OUVRAGE : N. Boschiero, T. Scovazzi, C. Pitea, C. Ragni (eds.), International Courts and the Development of International Law: Essays in Honour of Tullio Treves

Catherine MAIA

This book contains a collection of essays by leading experts linked to the outstanding characteristics of the scholar in honour of whom it is published, Tullio Treves, who combines his academic background with his practical experiences of a negotiator of international treaties and a judge of an international tribunal. It covers international public and private law related to international courts and the development of international law.

Under Article 38 of its Statute, the International Court of Justice can apply judicial decisions only as a “subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law”. However, there are many reasons to believe that international courts and tribunals do play quite an important role in the progressive development of international law. There are a number of decisions which are inevitably recalled as the first step, or a decisive step, in the process of the formation of a new rule of customary international law. In these cases, can the judge be considered as a subsidiary of others? Are these cases compatible with the common belief that a judge cannot create law? Is this a peculiarity of international law, which is characterized by the existence of several courts but the lack of a legislator? Do decisions by different courts lead to the consequence of a fragmented international law? This volume provides the reader with an elaboration of various questions linked to the legislative role of courts.
 
In their choices of subjects, some contributors have taken into account the general aspects of the development of international rules through court decisions or specific sectors of international law, such as human rights, international crimes, international economic law, environmental law and the law of the sea. Others have chosen the subject of the rules on jurisdiction and procedure of international courts. The question of the courts’ role in the development of areas of law different from public international law, namely private international law and European Union law, has also been considered.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I. Personal Perspectives

Homage to Judge Tullio Treves

Bernard H. Oxman

L’Équation de Salomon

Pierre-Marie Dupuy

Part II. General Aspects

Le juge et la codification du droit de la responsabilité

Maurizio Arcari

The Effect of Armed Conflict on Treaties: A Stocktaking

Lucius Caflisch

The Growth of Specialized International Tribunals and the Fears of Fragmentation of International Law

Hugo Caminos

The “Right Mix” and “Ambiguities” in Particular Customs: A Few Remarks on the Navigational and Related Rights Case

Luigi Crema

State Immunity: A Swedish Perspective

Said Mahmoudi

Interpreting ‘‘Generic Terms’’: Between Respect for the Parties’ Original Intention and the Identification of the Ordinary Meaning

Paolo Palchetti

Part III. International Courts: Jurisdiction and Procedure

Dispute Settlement Procedures and Fresh Water: Multiplicity and Diversity at Stake

Laurence Boisson de Chazournes

Quelques observations sur les mesures conservatoires indiquées par la Cour de la Haye

Pierre Michel Eisemann

Evidence Before the International Court of Justice: Issues of Fact and Questions of Law in the Determination

of International Custom

Luigi Fumagalli

Competence and Jurisdiction in Public International Law: International Courts in the Americas

Luis García-Corrochano Moyano

Procedural Aspects Concerning Jurisdiction and Admissibility in Cases of Maritime Delimitation Before the ICJ

Angel V. Horna

Brief Notes on the Principle of Non Bis in Idem within Concurrent International and Domestic Criminal Jurisdiction

Fausto Pocar

Jura Novit Curia in International Human Rights Tribunals

Dinah Shelton

The Composition of the International Court of Justice

Budislav Vukas

Interventions in Proceedings Before International Courts and Tribunals: To What Extent May Interventions Serve the Pursuance of the community Interests?

Rüdiger Wolfrum

Part IV. Law of the Sea

Some Aspects of the Use of Force in Maritime Law Enforcement

David H. Anderson

Procedures Entailing Binding Decisions and Disputes Concerning the Interpretation or Application of the Law of the Sea

Rafael Casado Raigón

Prospects for the Judicial Settlement of the Dispute Between Croatia and Slovenia Over Piran Bay

Giuseppe Cataldi

In Praise of Urgency Reflections on the Practice of ITLOS

Jean-Pierre Cot

International Courts and the Development of the International Law

of the Sea on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf

Umberto Leanza

Ships

Vaughan Lowe

Where the Judge Approaches the Legislator: Some Cases Relating to Law of the Sea

Tullio Scovazzi

The Exercise of Administrative Functions by ITLOS: A Comment on Prompt Release Cases

Seline Trevisanut

Consolidation or Deviation? On Trends and Challenges in the Settlement of Maritime Delimitation Disputes by International Courts and Tribunals

Davor Vidas

Part V. Environmental Law

Legal Standing of NGOs in Environmental Disputes in Europe

Elena Fasoli

Indigenous Peoples, the Environment, and International Jurisprudence

Alessandro Fodella

Les vertus pratiques des obligations générales relatives à l’environnement dans la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer

Philippe Gautier

The International Court of Justice and International Environmental Law

José Juste-Ruiz

Implementing Part XII of the 1982 UN Law of the Sea Convention and the Role of International Courts

Nilufer Oral

The Duty of Environmental Impact Assessment in the First ITLOS Chamber’s Advisory Opinion: Toward the Supremacy of the General Rule to Protect and Preserve the Marine Environment as a Common Value?

Laura Pineschi

Remarks on the Role of Ex Curia Scientific Experts

in International Environmental Disputes

Francesca Romanin Jacur

La contribution des mécanismes de contrôle et de suivi au développement du droit international: le cas du Projet du Canal de Bystroe dans le cadre de la Convention d’Espoo

Sabrina Urbinati

Part VI. Human Rights

Human Rights Judicial and Semi-Judicial Bodies and Customary International Law on State Responsibility

Stefano Brugnatelli

The Vegetarian Diet in Prison: A Human Right? The Case of Jakóbski v. Poland

Maria Clara Maffei

Mesures anti-piraterie en Somalie entre les droits de l’homme et les garanties du droit humanitaire. La contribution de la jurisprudence et de la pratique des mécanismes de contrôle non juridictionnel

Maria Chiara Noto

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and Its Contribution to the Protection of Children’s Rights

Fabián Novak

International Judges and the Protection of Human Rights at Sea

Irini Papanicolopulu

Interpreting the ECHR in the Light of ‘‘Other’’ International Instruments: Systemic Integration or Fragmentation of Rules on Treaty Interpretation?

Cesare Pitea

The Rule of Prior Exhaustion of Domestic Remedies: Theory and Practice in International Human Rights Procedures

Cesare P. R. Romano

The Experiences of the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights with the International Standards on the Protection of Fundamental Rights in Times of Emergency

Francesco Seatzu

Recent Trends in International Investment Arbitration and the Protection of Human Rights in the Public Services Sector

Attila Tanzi

The European Court of Human Rights and the Best Interests of the Child in the Recent Case Law on International Child Abduction

Francesca Trombetta-Panigadi

Part VII. International Crimes

L’autonomie du Procureur et la supervision du Juge dans l’activation de la compétence de la Cour pénale internationale: l’affaire du Kenya

Barbara Aresi

Political and Military Leaders’ Criminal Responsibility Before International Criminal Courts and Tribunals

Giulia Bigi

International Courts and the Crime of Genocide

Valentin Bou

Recent Developments in the Fight Against International Terrorism: The Role of the European Courts

Patrizia De Cesari

The Contribution of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to the Notion of Terrorism: Judicial Creativity or Progressive Development of International Law?

Chiara Ragni

Part VIII. International Economic Law

Public Morals in International Trade: WTO Faces Censorship

Angelica Bonfanti

The WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding Review: What Future for the Appellate Stage?

Marcella Distefano

Reforms to the Global Governance Model in Times of Crisis

Marco Frigessi di Rattalma

The World Bank Inspection Panel and the Development of International Law

Ellen Hey

The 2008 Investment Arbitration Between Italy and Cuba: The Application of the Rules of Attribution and the 1993 BIT’s Scope Ratione Personae Under Scrutiny

Enrico Milano

State-to-State Dispute Settlement Pursuant to Bilateral Investment Treaties: Is There Potential?

Michele Potestà

Part IX. Private International Law

The ECJ’s Rule of Reason and Internationally Mandatory Rules

Paolo Bertoli

Jurisdictional Immunities of the State and Exequatur of Foreign Judgments: A Private International Law Evaluation of the Recent ICJ Judgment in Germany v. Italy

Nerina Boschiero

Uniform International Law on the Carriage of Goods by Sea: Recent Trends Toward a Multimodal Perspective

Sergio M. Carbone and Andrea La Mattina

Freedom of States to Regulate Nationality: European versus International Court of Justice?

Roberta Clerici

Jurisdiction, Fair Trial and Public Policy: The Krombach and Gambazzi Cases

Franco Mosconi

Part X. European Union Law

Some Reflections on the Principle of Consistent Interpretation Through the Case Law of the European Court of Justice

Antonino Alì

La Cour de Justice de l’Union Européenne se prononce sur l’importation de produits fabriqués dans les territoires palestiniens occupés: verre demi plein ou verre demi vide?

Matteo Fornari

Addressing Irregular Immigration Through Criminal Penalties: Reflections on the Contribution of the ECJ to Refining and Developing a Complex Balance

Bruno Nascimbene and Alessia Di Pascale

 

Nerina Boschiero, Tullio Scovazzi, Cesare Pitea, Chiara Ragni (eds.), International Courts and the Development of International Law: Essays in Honour of Tullio Treves, Springer, 2013 (951 pp.)

Nerina Boschiero and Tullio Scovazzi are both professor of international law at the Universities of, respectively, Milan and Milano-Bicocca, Italy. Chiara Ragni and Cesare Pitea are both researcher in international law at the Universities of, respectively, Milan and Parma, Italy.