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Classification conundrums: Classifying, re-classifying and de-classifying conflicts involving alliances, coalitions, umbrella groups and proxy’s
The proposed monograph aims explore the following constructs, ‘alliances’, ‘coalitions’, ‘umbrella groups’ and ‘proxy’s’ in the context of the law of conflict classification.
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The Changing Place of the Corporation in International Law (Crossing Borders: Boundaries and Legal Authority in a Global Context)
This is a team project within the Crossing Borders theme.
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Reparations for Victims of Apartheid
In spite of the increasing recognition in international law of the need for reparations for victims of serious human rights violations, the overwhelming majority of victims of Apartheid has not been compensated by the South African government and has not had access to legal avenues for the payment of such reparations.
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Lawmaking for Global Crisis Situations
More likely than not, the world will be facing a series of serious crises, connected to climate change, environmental disasters, natural catastrophes, shortage of all kinds of raw materials and sources of mineral energy, as well as new financial crises.
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The New Internationalist - The Life and Times of Radhabinod Pal
Judge Radhabinod Pal is a forgotten man in international law.
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Military Assistance on Request and the Use of Force
De Wet, Erika. 2020. Military Assistance on Request and the Use of Force. Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/m...
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The Anti-Impunity Transnational Legal Order for Human Rights
Savelsberg, Joachim J. 2020. The Anti-Impunity Transnational Legal Order for Human Rights. In Transnational Legal Ordering of Criminal Justi...
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Genocide and other Atrocity Crimes: Toward Remedies
Savelsberg, Joachim J. 2018. “Genocide and other Atrocity Crimes: Toward Remedies.” In G. Muschert, B. Klocke, R. Perrucci, J. Shefner, K. B...
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Shaping the Law for Global Crises
Jaap Spier. 2012. Shaping the Law for Global Crises. Eleven International Publishing. 292 pp. ISBN-10: 9490947431
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A Survey of International Legal Instruments to Examine Their Effectiveness in Improving Global Health and in Realizing Health Rights
Arthur Wilson and Abdallah S. Daar. 2013. A Survey of International Legal Instruments to Examine Their Effectiveness in Improving Global Hea...
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Fault Lines of Globalization: Legal Order and the Politics of A-Legality
Hans Lindahl. 2013. Fault Lines of Globalization: Legal Order and the Politics of A-Legality. Oxford University Press, 286 + xii pp) ISBN 97...
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Human rights and globalisation – Are human rights a “Western” concept or a universalistic principle?
Wolfgang Huber. 2014. Human rights and globalisation – Are human rights a “Western” concept or a universalistic principle? Dutch Reformed Th...
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The case of Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe v Louis Karel Fick and Others: a first step towards developing a doctrine on the status of international judgments within the domestic legal order
Erika de Wet. 2014. The case of Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe v Louis Karel Fick and Others: a first step towards developing a doct...
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The Modern Practice of Intervention by Invitation in Africa and Its Implications for the Prohibition of the Use of Force
De Wet, Erika. 2015. The Modern Practice of Intervention by Invitation in Africa and Its Implications for the Prohibition of the Use of Forc...
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À Propos de « Le Juge Belge Devant Le Droit International et Le Droit Communautaire » de Michel Waelbroeck (1965-II)
Bossuyt, Marc. 2015. À Propos de « Le Juge Belge Devant Le Droit International et Le Droit Communautaire » de Michel Waelbroeck (1965-II). B...
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Battling over Human Rights: Twenty Essays on Law, Politics and Governance
Oloka-Onyango, Joe. 2015. Battling over Human Rights: Twenty Essays on Law, Politics and Governance. Bamenda: Langaa RPCIG. http://langaa-rp...
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The Reception of International Law in the South African Legal Order: An Introduction
De Wet, Erika. 2015. The Reception of International Law in the South African Legal Order: An Introduction. In The Implementation of Internat...
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Categorical Rights and Vulnerable Groups: Moving Away from the Universal Human Being
Bossuyt, Marc. 2016. Categorical Rights and Vulnerable Groups: Moving Away from the Universal Human Being. The George Washington Internation...
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Introduction: Global Human Rights Law and the Boundaries of Statehood
Augenstein, Daniel and Hans Lindahl. 2016. Introduction: Global Human Rights Law and the Boundaries of Statehood. Indiana Journal of Global ...
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International Human Rights Protection: Balanced, Critical, Realistic
Bossuyt, Marc. 2016. International Human Rights Protection: Balanced, Critical, Realistic. Cambridge-Antwerp-Portland: Intersentia. http://i...
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Individual Communications under Article 14 of the ICERD
Bossuyt, Marc. 2017. Individual Communications under Article 14 of the ICERD. In A. Pedone (Ed.), Réciprocité et Universalité: Sources et Ré...
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Confronting Apartheid
Dugard, John. 2018. Confronting Apartheid. Jacana Media. http://www.jacana.co.za/book-categories/new-releases-65840/confronting-apartheid-de...
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The UN Optional Protocol on the Abolition of the Death Penalty
Bossuyt, Marc 2018. The UN Optional Protocol on the Abolition of the Death Penalty. Margaret M. DeGuzman and Diane Marie Amann, Eds., Arcs o...
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Accepting the political face of international criminal justice
Bachmann, Klaus and Aleksandar Fatić. 2019. Accepting the political face of international criminal justice. International Journal of Law, Cr...
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International Criminal Tribunals as Actors of Domestic Change – The Impact on Media Coverage Vol 2
Bachmann, Klaus, Irena Ristić and Gerhard Kemp (Eds.). 2019. International Criminal Tribunals as Actors of Domestic Change – The Impact on M...
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Global Corporations, Accountability and International Law
This research would form part of a larger project which aims to produce a new conceptual understanding of the relationship between global corporations, states, state law and international law.
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African International Courts
In the course of the last decades, several international courts have been established, either within the African Union [AU], or within the Regional Economic Communities [RECs], and even within some smaller sub- regional organizations.
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South Africa and the emergence of international human rights
South Africa has played a leading role in the development of international human rights in very different and sometime diametrically opposing capacities.
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The legacy and lessons of the Khulumani case
During its 12-year trajectory, the Khulumanicase has excited interest worldwide.
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Access of Individuals to the African International Justice
At the continental level, various legal instruments adopted within the framework of the African Union ((AU) guarantee a certain number of human and peoples’ rights.
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South Africa and the emergence of international human rights
Time at STIAS will be devoted to the final updating and revision of a syllabus entitled The International Protection of Human Rights: A Critical Approach, which was used in 2015 at the College of Law of the National University of Taiwan in Taipei, to be published as a book in 2016 by Intersentia (Antwerp, Cambridge, Portland).
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The modern practice of intervention by invitation and its implications for the prohibition of the use of force
The research examines how the criteria for permissible military intervention by invitation as developed in international law doctrine are currently implemented by States, as well as how this impacts the prohibition of the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of States.
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The role of international law in the settlement of conflict: Apartheid South Africa, Namibia and Palestine
This study concerns the question whether the manner in which international law informed political consensus in South Africa and Namibia is of relevance to the settlement of the Israel/Palestine conflict.