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…

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…

Bothe, Michael Keywords: Natural resources | Economic development | Environmental protection | Social justice | Sustainable development | Mots clefs: Ressources naturelles | Développement économique | Protection de la nature et de l'environnement | Justice distributive | Développement durable | ABSTRACT The environment, development, and natural resources constitute the main challenge for the international order of our time, and also for the international law. Michael Bothe, Professor at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfur…