REVUE : Recueil des cours de l'Académie de droit international (vol. 379, 2016)

Vaughan LOWE, Katharina BOELE-WOELKI, Cecilia FRESNEDO DE AGUIRRE, Rafâa BEN ACHOUR

Volume 379 of the Recueil des cours, Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law is out.

THE LIMITS OF THE LAW

Vaughan Lowe

Introduction
The optional nature of Law
Options in international relations
The limits of international law

I. “Intractable problems”
II. The “grain” of international law
III. The conceptual limitations of international law

Conclusion

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PARTY AUTONOMY IN LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION IN VIEW OF THE HAGUE PRINCIPLES ON CHOICE OF LAW IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS

Katharina Boele-Woelki

Chapter I. Introduction

Chapter II. The Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts
Chapter III. Which national law is the most attractive contract law ?
Chapter IV. The selected dispute resolution mechanism
Chapter V. Designation of other law than national law

1. Designation of the CISG
2. Designation of the CESL
3. Designation of the UNIDROIT Principles

Chapter VI. Do the Hague Principles bring any change ?
Chapter VII. Final considerations
Bibliography

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PUBLIC POLICY: COMMON PRINCIPLES IN THE AMERICAN STATES

Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre

Introduction

Chapter I. Necessary tools to develop in depth the subject of this course

1. Main concepts
2. The concept and scope of public policy – a priori and a posteriori – through the codification of private international law
3. Appearance and development of human rights instruments
4. National instruments: the Constitutions
5. International instruments : conventions and non-statutory instruments;

Chapter II. The influence of human rights in the codification of private international law

1. Expert writing
2. Regional examples
3. Interaction between private international law and public international Law
4. Interaction between national and international law regarding the protection of human rights and the content of public policy
5. Hierarchy of human rights treaties in the legal system of a State
6. The scope of application of human rights Conventions
7. Interpretation of human rights treaties
8. Conflict-of-laws rules and their compatibility with fundamental rights;

Chapter III. Human rights as a source of content for public policy in private international law

1. Neutrality and values in private international law
2. Classifications of human rights
3. Human rights as a source of content of public policy
4. The human rights Conventions, uniformity and coherence
5. Exclusion of the law of any State or only of States parties to the human rights Convention?
6. Permeability of private international law to human rights
7. Fundamental rights and a “truly” international public policy

Chapter IV. The incidence of human rights when determining public policy principles in international civil and family law matters

1. The role of the American Convention on Human Rights “Pact of San José, Costa Rica”, 22 November 1969, and other human rights instruments
2. Right to a personality or legal capacity
3. Right to dignity and private life
4. Rights of the family

Chapter V. The incidence of human rights when determining public policy principles in international procedural matters

1. Access to justice : a fundamental human right and a public policy principle to be guaranteed by private international law rules
2. Right to a fair trial, due process and right to defence
3. Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments

General conclusions
Bibliography

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CHANGEMENTS ANTICONSTITUTIONNELS DE GOUVERNEMENT ET DROIT INTERNATIONAL
Rafâa Ben Achour

Introduction

Partie I. Les changements anticonstitutionnels de gouvernement et le droit international universel : un droit embryonnaire

Section 1. Evolution du cadre normatif en matière de refus des changements anticonstitutionnels de gouvernement

1. De l’indifférence du droit international classique au système politique des États
2. Vers l’émergence d’un dispositif universel consacrant l’état de droit et la démocratie

Section 2. Les mécanismes de répression des changements anticonstitutionnels de gouvernement

1. Le dépassement du principe de l’autonomie constitutionnelle et la naissance de la légitimité démocratique
2. Évolution du principe : vers la reconnaissance du libre choix par le peuple de son système politique

Section 1. Le cadre normatif contraignant des organisations internationales régionales

1. Les continents les plus marqués par les changements anticonstitutionnels de gouvernement
2. La condamnation des changements anticonstitutionnels de gouvernement dans d’autres organisations régionales

Section 2. Les réactions dynamiques des organisations régionales face aux changements anticonstitutionnels de gouvernement (CAG)

1. L’action de l’Organisation des Etats américains devant les changements anticonstitutionnels de gouvernement : le cas d’Haïti
2. Les réactions vigoureuses de deux organisations du continent africain : l’Union africaine et la Communauté économique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest
3. L’action répressive du Commonwealth devant les changements anticonstitutionnels de gouvernement

Conclusion
Bibliographie