New Trends in International Law : : Festschrift in Honour of Judge Hisashi Owada.

• Author: Cheng, Chia-Jui.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (545 pages)

The Festschrift New Trends in International Law covers a broad range of contributions by renowned international jurists from the ICJ and ITLOS as well as by leading scholars of all branches of international law, whose academic works are recognised without fail as subsidiary sources of international law.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements (1) -- Acknowledgements (2) -- Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Cases -- International Treaties, Conventions and Other Instruments -- Biography of Judge Hisashi Owada -- Introduction -- Part 1 New Trends in General International Law -- Chapter 1 Conflict of Values in International Law: Universality of International Law in a Globalizing World -- 1 The Genesis of the Problem -- 2 The Impact of Globalization in Relation to the Problem of the International Public Order as Society -- 3 The Impact of Globalization on the Identity of Human Beings as Components of the International Society -- 4 How to Cope with the Problem of Public Order -- Chapter 2 The Making and the Makers of the Law of War -- 1 The Battle of Solferino -- Henry Dunant -- 2 A National Unilateral Measure -- 3 Interstate Negotiations -- 4 Another National Unilateral Measure -- 5 1899 Hague Peace Conference and Friedrich de Martens -- 6 The Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict -- 7 The 1974-1977 Diplomatic Conference on International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflict -- 8 Methods and Means of Warfare Combatant and Prisoner-of- War Status -- 9 The Protection of the Civilian Population -- 10 The Enhancement of the Methods of Implementation -- 11 Non-International Armed Conflicts -- 12 Some Concluding Thoughts -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 3 The Planetary Environmental Future: Making International Law Work -- 1 Introduction -- 2 UNGA as a Conductor of a Grand Orchestra -- 3 Stocktaking at the Stockholm+50 Conference -- 4 Making International Law Work -- 4.1 Climate Change as a Planetary Concern -- 4.2 Upgrading UNEP into a 'Specialized Agency' - UNEPO -- 4.3 The Repurposed UN Trusteeship Council -- 5 2024 Summit and the Planetary Future -- 6 Conclusion.

Chapter 4 Legal Justification of UN and Non-UN Sanctions: Supremacy of UN Obligations and Countermeasures against Breaches of Interdependent or Erga Omnes Obligations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Definition of Sanctions -- 3 Legal Justification of UN Sanctions -- 3.1 Legal Justification of per se Illegal Mandatory UN Sanctions -- 3.2 Legal Justification of per se Illegal Non-mandatory UN Sanctions -- 3.2.1 UN Recommendations -- 3.2.2 UN Authorizations -- 4 Definition of Autonomous Sanctions -- 5 Legal Justification of Autonomous Sanctions -- 5.1 General Theory of Countermeasures -- 5.2 Invocation of Responsibility by a "State Other than an Injured State" -- 5.3 Countermeasures by a "State Other than an Injured State" -- 6 Conclusions -- Chapter 5 Artificial Intelligence and International Law: Structural Challenges and Institutional Possibilities -- 1 Structural Challenges to Dealing with New Technologies -- 1.1 Norms -- 1.2 Attribution -- 1.3 Consequences -- 2 An International Artificial Intelligence Agency? -- 2.1 Bargain -- 2.2 Authority -- 2.3 Structure -- 3 Conclusion -- Part 2 The Contribution of the International Court of Justice to the Development of International Law -- Chapter 6 The Inner Workings of the World Court for the Production of Its Decisions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Various Stages of the Process -- 3 The Production of the Judgment -- 4 Stability and Change in the Inner Workings of the Court -- 4.1 Stability: The Collegial Nature of the Drafting Process -- 4.2 Change: Increased Workload and Adaptation to New Circumstances -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 7 The Rule of Exhaustion of Local Remedies: Some Recent Developments in the Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice -- 1 The Scope of the Rule of Exhaustion of Local Remedies -- 2 The Existence of Effective Remedies in the Respondent's Domestic Legal System.

Acknowledgement -- Chapter 8 Diverse Topics, Various Approaches -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 9 The Role of the International Court of Justice in Ascertaining Jus Cogens -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The First Phase of the Court's Jurisprudence -- 3 The More Recent Phase of the Court's Jurisprudence -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 10 Judges as Arbitrators -- 1 A Brief History of the Issue -- 2 A Sketch of the Practice -- 3 Recent Developments -- 4 Some Reflections -- Acknowledgement -- Chapter 11 International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea as a Judicial Guardian of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Contentious Jurisdiction -- 3 Prompt Release Proceedings -- 4 Facilitation of Annex VII Arbitration -- 5 Seabed Disputes Chamber -- 6 Advisory Jurisdiction -- 7 Jurisprudence of the Tribunal -- 8 Judicial Dialogue -- 9 Conclusion -- Chapter 12 The Contribution of the ICJ to the Modern International Law of the Sea -- Acknowledgement -- Chapter 13 The Common Interest of Communities and the International Court of Justice -- Introduction -- 1 Jurisdiction of the PCIJ and the ICJ Based on a Compromissory Clause -- 1.1 Standing to Ensure the Implementation of or Compliance with the Obligations of an Erga Omnes Partes Character -- 1.2 Interest of State Parties to a Convention Setting Out Obligations of an Erga Omnes Partes Character -- 1.3 Scope of the Jurisdiction of the ICJ in the Dispute Referred in Accordance with a Compromissory Clause -- 1.4 The ICJ's Jurisdiction in Cases Involving the Alleged Breaches of the Obligations of an Erga Omnes Character under General International Law -- 1.5 Jurisdiction of the ICJ in the Cases Concerning the Breach of Rules to Protect the Community Interest -- 2 Measures to Be Claimed for the Implementation of or Compliance with the Obligations Breached.

2.1 Measures to Be Claimed by State(s) Other than an Injured State -- 2.2 Measures Decided by the PCIJ or the ICJ for the Implementation of or Compliance with the Obligations of an Erga Omnes Partes Character -- 2.3 Measures to Ensure the Implementation of or Compliance with International Legal Rules to Protect the Common Interest of a Certain Community -- 3 Other Proceedings of the ICJ to Argue the Breach of the Legal Rules to Protect the Interest of a Certain Communities -- 3.1 Advisory Proceedings -- 3.1.1 Obligations of Character of the Erga Omnes or Erga Omnes Partes in the Advisory Opinions -- 3.1.2 Consequences of the Breach of Obligations Erga Omnes or Erga Omnes Partes -- 3.1.3 Effects of the Advisory Opinions -- 3.2 Intervention in Accordance with Article 63, Paragraph 2, of the Statute -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 14 Self-Determination: The Major Contributions of the ICJ in Understanding and Applying a Fundamental Principle -- 1 Self-Determination as a Legal Right -- 2 The Content of the Right -- 3 The Holder of the Right -- 4 Conclusion -- Chapter 15 The Role of Advisory Opinions of the International Court of Justice -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background: Inception, Meaning and Practice during the League of Nations Period -- 3 The International Court of Justice as the Principal Judicial Organ of the UN -- 4 Case Study: Israeli Wall Opinion and the Separate Opinion of Judge Owada -- 4.1 Separate Opinion Judge Owada -- 5 Reform Proposals -- 6 Conclusions and Final Reflections -- Part 3 The Contribution of Political Organs and Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System to the Development of International Law -- Chapter 16 Expanding Horizons of International Criminal Law -- 1 Introduction -- 2 International Criminal Law: A Dynamic and Evolving Law -- 3 Expansion of International Criminal Law since the Medieval Period.

4 After First World War -- 5 Post-Second World War Period: Establishment of Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals -- 6 The International Military Tribunal for the Far East -- 7 The Work of the ILC (1950-1954) for the Elaboration of the Statute of an International Criminal Court -- 8 The Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals -- 8.1 ICTY -- 8.2 ICTR -- 9 International Criminal Court -- 10 So Called Internationalized or Mixed Criminal Courts or Tribunals -- 11 Conclusion -- Chapter 17 Problems of the 2022 ILC Conclusions on Jus Cogens -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Scope of the Topic -- 3 Constituent Elements of Jus Cogens -- 4 Legal Consequences of Jus Cogens Violations -- 5 Non-exhaustive List of Jus Cogens Norms -- 6 Russian Aggression against Ukraine and Jus Cogens -- 7 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgement -- Chapter 18 The Contribution of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres to the Formation of the International Law of Morality -- Introduction -- 1 The SG's Moral Role to Maintain the Principles of the UN Charter and International Law -- 2 The SG's Moral Role to Consolidate the New Concept of International Peace and Human Security -- 3 The SG Guterres's Contribution to the Development of New Moral Principles within the Context of International Law and the Global Health Order -- 3.1 The Principles of Humanitarianism -- 3.2 The Principle of International Solidarity -- 3.3 The Principle of Coordination -- 3.4 The Principle of Cooperation -- 3.5 The Principle of Mutual Trust -- 3.6 The Principle of Equality -- 3.7 The Principle of Equity -- 3.8 The Principle against Pandemic Corruption -- 4 General Conclusion -- Chapter 19 Progressive Development of International Space Law (through Political Organs and Specialised Agencies of the United Nations) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Progressive Development of International Law.

3 The United Nations Framework and International Space Law.