Thursday, May 14, 2015

New Issue: Questions of International Law

The latest issue of Questions of International Law / Questioni di Diritto Internazionale (nos. 15-17, 2015) is out. Contents include:
  • On the relationship between IHL and IHRL ‘where it matters’ once more: Assessing the position of the European Court of Human Rights after Hassan and Jaloud
    • Introduced by Marco Pertile and Chiara Vitucci
    • Ziv Bohrer, Human Rights vs Humanitarian Law or rights vs obligations: Reflections following the rulings in Hassan and Jaloud
    • Silvia Borelli, Jaloud v Netherlands and Hassan v United Kingdom: Time for a principled approach in the application of the ECHR to military action abroad
  • Does the ‘living instrument’ doctrine always lead to ‘evolutive interpretation’? Some remarks after Hassan v the United Kingdom
    • Introduced by Francesca de Vittor and Cesare Pitea
    • Luigi Crema, Subsequent practice in Hassan v United Kingdom: When things seem to go wrong in the life of a living instrument
    • Eirik Bjorge, What is living and what is dead in the European Convention on Human Rights? A Comment on Hassan v United Kingdom
  • For all or for some? Functional immunity of State officials before the International Law Commission
    • Introduced by Beatrice Bonafé, Micaela Frulli and Paolo Palchetti
    • Riccardo Pisillo Mazzeschi, The functional immunity of State officials from foreign jurisdiction: A critique of the traditional theories
    • Gionata Buzzini, The enduring validity of immunity ratione materiae: A reply to Professor Pisillo Mazzeschi
    • Philippa Webb, Comment on ‘The functional immunity of State officials from foreign jurisdiction: A critique of the traditional theories’
    • Chimène Keitner, Functional immunity of State officials before the International Law Commission: The ‘who’ and the ‘what’