A. Cançado Trindade, A. Keywords: Human rights | Protection | International law | Mots clefs: Droits de l'homme | Protection | Droit international | ABSTRACT Mr. Cancado Trindade, Legal Adviser to the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, describes the constant and considerable development of international protection of human rights, whether at the international level or at the regional level. The development has revealed the problems of cohabitation between the different systems. The subject of the course is the coexi…

Klein, Pierre Keywords: United Nations | Terrorism | International peace and security | International politics | Use of force | International relations | Human rights | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Terrorisme | Sécurité internationale | Politique internationale | Force | Relations internationales | Droits de l'homme | ABSTRACT Pierre Klein, Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, begins his course by identifying the very notion of terrorism to report on the impact of terrorism on international law. He then takes a step backward and plac…

Yasuaki, Onuma Keywords: International law | Legal history | Legitimacy | International customary law | Sovereignty | Human rights | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The twenty-first century will witness conflicts which may destabilize the international order. These conflicts are likely to arise between emerging Asian States such as China and India whose material power is growing, and the Western nations who wield significant ideational power. A West-centric international society will change to a multi-polar and multi-civilizatio…

Uribe Vargas, Diego Keywords: Human rights | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: Droits de l'homme | Droit international et droit interne | ABSTRACT Diego Uribe Vargas, Colombian Ambassador to Paris, proposes in his lecture the elaboration of an international pact enshrining the rights of the third generation. Diego Uribe Vargas, Ambassadeur de Colombie à Paris, propose dans sa conférence l'élaboration d'un pacte international consacrant les droits de la troisième génération. [p357] Uribe Vargas, Diego LA TROISIÈME GÉNÉRATION DES DROITS DE L’HOMME Diego URIBE VARGAS1…

Susana Najurieta, María Keywords: MinoChildren | Family law | Adoption | Private international law | Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption (The Hague, 29 May 1993) | Children's rights | Human rights | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course aims to understand what the law can offer, through family law, comparative law, and private international law, for the well-being of children and the respect of their fundamental rights. Thus, this course is divided into a chapter-by-chapter study of the fu…

G. Bello, Emmanuel Keywords: Africa | Human rights | African Charter on Human and People's Rights (Banjul, 27 June 1981) | Mots clefs: Afrique | Droits de l homme | Charte africaine des droits de l homme et des peuples | ABSTRACT Emmanuel G. Bello, Legal Advisor at the Ministry of Justice in Harare, devotes his course to legal analysis of the African Charter on Human Rights and Peoples’ Rights, which was concluded in 1981. Emmanuel Bello notes that the charter reflects the will of OAU members in their effort to distinguish themselves fr…

Ortiz Ahlf, Loretta Keywords: Illegal immigrants | Immigration | Migration | Human rights | International law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT After a short introduction explaining the actual state of undocumented migrants in the world, the course starts defining what an undocumented migrant in an irregular situation is. The main international human rights laws that apply are studied next by a text per text approach. The most frequently violated human rights in the case of migrants are then analyzed. Finally, a study display…

Meeusen, Johan Keywords: Equality | Human rights | Conflict of laws | Private international law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The impact of the nondiscrimination principle has been experienced in private international law after the Second World War. In this course, Johan Meeusen attempts to draw a contemporary view on the interaction between private international law and nondiscrimination, taking into account a specific perspective of the European Union and the Europeanization of private international law and to focus on…

Brown Weiss, Edith Keywords: International watercourses | Water | Shared natural resources | Conventions | Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (New York, 21 May 1997) | International dispute settlement | Human rights | International trade | World Trade Organization | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | International trade | Mots clefs: Cours d'eau internationaux | Eau | Ressources naturelles partagées | conventions | Convention sur le droit relatif aux utilisations des cours d'eau internationaux à des fins autres q…

Marrella, Fabrizio Keywords: Multinational enterprises | Human rights | Corporate responsibility ABSTRACT This course aims to understand how the international protection of human rights relates to the activities of transnational corporations in violation of these rights. The course begins by addressing the obligations to respect, protect and fulfill human rights. Since these obligations are state obligations, questions of jurisdiction and competence must be addressed. However, as corporations are now part o…

Fresnedo De Aguirre, Cecilia Keywords: Public policy | Private international law | America | Human rights | Ius cogens | American Convention on Human Rights (San José, 22 November 1969) | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course aims at demonstrating the existence of some fundamental principles that belong not only to some American States individually considered but that are shared by several, though not all, of them. It starts by developing the main concepts like national and international public policy and the scope of public policy t…

Meziou, Kalthoum Keywords: European Union | Migration | Family life | Immigration | Foreign workeFamily reunion | Human rights | Domestic relations | France | Maghreb | Family law | Islamic law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The "conflict of civilizations" conveys a globalized and fixed vision of the Muslim world and conceals the changes that have affected, to varying degrees, family law, particularly in the Maghreb. The theme, revisited through family relations in the context of Euro-Maghreb migration, must be surpassed. The focus on fun…

M. Chinkin, Christine Keywords: United Nations | Human rights | International responsibility [p201] M. Chinkin, Christine BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE [p205] Christine Mary Chinkin, born 1949 in Kent, United Kingdom. Founding Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics and Political Science, a William W. Cook Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan (since 1999), and a member of the Bar of England and Wales and Matrix Chambers. Previous positions include Professor of International …

Hanqin, Xue Keywords: China | Public international law | International law | Sovereignty | International obligations | Human rights | Sustainable development | Multilateralism | Regionalism | Mots clefs: Chine | Droit international public | Droit international | Souveraineté | Obligations internationales | Droits de l'homme | Développement durable | Multilatéralisme | Régionalisme | ABSTRACT This class, given in 2012, starts with an introspection of the attitude of China towards international law in the last 60 years. The attention of the lecturer i…

Antonio Pastor Ridruejo, José Keywords: United Nations | Human rights | Mots clefs: Nations Unies | Droits de l homme | ABSTRACT In this course, José Antonio Pastor Ridruejo examines the interplay of politics and law in the special public procedures initiated by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, through a comprehensive approach of harmoniously integrating the data provided in addition to the legal sciences through political science and the data of international relations. The author thus examines the ins…

Swinarski, Christophe Keywords: Human rights | International humanitarian law | International protection | Individuals ABSTRACT In this course, Christophe Swinarski begins by examining the meaning of the term “individual” and shows how the concept of individual’s protection be profiled from now on to accommodate the legal world hitherto reserved to the States? The author presents an overview of the synergies between international humanitarian law and international human rights law and discusses the concept of …

Rideau, Joël Keywords: European Union | Human rights | Mots clefs: Union européenne | Droits de l'homme | ABSTRACT Joël Rideau, Professor at the University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, underlines in this course that the consideration of the protection of human rights has given rise to the emergence of a human rights protection system in the European Union (Chapter I). In the second chapter, Professor Rideau observes that the development of legal protection of human rights in international law and domestic law constit…

Michael Reisman, W. Keywords: International law | International regime | Development of international law | Decision-making | Sovereignty | Human rights | Subjects of international law | Individuals | Use of force | Mots clefs: Droit international | Régime international | Développement du droit international | Prise de décisions | Souveraineté | Droits de l'homme | Sujets du droit international | Individus | Force | ABSTRACT The point of these lectures, given in 2012, is to elaborate a framework to understand the place of practitioners, and others affected by …

Kinsch, Patrick Keywords: Human rights | Private international law | Judicial competence | International law of procedure | Mots clefs: Droits de l'homme | Droit international privé | Compétence judiciaire | Droit international de procédure | ABSTRACT Patrick Kinsch, Attorney at Law in Luxembourg, assigns to his course the aim of demonstrating that there is no radical incompatibility between reasoning in terms of human rights and the application of specific methods to private international law. A peaceful, even enriching, coexisten…

Pisillo Mazzeschi, Riccardo Keywords: Human rights | International obligations | Infraction | State responsibility | Mots clefs: Droits de l’homme | Obligations internationales | Violation | Responsabilité des Etats | ABSTRACT Riccardo Pisillo Mazzeschi, Professor at the University of Siena, points out in the introduction to his course that the subject of positive obligations of States in the field of international human rights protection and the possible violation of obligations has acquired an increasing importance, both fr…