New Volume: Japanese Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 63, 2020) is out. Contents include:

• Creation and Maintenance of Effective International Orders: Closely Intertwining Multilateralism, Regionalism, Bilateralism, and Unilateralism
• Atsuko Kanehara, Introductory Note
• Jaemin Lee, One Step Backward for Two Steps Forward: Rethinking Multilateralism in Global Trade
• Emmanuel Decaux, International Human Rights Protection: Top Down v. Bottom Up
• Atsuko Kanehara, Interplay Between the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and Other International Law for Building a Comprehensive International Maritime Order
• Takeo Horiguchi, Emerging Soft Control on States’ Minilateral Climate Actions Under the Global UN Climate Regime in the Era of the Paris Agreement
• Dynamism and Multilateralism in Alternative Dispute Resolution in Asia
• Yuko Nishitani, Introductory Note
• Anselmo Reyes, Recourse Against Awards, Applications to Resist Enforcement and Tactical Considerations: Some Lessons from Singapore and Hong Kong Law
• Weixia Gu, Multi-Tier Approaches and Global Dispute Resolution
• Culture and International Law: A Comprehensive Analysis: Part Two
• Yasuzo Kitamura, Cultural Diversity in International Human Rights Law: Toward a Comprehensive Approach for Marginalized People
• Private International Law
• Mari Nagata, Current Status and Issues of Implementing the Hague Child Abduction Convention in Japan
• Japanese Digest of International Law
• Junichi Eto & Atsuko Kanehara, Japan’s Amendment of the Nature Conservation Act that Provides for the Establishment of Marine Protected Areas on the Seabed
• Masahiko Asada, Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and Japan

New Volume: Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy

The latest volume of the Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy (2019) is out. The table of contents is here.

New Volume: Yearbook of International Disaster Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Disaster Law (Vol. 2, 2019) is out. Contents include:

• Thematic Section: ‘Disasters and …: Exploring New Areas of Research’
• Giovanna Adinolfi, Strengthening Resilience to Disasters through International Trade Law: the Role of WTO Agreements on Trade in Goods
• Giulio Bartolini, Global Animal Law and Disasters
• Upendra Baxi, Disasters, Catastrophes and Oblivion: a TWAIL Perspective
• Daniel A. Farber, The Intersection of International Disaster Law and Climate Change Law
• Harald Koch, Disasters and Private International Law: Reasserting Legal Governance beyond the Nation State
• Gabrielle Simm, Disasters and Gender: Sexing International Disaster Law
• Jonathan Todres, Children and Disasters: the Essential Role of Children’s Rights Law
• Simon Whitbourn, ‘I Must Go Down to the Seas Again’: the Evolution of International Maritime Disaster Law and Its Lessons for the Development of a General Disaster Law Framework
• Flavia Zorzi Giustiniani, Protecting World Cultural and Natural Heritage against Climate Change and Disasters: an Assessment of the Effectiveness of the World Heritage Convention System
• General Section
• Gian Luca Burci & Mark Eccleston-Turner, Preparing for the Next Pandemic: the International Health Regulations and World Health Organization during COVID-19
• Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, Was the Global Pact for the Environment a Good Idea?
• Natalie Baird, Disasters, Human Rights and Vulnerability: Reflections from the Experiences of Older Persons in Post-Quake Canterbury
• Miki Ishimori, Rights-based Approach to Nuclear Damage Compensation: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Revisited

New Volume: Spanish Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Spanish Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 24, 2020) is out. Contents include:

• The Classics’ Corner
• Alejandro Rodríguez Carrión, International Law on the Threshold of the 21st Century
• Special contribution
• Antonio Remiro Brotóns, The Declaration of Principles turns fifty years: a rondó of sly power
• General Articles
• Marco Longobardo, «Super-Robust» Peacekeeping Mandates In Non-International Armed Conflicts Under International Law
• Miguel Checa Martínez, Brexit And Private International Law: Looking Forward From The UK But Actually Going Backward
• Alexis Berg-Rodríguez, Back On The Good Track: Historical Institutionalism And The New Political Model Between The Eu And Cuba
• Chema Suárez Serrano, From Bullets To Fake News: Disinformation As A Weapon Of Mass Distraction. What Solutions Does International Law Provide?
• Nerea Magallón Elósegui, Trade In Minerals And Human Rights: Towards Responsible Sourcing Of Minerals From Conflict Areas In Europe (Regulation (EU) 2017/821)
• Jerónimo Maillo, New Screening Of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) In Europe: A First Step Towards A New Paradigm?
• Ignacio Forcada Barona, Brexit And European Citizenship: Welcome Back To International Law
• Libia Arenal, Economic Crimes Against Humanity: A Legal Challenge For The Positive Regulation Of Crimes Against Humanity In Article 7 Of The Rome Statute
• Catalonia Secession before the Spanish Supreme Court
• Araceli Mangas Martín, A Decent Supreme Court Judgement
• Pedro Tent Alonso, Assessment, In Light Of EU Law, Of The Constitutional Framework From Which The Spanish Supreme Court Has Approached The Prosecution Of Catalan Separatist Leaders
• Helena Torroja Mateu, The «Right To Decide» In International Law As Ground For Exclusion Of Unlawfullness
• Santiago Ripol Carulla & Rafael Arenas García, Issues Related To European Human Rights Law: The European Court Of Human Rights
• Javier Roldán Barbero, The Catalonia Independence Process And EU Law (2017-2020)

New Volume: Netherlands Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 50, 2019) is out. Contents include:

• Yearbooks in International Law: History, Function and Future
• Otto Spijkers, Wouter G. Werner & Ramses A. Wessel, The Phenomenon of Yearbooks in International Law: An Introduction
• Matilda Arvidsson, The ‘Turn to History’ and the Year of the Yearbook of International Law
• John D. Haskell, A Case in the Politics of Form: Yearbooks of International Law
• Sara Kendall, Archiving Legality: The Imperial Emergence of the International Law Yearbook
• Jan Klabbers, On Yearbooks
• Part II Contributions by Yearbooks of International Law Fatsah Ouguergouz, African Yearbook of International Law: A Quarter-Century of Contribution to the Development and Dissemination of International Law
• Donald R. Rothwell, Australian Year Book of International Law
• John H. Currie, The Canadian Yearbook of International Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international: Founding, Function, Future
• Ying-jeou Ma, Chun-i Chen & Pasha L. Hsieh, Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs: Contributing to the Grotian Moment in Asia
• Pavel Šturma, Czech Yearbook of Public and Private International Law on the Occasion of Its 10th Anniversary: Achievements and Perspectives
• Zeray Yihdego, Melaku Desta & Martha Belete, Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law: Towards Diversifying and Democratizing Voices in the Making and Development of International Law
• Tuomas Tiittala, Finnish Yearbook of International Law—Past, Present, and Future
• Mathias Forteau, Annuaire Français de Droit International .................... 137 Andreas von Arnauld & Daley J. Birkett, German Yearbook of International Law: Origins, Development, Prospects
• Marcel Szabó, The Past, Present and Future of the Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law—An Evolving Story
• Arie Afriansyah & Hadi Rahmat Purnama, Indonesia and the Absence of a Yearbook on International Law
• Riccardo Pavoni, Italian Yearbook of International Law: Genesis, Development and Prospects
• Keiichiro Niikura & Koichi Morikawa, The Development and Future of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law: From Japanese Perspectives to International Academic Forums
• Manuel Becerra-Ramirez, Mexican Yearbook of International Law: A Concept for Researching, Disseminating, and Teaching International Law
• Otto Spijkers & Dimitri Van Den Meerssche, ‘There Was an Idealism that This Information is Useful’—The Origins and Evolution of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law
• Ata R. Hindi, The Palestine Yearbook of International Law: A Medium for a Principled International Law on Palestine and the Palestinian People
• Lukasz Gruszczynski & Karolina Wierczyńska, Polish Yearbook of International Law: A History of Constant Change and Adaptation
• Eugenia López-Jacoiste & María José Cervell Hortal, Anuario Español de Derecho Internacional: History, Functions and Future

New Volume: Yearbook of Polar Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of Polar Law (Vol. 12, 2020) is out. Contents include:

• Guy Green, Celebration of 60th Anniversary of Adoption of the Antarctic Treaty
• Marie Jacobsson, The Fundamental Principles of Polar Law
• David Leary, Blue Ice, Meteorites, Fossil Penguins and Rare Minerals: The Case for Enhanced Protection of Antarctica’s Unique Geoheritage – An International Legal Analysis
• Katharina Heinrich, Biological Prospecting in Antarctica – A Solution-Based Approach to Regulating the Collection and Use of Antarctic Marine Biodiversity by Taking the BBNJ Process into Account
• Osamu Inagaki, Legal Issues concerning DROMLAN under the Antarctic Treaty System
• Sakiko Hataya, Legal Implications of China’s Proposal for an Antarctic Specially Managed Area (ASMA) at Kunlun Station at Dome A
• Trevor Daya-Winterbottom, An Overview of the Antarctic Treaty System and Applicable New Zealand Law
• Xueping Li, The Déjà vu System of International Trusteeship in Continental Antarctica: A Textual Analysis
• Lynda Goldsworthy, Finding the ‘Conservation’ in the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
• Denzil Miller & Elise Murray, Compliance Evaluation and Sustainable Resource Management in the CCAMLR
• Alan D. Hemmings, Challenges to Substantive Demilitarisation in the Antarctic Treaty Area
• Timo Koivurova, Lessons from the Finland’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council: What Will Happen with the Arctic Council and in General Arctic Governance
• Andrew Serdy, The Long Grass at the North Pole
• Jan Jakub Solski, New Russian Legislative Approaches and Navigational Rights within the Northern Sea Route
• Barry S. Zellen, Global Co-management and the Emergent Arctic: Opportunities for Engagement and Collaboration between Arctic States, Indigenous Permanent Participants, and Observers on the Arctic Council
• Jóhann Sigurjónsson, Some Icelandic Perspectives on the Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean
• Hema Nadarajah, Prevalence of Soft Law in the Arctic
• Rachael Lorna Johnstone, From the Indian Ocean to the Arctic: What the Chagos Archipelago Advisory Opinion Tells Us about Greenland
• Romain Chuffart, Sakiko Hataya, Osamu Inagaki, & Lindsay Arthur, Assessing Japan’s Arctic Engagement during the ArCS Project (2015–2020)
• Johnny Grøneng Aase, Henrik Hyndøy, Agnar Tveten, Ingrid Hjulstad Johansen, Hege Imsen, Eirik Veum Wilhelmsen, Trude Duelien Skorge, Alfred Ingvar Halstensen, Arne Johan Ulven, & Jon Magnus Haga, The Polar Code and Telemedicine
• Anna Petrétei, Corporate Behaviour towards the Upholding of Human Rights – Exploring the Possibilities of Human Rights Impact Assessment in the Sápmi Region
• Yu Cao, Communities’ Reflections on Oil Companies’ Corporate Social Responsibility Activities in Utqiaġvik, Alaska
• Alexandra L. Carleton, Ethics of Observation in the Polar Regions
• Edythe E. Weeks, Lessons from International Space Law: The Role of International Relations in Governing Global Commons Regions

New Volume: Baltic Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Baltic Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 18, 2019) is out. Contents include:

• Juha Raitio, The “Thick” Rule of Law and Mutual Trust in the European Union
• Thomas Hoffmann, The Impact of Digital Autonomous Tools on Private Autonomy
• Peter Rott, Powerful Private Players in the Digital Economy: Between Private Law Freedoms and the Constitutional Principle of Equality
• Juan Luis Manfredi Sánchez, Big Data and International Politics
• Éva Miskolczi-Bodnár, Big Data and Competition Policy in the European Union
• John M. Yun, Antitrust After Big Data
• Andris Tauriņš, Big Data Ownership: Do we Need a New Regulatory Framework?
• Ana Vlahek, Development of Consumer Collective Redress in the EU: a Light at the End of the Tunnel?
• Carlos Llorente, Consumer Protection in the EU Conflict-of-laws Framework
• Klemen Podobnik, Geo – blocking Regulation: Antitrust or Consumer Protection?

New Volume: Hague Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Hague Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 30, 2017) is out. Contents include:

• Georgios A. Serghides, The Principle of Effectiveness in the European Convention on Human Rights, in Particular its Relationship to the other Convention Principles
• Facundo M. Gómez Pulisich, L’analyse de la question de l’extinction des traités comme résultat de la survenance d’une nouvelle norme impérative (jus cogens superveniens)
• Donette Murray, Flawed and Unnecessary: the ‘Unwilling or Unable’ Doctrine Pertaining to States’ Use of Force in Self-Defence against Non-State Actors
• Yannick Weber, United Nations Security Council Resolutions and the European Court of Human Rights: Conflict or Systemic Integration? A Case Study of Switzerland
• Janja Hojnik, Individuals’ Right to Property under International Succession Law: Reimbursement of Bank Deposits after the Collapse of the SFR Yugoslavia

New Volume: European Investment Law and Arbitration Review

The latest volume of the European Investment Law and Arbitration Review (Vol. 5, 2020) is out. Contents include:

• Sarah Z. Vasani & Nathalie Allen, No Green without More Green: The Importance of Protecting FDI through International Investment Law to Meet the Climate Change Challenge
• Elizabeth Chan, The UK’s Post-Brexit Investment Policy: An Opportunity for New Design Choices
• Alexander G. Leventhal & Akshay Shreedhar, The European Commission: Ami Fidèle or Faux Ami? Exploring the Commission’s Role as Amicus Curiae in ICSID Proceedings
• Brady Gordon, A Sceptical Analysis of the Enforcement of ISDS Awards in the EU Following the Decision of the CJEU on CETA
• David Sandberg & Jacob Rosell Svensson, Achmea and the Implications for Challenge Proceedings before National Courts
• Samantha J. Rowe & Nelson Goh, Resolving Perceived Norm Conflict through Principles of Treaty Interpretation: The January 2019 EU Member States’ Declarations
• Nikos Lavranos, The World after the Termination of Intra-EU BIT S
• Crawford Jamieson, Assessing the CJEU’S Decisions in Achmea and Opinion 1/17 in Light of the proposed Multilateral Investment Court – Winner of the Essay Competition 2020
• Robert Bradshaw, Legal Stability and Legitimate Expectations: Does International Investment Law Need a Sense of Proportion? – Joint 2nd Prize Winner of the Essay Competition 2020
• Florence Humblet & Kabir Duggal, If You Are Not Part of the Solution, You Are the Problem: Article 37 of the EU Charter as a Defence for Climate Change and Environmental Measures in Investor-State Arbitrations – Joint 2nd Prize Winner Essay competition 2020
• Cees Verburg, The Hague Court of Appeal Reinstates the Yukos Awards
• Bianca McDonnell, Theodoros Adamakopoulos and Others v. Republic of Cyprus, ICSID Case No ARB/15/49, Decision on Jurisdiction, 7 February 2020
• Alesia Tsiabus & Guillaume Croisant, Investment Arbitration and EU (Competition) Law – Lessons Learned from the Micula Saga
• Laura Rees-Evans, The Protection of the Environment in International Investment Agreements – Recent Developments and Prospects for Reform
• Crina Baltag, Investment Arbitration and Police Powers: Emerging Issues
• Anna Bilanová, Environmental Counterclaims in Investment Arbitration
• Gaurav Sharma, Environmental Claims by States in Investment Treaty Arbitration
• Nikos Lavranos, The (ab)use of Third-Party Submissions
• Meg Kinnear, ADR in Investment Disputes: The Role of Complementary Mechanisms — Keynote to the 5th EFILA Annual Conference 2020
• Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, The Proliferation of Courts and Tribunals: Navigating Multiple Proceedings – 5th EFILA Annual Lecture 2019

New Volume: Canadian Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 57, 2019) is out. Contents include:

• Articles
• Frédéric Mégret, “Do Not Do Abroad What You Would Not Do at Home?”: An Exploration of the Rationales for Extraterritorial Criminal Jurisdiction over a State’s Nationals
• Manuel Galvis Martinez, Defection and Prisoner of War Status: Protection under International Humanitarian Law for Those Who Join the Enemy?
• Jean d’Aspremont, Comparativism and Colonizing Thinking in International Law
• Bernard Duhaime & Andréanne Thibault, Contestation sociale, liberté de réunion pacifique et d’association: quelles leçons tirer des expériences interaméricaines?
• Yunus Emre Acikgonul & Edward R. Lucas, Developments in Maritime Delimitation Law over the Last Decade: Emerging Principles in Modern Case Law
• Geneviève Dufour & Delphine Ducasse, “America First” and the Return of Economic Isolationism and Nationalism to the United States: A Historic Turning Point for International Trade Law
• José Manuel Velasco Retamosa, Commercial Use of the Emblems of International Bodies: The Case of the International Committee of the Red Cross
• Charis Kamphuis, The Transnational Mining Justice Movement: Reflecting on Two Decades of Law Reform Activism in the Americas
• Sandrine W. De Herdt & Tafsir Malick Ndiaye, The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment: Taking Stock and Prospects

New Volume: African Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the African Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 23, 2017) is out. Contents include:

• Fatsah Ouguergouz, African States and Investment Law and Arbitration – Challenges and Opportunities: an Introduction
• Arnaud de Nanteuil, La protection de la liberté normative de l’État dans les traités africains récents relatifs à l’investissement : quelques réflexions
• Aïssatou Diop & Paul-Jean Le Cannu, The Modernization of Rules for the Resolution of Investment Disputes: the Proposals for Amendment of the ICSID Rules and Their Relevance To African States
• Makane Moïse Mbengue & Stefanie Schacherer, Africa as an Investment Rule-Maker: Decrypting the Pan-African Investment Code
• Guled Yusuf, Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice: Revisiting the Role of Restitution in Investment Treaty Arbitration
• Nicolas Angelet, La promotion des arbitres africains : pour une appropriation panafricaine du contentieux des investissements
• Fouad Sayegh & Yacine Rezki, Le café: graines fiscales du nouvel équilibre Nord – Sud
• Fatsah Ouguergouz, The Protection of Chinese’s Investments in Africa: a Brief Overview of Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanisms
• Mathias G. Sahinkuye, The Contribution of the African Institute of International Law to the Promotion of Commercial and Investment Arbitration in Africa
• Tiyanjana Maluwa, Constitutional Regulation of Conclusion of Treaties in Africa: Selected Case Studies from Anglophone and Francophone Africa
• Najib Messihi, La République arabe sahraouie démocratique : Un État au sens du droit international?
• Zelalem Mogessie Teferra, Revisiting the Rule of Non-Refoulement and its Exceptions: Does Article 33(2) of the 1951 Refugee Convention Require the Application of the Principle of Proportionality?
• Anna Facchinetti, Judicial Dialogue in Africa and Europe: a Comparison in Light of the Effectiveness of the African and European Systems of Protection of Human Rights
• Udoka Ndidiamaka Owie, The International Criminal Court, Head of State Immunity and the Referral of the Situation in Darfur
• Pacifique Manirakiza, A Twail Perspective on the African Union’s Project to Withdraw from the International Criminal Court
• Vincent Zakané, Les Dynamiques de la Médiation dans le Règlement Pacifique des Conflits en Afrique
• Catherine Maia, The Security Council and the Use of Force: Between Military Power and Powerlessness
• Mutoy Mubiala, The Kinshasa Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Central Africa
• Fatsah Ouguergouz, The African Yearbook of International Law: A Quarter-Century of Contribution to the Development and Dissemination of International Law

New Volume: AIIB Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the AIIB Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 3, 2020) is out. Contents include:

• The Role of International Administrative Law at International Organizations
• Peter Quayle, The Modern Multilateral Bureaucracy: What is the Role of International Administrative Law at International Organizations?
• Part 1 The Legal Premise of International Administrative Law
• Edward Chukwuemeke Okeke, The Tension between the Jurisdictional Immunity of International Organizations and the Right of Access to Court
• Kristina Daugirdas & Sachi Schuricht, Breaking the Silence: Why International Organizations Should Acknowledge Customary International Law Obligations to Provide Effective Remedies
• Shinichi Ago, What is ‘International Administrative Law’? The Adequacy of this Term in Various Judgments of International Administrative Tribunals
• Damien J. Eastman, The Terms and Conditions of Employment of International Civil Servants: Implied Terms Recognized by the Asian Development Bank Administrative Tribunal
• Part 2 Resolving Employment-Related Disputes at International Organizations
• Katherine Meighan & Gabriel Rodríguez-Rico, To Join or Not to Join: A Comparative Analysis of Joining or Creating an International Administrative Tribunal
• Rishi Gulati & Thomas John, Arbitrating Employment Disputes Involving International Organizations
• Fady Zeidan & Jean Abboud, The Global Fund to Fight aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria: The Journey of a Public-Private Partnership
• Nobert Seiler, Evolution of the Grievance System of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Lessons Learnt and Way Forward
• Part 3 The Role and Reform of International Administrative Tribunals
• Alice Lacourt, The Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal: The Evolution and Explanation of Changes to the Tribunal’s Statute
• Steven Hill & Nick Minogue, The Effectiveness of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in an Era of Adaptation: The Role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Administrative Tribunal
• David Eatough, Building an Administrative Tribunal of an International Financial Institution from Scratch: Lessons from the European Stability Mechanism
• Part 4 International Administrative Law and the Effectiveness and Integrity of International Organizations
• Brian Patterson, Pheabe Morris, & Brenda Costecalde Orpineda, The Manager’s Duty to Resolve or Report Misconduct: The Example of the International Monetary Fund’s Retaliation Policy
• Eric P. LeBlanc, Procedural Requirements in Staff Misconduct Cases: The Evolving Approach of the African Development Bank Administrative Tribunal
• Laurent Germond & Estelle Martin, Macro-Trends in the Performance Management of International Civil Servants and Their Legal Implications

New Volume: Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs

The latest volume of the Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs (Vol. 37, 2019) is out. Contents include:

• Ying-jeou Ma, Introduction to the Hungdah Chiu Lecture: The Taiwan Relations Act and International Law
• Christopher Ward, The Universal Language of International Law: History and Prospects
• Karsten Nowrot & Emily Sipiorski, (De)Constitutionalization of International Investment Law? Assessing Narratives from the Asia-Pacific
• Chie Sato, The EU’s Effective Protection of Marine Living Resources and Its Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region—What Can We Learn from the Eu Experience?
• Gabriele Gagliani, The European Union and Asean Countries Trade Relations: “Building Blocks” or “Stumbling Blocks?”
• Lan Ngoc Nguyen & Yen Hoang Tran, Coastal States’ Enforcement Power over Fishing Activities in the South China Sea: Where is the Line under International Law?
• Soo-hyun Lee, Fair and Equitable Treatment in the International Investment Regime of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
• Richard L. Kilpatrick, Jr., North Korea’s Sanctions-Busting Maritime Practices: Implications for Commercial Shipping
• Peter Tzeng, Fisheries Review Panels: Lessons from Russia v. Commission and Ecuador v. Commission 
• Lin-Ling Uang, A Comparative Legal Study on Functions and Powers of the Ombudsman System in Taiwan and Mainland China
• Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley, From European Toward Global Taiwan Studies: An Introduction to Three Organizations
• Intan Soeparna, Asean Investment Dispute Settlement: A Challenge to the Asean Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism

New Volume: Australian Year Book of International Law

The latest volume of the Australian Year Book of International Law (Vol. 38, 2019) is out. Contents include:

• The Sir Elihu Lauterpacht International Law Lecture 2019
• Anne Orford, The Crisis of Liberal Internationalism and the Future of International Law
• Special Issue The Backlash against International Law: Australian Perspectives
• Jeremy Farrall, Jolyon Ford, & Imogen Saunders, The Backlash against International Law: Australian Perspectives
• Peter G Danchin, Jeremy Farrall, Jolyon Ford, Shruti Rana, Imogen Saunders, & Daan Verhoeven, Navigating the Backlash against Global Law and Institutions
• Christopher Michaelsen, Collective Security and the Prohibition on the Use of Force in Times of Global Transition
• Cecilia Jacob, The Status of Human Protection in International Law and Institutions: The United Nations Prevention and Protection Architecture
• Imogen Saunders, Navigating the Backlash: Re-Integrating WTO and Public International Law?
• Martin Richardson, Navigating the ‘Backlash’ against International Trade and Investment Liberalisation: Economic Perspectives on the Future of Regional Trade Agreements in Uncertain Times
• Jolyon Ford, Backlash against a Rules-Based International Human Rights Order? An Australian Perspective
• Annemarie Devereux, Amidst Simmering Tensions: Improving the Effectiveness and Coherence of the International Human Rights System’s Response to Mass Human Rights Violations
• Kate Ogg, Backlashes against International Commitments and Organisations: Asylum as Restorative Justice
• Articles
• Annie Herro & Andrew Byrnes, Transcending the Framing Contests over the Human Rights of Older Persons
• Kate Renehan, Revisiting Lockerbie: How a General Principle of Judicial Review Could Promote United Nations Security Council Reform

New Volume: African Human Rights Yearbook/Annuaire africain des droits de l’homme

The latest volume of the African Human Rights Yearbook/Annuaire africain des droits de l’homme (Vol. 4, 2020) is out. Contents include:

• Articles Focused on Aspects of the African Human Rights System and African Union Human Rights Standards
• Ezéchiel Amani Cirimwami, Fashioning rights in the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights: understanding the proceduralisation of substantive rights
• Anneth Amin, Assessing violations of states’ socio-economic rights obligations in the African Charter: towards a model of review grounded in the teleological approach
• Patrick Badugue, La Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples dans le Forum permanent des cours régionales des droits de l’homme
• Olivier Baraka Bahoze, Le système africain des droits de l’homme face à l’état d’urgence sanitaire due à la Covid-19
• Rafaâ Ben Achour, Les Protocoles normatifs à la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples
• Ernest Yaw Ako, Domesticating the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Ghana: threat or promise to sexual minority rights?
• Patient Lwango Mirindi, Le droit saisi d’en-bas: les frémissements des droits des Pygmées sur leurs forêts ancestrales en République démocratique du Congo
• Suzgo Lungu, An appraisal of the Draft Framework for Reporting and Monitoring Execution of Judgments of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
• مية تصديق مصر علي بروتوكول المحكمة الإفريقية لحقوق الانسان و الشعوب, Abd el Atty Mosaed
• Mwiza Jo Nkhata, A bundle of mystery? Unpacking the application of the ‘bundle of rights and guarantees’ in the admissibility of applications before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
• Ousmanou Nwatchok & Abdoulaye Sylla, La question homosexuelle en Afrique: entre droit, politique et éthique
• Aaron Olaniyi Salau, Social media and the prohibition of ‘false news’: can the free speech jurisprudence of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights provide a litmus test?
• Randianina Radilofe, Perspectives africaines des droits de l’homme en droit international des investissements
• Special Focus on the African Union’s Theme for 2020: Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development
• Delis Mazambani & Nicol Tinashe Tapfumaneyi, A vehicle for peacebuilding or cloak of impunity? The Zimbabwe National Peace and Reconciliation Commission
• Baya Amouri, An examination of unlawful foreign military operations in Africa
• Ashwanee Budoo, Silencing the guns to end gender- based violence in Africa: an analysis of article 10(3) of the Maputo Protocol
• Grace Wakio Kakai, The role of continental and regional courts in peace-building through the judicial resolution of election-related disputes
• Cédric Yasser Nzouakeu Nyandjou, Les mécanismes d’intégration des ex-rebelles dans le processus de stabilisation des zones de conflits en Afrique
• Case Commentaries
• Eric Bizimana, Responsabilité étatique en matière de disparitions forcées à l’aune de l'affaire Collectif des familles de disparu(e)s c. Algérie
• Charissa Fawole, Revisiting Michelo Hansungule and others (on behalf of the Children of Northern Uganda) v Uganda: a case commentary
• Prosper Maguchu, When to push the envelope? Corruption, human rights and the request for an advisory opinion by the SERAP to the African Court
• Yannick Miteo Ngombo &Grâce Muzinga Manzanza, L’arrêt Association pour le progrès et la Défense des Droits des Femmes Maliennes et Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa c. Mali en procès
• Samson Mwin Sôg Mè Dabire, Les ordonnances de la Cour africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples en indication de mesures provisoires dans les affaires Sébastien Ajavon c. Bénin et Guillaume Soro et autres c. Côte d’Ivoire: souplesse ou aventure?
• Stella Nasirumbi, Revisiting the Endorois and Ogiek cases: is the African human rights mechanism a toothless bulldog?

New Volume: Austrian Review of International and European Law

The latest volume of the Austrian Review of International and European Law (Vol. 23, 2018) is out. Contents include:

• Jane A Hofbauer, 1918 – The League of Nations as a ‘First Organized Expression of the International Community’ and the Permanent Court of International Justice as its Guardian
• Ralph Janik, 1928 – The Pact of Paris
• Michael J Moffatt, 1938 – 80 Years After the Anschluss: Can a Theory of Incorporation Harmonize the Dissonance?
• Markus P Beham, 1948 – The 1948 Genocide Convention: Origins, Impact, Legacy
• Koloman Roiger-Simek, 1958 – The Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea of 1958
• Sara Mansour Fallah, 1968 – Decolonization: Mauritius and the Chagos Archipelago Author:
• Philipp Janig, 1978 – The 1978 Vienna Convention, the Clean Slate Doctrine and the Decolonization of Sources
• Johannes Tropper, 1988 – Palestinian Declaration of Independence: A Tale of Poetry and Statehood
• Isabella Brunner, 1998 – UNGA Resolution 53/70 ‘Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security’ and Its Influence on the International Rule of Law in Cyberspace
• Céline Braumann, 2008 – The Global Financial Crisis and International Law
• Jane A Hofbauer & Stephan Wittich, 2018 – The Look Forward: Challenges to Consolidation or Opportunities for Change?

New Volume: Asian Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Asian Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 24, 2018) is out. Contents include:

• Special Feature: Asian State Practice in International Law from the Perspective of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL)
• Amritha V. Shenoy, The Centenary of the League of Nations: Colonial India and the Making of International Law
• Thamil Venthan Ananthavinayagan, Breaking Bad Customs: Involving the Idea of Opinio Juris Communis in Asian State Practice
• Ravi Prakash Vyas & Rachit Murarka, Understanding Human Rights from an Eastern Perspective: A Discourse
• Jay Ramasubramanyam, Subcontinental Defiance to the Global Refugee Regime: Global Leadership or Regional Exceptionalism?
• Dwayne Leonardo Fernandes & Devahuti Pathak, Harmonizing UNCITRAL Model Law: A TWAIL Analysis of Cross Border Insolvency Law
• Srinivas Burra, Use of Force as Self Defence against Non-State Actors and TWAIL Considerations: A Critical Analysis of India’s State Practice
• Noel Chow Zher Ming, The “ASEAN Way”: A Sore Thumb for ASEAN Solidarity in the Face of an Ailing Global Trade System?
• Articles
• National Institute for South China Sea Studies, A Legal Critique of the Award of the Arbitral Tribunal in the Matter of the South China Sea Arbitration
• Yudan Tan, Prosecuting Crimes against Humanity before International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh: A Nexus with an Armed Conflict

New Volume: European Yearbook on Human Rights

The latest volume of the European Yearbook on Human Rights (Vol. 2020) is out. The table of contents is here.

New Volume: Italian Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Italian Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 29, 2019) is out. Contents include:

• Symposium: Challenges to Multilateralism in International Trade Law
• Giorgio Sacerdoti, Multilateralism and the WTO in the Post Covid-19 World
• Tommaso Soave, Who Controls WTO Dispute Settlement? Socio-Professional Practices and the Crisis of the Appellate Body
• Elisa Baroncini, Preserving the Appellate Stage in the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism: The EU and the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement
• Regis Yann Simo, The African Continental Free Trade Area in a Stagnating Multilateral Trading System: On the Likely (Ir)relevance of the Enabling Clause
• Antonino Alì, National Security and Trade Wars: Legal Implications for Multilateralism
• Articles
• Deborah Russo, The Attribution to States of the Conduct of Public Enterprises in the Fields of Investment and Human Rights Law
• Catherine Costaggiu, The Evolution of BITs: Toward Reconciling Foreign Investment Protection and Socio-Economic Human Rights
• Carlo De Stefano, From Arbitrators to Judges? Reflections on the Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement
• Notes and Comments
• Silvia Borelli & Maria Chiara Vitucci, The Italian Response to Exploitation of Migrant Workers in the Agricultural Sector: Between Criminalization and Prevention
• Natalino Ronzitti, The Agreement Between Italy and Niger on Defence Cooperation
• Maria Rosaria Mauro, “National Security”, Foreign Investments and National Screening Procedures: The Italian Regime
• Gustavo Minervini, Viola v. Italy: A First Step Towards the End of Life Imprisonment in Italy
• Paola Mariani, Unilateral Measures in a No-Deal Brexit: The Italian Way to Mitigate the Impact of an Abrupt Change of Regulation

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 22, 2019) is out. Contents include:

• 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
• Agnieszka Szpak, Evolution of the International Humanitarian Law Provisions on Sieges
• Harmen van der Wilt, Towards a Better Understanding of the Concept of ‘Indiscriminate Attack’—How International Criminal Law Can Be of Assistance
• Marten Zwanenburg, Double Trouble: The ‘Cumulative Approach’ and the ‘Support-Based Approach’ in the Relationship Between Non-State Armed Groups
• Joshua Joseph Niyo, The Rebel with the Magnifying Glass: Armed Non-State Actors, the Right to Life and the Requirement to Investigate in Armed Conflict
• Jann K. Kleffner, A Bird’s-Eye View on Compliance with the Law of Armed Conflict 70 Years After the Adoption of the Geneva Conventions
• Ioana Cismas & Ezequiel Heffes, Not the Usual Suspects: Religious Leaders as Influencers of International Humanitarian Law Compliance
• Other Articles
• Aniel de Beer & Martha Bradley, Appellate Deference Versus the De Novo Analysis of Evidence: The Decision of the Appeals Chamber in Prosecutor v Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
• Kilian Roithmaier, Taylor Woodcock, & Eve Dima, Year in Review 2019