Mahiou, Ahmed Keywords: Public international law | Mots clefs: Droit international public | ABSTRACT Ahmed Mahiou, Honorary Research Director at the National Center for Scientific Research, Aix-en-Provence, notes in the introduction to his course that the structure of international law and the movement that drives it are very different from those of domestic law, to an extent that there is a permanent quest for balance and compromise between contradictory and equally important demands, and a constant adjustme…

Turp, Daniel Keywords: Public international law | International law | Cultural diversity | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course is Daniel Turp`s presentation at the 65th session of The Hague Academy of International Law. The cultural exception expresses a European-centrist or even Franco-French problem, corresponding to the economic and cultural interests of the developed countries alone, while cultural diversity, by virtue of its anthropological nature and its genesis within UNESCO, would reflect genuine recogniti…

Schrijver, Nico Keywords: Sustainable development | Legal concept | Treaties | Legal principles | Public international law | Mots clefs: Développement durable | ABSTRACT Nico Schrijver, Professor at the VU University Amsterdam, assigns a triple aim to his course. First, he intends to study about the genesis of the law of sustainable development and to clarify the meaning of this concept, while evaluating the status within the public international law. Then, he proceeds to the examination of the legal principles which e…

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 …

A. Yusuf, Abdulqawi Keywords: Africa | Pan-africanism | Organization of African Unity | African Union | Public international law | International law | Universalism | Decolonization | Regionalism | Public law | International law and domestic law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The course starts by giving the origins and the evolution of Pan-Africanism. It explains how, in the nineteenth century, international law was framed as a Eurocentric public law, the jus publicum Europaeum which did encounter Pan-Africanism, and put aside human rights and human dignity in its way to tre…

Sur, Serge Keywords: Public international law | International law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT In this course, Serge Sur focuses on the principle of confronting the letter or forms of expression of international law with its spirit, objectives, and aims. The author clarifies the meaning of the term "existence" in international law. He focuses on the evolution of international law and the legal consistency of the existence of international law. The author discusses the foundations of international law so as to unde…

Gaja, Giorgio Keywords: International community | Public interest | Public international law | International law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This General Course given in 2011 aims to understand the idea of general interests, as the international community is a holder of general interest. The protection of general interests can be identified through principles and rules of international law, as well as within the impact of peremptory norms. The general interests have a big relevance in the international community by being a tool of interpretation of treaties and bein…

R. Beaumont, Paul Keywords: Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (Vienna, 23 May 1969) | Law of treaties | Interpretation | Reservations | Conventions | Private international law | Public international law | Convention on Choice of Court Agreements (The Hague, 30 june 2005) | Convention sur le recouvrement international des aliments destinés aux enfants et à d'autres membres de la famille (La Haye, 23 novembre 2007) | Convention on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations (The Hague, 2 October 1973) | Protocols | 2007 | Hague Conference on Private International Law | Statutes | Re…

E. Villiger, Mark Keywords: Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (Vienna, 23 May 1969) | Legal history | International customary law | Law of treaties | Public international law | Mots clefs: Convention de Vienne sur le droit des traités (Vienne, 23 mai 1969) | Histoire du droit | Droit coutumier international | Droit des traités | Droit international public | ABSTRACT The 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, regulating treaties between States, lies at the heart of international law. This course analyses how the Convention has been applied by …

Yanagihara, Masaharu Keywords: Europe | East Asia | Public international law | International law | History of international law | Universalism | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The purpose of this course is to show the critical importance of historical viewpoint on international law in Europe and East Asia. Thus, the beginning aims to understand whether international law is really a concept unique to the European States in pre-modern and modern times, as it was often assumed for a long time. It appears that many countries had anot…

Crawford, James Keywords: Public international law | Development of international law | International law | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course is given in order to put the light on unresolved problems of International Law. It is divided in three parts that each defend a position. First, that international law is law, second that there is an international legal system, and third, that there is or can and should be an international rule of law. The first part draws our interest on how States, institutions, practitioners and scholars address the problems of decentralized l…

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…

Treves, Tullio Keywords: Public international law [p11] Treves, Tullio BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE [p19] Tullio Treves, born in Tucuman (Argentina) in 1942 from Italian parents. Citizen of Italy and Argentina, he lives in Italy. Degree in Law, University of Milan (1964). “Libera docenza” in international law (1969). Doctor honoris causae, Universidad Tecnológica del Peru. Lecturer of International Law at the University of Pavia (1969-1971). Lecturer and, since 1972, Professor at the University of Sassari (dean, 1973-1974). Professor at the University of Tu…

V. M. Struycken, A. Keywords: State contracts | Foreign direct investment | Lex fori | International arbitration | Public international law | International economic relations | International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT Starting with an overview of international economic relations and foreign investments, this course aims to understand State contracts and international arbitration. It shows reflection on two main points that are essential to State contracts in private international law: the la…

Pellet, Alain Keywords: Public international law | Development of international law | International Law Commission | International Court of Justice | United Nations | General Assembly | Security Council | Mots clefs: Droit international public | ABSTRACT In this inaugural conference of the public international law session 2007, Alain Pellet, Professor at the University of Paris X - Nanterre, attempts to clarify the following theme: how does international law adapt to the changing needs of the international society? The question is …

H. Arsanjani, Mahnoush Keywords: United Nations | Public international law | International law | Development of international law | International relations | International politics | Charter of the United Nations (San Francisco, 26 June 1945) | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT International law has been developing and expanding its scope remarkably in the last few decades. The United Nations is entitled to considerable credit for signal past law-making accomplishment. This opening lecture commences with a note on the Charter of the United Nation…

Alland, Denis Keywords: Public international law | International law | Interpretation | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The phenomenon of interpretation deploys in public international law as in all other branches of law. In this course, Denis Alland begins with an introduction to the concept of interpretation. From the point of view of the creation of the meaning, the author examines three angles of objects, methods, and actors of interpretation of international law. He answers the questions of what can be interpreted, …

Crawford, James Keywords: Obligations of the state | Public international law | Development of international law | Ius cogens | International Law Commission | State responsibility | United Nations | Charter | International Court of Justice | Mots clefs: Obligations des états | Droit international public | Développement du droit international | Jus cogens | Commission du droit international | Responsabilité des Etats | Nations Unies | Charte | Cour internationale de Justice | ABSTRACT The author, director of the Lauterpacht Center for International Law, examines in this…

McLachlan, Campbell Keywords: Exception de litispendance | International law of procedure | Private international law | Public international law | International arbitration | International commercial arbitration | Mots clefs: Litispendance | Droit international de procédure | Droit international privé | Droit international public | Arbitrage international | Arbitrage commercial international | ABSTRACT Campbell McLachlan, Professor at Victoria University of Wellington, devotes his course to lis pendens in international law. After a detailed intro…