Arrighi, Jean-Michel Keywords: Organization of American States | Public international law | International law | Institutional law | Institutions and organs | Legal co-operation | Democracy | History | Mots clefs: Organisation des Etats américains | Droit international public | Droit international | Droit institutionnel | Institutions et organes | Coopération juridique | Démocratie | Histoire | ABSTRACT The Organization of American States (OAS), created in 1948, is just a link in a long chain of inter-American institutions that emerged from the first Am…

Chemillier-Gendreau, Monique Keywords: Public international law | International law | Universalism | Mots clefs: Droit international public | Droit international | Universalisme | ABSTRACT To reflect on the universality of international law, it is necessary to ask whether its application extends to the entire society concerned, no subject is excluded, and its objectives are achieved for the benefit of all. If the concept of sovereignty appears as a guarantee of the independence and recognition of a group, it is also a …

Abellán Honrubia, Victoria Keywords: Individuals | International responsibility | International law | Mots clefs: Individus | Responsabilité internationale | Droit international | ABSTRACT The object of the course of Victoria Abellán Honrubia, Professor at the University of Barcelona, is to study the international responsibility of the individual according to public international law. Professor Abellán Honrubia proposes to clarify up to what point the standards for international responsibility of the individual can be…

Slaughter, Anne-Marie Keywords: International law | International relations | Nongovernmental organizations | Mots clefs: Droit international | Relations internationales | Organisations non-gouvernementales | ABSTRACT Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor at Harvard University, devotes her course to the relation between international law and international relations. In the first part Professor Slaughter examines the principal theories concerning international relations. Professor Slaughter examines in particular what interna…

J.-P, Karaquillo, Keywords: Sports | International Sports Federations | Lex sportiva | Court of Arbitration for Sport | Droit international | | Mots clefs: Sport | Fédérations internationales sportives | Lex sportiva | Tribunal arbitral du sport | International law | ABSTRACT J.-P. Karaquillo, Professor at the University of Limoges, takes as his starting point the idea that sport is marked by "legal pluralism"; a mixture of "Sports law" and "State law". There is no such thing as a body of international rules, assembled by co-operating S…

A. Fatouros, Arghyrios Keywords: Energy | Legal regime | International law | State contracts | Energy Charter Treaty (Lisbon, 17 December 1994) | Mots clefs: Energie | Régime juridique | Droit international | Contrats d'Etat | Traité de la charte de l'énergie (Lisbonne, 17 décembre 1994) | ABSTRACT Arghyrios A. Fatouros, Professor Emeritus of the University of Athens, presents his course on the international legal framework for energy as an experiment. He aims to determine whether and to what extent it is possible to account in terms of law, …

Thirlway, Hugh Keywords: International law | Mots clefs: Droit international | ABSTRACT Professor Thirlway, Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol, examines in this course how and why it is that international law is different from all other national systems of law. Professor Thirlway starts by describing the reality of international law, and then focuses on the concept of the sources of international law (treaties, customs, and general principles of law). The author then lists some major concepts o…

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…

Decaux, Emmanuel Keywords: Slavery | Abolition | International law | Human trafficking | Forced labour | Crimes against humanity | International responsibility | Mots clefs: Esclavage | Droit international | Travail force | Crimes contre l'humanité | Responsabilité internationale | ABSTRACT The course of Emmanuel Decaux, Professor at the University of Paris II, focuses on public international law relating to slavery, which does not constitute a historical review of the issue of slavery. The abolition of slavery has not only been linked…

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 …

Wolfrum, Rüdiger Keywords: Environmental protection | International law | Mots clefs: Protection de la nature et de l environnement | Droit international | ABSTRACT Rüdiger Wolfrum, director of the Max-Planck Institute Comparative Public Law and International Law, splits his course on the means of ensuring compliance with and enforcement of international law into seven chapters. After an introductory chapter, Rüdiger Wolfrum describes the régimes that have been designed to ensure that the obligations to provide for the…

S. Mani, V. Keywords: Humanitarian intervention | International law | Mots clefs: Intervention humanitaire | Droit international | ABSTRACT In this course, Professor Mani, director of the Gujarat National Law University, seeks to examine the rationale, real or fancied, of the new claim to the use of armed force for “humanitarian” purposes such as to halt or prevent gross violations of human rights in a State that has failed to respond to the situation or has failed to set it right. Thus, Professor Mani examines th…