SOBRE PLOMEROS Y ARQUITECTOS SOCIALES: ELEMENTOS Y PROBLEMAS DEL FALLO DE LA CORTE INTERNACIONAL DE JUSTICIA SOBRE LA INMUNIDAD JURISDICCIONAL DE LOS ESTADOS

POR CARLOS ESPÓSITO

Este análisis de la sentencia de la Corte Internacional de Justicia en el caso de las Inmunidades de Jurisdicción se lleva a cabo en dos partes. La primera presenta brevemente los elementos básicos del fallo de la Corte en el caso; la segunda identifica y discute algunos problemas que surgen de la decisión. Estos incluyen el carácter jurídico de la regla de la inmunidad de los Estados, los límites de la metodología positivista para establecer la práctica de los Estados como prueba de derecho internacional consuetudinario y sus excepciones, así como los problemas de una aproximación estrictamente procedimental para considerar una posible excepción a la inmunidad por serias violaciones al derecho internacional y al derecho internacional humanitario. El comentario concluye con una breve evaluación general de la sentencia, su influencia y el desarrollo futuro del derecho de las inmunidades de los Estados por los tribunales nacionales.

Carlos Espósito es abogado por la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Doctor en Derecho, cum laude, por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, donde se desempeña como catedrático de Derecho Internacional Público.

Disponível em: <http://www.revistaladi.com.ar/numero3-esposito/>. Acesso em 2 fev. 2017.

The International Court of Justice and the Judicial Politics of Identifying Customary International Law

Niels Petersen 

University of Muenster – Faculty of Law; Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

November 1, 2016

Forthcoming in European Journal of International Law, Vol. 28 (2017) 

MPI Collective Goods Preprint, No. 2016/19

Abstract: 

It is often observed in the literature on customary international law that the identification practice of the International Court of Justice for customary norms deviates from the traditional definition of customary law in Art. 38 (1) lit. b of the ICJ Statute. However, while there are many normative and descriptive accounts on customary law and the Court’s practice, few studies try to explain the jurisprudence of the ICJ. This study aims at closing this gap. I argue that the ICJ’s argumentation pattern is due to the institutional constraints that the Court faces. In order for its decisions to be accepted, it has to signal impartiality through its reasoning. However, the analysis of state practice necessarily entails the selection of particular instances of practice, which could tarnish the image of an impartial court. In contrast, if the Court resorts to the consent of the parties or widely accepted international documents, it signals impartiality.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 31

Disponível em: <https://ssrn.com/abstract=2876543>. Acesso em: 05 dez. 2016.

The Evidentiary Practice of the World Court

H.E. Peter Tomka 

International Court of Justice

Vincent-Joël Proulx 

National University of Singapore's Faculty of Law
November 20, 2015
Juan Carlos Sainz-Borgo (ed), Liber Amicorum Gudmundur Eiriksson, San José, University for Peace Press, 2016, Forthcoming.  Abstract:
In this chapter, we canvass some key aspects of the evidentiary practice of the World Court, with particular emphasis on recent developments. Our ambition is to provide insight into both the Court’s jurisprudential pronouncements on important evidentiary matters, and its institutional culture and practice as regards the management and treatment of evidence. This chapter begins by mapping out the evidentiary framework governing the Court’s work, with reference to relevant provisions, before turning to the admissibility of evidence before the Court. Ultimately, this contribution recalls and explores select substantive pronouncements of the Court on matters of evidence.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 22

Disponível em: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=2693558>. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2015.

Article: International Human Rights Law and the International Court of Justice

Eva R. Rieter 

Radboud University Nijmegen - Faculty of Law

January 18, 2014

Abstract:

This report, prepared for the Committee on International Human Rights Law of the International Law Association, examines the increased references by the ICJ to decisions by human rights bodies as well as its attitude towards the position of the individual in general, with a focus on its case law on the extraterritorial application of human rights treaties, on its practice regarding provisional measures involving human beings and on the issue of diplomatic protection. It concludes that given its function and its dependence on the cases and requests brought before it, the ICJ very often is not in a position to contribute to human rights law, but its increasing sensitivity to the fate of human beings has nevertheless contributed to the humanization of international law and its increasing openness to cross-referencing does validate, directly or indirectly, the approach of the supervisory bodies to human rights treaties dealing with individual complaints.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 23

Disponível em: <http://ssrn.com/abstract=2393651>. Acesso em 20 fev. 2014.