Pierre Klein

The Limits of Complicity as a Ground for Responsibility: Lessons Learned from the Corfu Channel Case

International law has long been infused with a vague commitment towards an indeterminate notion of humanity. An examination of humanity as a specific normative idea in the historical discourse of international law provides a platform for better understanding the rhetorical and substantive meaning of ‘elementary considerations of humanity’ in the seminal Corfu Channel case, as well as Judge Alverez’s use of the more affective (and perhaps honest) term ‘sentiments of humanity’ in his separate opinion. With the Court otherwise silent as to the content, scope and status of the principle, such background informs the judicial attitudinal stance taken towards this apparently ‘self-evident’ principle, as well as the values which the Court and other international tribunals would subsequently bring to their norm creation and enforcement roles, not least with respect to general principles as a source of law. Drawing upon the work of Koskenniemi and the analyses of the Martens clause by scholars such as Meron and Cassese, the chapter places particular emphasis on the political, normative and empathetic potential of the term, and its inherent relationship to a foundational, essentialist and idealistic notion of humanity which continues to gain strength in the discipline.

La Commission du droit international comme agent de formalisation du droit de la responsabilité:: modalités et significations de l’utilisation d’arbitrages partiellement détachés du droit positif

au-delà de la variété des règles substantielles qui le composent et des « engagements partiellement contradictoires résultant de systèmes de droits spéciaux toujours plus perfectionnés »3, le droit international est ainsi présenté dans son unité formelle4. dans son cours de La haye, le dédicataire des présents mélanges semble ainsi exprimer ses réticences face à la thèse de la « déformalisation » du droit international. selon cette thèse, défendue notamment aux etats-Unis, la formalisation,

Le panel consultatif des droits de l’homme (Human Rights Advisory Panel) de la MINUK: une étape dans le processus de responsabilisation des Nations Unies?

This is the thirteenth chapter of this book on principles and fundamentals of international law in the 21st century. The chapter, categorized under law and practice of international organizations and courts, talks about the Human Rights Advisory Panel and the UNMIK, which could be one step In the process of accountability United Nations. Keywords:Human Rights Advisory Panel; international law; UNMIK