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Contents

Aims & Scope xv

Outline of the Parts xvii

EDITORIAL

Note from the General Editor

Giuliana Ziccardi Capaldo

OVERVIEW ESSAYS

GRAND CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME- NUCLEAR WEAPONS THREAT

Endgame- Obligations to Transform "Westphalian" International Law

Louis René Beres

Deconstructing the Struggle Against Nuclearism

Richard Falk

PART 1: ARTICLES

The Contribution of the UN Treaty Bodies to Business and Human Rights

Shane Darcy

Algunos Comentarios Al Estudio De La Comisión De Derecho Internacional, Sobre Los Principios Generales Del Derecho

Luis A. López Zamora

PART 2: NOTES AND COMMENTS

Global Legal Pluralism and the Making of International Climate Change Law

Paul Schiff Berman

The Court's Role in Upholding Inter- Generational Obligations Respecting the Child's Right to Truth: Juliana v. United States as a Case in Point

Sonja C. Grover

Information Interventions in the Twenty- First Century: Fighting Disinformation Across National Boundaries with International Information Campaigns

Lando Kirchmair

The Evidentiary Value of NGO and IO Reports in International Criminal Proceedings

Geert- Jan Alexander Knoops & Sara Pedroso

Non- compensatory Reparation Modalities in UN Legal Sources: Focus on Gross Violations of Human Rights

Juan- Pablo Pérez- León- Acevedo

PART 3: IN FOCUS- GLOBAL POLICIES AND LAW

Protecting Heritage: Weighing Politics and Law

Thomas G. Weiss

Appendix of the Part- Topics Covered in the Previous Issues (2008- 2021)

PART 4: FORUM- JURISPRUDENTIAL CROSS- FERTILIZATION: AN ANNUAL OVERVIEW

I. Introductory Module- MISSION AND CONCEPTS

I.1 Geography and Legal Culture of ICJ Judges and Their Consideration of Erga Omnes Obligations

Ravindra Pratap

II. Module- ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, LAW OF THE SEA, GLOBAL COMMONS LAW- The Relationship Between the ITLOS and the ICJ or Another International Court or Arbitral Tribunal

II.1 Alleged Violations of Sovereign Rights and Maritime Spaces in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Colombia): Reflections on the ICJ Judgment of 21 April 2022

Yoshifumi Tanaka

PART 5: GLOBAL JUSTICE-DECISIONS OF INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS IN 2021

Systematic Classification Scheme

I. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

I.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Momchil Milanov & Robert Kolb

I.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW

Giuliana Ziccardi Capaldo

I.2.1 Alleged Violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America), Preliminary Objections, Judgment, 3 February 2021

Systematic Key Items of the Section

II. INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEA

II.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Yoshifumi Tanaka

II.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW

Emilio Sessa

II.2.1 Dispute Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary Between Mauritius and Maldives in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius v. Maldives), Preliminary Objections, Case No. 28, Special Chamber, Judgment, 28 January 2021

III. WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT SYSTEM

III.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Joanna Gomula

III.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW

Joanna Gomula

III.2.1 United States— Anti- Dumping and Countervailing Duties on Ripe Olives from Spain (WT/ DS577/ R), Panel Report circulated on 19 November 2021, adopted on 20 December 2021

Systematic Key Items of the Section

IV. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

IV.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Geert- Jan Alexander Knoops & Sara Pedroso

IV.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW

Anna Buono

IV.2.1 Situation in the State of Palestine

IV.2.1.1 Decision on the 'Prosecution Request Pursuant to Article 19(3) for a Ruling on the Court's Territorial Jurisdiction in Palestine', Case No. ICC- 01/ 18, Pre- Trial Chamber I, 5 February 2021

IV.2.2 Situation in Uganda

IV.2.2.1 The Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen, Case No. ICC- 02/ 04- 01/ 15, Trial Chamber IX, Judgment, 6 May 2021

IV.2.3 Situation in the Republic of Mali

IV.2.3.1 The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Decision on the Review Concerning Reduction of Sentence of Mr Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Case No. ICC- 01/ 12- 01/ 15, Three Judges of the Appeals Chamber Appointed, 25 November 2021

Systematic Key Items of the Section

V. INTERNATIONAL RESIDUAL MECHANISM FOR CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS

V.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Rafael Nieto- Navia

VI. COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

VI.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Koen Lenaerts

VI.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW

Simona Fanni, Eirini Pantelodimou, Carmine Renzulli, Daniela Rodríguez Bautista, Roberto Soprano

VI.2.1 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela v. Council of European Union, Case C- 872/ 19 P, Grand Chamber, Judgment, 22 June 2021

VI.2.2 IX v. WABE e V and MH Müller Handels GmbH v. MJ, Joined Cases C- 804/ 18 and C- 341/ 19, Grand Chamber, Judgment, 15 July 2021

VI.2.3 Top System SA c. État Belge, Affaire C- 13/ 20, Cinquième Chambre, Arrêt, 6 Octobre 2021

VI.2.4 Republiken Polen v. PL Holdings Sàrl, Case C- 109/ 20, Grand Chamber, Judgment, 26 October 2021

VI.2.5 European Commission v. Republic of Poland, Case C- 204/ 21 R, Order of the Vice- President of the Court, 27 October 2021

VI.2.6 Google LLC and Alphabet, Inc. v. European Commission, Case T- 612/ 17, Ninth Chamber, Extended Composition, Judgment, 10 November 2021

VI.2.7 Governor of Cloverhill Prison and Others, Case C- 479/ 21 PPU, Grand Chamber, Judgment, 16 November 2021

VI.2.8 Prokuratura Rejonowa w Mi?sku Mazowieckim, Joined Cases C- 748/ 19 to C- 754/ 19, Grand Chamber, Judgment, 16 November 2021

Systematic Key Items of the Section

VII. EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

VII.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Robert Spano

VII.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW

Noelia Arjona Hernández, Yolanda Gamarra, Lucía Ione Padilla Espinosa, Juan Francisco Moreno-Domínguez, Ángel Tinoco Pastrana

VII.2.1 Case of Hanan v. Germany, Application no. 4871/ 16, Grand Chamber, Judgment, 16 February 2021

VII.2.2 Case of Big Brother Watch and Others v. The United Kingdom, Applications nos. 58170/ 13, 62322/ 14 and 24960/ 15, Grand Chamber, Judgment, 25 May 2021

VII.2.3 Case of Fedotova and Others v. Russia, Applications nos. 40792/ 10, 30538/ 14 and 43439/ 14, Third Section, Judgment, 13 July 2021

VII.2.4 Case of Reczkowicz v. Poland, Application no. 43447/ 19, First Section, Judgment, 22 July 2021

VII.2.5 Case of Carter v. Russia, Application no. 20914/ 07, Third Section, Judgment, 21 September 2021

VII.2.6 Case of Ariana Zakharyevna Shavlokhova v. Georgia, Applications nos. 45431/ 08, 50669/ 08, 55291/ 08, 20517/ 09, 24964/ 09, Second Section, Decision, 5 October 2021

VII.2.7 Affaire Miroslava Todorova c. Bulgarie, Requête no. 40072/ 13, Quatrième Section, Arrêt, 19 Octobre 2021

VII.2.8 Case of Vedat ?orli v. Turkey, Application no. 42048/ 19, Second Section, Judgment, 19 October 2021

Systematic Key Items of the Section 511

VIII. INTER- AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

VIII.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Ricardo C. Pérez Manrique

VIII.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW

Adriana Fillol Mazo, Ana Cristina Gallego Hernández, Yolanda Gamarra, Lucía Ione Padilla Espinosa, Juan Francisco Moreno-Domínguez

VIII.2.1 Case of Vicky Hernández and Others v. Honduras, Merits, Reparations and Costs, Judgment, 26 March 2021, Series C No. 422

VIII.2.2 Case of Guachalá Chimbo et al. v. Ecuador, Merits, Reparations and Costs, Judgment, 26 March 2021, Series C No. 423

VIII.2.3 Presidential Reelection Without Term Limits in the Context of the Inter- American Human Rights System, Advisory Opinion Requested by the Republic of Colombia, 7 June 2021, Series OC- 28/ 21

VIII.2.4 Caso Bedoya Lima y Otras vs. Colombia, Fondo, Reparaciones y Costas, Sentencia de 26 de Agosto de 2021, Serie C No. 431

VIII.2.5 Caso Pueblos Indígenas Maya Kaqchikel de Sumpango y Otros vs. Guatemala, Fondo, Reparaciones y Costas, Sentencia de 6 de Octubre de 2021, Serie C No. 440

VIII.2.6 Case of Manuela et al. v. El Salvador, Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs, Judgment, 2 November 2021, Series C No. 441

Systematic Key Items of the Section

IX. AFRICAN COURT ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS

IX.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW

Adriana Fillol Mazo, Ana Cristina Gallego Hernández, Lucía Ione Padilla Espinosa, Juan Francisco Moreno-Domínguez

IX.2.1 Sébastien Germain Marie Aïkoue Ajavon v. Republic of Benin, Application No. 065/ 2019, Judgment, 29 March 2021

IX.2.2 Yahaya Zumo Makame and 3 Others v. United Republic of Tanzania, Application No. 023/ 2016, Judgment, 25 June 2021

IX.2.3 Request for Advisory Opinion by the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) on the Right to Participate in the Government of One's Country in the Context of an Election Held During a Public Health Emergency or a Pandemic, Such as the Covid- 19 Crisis, No. 001/ 2020, Advisory Opinion, 16 July 2021

IX.2.4 Glory C. Hossou and Landry A. Adelakoun v. Republic of Benin, Application No. 016/ 2020, Ruling, 2 December 2021

Systematic Key Items of the Section

X. INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR SETTLEMENT OF INVESTMENT DISPUTES

X.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE

August Reinisch & Johannes Tropper

X.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW

Johannes Tropper

X.2.1 Infinito Gold Ltd. v. Republic of Costa Rica, ICSID Case No. ARB/ 14/ 5, Award, 3 June 2021

X.2.2 Mathias Kruck and Others v. Kingdom of Spain, ICSID Case No. ARB/ 15/ 23, Decision on the Respondent's Request for Reconsideration of the Tribunal's Decision dated 19 April 2021, 6 December 2021

Systematic Key Items of the Section

XI. PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION

XI.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Patrícia Galvão Teles & João Gil Antunes

XI.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW

João Gil Antunes

XI.2.1 Olympic Entertainment Group AS v. Ukraine, PCA Case No. 2019- 18, UNCITRAL Arbitration, Award, 15 April 2021

Systematic Key Items of the Section

XII. INTERNATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS

XII.1 INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Francesco Seatzu

XII.2 LEGAL MAXIMS: SUMMARIES AND EXTRACTS FROM SELECTED CASE LAW

Simona Fanni

XII.2.1 Paul Ories v. Secretary- General of the United Nations, Case No. 2020- 1404, Judgment No. 2021- UNAT- 1087, 19 March 2021

XII.2.2 Banaj v. Secretary- General of the United Nations, Case No. UNDT/ GVA/ 2019/ 031, Judgment No. UNDT/ 2021/ 030, 26 March 2021

XII.2.3 Gharagozloo Pakkala v. Secretary- General of the United Nations, Case No. UNDT/ GVA/ 2020/ 018, Judgment No. UNDT/ 2021/ 076, 29 June 2021

XII.2.4 G. (Nos. 7 and 8) and V. (No. 8) v. EPO, ILOAT, 132nd Session, Judgment No. 4430, 7 July 2021

Systematic Key Items of the Section

PART 6: RECENT LINES OF INTERNATIONALIST THOUGHT

The Emerging Ethics Evolution: The Evasive Connection Between Environmental Crimes, Philosophical Considerations of Public International Law, and the International Criminal Court's Twentieth Anniversary

Anja Matwijkiw & Bronik Matwijkiw