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Complicity and its Limits in the Law of International Responsibility
This book examines the responsibility of States and international organizations for complicity (aid or assistance) in an internationally wrongful act. Despite the recognition of …
States, the Law and Access to Refugee Protection
This timely volume seeks to examine two of the most pertinent current challenges faced by asylum seekers in gaining access to international refugee protection: first, the obstacles …
The Responsibility to Protect and the Failures of the United Nations Security Council
What can be done if the United Nations Security Council fails to protect people from mass atrocities? At a time of inaction and political paralysis at the United Nations, this book …
Judicial Deference in International Adjudication
International courts and tribunals are increasingly asked to pass judgment on matters that are traditionally considered to fall within the domestic jurisdiction of States. …
Between Light and Shadow
Much has been written on the human rights relevance and impacts of the policies and activities of the World Bank and IMF --or International Financial Institutions (IFIs). However …
The Contractual Nature of the Optional Clause
The International Law Commission’s Guiding Principles for Unilateral Declarations and its Guide to Practice on Reservations to Treaties are among the recent developments in …
General Principles as a Source of International Law
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of an often neglected, misunderstood and maligned source of international law. Article 38(1)(c) of the Statute of the International …
Human Rights and Drug Control
It has become almost accepted knowledge within international policy circles that efforts against drug trafficking and drug abuse violate human rights, and that the entire …
Human Dignity and the Foundations of International Law
International lawyers have often been interested in the link between their discipline and the foundational issues of jurisprudential method, but little that is systematic has been …
Revisiting the Concept of Defence in the Jus ad Bellum
The purpose of the jus ad bellum is to draw a line in the sand: thus far, but no further. In the light of modern warfare, a state should today have an explicitly recognised and …
Predictability and Flexibility in the Law of Maritime Delimitation
This fully revised new edition offers a comprehensive picture of the law of maritime delimitation, incorporating all new cases and State practice in this field. As with all types …
Complicity in International Criminal Law
This book tackles one of the most contentious aspects of international criminal law – the modes of liability. At the heart of the discussion is the quest for balance between the …