Ibrahim Shaker, Mohamed Keywords: Nuclear weapons | Proliferation | Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (London, Moscow, Washington, D.C., 1 July 1968) | Disarmament | Nuclear tests | Nuclear energy | International regime | Mots clefs: Armes atomiques | Prolifération | Traité sur la non-prolifération des armes nucléaires (1968) | Désarmement | Essais nucléaires | Energie nucléaire | Régime international | ABSTRACT Mohamed Ibrahim Shaker, Vice-President of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, reports in this article on Evolving Internatio…

Pearce Higgins, A. Keywords: Ships | International regime | Mots clefs: Navires | Régime international | ABSTRACT Pearce Higgins explains that two rules of international law are of fundamental importance and primarily determine the legal regime of commercial vessels on the high seas in times of peace. The first of the two rules is that the high seas cannot become the property of any State. The second rule is that jurisdiction must be exercised exclusively as a general rule by each State over people or property b…

Haas, R. Keywords: Ports | Free zones | International regime | Mots clefs: Ports | Zones franches | Régime international | ABSTRACT Robert Haas notes that processing zone regimes are far from being the same everywhere. Administrative institutions are characterized under the same single name and show, with analogies, indisputable differences. A precise definition of processing zones in ports in 1928 is impossible. However, Robert Haas points out, the processing zone can usefully be considered as a fraction of territor…

Cohen, Maxwell Keywords: Canada | United States of America | Great Lakes | Boundary wateInternational watercourses | Water | Shared natural resources | International regime | Mots clefs: Canada | Etats-Unis d’Amérique | Cours d eau frontières | Lacs (Grands) | ABSTRACT Maxwell Cohen, Professor at Mc Gill University, notes that the importance of study of international rivers in public international law comes from the geophysical reality that rivers impose on peoples, and artificial political divisions that cut off rivers or create divisi…

M. W. Mouton, Dr. Keywords: Antarctica | Arctic | International regime | Mots clefs: Antarctique | Arctique | ABSTRACT Mr. Mouton begins his course on the International Regime of Polar Regions in considerations of the ice formation: does the fact about the ice covered sea change the status of the international regime? The author then examines the economic aspects as well as the strategic aspects of the regimes. He also focuses on their political aspects, and then presents, in more detail, the Antarctic Treaty. M. Mouton commence son cours sur le régime international des régions…

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 …

E. Hill, Charles Keywords: Straits | International regime | Mots clefs: Détroits | Régime international | ABSTRACT Charles E. Hill explains in the introduction to his course that the claims of certain States, which were once excessive, to an exclusive jurisdiction on the straits, are now calmed down. He continues that this is true for the Straits of Magellan, Gibraltar, Messina, Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara and Bosphorus, as well as for the Great and the Little Belt and the Danish Oresund. The author studies the …

Siotto Pintor, M. Keywords: Scheldt River | International regime | Water | Mots clefs: Escaut | Régime international | ABSTRACT Manfredi Siotto Pintor begins his study of the International Scheldt Regime with a presentation of the essential general data and a historical overview of the problem of freedom of inland navigation. He focuses on the Treaty of Versailles and the Barcelona Act, and then describes the special position of the Scheldt, the issues it raises and the position as it appeared in 1928. Manfredi Siotto Pintor commence son étude du régime international de l'Esca…