos Giupponi, Fostering environmental democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean: An analysis of the Regional Agreement on Environmental Access Rights
    • Caiphas Brewsters Soyapi, The courts and the constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment in Uganda
    • Refia Kaya, Environmental vulnerability, age and the promises of anti‐age discrimination law
    • Xiaoou Zheng, Key legal challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol: The case of China
    • Andri G. Wibisana, The many faces of strict liability in Indonesia's wildfire litigation
    • Sara Kymenvaara Lasse Baaner Helle Tegner Anker Laura Leino Antti Belinskij, Variations on the same theme: Environmental objectives of the Water Framework Directive in environmental permitting in the Nordic countries
    • Minna Pappila, Summer loggings and bird protection: On regulation and derogations
  • Case Note
    • Ricardo Abello‐Galvis & Walter Arevalo‐Ramirez, Inter‐American Court of Human Rights Advisory Opinion OC‐23/17: Jurisdictional, procedural and substantive implications of human rights duties in the context of environmental protection

Sunday, July 14, 2019

Nolte: How to Identify Customary International Law? – On the Final Outcome of the Work of the International Law Commission (2018)

Georg Nolte (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Law) has posted How to Identify Customary International Law? – On the Final Outcome of the Work of the International Law Commission (2018). Here's the abstract:
How to identify customary international law is an important question of international law. The International Law Commission has in 2018 adopted a set of sixteen conclusions, together with commentaries, on this topic. The paper consists of three parts: First, the reasons are discussed why the Commission came to work on the topic “Identification of customary international law”. Then, some of its conclusions are highlighted. Finally, the outcome of the work of the Commission is placed in a general context, before concluding.

New Issue: Ocean Development & International Law

The latest issue of Ocean Development & International Law (Vol. 50, nos. 2-3, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Hao Liu & Fabio Tronchetti, Regulating Near-Space Activities: Using the Precedent of the Exclusive Economic Zone as a Model?
  • Jeffrey Smith, International Law and Western Sahara’s Maritime Area
  • Henrik Ringbom, Regulating Autonomous Ships—Concepts, Challenges and Precedents
  • Zhen Lin, Jurisdiction Over Underwater Cultural Heritage in the EEZ and on the Continental Shelf: A Perspective From the Practice of States Bordering the South China Sea
  • Andreas Østhagen & Andreas Raspotnik, Why Is the European Union Challenging Norway Over Snow Crab? Svalbard, Special Interests, and Arctic Governance
  • Bingying Dong & Ling Zhu, Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection With the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances: Chinese Perspective
  • Ronan Long, The World Maritime University—Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute: A New Institute in a Unique University
  • Jianping Guo & Peng Wang, Due Diligence and Overlooked Evidence in the South China Sea Arbitration: A Note
  • Øystein Jensen, Defining Seaward Boundaries in a Domestic Context: Norway and the Svalbard Archipelago
  • Valentin J. Schatz & Dmytro Koval, Russia’s Annexation of Crimea and the Passage of Ships Through Kerch Strait: A Law of the Sea Perspective

New Issue: Inter-American and European Human Rights Journal

The latest issue of the Inter-American and European Human Rights Journal (Vol. 10, no. 1, 2017) is out. Contents include:
  • S. Da Lomba, Vulnerability, International Human Rights Adjudication and Migration Governance
  • L.A. Cantoral Benavides, Análisis de la Ley 6.815/80, Estatuto del Extranjero de Brasil, y los derechos de los inmigrantes a la libertad de expresión, de asociación y de reunión
  • G. Sebis, Sustainable Development and Refugee Crises – Does a Lack of Refugees Equal a Well-Performing System of Sustainability?
  • M.V. Zecca, The Protection of Human Rights in the European Union-Turkey Statement
  • M. Canepa, Solicitud de asilo en base a la persecución por motivos de orientación sexual

New Issue: Journal of Conflict Resolution

The latest issue of the Journal of Conflict Resolution (Vol. 63, no. 7, August 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Frontiers in Research on Peacekeeping Effectiveness
    • Theodora-Ismene Gizelis, & Michelle Benson, Advancing the Frontier of Peacekeeping Research
    • Jacob Kathman & Michelle Benson, Cut Short? United Nations Peacekeeping and Civil War Duration to Negotiated Settlements
    • Vincenzo Bove & Andrea Ruggeri, Peacekeeping Effectiveness and Blue Helmets’ Distance from Locals
    • Karin Johansson & Lisa Hultman, UN Peacekeeping and Protection from Sexual Violence
    • Kyle Beardsley, David E. Cunningham, & Peter B. White, Mediation, Peacekeeping, and the Severity of Civil War
  • Articles
    • Victor Asal, Brian J. Phillips, R. Karl Rethemeyer, Corina Simonelli, & Joseph K. Young, Carrots, Sticks, and Insurgent Targeting of Civilians
    • Paul W. Thurner, Christian S. Schmid, Skyler J. Cranmer, & Göran Kauermann, Network Interdependencies and the Evolution of the International Arms Trade
  • Data Set Feature
    • Laura H. Atuesta, Oscar S. Siordia, & Alejandro Madrazo Lajous, The “War on Drugs” in Mexico: (Official) Database of Events between December 2006 and November 2011

New Issue: Journal of International Arbitration

The latest issue of the Journal of International Arbitration (Vol. 36, no. 4, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Lucy Greenwood, Revisiting Bifurcation and Efficiency in International Arbitration Proceedings
  • Dorothee Ruckteschler & Tanja Stooss, International Commercial Courts: A Superior Alternative to Arbitration?
  • Mingji Qu, Status Quo of Enforcing Commercial Arbitral Awards in the People’s Republic of China: An Empirical Study of the Enforcement Practices in China’s Two Economically Less-Developed Regions
  • Julio César Betancourt, What Are the Arbitral Tribunal’s Powers in Default Proceedings?
  • Michael Kotrly & Barry Mansfield, 'Recent Developments in International Arbitration in England and Ireland
  • Alain Farhad, The United Arab Emirates’ New Arbitration Legislation: A Giant Leap Forward?

New Issue: International Journal of Human Rights

The latest issue of the International Journal of Human Rights (Vol. 23, no. 5, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • Special Issue: Beyond 'Rights-Based' Approaches?
    • Hannah Miller & Robin Redhead, Beyond ‘rights-based approaches’? Employing a process and outcomes framework
    • Hannah Miller, Human rights and development: the advancement of new campaign strategies
    • Jeff Halper & Tom Reifer, Beyond ‘the right to have rights’: creating spaces of political resistance protected by human rights
    • Emma Larking, Mobilising for food sovereignty: the pitfalls of international human rights strategies and an exploration of alternatives
    • Peter Manning, Recognising rights and wrongs in practice and politics: human rights organisations and Cambodia’s ‘Law Against the Non-Recognition of Khmer Rouge Crimes’
    • Chetan Bhatt, Human rights activism and salafi-jihadi violence
    • Paul Dixon, ‘Endless wars of altruism’? Human rights, humanitarianism and the Syrian war
    • Javier Trevino-Rangel, Magical legalism: human rights practitioners and undocumented migrants in Mexico
    • Ruth Kelly, Translating rights and articulating alternatives: rights-based approaches in ActionAid’s work on unpaid care
    • Kathryn Tomlinson, Indigenous rights and extractive resource projects: negotiations over the policy and implementation of FPIC

New Issue: African Journal of International Criminal Justice

The latest issue of the African Journal of International Criminal Justice (2018, nos. 1-2) is out. Contents include:
  • Muyiwa Adigun, The Rome Statute Complementarity Principle and the Creation of the African Court of Justice and Human and Peoples’ Rights
  • Benson Chinedu Olugbuo, Civil Society Perspectives on the Criminal Chamber of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights
  • Charles Chernor Jalloh, A Proposal for the International Law Commission to Study Universal Criminal Jurisdiction