Public international law: responsibility of states and other entities

The idea of cultural heritage as an 'international public good' can be traced back to the Preamble of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, according to which "e;damage to cultural property belonging to any people whatsoever means damage to the cultural heritage of all mankind"e;.

The influence of international courts is ubiquitous, covering areas from the law of the sea to international criminal law.

Sovereign debt is necessary for the functioning of many modern states, yet its impact on human rights is underexplored in academic literature.

Terrorism and International Law: Accountability, Remedies, and Reform A Report of the IBA Task Force on Terrorism examines the developments in international law and practice in a dynamic and often controversial area.

International law has long differentiated between international and non-international armed conflicts, traditionally regulating the former far more comprehensively than the latter.

The announcement by China that it will implement a national emissions trading scheme confirms the status of this instrument as the pre-eminent policy choice for mitigating climate change.

The history of war is also a history of its justification.

Introduces a novel concept of functional international responsibility in international economic law.

This book explores the extent to which the EU, and its Member States, are responsible for violations of international law.

This book examines modern trends in intelligence oversight development and how these mechanisms bolster an internal security system, increasing the secrecy of the intelligence enterprise.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues around intangible cultural heritage (also known as traditional cultural expressions or folklore).

The doctrine of state immunity bars a national court from adjudicating or enforcing claims against foreign states.

The law of neutrality - the corpus of legal rules regulating the relationship between belligerents and States taking no part in hostilities - assumed its modern form in a world in which the waging of war was unconstrained.

The demise and rebirth of states brings with it a set of very complicated legal issues, among which is the question of how to deal with that state's cultural heritage, whether within its boundaries or not.

This three-volume Manual on International Maritime Law presents a systematic analysis of the history and contemporary development of international maritime law by leading contributors from across the world.

Comparative perspective identifies common drivers of protective state-building and cross-national differences in the politics of protection.

Al igual que ocurre en los regímenes de responsabilidad Estatal internacional y SIDH, en donde se hace una distinción entre los hechos ilícitos internacionales y las violaciones a normas imperativas de derecho internacional —Ius cogens—, se plantea la posibilidad de aplicar en el régimen interno de responsabilidad estatal la aludida "responsabilidad internacional agravada", en aquellos casos específicos de violaciones graves a derechos humanos, comoquiera que resulta necesario establecer la aludida distinción respecto de la imputación del daño al Estado en ese tipo de casos.

Domestic courts are entrusted with the application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as faithful trustees of the rights protected in the Convention.

Prosecution of serious crimes of international concern has been few and far between before and even after the establishment of the International Criminal Court in 2002.

Domestic courts are entrusted with the application of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as faithful trustees of the rights protected in the Convention.