International Law As a Language for International Relations, le Droit International Comme Langage des Relations Internationales.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

United Nations, United.

Contributor:

United Nations.

Conference Name:

United Nations Congress on Public International Law (1995 : New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law--Congresses.

International law.

International relations--Congresses.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (691 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

International Law as a Language

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 1996.

Language Note:

English, French, and Spanish.

Summary:

The United Nations held a week-long Congress on Public International Law at its headquarters in New York in 1995 - the year of the celebration of the Organization's fiftieth anniversary - under the general theme `Towards the Twenty-first Century: International Law as a Language for International Relations'.

Contents:

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Editorial Note

Secretariat of the Congress

Foreword

Avant-Propos

Prólogo

Opening Statement

PART ONE Plenary Meetings

Monday, 13 March 1995

1. The Principles of International Law: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Their Promotion and Implementation

Morning Meeting

Presentation of the Topic

Justice and Stability in the International Order

The Universality of International Law: Concepts and Limits

Open-floor Discussion

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Hisashi Owada

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Ms. Dumitra Popescu

Comments and suggestions of a general nature

Afternoon Meeting

Perspectivas regionales ante el Derecho Internacional: Reflexiones acerca de las Tendencias Actuales

L'évolution du rôle des Nations Unies dans le maintien de la paix et de la sécurité internationales

The Implementation and Promotion of International Law through National Courts

Difficulties of Global Negotiations: The Dilemma of Maritime Delimitation

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Ms. Maria Teresa Infante Caffi

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Ms. Brigitte Stern

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Jochen A. Frowein

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Kari Hakapää

Tuesday, 14 March 1995

2. Means of Peaceful Settlement of Disputes between States, including resort to and full respect for the International Court of Justice

Les ressources offertes par la fonction consultative de la Cour Internationale de Justice : Bilan et perspectives.

La Función de la Corte Internacional de Justicia en el Sistema de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Mohammed Bedjaoui

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Santiago Torres-Bernárdez

Diplomacy and Resolution of International Disputes

Enhancing the Role of Regional Arrangements or Agencies in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes

Desarrollo y Tendencias Actuales de la Solución Pacífica de Controversias en el Ámbito del Derecho Internacional

Peaceful Management of Transboundary Natural Resources

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. B. S. Murthy

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Oleg N. Khlestov

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Miguel Ángel González Félix

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Achol Deng

Wednesday, 15 March 1995

3. Conceptual and Practical Aspects of the Codification and Progressive Development of International Law: New Developments and Priorities

Développement progressif et codification du droit international : Le rôle de l'Assemblée générale revisité

Does Codification Lead to Wider Acceptance?

Strengthening the Process of Codification and Development of International Law: The Evolving Functions of the International Law Commission and Increasing the Commitments of States

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Eric Suy

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Karl Zemanek

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Alexander Yankov

Afternoon Meeting.

Democratization of International Relations and Its Implications for the Development and Application of International Law

Codification du droit de la mer : Perspectives et nouveaux développements

New Directions in International Environmental Law

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Christopher W. Pinto

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Vicente Marotta Rangel

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Ms. Edith Brown Weiss

Thursday, 16 March 1995

4. New Approaches to Research, Education and Training in the Field of International Law and Its Wider Appreciation

La promotion du droit international par la voie de la recherche et des nouvelles méthodes d'enseignement

Universal Approach to the Teaching of International Law

La Enseñanza del Derecho Internacional y los Recientes Cambios en las Realidades Internacionales

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Mohamed Bennani

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Wang Tieya

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Héctor Gros Espiell

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Edward Arthur Laing

Les rouages de l'enseignement du droit international

Traditional and New Fields for the Development of Research and Education in International Law

Creating World-class Citizens: International Law as an Essential Ingredient in Secondary School Education

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Luigi Ferrari-Bravo

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Zdzislav Galicki.

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Donald E. Buckingham

Friday, 17 March 1995

5. Towards the Twenty-first Century: New Challenges and Expectations

The Changing Role of International Law in World Society

Meeting Expectations through Process and Practice

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Chi Young Pak

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Sir Ninian Stephen

Making International Law More User-Friendly

Problems of Succession in Contemporary International Law

Universality and the United Nations

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Louis B. Sohn

Comments and questions related to the presentation by Mr. Olexander O. Chaly

PART TWO Round-table Discussions

I. United Nations Sanctions as a Tool of Peaceful Settlement of Disputes

A. Introductory Statement by the Moderator: Adriaan Bos

B. Summary of the Discussion

II. Les Nations Unies et les commissions d'établissement des faits

A. Présentation de l'animateur : Djamchid Momtaz

B. Résumé du débat

III. The Expanding Horizons of International Humanitarian Law

A. Introductory Statement by the Moderator: Theodor Meron

IV. Third-party Dispute Settlement at the Turn of the Century: Some Old Problems Revisited and Some New Problems Not Foreseen at The Hague in 1899/1907, or in the Statutes of the Permanent Court of International Justice and the International Court of Justice

A. Introductory Statement by the Moderator: Shabtai Rosenne

B. Summary of the Discussion.

V. International Law in the Field of Sustainable Development: Integrating Development, Environment and Human Rights

A. Introductory Statement by the Moderator: Philippe Sands

VI. The Charter of the United Nations and World Politics: The Role of the Security Council and the World Court in a Changing World

A. Introductory Statement by the Moderator: Ove Bring

VII. Aspectos Conceptuales y Prácticos de la Codificación y del Desarrollo Progresivo del Derecho Internacional: Nuevos Desarrollos y Prioridades

A. Declaración preliminar por la Moderadora: María del Luján Flores

B. Resumen de la Discusión

VIII. Space Law: The Role of the United Nations

A. Introductory Statement by the Moderator: Francis Lyall

IX. Environmental Law Challenges to the Law of the Sea Convention: Progressive Development of Progressive Development

A. Introductory Statement by the Moderator: Arthur Ralph Carnegie

X. The Physiognomy of Disputes and the Appropriate Means to Resolve Them

A. Introductory Statement by the Moderator: Gerhard Hafner

XI. Implications for International Law of New Challenges to State Sovereignty

A. Introductory Statement by the Moderator: Oscar Schachter

Clôture du Congrès

Discours de clôture du Secrétaire général de l'Organisation des Nations Unies

Annex

List of Participants.

Notes:

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ISBN:

90-04-64195-5

OCLC:

1528960089