Cambridge University Press, 2007. — 575 p. The United Nations Security Council has increasingly resorted to sanctions as part of its efforts to prevent and resolve conflict. United Nations Sanctions and the Rule of Law traces the evolution of the Security Council’s sanctions powers and charts the contours of the UN sanctions system. It also evaluates the extent to which the...
Cambridge University Press, 2005. — 380 p. Thousands of people have died at the hands of terrorist groups that rely on state support for their activities. Iran and Libya are well known as sponsors of terrorism, while other countries, some with strong connections to the West, have enabled terrorist activity by turning a blind eye. Daniel Byman’s hard-hitting and articulate book...
Oxford University Press, 2011. — 832 p. Throughout the first decades of its existence, many held the view that the UN Security Council would in some senses automatically encourage the protection of human rights by maintaining international peace. However since the end of the Cold War there have been growing concerns that the Council is a force with the potential to do harm to...
Cambridge University Press, 2003. — 400 p. The Chernobyl disaster, the Amoco Cadiz oil spill and the Colorado River dispute are examples of an activity conducted by one State which has serious adverse effects in the territory of another, or in global common areas. This book details the international rules and compensation procedures, and is intended for use by governmental...
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013. — 469 p. In December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 66/100, in which it took note of the articles on the responsibility of international organizations approved on second reading by the International Law Commission, and commended them to the attention of governments and international organizations while reserving...
Bloomsbury, 2006. — 384 p. Today’s terrorists possess unprecedented power, but the State still plays a crucial role in the success or failure of their plans. Terrorists count on governmental inaction, toleration or support. And citizens look to the State to protect them from the dangers that these terrorists pose. But the rules of international law that regulate State...
Brill, 2007. — 517 p. This volume addresses the controversial issue of State succession to international responsibility. It deals with two distinct questions. Firstly, whether or not there is State succession to obligations arising from internationally wrongful acts committed by the predecessor State against a third State before the date of succession. Secondly, whether or not...
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2014. — 400 p. Millions of refugees and internally displaced persons live in refugee camps set up and run by a government, an international organization and/or a nongovernmental organization (ngo), within or near their country of origin. Failure to provide adequate physical security to refugees and internally displaced persons in those camps is a...
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009. — 487 p. The Series of International Law Monographs by the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights seeks to bring to the reader high-quality research in international law with particular emphasis on the theoretical and historical aspects of the topics dealt with. The Series encourages doctrinal and practical criticism, a...
Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. — 189 p. The Historical Trajectory of International Punishment Jus Cogens Obligations Erga Omnes and the Actio Popularis The Principle of Universal Jurisdiction The Problematic Discourse of State Crime
Cambridge University Press, 2005. — 359 p. The concept of obligations erga omnes – obligations owed to the internationalcommunityasawhole–hasfascinatedinternational lawyers for decades, yet its precise implications remain unclear. This book assesses how this concept affects the enforcement of international law. It shows that all States are entitled to invoke obligations erga...
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009. — 281 p. This book offers a unique comparison between state and individual responsibility for international crimes and examines the theories that can explain the relationship between these two regimes. The study provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the relevant international practice from the standpoint of both international...
Hart Publishing, 2004. — 236 p. The contribution of the International Law Commission (ILC) to the codification and progressive development of international law in the period since its first session in 1949 has been nothing short of remarkable. The ILC’s Articles on State Responsibility, although taking over 50 years to produce, can rightly be regarded as one of the ILC’s most...
Routledge, 2011. — 182 p. This book considers the extent to which states are held accountable for breaches of jus cogens norms under international law. The concept of state accountability is distinguished from the doctrine of state responsibility and refers to an ad hoc practice in international relations that seeks to ensure that states do not escape with impunity when they...
Cambridge University Press, 2015. — 479 p. This collection of essays focuses on the following concepts: sovereignty (the unique, intangible and yet essential characteristic of States), statehood (what it means to be a State, and the process of acquiring or losing statehood) and State responsibility (the legal component of what being a State entails). The unifying theme is that...
Cambridge University Press, 2014. — 370 p. The Shared Responsibility in International Law series examines the underexplored problem of allocation of responsibilities among multiple states and other actors. The International Law Commission, in its work on state responsibility and the responsibility of international organisations, recognised that attribution of acts to one state...
Cambridge University Press, 2002. — 260 p. Who is accountable under international law for the acts committed by armed opposition groups? In today’s world the great majority of political conflicts involve non-state actors attempting to exert a political influence (such as overthrowing a government or bringing about secession). Notwithstanding their impact on the course of...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. — 310 p. — (Oxford Monographs in International Law). — ISBN: 978–0–19–960076–2 This book examines how the United Nations Security Council, in exercising its power to impose binding non-forcible measures ('sanctions') under Article 41 of the UN Charter, may violate international law. The Council may overstep limits on its power imposed by...