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1. | THE FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW |
1.1. | Good Faith | |
1.2. | Equity | |
1.3. | Estoppel and Acquiescence |
2. | SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW |
2.1. | General Questions |
2.1.1. | Formation of Rules of International Law | ||
2.1.2. | Historic Rights | ||
2.1.3. | Rules of International Law of Regional and Local Application | ||
2.1.4. | Ius cogens / obligations erga omnes | ||
2.1.5. | Relation between the Sources of International Law |
2.2. | Customary International Law |
2.2.1. | Formation of Customary International Law | ||
2.2.2. | Evidence of Customary International Law |
2.3. | Treaties | |
2.4. | General Principles of Law | |
2.5. | Unilateral Acts |
3. | INTERNATIONAL LAW AND MUNICIPAL LAW |
4. | SUBJECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW |
4.1. | General Questions | |
4.2. | States |
4.2.1. | Jurisdiction of States | ||
4.2.2. | Territory | ||
4.2.3. | Nationality | ||
4.2.4. | Organs | ||
4.2.5. | Fundamental Rights and Obligations |
4.2.5.1. | Sovereignty | |||
4.2.5.2. | Equality | |||
4.2.5.3. | Peaceful Settlement of Disputes | |||
4.2.5.4. | Obligations of Cooperation and Negotiation |
4.2.6. | Succession of States |
4.2.7. | Immunity of States |
4.3. | International Organisations |
4.3.1. | General Questions | ||
4.3.2. | Legal Position of Member States | ||
4.3.3. | Internal Law | ||
4.3.4. | "Implied Powers" |
4.4. | Other Subjects of International Law | |
4.5. | Individuals |
5. | THE UNITED NATIONS |
5.1. | General Questions | |
5.2. | General Assembly | |
5.3. | Security Council | |
5.4. | Secretary-General | |
5.5. | Other Organs | |
5.6. | Relationship between different Organs | |
5.7. | Interpretation of the Charter | |
5.8. | Maintenance of International Peace and Security | |
5.9. | Trusteeship System | |
5.10. | Specialized Agencies | |
5.11. | United Nations Administrative Tribunal | |
5.12. | Regional Arrangements | |
5.13. | Privileges and Immunities |
6. | USE OF FORCE AND RELATED PROBLEMS |
6.1. | Use of Force | |
6.2. | Self-defence | |
6.3. | Intervention |
7. | LAW OF TREATIES |
7.1. | General Questions | |
7.2. | Treatymaking Capacity | |
7.3. | Conclusion | |
7.4. | Reservations | |
7.5. | Application | |
7.6. | Invalidity | |
7.7. | Suspension and Termination | |
7.8. | Interpretation | |
7.9. | Specific Treaties |
7.9.1. | Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of 1946 | ||
7.9.2. | Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance of 1947 | ||
7.9.3. | Geneva Convention on the Protection of Victims of War of 1949 | ||
7.9.4. | Treaty of Friendship Commerce and Navigation of 1956 between the United States and Nicaragua | ||
7.9.5. | Treaty between the Allied and Associated Powers and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on the Protection of Minorities of 1919 | ||
7.9.6. | Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide of 1948 | ||
7.9.7. | Treaty of Friendship and Good Neighbourliness between the French Republic and the United Kingdom of Libya of 1955 | ||
7.9.8. | Convention on the Continental Shelf of 1958 | ||
7.9.9. | Doha Minutes | ||
7.9.10. | Treaty of Amity Economic Relations and Consular Rights | ||
7.9.11. | Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of 1946 | ||
7.9.12. | Vienna Convention on Consular Relations | ||
7.9.13. | 1891 Boundary Convention Between Netherlands and Great Britain |
8. | VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND RESPONSIBILITY OF STATES |
8.1. | General Questions | |
8.2. | Violation of International Law | |
8.3. | Treaty Violations | |
8.4. | Imputability | |
8.5. | Fault and due Diligence | |
8.6. | Participation | |
8.7. | Violation of Duty to Prevent Damage | |
8.8. | Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness | |
8.9. | Consequences of an Internationally Wrongful Act | |
8.10. | Countermeasures |
1. | TERRITORY OF STATES |
1.1. | Acquisition and Loss |
1.1.1. | General Questions | ||
1.1.2. | Legal or Historic Title | ||
1.1.3. | Effectivités |
1.2. | Boundaries |
1.2.1. | Land Boundaries | ||
1.2.2. | Maritime Boundaries | ||
1.2.3. | Air and Space | ||
1.2.4. | Principle of "uti possidetis" |
2. | LAW OF THE SEA |
2.1. | General Questions | |
2.2. | Determination of Maritime Boundaries | |
2.3. | Internal Waters | |
2.4. | Maritime Zones | |
2.5. | Freedom of Navigation | |
2.6. | Fisheries | |
2.7. | Islands / Low-tide elevations |
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4. | AIR AND SPACE LAW tr> |
5. | SELF-DETERMINATION |
6. | NATIONALITY |
6.1. | General Questions | |
6.2. | Acquisition and Loss | |
6.3. | Diplomatic Protection |
7. | MINORITIES |
8. | LAW OF ALIENS |
8.1. | General Questions | |
8.2. | Protection of Property |
9. | HUMAN RIGHTS |
10. | LAW OF ARMED CONFLICTS / INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW |
11. | DISPUTE SETTLEMENT |
11.1. | General Questions | |
11.2. | Judicial and Arbitral Decisions |
12. | DIPLOMACY AND CONSULAR MATTERS |
13. | INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW |
14. | INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW |
15. | EXTRADITION |
16. | INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW |
16.1. | General Questions | |
16.2. | Universal Jurisdiction |
17. | DEPENDENT TERRITORIES |
1. | FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES |
1.1. | General Questions | |
1.2. | Consent of States | |
1.3. | Equality of Parties | |
1.4. | Political Questions/Determination of the Existence of a Dispute | |
1.5. | Ius standi | |
1.6. | Applicable Law | |
1.7. | Jura novit curia |
2. | THE JURISDICTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE |
2.1. | General Rules | |
2.2. | Conditions for a Decision on the Merits |
2.3. | The Optional Clause |
2.3.1. | General Questions | ||
2.3.2. | Transfer of Acceptances of the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the Permanent Court of International Justice (Article 36, Paragraph 5, of the Statute of the International Court of Justice) | ||
2.3.3. | Reservations | ||
2.3.4. | Interpretation of a Declaration made under Article 36, Paragraph 2, of the Statute | ||
2.3.5. | Reciprocity |
2.4. | Jurisdiction on the Basis of a Special Agreement | |
2.5. | Jurisdiction on the Basis of Treaties |
2.5.1. | General Questions | ||
2.5.2. | Transfer of Competences of the Permanent Court of International Justice (Article 37 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice) | ||
2.5.3. | Specific Treaties |
3. | THE PROCEDURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE |
3.10.1. | General Questions | ||
3.10.2. | Questions of Procedure | ||
3.10.3. | Provisional Measures and Jurisdiction | ||
3.10.4. | Binding Effect / Compliance | ||
3.10.5. | Provisional Measures and Merits |
3.11. | Intervention |
3.11.1. | General Questions (Article 62 and 63 of the Statute) | ||
3.11.2. | Article 62, Prerequisites in General | ||
3.11.3. | Article 62, Jurisdictional Link | ||
3.11.4. | Procedural Rights of the Intervening State | ||
3.11.5. | Article 63 |
3.12. | Counter-Claim | |
3.13. | Joinder | |
3.14. | Withdrawal of Suit | |
3.15. | Question of Costs |
4. | JUDGMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE |
4.1. | General Questions | |
4.2. | Res judicata / Effects of Judgments | |
4.3. | Interpretation of Decisions | |
4.4. | Revision of Judgments |
5. | ADVISORY OPINIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE |