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• New additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL) (30 September 2022). The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following material to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law: a Mini-Series on Diplomatic and Consular Relations by Alina Miron, Professor of International Law at the University of Angers, France (available in French). 
• New additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law (AVL) (6 September 2022). The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following material to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law: a lecture in English entitled "Due Diligence in International Law" by Professor Samantha Besson and a lecture in English entitled "The Meaning of War in International Law" by Professor Andrew Clapham.
• New additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law (8 August 2022). The Codification Division of the UN Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following material to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law: a mini-series on the "Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes" in Spanish by Professor Marcelo Kohen, a lecture on "The Responsibility of Armed Non-State Actors in Armed Conflicts" in English by Dr. Annyssa Bellal and a lecture on "Privileges and Immunities" in Spanish by Professor Ricardo Arredondo.

REVUE : "S’ouvrir aux Amériques pour mieux protéger les droits humains et s’engager dans la réconciliation", Revue québécoise de droit international (hors-série juin 2022)

Vanessa TANGUAY

Le dernier hors-série de la Revue québécoise de droit international (vol. 33, n°2, 2020) est sorti et est disponible en ligne.

OUVRAGE : B. Conley, A. de Waal, C. Murdoch, W. Jordash QC (eds.), Accountability for Mass Starvation: Testing the Limits of the Law

Bridget CONLEY, Alex de WAAL, Catriona MURDOCH, Wayne JORDASH QC

Famine is an age-old scourge that almost disappeared in our lifetime. Between 2000 and 2011 there were no famines and deaths in humanitarian emergencies were much reduced. The humanitarian agenda was ascendant. Then, in 2017, the United Nations identified four situations that threatened famine or breached that threshold in north-eastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen. Today, this list is longer. Each of these famines is the result of military actions and exclusionary, authoritarian politics conducted without regard to the wellbeing or even the survival of people.

REVUE : Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (vol. 6, 2022)

Javaid REHMAN, Ayesha SHAHID, Steve FOSTER

The latest volume of the Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (vol. 6, 2022) is out.

OUVRAGE : L. Volcy, Le droit international de la coopération à l'épreuve des pandémies

Louino VOLCY

L’ouvrage traite de l'action des organisations internationales face aux pandémies en général et à la COVID-19 en particulier. Il démontre que les sujets dérivés du droit international public agissent contre ces défis sanitaires mondiaux dans un cadre doublement adapté. Cet ajustement s’illustre par l’adoption de nouvelles méthodes de travail et le déploiement des actions normatives et opérationnelles appropriées. Il montre également que la riposte des institutions internationales face aux crises multidimensionnelles provoquées par les pandémies se caractérise, tant sur le plan normatif que celui matériel, par la coopération et la coordination de leurs activités.

REVUE : Revue québécoise de droit international (vol. 34, n°1, 2021)

Noémie BOIVIN

Le dernier numéro de la Revue québécoise de droit international (vol. 34, n°1, 2021) est sorti et est disponible en ligne.

ACTU : La crise du Traité de non-prolifération nucléaire se poursuit

Jean-Marie COLLIN

Du 1er au 26 août 2022 les 191 États parties au Traité de non-prolifération nucléaire (TNP) se sont réunis à New York, au siège des Nations Unies pour participer à la 10e Conférence d’examen (RevCon) de ce traité. Après quatre semaines de réunion, cette RevCon est un échec – le second après celui de 2015. La faute en revient à la Russie, mais les autres États dotés d’armes nucléaires – États-Unis, Russie, France, Chine, Royaume-Uni – en portent aussi la responsabilité.

OUVRAGE : I. Bogdanova, Unilateral Sanctions in International Law and the Enforcement of Human Rights: The Impact of the Principle of Common Concern of Humankind

Iryna BOGDANOVA

Are unilateral economic sanctions legal under public international law? How do they relate to the existing international legal principles and norms? Can unilateral economic sanctions imposed to redress grave human rights violations be subjected to the same legal contestations as other unilateral sanctions? What potential contribution can the recently formulated doctrine of Common Concern of Humankind make by introducing substantive and procedural prerequisites to legitimise unilateral human rights sanctions? Unilateral Sanctions in International Law and the Enforcement of Human Rights by Iryna Bogdanova addresses these complex questions while taking account of the burgeoning state practice of employing unilateral economic sanctions.

REVUE : "Le monde de Kaboul à Kiev", Recherches internationales (n°123, janvier-mars 2022)

Michel ROGALSKI

En à peine deux ans les événements se succèdent et affectent notre façon de regarder l’ordre international. De la pandémie du Covid à l’agression de l’Ukraine par la Russie, en passant par la chute de Kaboul et la fin annoncée de l’opération Barkhane, l’actualité nous offre un condensé d’histoire rare en une si brève séquence.

Égrenons ces événements rapidement et tentons d’en tirer quelques leçons.

  

OUVRAGE : C.F. Sabel, D.G. Victor, Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World

Charles F. SABEL, David G. VICTOR

Global climate diplomacy – from the Kyoto Protocol to the Paris Agreement – is not working. Despite decades of sustained negotiations by world leaders, the climate crisis continues to worsen. The solution is within our grasp – but we will not achieve it through top-down global treaties or grand bargains among nations.

REVUE : "Western Sahara on the edges of international law", Revue belge de droit international (vol. 53, n°2, 2020)

Anne LAGERWALL, Tom RUYS

Le dernier numéro de la Revue belge de droit international (2020/2) comporte un dossier spécial sur le Sahara occidental.

OUVRAGE : R. Kolb, G. Gaggioli, P. Kilibarda (eds.), Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Further Reflections and Perspectives

Robert KOLB, Gloria GAGGIOLI, Pavle KILIBARDA

Providing up-to-date discussions of both evolving and novel debates in human rights law and humanitarian law, this timely new edition of the Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law complements, rather than replaces, its predecessor with fresh perspectives from leading scholars on the controversial and crucial topics within these fields.

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

Maurizio ARCARI

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

OUVRAGE : G. Pascale, S. Tonolo (eds.), The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: The Role of the Treaty on Treaties in Contemporary International Law

Giuseppe PASCALE, Sara TONOLO

A multitude of scholarly writings in many languages concern the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT). Nevertheless, uncertainties and difficulties can be still identified when trying to understand whether and to what extent the VCLT is still central in international law and if it fits into the current international legal scenario. Such uncertainties and difficulties have resulted in the writing of this book. Hence, the chapters here collected aim at untangling the yarns of some open issues and at filling some gaps in order to ultimately establish whether at present the VCLT continues to have a role in international law. The main perspective is that of public international law. However, some room is reserved to problems stemming from the relationship between the VCLT and EU Law. The VCLT is also observed through the lens of private international law.

REVUE : Rivista di diritto internazionale (vol. 105, n°2, 2022)

Salerno FRANCESCO

The latest issue of the Rivista di diritto internazionale (vol. 105, n°2, 2022) is out.