Foundations of International Law – Fifth Edition (Student)

The Foundations of International Law – Fifth Edition (Student) includes the following additions and updates:

1. The role of natural law in the juridical foundations of modern international law and human rights;
2. A refinement of what constitutes State practice (usus);
3. The ILC’s Guide to Provisional Application of Treaties;
4. Matters relevant to the interpretation of treaties;
5. Incorporation of customary international law into Hong Kong's common law;
6. The ICJ’s Chagos advisory opinion on self-determination;
7. Effective control of State organs placed at an international organisation’s disposal;
8. The ICJ’s judgments in Armed Activities in the Territory of the Congo (Congo v Uganda) and Jadhav (India v Pakistan) on State responsibility;
9. Juridical origins and foundations of peremptory norms of general international law (jus cogens);
10. The ICJ’s disposal of preliminary objections on non-exhaustion of local remedies in Ukraine v Russia;
11. The ILC’s Draft Articles on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity in respect of alleged offenders of crimes against humanity who are present in a State’s territory;
12. The judgment of the UK Supreme Court in Bancoult, on the loss of inviolability of a diplomatic mission’s documents and official correspondence;
13. The ICJ’s judgment in Equatorial Guinea v France on designating a property with the status of ‘premises of the [diplomatic] mission’;
14. Non-existence of proprietary rights for individuals in respect of terra nullius;
15. The ICJ’s decision on jurisdiction and admissibility in Obligations Concerning Negotiations (Marshall Islands v India);
16. A refinement of proof in proceedings before the ICJ;
17. Application of the Torture Convention to cover conduct persons acting in an official capacity on behalf of an entity exercising de facto governmental control over a population;
18. The ILC’s Draft Articles on Crimes Against Humanity;
19. Clarification of command responsibility by the ICC in Prosecutor v Bemba;
20. The UN Human Rights Committee’s General Comments No 36 on the right to life and No 37 on the right of peaceful assembly;
21. The judgment of ITLOS in Norstar (Panama v Italy) on the exclusivity of flag State prescriptive jurisdiction over vessels on the high seas; and
22. Delimitation of maritime boundaries by acquiescence.