REVUE : Questions of International Law (n°94, 2022)

Maurizio ARCARI

The latest issue of Questions of International Law (n°94, 2022) is out. 

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The Question: Jurisdictional Immunities Again

Introduced by Serena Forlati and Pietro Franzina, The dispute between Germany and Italy on the jurisdictional immunities of the former has now entered a new phase. Some recent developments warrant taking a fresh look at the vexed question of the relationship between the immunities of States, on the one hand, and the right of individuals to...

Karin Oellers-Frahm, Questions relating to the request for the indication of provisional measures in the case Germany v Italy
Riccardo Pavoni, Germany versus Italy reloaded: Whither a human rights limitation to State immunity?
Pierfrancesco Rossi, Italian courts and the evolution of the law of State immunity: A reassessment of Judgment no 238/2014
Giorgia Berrino, The impact of Article 43 of Decree-Law no 36/2022 on enforcement proceedings regarding German State-owned assets

The Question: To Recork or Not to Recork? The Articles on State Responsibility Twenty-One Years After

Introduced by Maria Chiara Vitucci and Paolo Palchetti, As wine specialists know, after 20 years corks start to decompose. This raises a dilemma: to recork or not to recork? According to one school of thought, recorking is a necessary operation to preserve the quality of the wine. It is simply a matter of exercising care...

Maurizio Arcari, The future of the Articles on State Responsibility: A matter of form or of substance?
Simon Olleson, The virtue of pragmatism: Reflections on the future of the Articles on State Responsibility

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The Question: The implications of sea-level rise for international law

Introduced by Maura Marchegiani, The question concerning the effects, implications, and repercussions of the phenomenon of sea level rise, as well as its possible and potential legal consequences, has been at the heart of political, legal, and institutional debates, becoming the subject of several statements by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and of sector studies...
Massimo Starita, The impact of sea-level rise on baselines: A question of interpretation of the UNCLOS or evolution of customary law?
Andrea Caligiuri, Sinking States: The statehood dilemma in the face of sea-level rise
Paolo Palchetti, Débattre des changements climatiques au Conseil de sécurité : pour quoi faire ?
Giuseppe Cataldi, Human Rights of People Living in States Threatened by Climate Change
Charlotte Beaucillon, Culture overboard! The climate shift of international cultural heritage law in the face of rising sea levels
Yann Kerbrat, Les conséquences de l’élévation du niveau de la mer sur les frontières terrestres et maritimes