The Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law (UNYB), founded in 1997, appears under the auspices of the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law. The first part, ‘The Law and Practice of the United Nations’, concentrates on the legal fundamentals of the UN, its Specialized Agencies and Programmes. The second part, ‘Legal Issues Related to the Goals of the United Nations’, analyses achievements with regard to fulfilling the main objectives of the UN. The UNYB addresses both scholars and practitioners, giving them insights into the workings, challenges and evolution of the UN. Please click here for the online version including the abstracts of the articles of Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law.
Frauke Lachenmann is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Heidelberg. Rüdiger Wolfrum is former Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, and Director of the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Heidelberg.
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Part 1: The Law and Practice of the United Nations
1Holding to Account the Commission of International Crimes in the Central African Republic: The Establishment of the Special Criminal Court Ignacio Tredici and Renaud Galand 2Determining the Scope of the Local Remedies Rule in unclos Disputes Loris Marotti 3The UN and Its Agencies in the Development of Regulations on Management and Conservation of Fisheries: A Plurality of Initiatives but Questionable Coherence Chie Sato 4To Convene or Not to Convene? The Future Status of the Articles on State Responsibility: Recent Developments Federica I. Paddeu 5Taking the Paris Agreement Forward: Continuous Strategic Decision-making on Climate Action by the Meeting of the Parties Petra Minnerop 6The Revision of the General Comment No. 1 on the Implementation of Art. 3 uncat’s Non-Refoulement Obligation in Light of the Use of Diplomatic Assurances Stephanie Schlickewei 7An International Administrative Procedural Law of Fair Trial: Reality or Rhetoric? Rishi Gulati
Part 2: Legal Issues Related to the Goals of the United Nations
8The European Union in the Mediterranean Sea: Navigating the Political-Legal Shallows Stephan F.H. Ollick 9Self-Determination and Democracy in Post-Conflict Africa: Moving from Procedure to Substance Nneka A. Okechukwu 10Traditional Justice Methods and Their Possible Impact on Transitional Justice Models in South Sudan Justice Benjamin Baak Deng 11State Succession and Devolution Agreements Revisited: A Note on Sanum v. Laos Odysseas G. Repousis 12Crimea in International Courts and Tribunals: Matters of Jurisdiction Gaiane Nuridzhanian 13The ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Model and Political Reform in Hong Kong: A TWAIL Approach Fozia Nazir Lone 14The History of the Rule of Law Till Patrik Holterhus
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15Interactions between International Investment Law and Constitutional Law: Promoting the Dialogue. A European Perspective on Judicial Cooperation and Deference Inga Witte
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