OUVRAGE : C.C.Jalloh, O. Elias (eds.), Shielding Humanity. Essays in International Law in Honour of Judge Abdul G. Koroma

Catherine MAIA

On the contemporary international law scene, there are not many jurists who match the eminence and stature of Abdul G. Koroma. A distinguished lawyer, diplomat and member of the International Law Commission for many years, he has been a key figure in the elaboration, codification and negotiation of important multilateral treaties in diverse areas of international law. He subsequently served, for 18 years, on the bench of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) where he participated in deciding many of the Court’s leading cases during the busiest periods of its history. These outstanding essays, written by renowned judges, scholars and practitioners of international law in honour of Judge Koroma, discuss both classical and contemporary topics of significant relevance to the current and future of international law. The volume will appeal to anyone interested in the ICJ, peaceful settlement of inter-state disputes, law of the sea, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, regional integration and Africa’s contributions to international law.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• P.S. Rao, Judge Abdul Koroma in the Service of Universal International Law
• Tommy Koh, A Tribute to Abdul Koroma
• Kenneth Keith, Abdul Koroma: Good Neighbor, Friend and Colleague
• Kenneth Keith, The Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes: The Rainbow Warrior Affair – Experiences of a Small State
• Bernado Sepúlveda Amor, The International Court of Justice and the Latin American Experience
• Abdul Koroma, Territorial Integrity and the Kosovo Opinion John Dugard
• Karin Oellers-Frahm, Provisional Measures in Interpretation Proceedings – A New Way to Extend the Court’s Jurisdiction? The Practice of the Court in the Avena and Temple of Preah Vihear Cases
• Obiora Chinedu Okafor & Chikeziri Igwe, Twailing the Bakassi Case: Colonialist Logic, Self-Determining Agents and the Concept of Legitimate Statehood in our Time
• Phoebe Okowa, The International Court and the Legacy of the Barcelona Traction Case in the Field of Diplomatic Protection
• Sienhoo Yee, The Competition between and among Intrinsic and Instrumental Values in Selected Competing Visions of the World
• Babafemi Akinrinade, Democratizing International Law-Making
• Surya P. Subedi, An Innovative Solution to an Ambitious Project: Dispute Resolution in the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea
• Osman Keh Kamara, An Analysis of the Adequacy of the Dispute Settlement Mechanism Under Unclos: Maritime Boundary Delimitation Disputes
• Laurence Boisson de Chazournes & Brian Mcgarry, Constitutional Law and the Settlement of Investor-State Disputes: Some Interplays
• Konstantinos D Magliveras, Legal Aspects of Competition between International Organizations
• Christopher Greenwood, The International Court of Justice and International Humanitarian Law
• Manuel J. Ventura, The Prevention of Genocide as A Jus Cogens Norm? A Formula for Lawful Humanitarian Intervention
• Avitus A. Agbor, A Reflection on the Phrase “Widespread or Systematic” As Part of the Definition of Crimes Against Humanity
• Tamara Cummings-John, Justice and Gender: Prosecuting Gender-Based and Sexual Violence Crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone
• Adejoké Babington-Ashaye, International Crimes, Immunities and the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol of the Merged African Court: Some Observations
• Abdul Tejan-Cole, Africa and the International Criminal Court: Legitimacy and Credibility Challenges
• Charles Chernor Jalloh & Andrew Morgan, International Criminal Justice Processes in Rwanda and Sierra Leone: Lessons for Liberia
• Abdulqawi A. Yusuf, The Public Law of Africa and International Law: Broadening the Scope of Application of International Rules and Enriching Them for Intra- Africa Purposes
• Tiyanjana Maluwa, The Development and Enforcement of Community Law in the African Regional Economic Communities: Conceptual Issues, Architecture and Institutions
• Olajumoke O. Oduwole, Africa’s Contribution to the Advancement of the Right to Development in International Law
• Adeotola Onayemi & Olufemi Elias, Aspects of Africa’s Contribution to the Development of International Law
• Vincent O. Nmehielle, The African Union and Questions Arising from Efforts to Resolve the Ivorian and Libyan Conflicts
• Lydia A. Nkansah, Democratic Succession in Africa: The Quest for an Orderly Transition
• Gino J. Naldi, Secession: The African Experience
• Mia Swart, Can Regional and Sub-Regional African Courts Strengthen the Rule of Law in Africa? Questions of Impact and Enforcement
• Charles Manga Fombad & Madeleine Choe-Amusimo Fombad, Rethinking Anti-Corruption Strategies in Africa: Constitutional Entrenchment as Basis for Credible and Effective Anti-Corruption Clean-Ups

Charles Chernor JALLOH, Olufemi ELIAS (eds.), Shielding Humanity. Essays in International Law in Honour of Judge Abdul G. Koroma, Leiden, Brill/Nijhoff, 2015

Editors:

Charles Chernor Jalloh, B.A. (Guelph) LL.B./B.C.L. (McGill) M St (Oxon), is an Associate Professor of Law at Florida International University, USA. He has published widely on aspects of law in leading peer-reviewed journals and is author and editor of several books with leading academic presses. He is founding editor of the African Journal of Legal Studies and African Journal of International Criminal Justice.

Olufemi Elias, MA (Oxon) LLM (Cambridge) PhD (London), is the Legal Adviser and a Director at the Technical Secretariat of Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, The Hague, and a Visiting Professor in international law, Queen Mary, University of London. He has published articles and books on issues of international law.

Contributors:

Avitus A Agbor, Babefemi Akinrinade, Adejoké Babington-Ashaye, Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, Tamara Cummings-John, John Dugard, Olufemi Elias, Sir Christopher Greenwood, Chikeziri Igwe, Osman Keh Kamara, Charles Manga Fombad, Madeline Choe-Amusimo Fombad, Charles Chernor Jalloh, Kenneth Keith, Tommy Koh, Tiyanjana Maluwa, Konstantinos D. Magliveras, Brian McGarry, Andrew Morgan, Gino J. Naldi, Lydia A. Nkansah, Vincent O. Nmehielle, Karin Oellers-Frahm, Olajumoke O. Oduwole, Obiora Chinedu Okafor, Phoebe Okowa, Adetola Onayemi, Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao, Bernardo Sepúlveda-Amor, Surya P. Subedi, Mia Swart, Abdul Tejan-Cole, Manuel J. Ventura, Sienho Yee, and Abdulqawi A. Yusuf.