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…

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…

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…

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 …

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 …

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…

Ruiz De Santiago, Jaime Keywords: Human rights | Migration | Refugees ABSTRACT From the 19th century, human migratory movements have reached very significant proportions. The phenomenon of migration owes its importance not only to its increasing growth, but also to its importance in international law. In this course, Jaime Ruiz De Santiago explores some of the characteristics of these migratory movements and the consequences that they have had on the level of international law. The author outlines some of t…

Daniel Cooper and Christopher Kuner Keywords: Data protection | Personal data | Privacy | Alternative dispute resolution | International commercial arbitration | International dispute settlement | Human rights | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT With the internet and the globalized nature of commerce and communication, we have seen the development of data protection law and international dispute resolution. Indeed, some concepts specific to data protection, such as privacy, personal or sensitive data, localization, lead to de the developme…

Benvenisti, Eyal Keywords: Global governance | International organizations | International administrative law | Human rights | Decision-making | Sovereignty | International law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course aims to have a broad understanding of global governance, and starts, after a short introduction, by explaining the emergence of global governance and the corresponding need to regulate it. Therefore, the normative basis for regulation of global governance is studied, first the ultra vires doctrine, then human rig…

Novak, Fabián Keywords: Human rights | Americas ABSTRACT The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has both contentious and advisory jurisdiction. In this course, Fabián Novak first presents a general overview of the Court tracing its origins to the idea formed at the Inter-American Conference on Problems of War and Peace, Chapultepec, February 1945. The author discusses the general aspects of reparations in international law in the context of the obligation to make reparations as a basic principle of th…