Themes and Theories Selected Essays, Speeches and Writings in International Law

by Higgins, Rosalyn

• ISBN13: 9780198262350
• ISBN10: 0198262353
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

As President of the International Court of Justice, Dame Rosalyn Higgins is the world's most senior judge. This two volume set collects together all of her most important writings as a scholar, a member of the UN Human Rights Committee, and as judge and President of the International Court of Justice. During these years Dame Rosalyn has written on a wide range of topics including legal theory, United Nations Law, humanitarian law, the use of force, state and diplomatic immunities, human rights, and natural resources law. As President and Judge of the International Court of Justice, Dame Rosalyn has played her part in the formulation of the Judgments and Opinions of the principal judicial organ of the UN. She has sought to ensure the ICJ - the senior international court - operates in a modern and efficient manner, and in cordial relationship with the many new courts and tribunals now existing. These aspirations are reflected in her speeches during the years 2006 to 2008, most of which have not hitherto been published. This volume boasts a comprehensive collection of all her Separate Opinions, amongst other writings, divided into ten Parts by subject matter. This includes specially written introductory passages by Dame Rosalyn to present the catalogue of her writings and the correlative developments in international law by theme.

Author Biography

Dame Rosalyn Higgins is President of the International Court of Justice, and Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsPrefacePart 1 International Legal Theory1. Introduction2. Policy Considerations and the International Judicial Process, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 17(1), pp. 58-84, London, 19683. Policy and Impartiality: The Uneasy Relationship in International Law, International Organization, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, 914-931, Boston, World Peace Foundation, 19694. The UN and Lawmaking: The Political Organs, Proceedings, American Society of International Law, Vol. 64, p. 37, New York, 19705. Conceptual Thinking about the Individual in International Law, British Journal of International Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1,1-19, London, Europa; and New York Law School Law Review, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, 11-29, New York, West Publishing, 19786. The Identity of International Law, International Law Teaching and Practice, (ed. Bin Cheng), 27-45, London, Stevens & Sons, 19827. Fundamentals of International Law, Perspectives in International Law, 1-22 (ed. N. Jasentuliyana), London, Kluwer, 19958. The Concept of 'The State': Variable Geometry and Dualist Perceptions, The International Legal System in quest of Equity and Universality, Liber Amicorum Georges Abi-Saab, pp. 547-561, (eds. L.Boisson de Chazournes and V. Gowlland-Debbas), The Hague, Kluwer, 20019. Our 'Virtuous Trilogy', 181-186, Democracy and the Rule of Law, (eds. Dorsen & Gifford), Library of Congress, Washington D.C., 2001Part II United Nations Law10. Introduction11. The Development of International Law through the Political Organs of the UN, Proceedings, American Society of International Law, New York, 196512. The Place of International Law in the Settlement of Disputes by the Security Council, American Journal of International Law, Vol. 64, 1-15, 197013. The Advisory Opinion on Namibia: Which UN Resolutions are Binding Under Article 25 of the Charter?, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 21, Part 2, p. 270 (London, BIICL), 197214. The New United Nations: Appearance and Reality, The Josephine Onoh Memorial Lecture, University of Hull Press, 199315. The New United Nations and Yugoslavia, 69 International Affairs 465, 199316. The UN Security Council and the Individual State, The Changing Constitution of the United Nations, (ed. Hazel Fox), 43-51, London, BIICL, 199717. Some Thoughts on the Evolving Relationship between the Security Council and NATO, Boutros Boutros-Ghali Amicorum Discipulorumque Liber Vol. I, 511, Brussels, Bruylant, 1998Part III The Use of Force18. Introduction19. Intervention and International Law, Intervention in World Politics (ed. H. Bull), 29-44, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 198420. Second Generation Peacekeeping, Proceedings of the American Society of International Law, 275-280, New York, 199521. Peace and Security: Achievements and Failures, European Journal of International Law, Vol. 6, No. 3, 445-460, Florence, European University Institute, 199522. The New Challenges and the Role of the International Court of Justice, The New Challenges of Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts : in Honour of Professor Juan Antonio Carrillo-Salcedo, (ed. by Pablo Antonio Fernández-Sánchez), Martinus Nijhoff, 2005Part IV State and Diplomatic Immunities23. Introduction24. Recent Developments in the Law of Sovereign Immunity in the United Kingdom, American Journal of International Law, Vol. 71, No. 3, 423-437, 197725. The Death Throes of Absolute Immunity, American Journal of International Law, Vol. 73, 465-470, 197926. Execution of State Property: United Kingdom Practice, Netherlands Yearbook of International Law, Vol. X, 35-54, Alphen a/d Rijn, Sijthoff & Noordhoff, 198027. Certain Unresolved Aspects of State Immunity, Netherlands International Law Review, 265, 198228. The Abuse of Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities: Recent United Kingdom Experience, American Journal of International Law, Vol. 79, No. 3, 641-651, 198529. Execution of State Property in English Law, L'Immunité d'Exécution de l'Etat Étranger 101-120, Paris, Montchrestien, 199030. After Pinochet: Developments on Head of State and Ministerial Immunities, The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting Annual Lecture 2006, London, 26 June 2006Part V Human Rights31. Introduction32. The Right in International Law of an Individual to Enter, Stay In and Leave a Country, International Affairs, 197333. Derogations Under Human Rights Treaties by States, British Yearbook of International Law, LXVII, 281-320, 197634. Report on "Human Rights and Foreign Policy" for Colloquy on "Democracy and Human Rights", Government of Greece and Secretariat General of Council of Europe, Thessaloniki, Greece, 24-26 September 1987, Strasbourg35. Encouraging Human Rights, London School of Economics Quarterly (Autumn), 249-265, 198836. Human Rights: Some Questions of Integrity, (Chorley Lecture 1988), Commonwealth Law Bulletin, Vol 15, 654 ; Modern Law Review, Vol. 52, p. 1, 198937. Liberty of Movement within the Territory of a State: The Contribution of the Committee on Human Rights, International Law at a Time of Perplexity - Essays in Honour of Shabtai Rosenne, (ed. Yoram Dinstein) 325-342, The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 198938. The Relationship between International Law and Regional Human Rights Norms and Domestic Law, Developing Human Rights Jurisprudence, Vol. 5, London, Commonwealth Secretariat, 199339. Domestic Implementation of International Human Rights Norms, Conference Papers, 10th Commonwealth Law Conference, Nicosia, 199340. Minority Rights: Discrepancies and Divergencies Between the International Covenant and the Council of Europe System, The Dynamics of the Protection of Human Rights in Europe - Essays in Honour of Henry G. Schermers, (eds. Lawson & de Blois), Vol. III, 195-209, Dordrecht, Martinus Nijhoff, 199441. Foreword, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and United Kingdom Law, (eds. David Harris & Sarah Joseph) Oxford, Clarendon Press, 199542. Ten Years on the Human Rights Committee, European Human Rights Law Review, No. 6 570-582, Andover, Sweet & Maxwell, 199643. Introduction in Human Rights as General Norms and a State's Right to Opt Out, Reservations and Objections to Human Rights Conventions, (ed. J.P. Gardner), London British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Human Rights Series, 199744. Interim Measures for the Protection of Human Rights, Politics, Values and Functions, Internaitonal Law in the 21st Century, Essays in Honour of Professor Louis Henkin (eds. Charney, Anton & O'Connell), 87-103, The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff; also published in Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 36, Nos. 1 & 2, 199745. The Role of Domestic Courts in the Enforcement of International Human Rights: the United Kingdom, Enforcing International Human Rights in Domestic Courts, Part II, (eds. Conforti & Francioni), 37-58, The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 199746. The International Court of Justice and Human Rights, International Law: Theory and Practice: Essays in Honour of Eric Suy (ed. K. Wellens), 691-705, The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 199847. The Continuing Universality of the Universal Declaration, Innovation and Inspiration: Fifty Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (eds. Baehr, Flinterman, Senders), 17-26, Amsterdam, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 199948. Extradition, The Right to Life, and the Prohibition against Cruel and Inhuman Punishment and Treatment: similarities and Differences under the ECHR and the ICCPR, Protecting Human Rights: The European Perspective - Studies in Memory of Rolv Ryssdal 605-615 (eds. Mahoney, Matscher, Petzold, Wildhaber), 605-615, Cologne, Carl Heymanns, 200049. Dispersal and Coalescence in International Human Rights Law, 2007 Anna Lindh Memorial Lecture, Lund University Hall, Lund, 3 October 2007Part VI International Petroleum Law50. Introduction51. Legal Preconditions of Foreign Investment, Energy Law '86, Proceedings of the International Bar Association Seminar, Munich 198652. Legal Aspects of Abandonment of Oil Rigs, Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law, vol. 11, pp. 6-16, 199353. Natural Resources in the Case Law of the International Court, International Law and Sustainable Development: Past Achievements and Future Challenges (eds. Boyle & Freestone), Essays in Honour of Patricia Birnie, 87-111, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1998Part VII General54. Introduction55. The International Court and South West Africa: The Implications of the Judgment, International Affairs, Vol. 42, No. 4, 573-599, London, Royal Institute of International Affairs, 196656. International Law and the Reasonable Need of Governments to Govern, LSE Inaugural Lecture, London, London School of Economics, 198257. The Legal Bases of Jurisdiction, Extraterritorial Application of Laws and Responses Thereto (ed. Olmstead), 3-14, Oxford, International Law Association in association with ESC Publishing Ltd, 198458. United Kingdom, The Effect of Treaties in Domestic Law, Vol. 7 (eds. Jacobs & Roberts), London, Sweet & Maxwell, 198759. Postmodern Tribalism and the Right of Secession, Comments, Peoples and Minorities in International Law (eds. Brohamn, Lefeber & Zieck), 29-35, The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 199360. Report for Institut de Droit International, Liability of Member States for the Defaults of International Organisations, Annuaire de l'Institut de Droit International, Session de Lisbonne, Vol. 66-I, 199561. Some Observations on the Inter-Temporal Rule in International Law, Theory of International Law at the Threshold of the 21st Century - Essays in Honour of Krysztof Skubiszewski (ed. Makarczyk) 173-181, The Hague, Kluwer Law International, 199762. Time and the Law: International Perspectives on an Old Problem, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 46, Part 3, 501-520 (Based on 20th F.A. Mann Lecture, delivered on 26 Nov. 1996, London), 199763. Remedies and the International Court of Justice: An Introduction, Remedies in International Law: The Institutional Dilemma (ed. Malcolm Evans), 1-10, Oxford, Hart Publishing, 199864. International Law in a Changing International System, Cambridge Law Journal, Vol. 58, Part 1, 78-95, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 199965. The Responsibility of States Members for the Defaults of International Organizations: Continuing the Dialogue, Liber Amicorum Ibrahim F.I. Shihata: International Finance and Developmental Law, (eds. Schlemmer-Schulte & Ko-Yung Tung), The Hague, Kluwer Law International, 200066. Dualism in the Face of a Changing Legal Culture, Judicial Review in International Perspective, Liber Amicorum in Honour of Lord Slynn of Hadley, Vol. II (eds. Andenas & Fairgrieve), 9-22, The Hague, Kluwer Law International, 200067. The ICJ, the ECJ, and the Integrity of International Law, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 52, 1-20 (Lord Slynn of Hadley European Law Foundation lecture given on 10 April 2002), 200368. Self-Determination and Secession, Secession and International Law: Conflict Avoidance - Regional Appraisals, (ed. J. Dahlitz), T.M.C. Asser Press and the United Nations, New York and Geneva, 2003Part VIII The Judicial Years69. Introduction: Academic Writing70. A Comment on the Current Health of Advisory Opinions, Fifty Years of the International Court of Justice: Essays in Honour of Sir Robert Jennings, (eds. Lowe & Fitzmaurice), , 657-581, Cambridge, Grotius Pubs., 199672. The International Court of Justice and Africa, Liber Amicorum Mohammed Bedjaoui, (eds. Emile Yakpo & Tahar Boumedra), 343-369, The Hague, Kluwer Law International, 199973. Respecting Sovereign States and Running a Tight Courtroom, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 50, 121-132, 200174. Issues of State Responsibility before the International Court of Justice, The Clifford Chance Lectures, Vol. VII: Issues of State Responsibility before International Judicial Institutions (Eds. M. Fitzmaurice and D. Sarooshi), Hart Publishing, Oxford and Portland, Oregon, 200475. The International Court of Justice: Selected Issues of State Responsibility, International Responsibility today : Essays in Memory of Oscar Schachter, (ed. Maurizio Ragazzi), Brill, 200576. Alternative Perspectives on the Independence of International Courts : remarks, Proceedings of the American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, Vol. 99, pp. 135-138, 200577. Reflections from the International Court, International Law (ed. Malcolm Evans), 3-6, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 200678. Introduction: Judicial Work79 Dissenting Opinion of Judge Higgins, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1996 (I), p. 583.80. Separate Opinion of Judge Higgins, Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America), Preliminary Objection, Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 1996 (II), p. 84781 Separate Opinion of Judge Higgins, Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria), Preliminary Objections, Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 1998, p. 345.82. Separate Opinion of Judge Higgins, Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America), Counter-Claim, Order of 10 March 1998, I.C.J. Reports 1998, p. 21783. Separate Opinion of Judge Higgins, Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Yugoslavia v. Spain) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom), Provisional Measures, Order of 2 June 1999, I.C.J. Reports 1999 (II)84. Declaration of Judge Higgins, Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana/Namibia), Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 1999 (II), p. 111385. Declaration of Judge Higgins, Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain), Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 2001, p. 22286. Joint separate opinion of Judges Higgins, Kooijmans and Buergenthal, Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium), Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 2002, p. 6387. Separate Opinion of Judge Higgins, Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America), Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 2003, p. 22588. Joint declaration of Vice-President Ranjeva, Judges Guillaume, Higgins, Kooijmans, Al Khasawneh, Buergenthal and Elaraby, Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium), (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom), Preliminary Objections, Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 200489. Separate Opinion of Judge Higgins, Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium), (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom), Preliminary Objections, Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 200490. Joint Separate Opinion by Judges Higgins, Kooijmans, Elaraby, Owada and Simma, Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application : 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda), Jurisdiction and Admissibility, Judgment, I.C.J. Reports 200691. List of Cases on which Judge Higgins Has SatPart IX: The Years as President of the International Court of Justice92. A Babel of Judicial Voices? Ruminations from the Bench, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, October 2006; 55: 791 - 80493. A Conversation with Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, Proceedings of the American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, Vol. 100, 200694. A Just World Under Law, Proceedings of the American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, Vol. 100, pp. 388-395, 200695. Speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York, 26 October 200696. Remedies in the International Court of Justice, Speech to the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the General Assembly, New York, 27 October 200697. Inaugural Address at the Opening Ceremony of the Asian Society of International Law, Singapore, 6 April 200798. The International Court of Justice and Private International Law Thoughts, The Lalive Lecture Series, Geneva, 9 July 200799. The 1907 Hague Peace Conference as a Milestone in the Development of International Law, The Hague Academy of International Law Colloquium, The Hague, 6 September 2007100. The Rule of Law: Some Sceptical Thoughts, The Grotius Lecture, British Institute for International and Comparative Law, London, 16 October 2007101. Speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York, 1 November 2007102. The Judicial Determination of Relevant Facts, Speech to the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the General Assembly, New York, 2 November 2007103. International law since 1945: A Personal Journey, Speech given on the eve of receiving the Balzan Prize 2007 for International Law since 1945, University of Zurich, 22 November 2007104. The Changing Position of Domestic Courts in the International Legal Order, First International Law in Domestic Courts Colloquium, The Hague, 17 March 2008105. Keynote speech for the Sixtieth Anniversary of the International Law Commission, Geneva, 19 May 2008106. Speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York, 30 October 2008107. Speech to the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the General Assembly, New York, November 2008Part X: Tributes to Colleagues108. Myres Smith McDougal (1906-1998), (with R. Falk, W.M. Reisman and H.W. Burns), American journal of international law, Vol. 92, pp. 729-733, 1998109. A Collection of Essays to Honour Professor D.W. Greig, Centre for International and Public Law, Faculty of Law, The Australian National University, Foreword iii-v, Australian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 20, 1999110. Words of personal appreciation to Erica-Irene Daes, Justice pending: indigenous people and other good causes (ed. G. Alfredsson and M. Stavropoulou), pp. 1-3, 2002111. Fleischhauer leaves the Court, Leiden Journal of International Law, Vol. 16, 55-56, 2003112. On Vojin Dimitrijevic, Essays in Honour of Vojin Dimitrijevic, (eds. Djilas and Djeric), Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, Belgrade, 2003113. In Memoriam Oscar Schachter : 1915-2003, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 42, afl. 3, pp. 629-635, 2004114. Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings 1913-2004, British Year Book of International Law, Vol. 75, pp. 1-5, 2005115. The Benign First Mate, Law in the Service of Human Dignity : Essays in Honour of Florentino Feliciano, (ed. by Steve Charnovitz, Debra P. Steger, Peter van den Bossche), 2005116. Final Remarks (Conference in Honour of Professor Philip Allott, European Journal of International Law, Vol. 16 (2), 347-353, 2005117. Contribution to Colin Warbrick's Festschrift, 2008118. Contribution to Fausto Pocar's Festschrift, 2008