Monday, January 2, 2023

New Issue: Global Trade and Customs Journal

The latest issue of Global Trade and Customs Journal (Vol. 18, no. 1, 2023) is out. Contents include:
  • Fernando Piérola-Castro, Commentary of the WTO Panel Report in US: Safeguard on Photovoltaic Products
  • Vera Kanas Grytz & Isabelle Ruiz Guero, The Use of International Trade Mechanisms by the Brazilian Agribusiness
  • Patricio Galella, The No Drawback Rule in EU Preferential Agreements
  • Muhammad Zeshan, A Practical Narrative of Tariff Protection in Pakistan

Sunday, January 1, 2023

Kajtár, Çali, & Milanovic: Secondary Rules of Primary Importance in International Law: Attribution, Causality, Evidence, and Standards of Review in the Practice of International Courts and Tribunals

Gábor Kajtár
(ELTE Law School), Basak Çali (Hertie School), & Marko Milanovic (Univ. of Reading - Law) have published Secondary Rules of Primary Importance in International Law: Attribution, Causality, Evidence, and Standards of Review in the Practice of International Courts and Tribunals (Oxford Univ. Press 2022). the table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

The focus of this edited volume is the often-overlooked importance of secondary rules of international law. Secondary rules of international law-such as attribution, causality, and the standard and burden of proof-have often been neglected in scholarly literature and have seen fragmented application in international legal practice. Yet the systemic nature of international law entails that coherent and consistent application of such rules is a key element in reinforcing the legitimacy of decisions of international courts and tribunals. Accelerated development of international law and international litigation, coupled with the fragmented nature of the adjudicatory terrain calls for theoretical scrutiny and systemic analysis of the developments in the judicial treatment of secondary rules.

This publication makes three important contributions to the study of secondary rules. First, it offers a comprehensive, expert doctrinal analysis of how standard of review, causation, evidentiary rules, and attribution operate in the case law of international courts or tribunals in fields spanning human rights, trade, investment, and humanitarian law. Second, it comparatively evaluates the divergent layers of meanings and normative expectations attached to secondary rules in international law scholarship as well as in the judicial practice of international courts and tribunals. Finally, the book investigates the role that secondary rules play in the development of the primary rules in international law and for the legitimacy of the decisions of international courts and tribunals.

Earlier scholarly works have not problematized the role of secondary rules of international law in adjudication thoroughly. Secondary Rules of Primary Importance in International Law seeks to fill this gap by emphasizing the consequential nature of these secondary rules and argues that the outcome of litigation is fundamentally shaped by the exact standard of proof, standard of review, or attribution basis that is chosen by adjudicators. As such, the book offers an important resource for the study and practice of international law against the backdrop of the wide-ranging and fragmented nature of international adjudication.

Buxbaum & Fleury Graff: Extraterritoriality / L’extraterritorialité

Hannah L. Buxbaum
(Indiana Univ., Bloomington - Law) & Thibaut Fleury Graff (Université Paris-Saclay - Law) have published Extraterritoriality / L’extraterritorialité (Brill | Nijhoff 2022). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

Extraterritoriality is a challenging concept as a matter of international law and policy, raising fundamental questions about the allocation of power among States. It is also a dynamic concept, reflecting and responding to shifts in the global economy, patterns of human behavior, and understandings of state sovereignty.

This volume explores extraterritoriality from a wide range of perspectives—theoretical, historical, and empirical. Its chapters likewise address a wide range of practices, in areas including criminal law, economic regulation, and the protection of human rights. Throughout, the volume recognizes extraterritoriality as an expansive concept used to assess both the actions and the obligations of states within the international arena.

L’extraterritorialité est un concept qui, touchant à la répartition des pouvoirs entre Etats, soulève des questions juridiques et politiques fondamentales dans la société internationale. Son usage grandissant témoigne de son dynamisme, qui reflète la globalisation de l’économie, les évolutions des comportements individuels et les réinterprétations de la souveraineté étatique.

Cet ouvrage propose sur l’extraterritorialité une diversité de vues – théoriques, historiques et empiriques – et en étudie les diverses pratiques – du droit pénal à la régulation économique, en passant par la protection des droits de l’homme. L’extraterritorialité se révèle, ce faisant, un concept englobant pour mesurer tant le déploiement de l’action étatique que l’étendue des obligations de l’Etat sur la scène internationale.

Shrivastava & Lakra: Revisiting due diligence in cyberspace: crafting international law’s arsenal against transboundary Botnets

Abhijeet Shrivastava (O.P. Jindal Global Univ.) & Rudraksh Lakra (O.P. Jindal Global Univ.) have published Revisiting due diligence in cyberspace: crafting international law’s arsenal against transboundary Botnets (International Journal of Law and Information Technology, Vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 321–349, Autumn 2022). Here's the abstract:
The emergence of cyberspace has been followed by increasingly unpredictable threats to cybersecurity, including Botnets, which have been frequently exploited in cyber-criminal activities affecting dozens or hundreds of States at once. In existing scholarship, many reasons have informed growing support for the promise of ‘due diligence’ obligations in regulating transboundary cyber operations. We affirm this position through a study of the specific context of Botnets, although bringing much-needed caution and complexity to the discourse. We offer a comprehensive account of the standard of conduct expected of States in detecting, mitigating and preventing Botnet-linked harms under due diligence; as well as to pursue cyber capacity building toward discharging these obligations. In so doing, we problematize and elaborate on the nature of due diligence as an obligation of conduct, therefore accounting for differential State capacities against Botnet-linked harms. The paper involves attempts to unpack a coherent conception of due diligence, appreciating the spectrum of obligations that it demands, and demonstrating these nuances through an appraisal of good practices adopted by States and private actors against Botnets. Consequently, we provide a unique holistic account of how States and their law enforcement could practically understand the conduct expected of them when faced with transboundary Botnets on a case-to-case basis. In the end, while underscoring potential dilemmas within this legal regime that may be faced by target States, as also its unresolved questions, we submit that due diligence is indeed the most appropriate candidate to act as a legal arsenal against transboundary Botnets.

New Issue: Rivista di Diritto Internazionale

The latest issue of the Rivista di Diritto Internazionale (Vol. 105, no. 3, 2022) is out. Contents include:
  • Articoli
    • Angelo Davì, La localisation du dommage d'origine délictuelle en droit international privé italien et dans la jurisprudence de la Cour de justice européene
    • Matteo Sarzo, Le norme di jus ad bellum e gli attori non statali alla luce delle ultime ostilità fra Israele e Palestina
  • Note e Commenti
    • Giorgio Gaja, The Diverse Legal Effects of the Provisional Application of Treaties
    • Beatrice I. Bonafé, Assessing Reparation for International Crimes: the Case of Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo
    • Stefano Silingardi, Sulla legittimità delle sanzioni unilaterali nei confronti della Russia a seguito dell'aggressione contro l'Ucraina

Call for Papers: XXVII Convegno Annuale SIDI

A call for papers has been issued for the XXVII Convegno Annuale of the Società italiana di diritto internazionale e di diritto dell’Unione europea (SIDI), to take place June 8-9, 2023, at the Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”. The theme is: “L’arbitrato internazionale nell’interazione tra sistemi normativi.” The call is here.

New Issue: Global Society

The latest issue of Global Society (Vol. 37, no. 1, 2023) is out. Contents include:
  • Ekatherina Zhukova, Postcolonial Logic and Silences in Strategic Narratives: Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy in Conflict-Affected States
  • Takumi Shibaike, Wendy H. Wong, Sarah S. Stroup & Alfred Oduro, The Stories They Tell: What INGO Mission Statements Reveal about their Authority
  • Monika Krause & Katherine Robinson, Non-liberal Internationalism: The Field of International Mission Agencies
  • Sara Kalm, The Business of Citizenship: Investment Citizenship Firms in Global Governance
  • Liam Stanley, Ellie Gore, Genevieve LeBaron, Sylvie Craig, Remi Edwards, Sophie Wall & Tom Watts, The Political Economy of the Weinstein Scandal
  • Laura Renner & Tim Krieger, Polygyny, Conflict and Gender Inequality: A Cautionary Tale
  • Noha Shawki & Melissa Schnyder, Coalition Dynamics in Transnational Social Movements: Analyzing the EU Food Policy Coalition

Call for Papers: The push and pull of fairness: theoretical approaches to fairness in international law (Panel Proposal)

The ESIL Interest Group on International Legal Theory and Philosophy invites abstracts for an Agora Panel Proposal on "The push and pull of fairness: theoretical approaches to fairness in international law" to be submitted to the 2023 ESIL Annual Conference on “Is International Law Fair?” The call is here.

New Issue: Diritti umani e diritto internazionale

The latest issue of Diritti umani e diritto internazionale (Vol. 16, no. 2, 2022) is out. Contents include:
  • Studi
    • Andrea Saccucci, Le conseguenze dell’espulsione della Russia dal Consiglio d’Europa sui trattati stipulati nell’ambito dell’organizzazione
  • La risoluzione dell’Institut de Droit International su Human Rights and Private International Law
    • Pasquale Pirrone, La risoluzione dell’Institut de Droit International su Human Rights and Private International Law: considerazioni generali
    • Roberto Baratta, Art. 1 e 2 della risoluzione dell’Institut de Droit International su Human Rights and Private International Law: i diritti umani quali regole ordinanti del diritto internazionale privato
    • Fabrizio Marongiu Buonaiuti, Art. 3 della risoluzione dell’Institut de Droit International su Human Rights and Private International Law: la disciplina della giurisdizione in materia civile e la sua incidenza sul diritto di accesso alla giustizia
    • Fabrizio Marongiu Buonaiuti, Art. 4 della risoluzione dell’Institut de Droit International su Human Rights and Private International Law: il forum necessitatis come strumento volto a garantire il diritto di accesso alla giustizia
    • Fabrizio Marongiu Buonaiuti, Art. 5 della risoluzione dell’Institut de Droit International su Human Rights and Private International Law: gli accordi di scelta del foro e la loro incidenza sul diritto di accesso alla giustizia
    • Giacomo Biagioni, Art. 6 della risoluzione dell’Institut de Droit International su Human Rights and Private International Law: il diritto all’equo processo
  • Interventi
    • Francesca Tammone, The ECtHR’s (Double) Standard on Judicial Independence: Seeking ‘Checks and Balances’ in the Xhoxhaj Case
  • Osservatorio
    • Andrea Della Casa, La Corte interamericana dei diritti umani e i limiti alla rieleggibilità del Presidente della Repubblica: indebita ingerenza o contributo al processo democratico?
    • Marco Fisicaro, La Corte di giustizia nella sala degli specchi: il principio di indipendenza giudiziaria tra art. 267 TFUE, art. 47 della Carta e art. 19 TUE
    • Rachele Marconi, Il passato (coloniale) che non passa: la Dichiarazione congiunta di riconciliazione fra Germania e Namibia del 2021
    • Matteo Sarzo, La Corte di giustizia dell’Unione europea e le misure restrittive individuali: quale standard of review per la libertà d’espressione?

Ghedira: Le tabac en droit international

Zied Ghedira
has published Le tabac en droit international (EIZ Publishing 2022). Here's the abstract:

Ces dernières années, la thématique des restrictions de la distribution et de la publicité pour les cigarettes a occupé de nombreux organes et tribunaux internationaux. En raison de la fragmentation du droit international et du règlement des litiges y correspondant, il existe un risque de réglementation incongrue et surtout insatisfaisante, dans laquelle la protection de la santé, les intérêts économiques des producteurs et le commerce international ne sont pas facilement pris en compte et coordonnés de manière satisfaisante.

Ce travail de thèse met pour la première fois en lumière de manière exhaustive les aspects du droit de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC ; commerce et droits de propriété intellectuelle liés au commerce) et du réseau d’accords bilatéraux de protection des investissements existants, ainsi que les jugements (et sentences arbitrales) et les controverses qui en découlent. Les considérations de politique de santé (y compris le droit à la santé et la protection des mineurs) et les réglementations applicables du droit international économique sont comparées et leur cohérence est remise en question. Les questions qui en résultent seront extrêmement importantes pour la recherche ultérieure et la prise de décision par les organes politiques au niveau national et dans les négociations internationales.

Cette thèse combine plusieurs domaines juridiques habituellement très séparés (droit de la santé, droit de l’OMC, droit de la protection des investissements, droit de la propriété intellectuelle). Elle traite en outre des aspects médicaux, psychologiques, sociologiques et économiques fondamentaux, nécessaires à la compréhension de la problématique. Il s’agit donc d’un travail interdisciplinaire d’une certaine ampleur. Parallèlement, les différents domaines juridiques sont présentés avec une précision adéquate afin de permettre au lecteur de comprendre le contexte et les prémisses politiques.

Buchner & Petri: Informationelle Menschenrechte und digitale Gesellschaft

Benedikt Buchner
& Thomas Petri have published Informationelle Menschenrechte und digitale Gesellschaft (Mohr Siebeck 2022). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:
Privatheit, Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit sind die zentralen Funktionsbedingungen einer digitalen Gesellschaft. Als informationelle Menschenrechte schützen sie nicht nur gegen staatliche Freiheitsbeschränkungen, sondern auch gegen die Übermacht nichtstaatlicher sozialer Akteure. Die Autorinnen und Autoren des vorliegenden Bandes beleuchten die Grundlagen und unterschiedlichen Facetten informationeller Menschenrechte aus interdisziplinärer, interkultureller und internationaler Perspektive und möchten damit das wissenschaftliche Wirken von Marie-Theres Tinnefeld zu deren 85. Geburtstag würdigen. Die Werte eines digitalen Humanismus sowie neue Formen der Meinungsäußerung und der demokratischen Partizipation werden dabei ebenso thematisiert wie Lösungsansätze eines technischen Daten- und eines Verbraucherschutzes, um die freiheitlich-demokratische Vision einer modernen digitalen Gesellschaft zu verwirklichen.

Rodríguez-Garavito: Litigating the Climate Emergency: How Human Rights, Courts, and Legal Mobilization Can Bolster Climate Action

César Rodríguez-Garavito
(New York Univ. - Law) has published Litigating the Climate Emergency: How Human Rights, Courts, and Legal Mobilization Can Bolster Climate Action (Cambridge Univ. Press 2022). Here's the abstract:
As the climate emergency intensifies, rights-based climate cases – litigation that is based on human rights law – are becoming an increasingly important tool for securing more ambitious climate action. This book is the first to offer a systematic analysis of the universe of these cases known as human rights and climate change (HRCC) cases. By combining theory, empirical documentation, and strategic debate among preeminent scholars and practitioners from around the world, the book captures the roots, legal innovations, empirical richness, impact, and challenges of this dynamic field of sociolegal practice. It looks specifically at the sociolegal origins and trajectory of HRCC cases, the legal innovations of this type of litigation, and the strategies and impacts of these cases. In doing so, this book equips litigators, researchers, practitioners, students, and concerned citizens with an understanding of an important method of holding governments and corporations accountable for climate harms.

New Issue: Journal of International Criminal Justice

The latest issue of the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Vol. 20, no. 4, September 2022) is out. Contents include:
  • Current Events
    • Julia Geneuss & Florian Jeßberger, Russian Aggression and the War in Ukraine: An Introduction
    • Iryna Marchuk, Domestic Accountability Efforts in Response to the Russia–Ukraine War: An Appraisal of the First War Crimes Trials in Ukraine
    • Ilya Nuzov, Legislating Propaganda: Russia’s Memory Laws Justify Aggression Against Ukraine
    • Sergey Sayapin, Russian Discourse on International Criminal Law
    • Alexa Koenig, From ‘Capture to Courtroom’: Collaboration and the Digital Documentation of International Crimes in Ukraine
    • William A Schabas, Genocide and Ukraine: Do Words Mean What We Choose them to Mean?
    • Tom Dannenbaum, A Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression?
    • Kai Ambos, Ukraine and the Double Standards of the West
    • Sergey Vasiliev, Watershed Moment or Same Old? Ukraine and the Future of International Criminal Justice
  • Articles
    • Nicholas Leddy, Investigative and Charging Considerations for International Crimes Targeting Individuals on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
    • Leonardo Borlini, The UN Security Council Faces Organized Crime: Fact-finding, Regulation and Enforcement Strategies
  • Cases Before International Courts and Tribunals
    • Fulvia Staiano, Customary International Law as a Source of Individual Criminal Responsibility: Reflections in the Wake of the Abd-Al-Rahman Judgment
    • Walter Arévalo-Ramírez & Pauline Martini, When International Legal Standards Meet Transitional Justice Processes: Balancing Nationals Interests with International Criminal Law at the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace
  • National Prosecution of International Crimes: Legislation and Cases
    • Emanuela Fronza & Chantal Meloni, The Draft Italian Code of International Crimes

Call for Papers: Translucent Justice? Transparency and International Courts and Tribunals

The Department of International Law and Dispute Resolution of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Procedural Law has issued a call for papers for a conference on "Translucent Justice? Transparency and International Courts and Tribunals," to take place in October 2023. The call is here.