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Contents
- Preliminary Material
- Main Text
- Part I Global Courts
- Preliminary Material
- 1 The International Court of Justice
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Procedural Aspects
- Languages
- Instituting proceedings
- Financial assistance
- Provisional measures
- Preliminary objections
- Written phase
- Oral phase
- Third party intervention
- Multiple proceedings
- Amicus curiae briefs
- Representation of parties
- Decision
- Appeal
- Interpretation and revision of judgment
- Costs
- Execution of decision, recognition, and enforcement
- Evaluation
- Reference
- Annex States recognizing the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court (as of September 2009) [with or without reservations]
- 2 The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Procedural Aspects
- Languages
- Instituting proceedings
- Financial assistance
- Preliminary proceedings/objections
- Provisional measures
- Prompt release of vessels and crews
- Written and oral proceedings on the merits
- Third party intervention
- Multiple proceedings
- Amicus curiae briefs
- Representation of parties
- Decision
- Interpretation and revision of judgment
- Appeal
- Costs
- Execution of decision, recognition, and enforcement
- Evaluation
- Reference
- Annex List of states parties to UNCLOS
- 3 The Dispute Settlement System of the World Trade Organization
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Procedural Aspects
- Evaluation
- Reference
- Annex List of members of the WTO
- Part II Arbitration Institutions
- Preliminary Material
- 4 The Permanent Court of Arbitration
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Procedural Aspects
- Languages
- Instituting proceedings
- Financial assistance
- Provisional measures
- Preliminary proceedings/objections
- Written pleadings
- Oral arguments
- Third party intervention
- Amicus curiae
- Representation of parties
- Decision
- Interpretation and revision of award
- Appeals
- Costs
- Execution of decision, recognition, and enforcement
- Conciliation and fact finding under the PCA
- Evaluation
- Reference
- Annex List of states parties to the 1899/1907 Conventions
- 5 The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Procedural Aspects
- Languages
- Instituting proceedings
- Financial assistance
- Preliminary proceedings/objections
- Provisional measures
- Written pleadings
- Oral arguments
- Third party intervention
- Amicus curiae
- Representation of the parties
- Decision
- Rectification or supplementation, revision, and interpretation of awards
- Appeals/annulment
- Costs
- Execution of decision, recognition, and enforcement
- Evaluation
- Reference
- Annex List of contracting states and other signatories of the Convention
- Part III International Criminal Courts and Tribunals
- Preliminary Material
- 6 The International Criminal Court
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Procedural Aspects
- Evaluation
- Reference
- Annex States parties to the Rome Statute
- 7 The Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals: ICTY and ICTR
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Procedural Aspects
- Evaluation
- Reference
- 8 Hybrid International Criminal Tribunals: The Special Court for Sierra Leone, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Procedural Aspects
- Evaluation
- Reference
- Part IV Regional Economic Integration Bodies/Free Trade Agreements
- Preliminary Material
- 9 Courts of the European Economic Area
- 1 The European Court of Justice/Court of Justice of the European Union
- 2 The European Free Trade Association Court
- 10 Courts of Justice of Other Economic Communities
- 1 The Caribbean Court of Justice
- 2 The Andean Community Tribunal of Justice
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Governing texts
- Organization
- Jurisdiction
- Procedural Aspects
- Reference
- 3 The Mercosur Dispute Settlement System
- 4 The North American Free Trade Agreement Dispute Settlement System
- Name and seat of the body
- General description
- The general dispute settlement procedure (Chapter 20 of the NAFTA Agreement)
- Antidumping and countervailing duties bi-national panels (Chapter 19 of the NAFTA Agreement)
- Investment disputes (Chapter 11 of the NAFTA Agreement)
- Dispute settlement under the NAFTA side agreements on Environment and Labor
- Reference
- 5 The Economic Court of the Commonwealth of Independent States
- Part V Human Rights Bodies
- Preliminary Material
- 11 The European Court of Human Rights
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Procedural Aspects
- Evaluation
- Reference
- Annex I List of states parties to the ECHR
- Annex II The Collective Complaint System under the European Social Charter
- Annex III States parties to the Social Charter 1961 and to the Revised Social Charter
- Annex IV States parties to the Collective Complaint Protocol
- 12 The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Procedural Aspects
- Languages
- Instituting proceedings
- Financial assistance
- Precautionary and provisional measures
- Preliminary proceedings
- Written phase
- Oral arguments
- Third party intervention/multiple proceedings
- Amicus curiae
- Representation of parties
- Decision
- Interpretation and revision of judgments
- Appeal
- Costs
- Enforcement of judgments
- Evaluation
- Reference
- Annex List of states parties to the American Convention on Human Rights
- 13 The African Commission and Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Procedural Aspects
- Evaluation
- Reference
- Annex I List of 53 states parties to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
- Annex II List of 25 states parties to the 1998 Protocol establishing the African HR Court
- Annex III States that have ratified the 2003 African Court of Justice Protocol
- Annex IV States that have ratified the 2008 ACJHR Protocol
- Annex V The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
- 14 The Human Rights Committee
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Procedural Aspects
- Evaluation
- Reference
- Annex List of 165 states parties to the ICCPR
- Annex II List of 113 states parties to the Optional Protocol
- Annex III List of 48 states that made ICCPR, article 41 declarations accepting the competence of the HRC to receive inter-state complaints
- 15 Other UN Treaty Bodies
- 1 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 2 The Committee Against Torture
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Individual Communications (Article 22 Procedure)
- Inter-State Communications (Article 21 Procedure)
- Investigation of Systematic Practice of Torture (Article 20 Procedure)
- Reference
- Annex I List of 146 states parties to CAT
- Annex II List of states parties to CAT that recognize the competence of the Committee to receive inter-state communications
- Annex III List of states parties to CAT that recognize the competence of the Committee to receive individual communications
- 3 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
- 16 Representation and Complaint Procedures of the International Labour Organization
- Part VI Inspection, Review, and Compliance Mechanisms in International Financial Institutions
- Preliminary Material
- 17 The Inspection Panel of the World Bank
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Institutional Aspects
- Procedural Aspects
- Evaluation
- Reference
- 18 Other Inspection, Review, and Compliance Mechanisms in International Financial Institutions
- Preliminary Material
- 1 Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Independent Investigation Mechanism
- 2 Asian Development Bank (ADB) Inspection Function
- 3 The Office of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA))
- 4 African Development Bank Independent Review Mechanism
- 5 European Bank For Reconstruction And Development (EBRD) Independent Recourse Mechanism
- Evaluation
- Reference
- Part VII Compliance Procedures in Multilateral Environmental Agreements
- 19 Compliance Procedures in Multilateral Environmental Agreements
- 1 Non-Compliance Procedure under the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
- 2 Procedures and Mechanisms Relating to Compliance Under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- 3 Procedures for the Review of Compliance under the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
- Evaluation
- Reference
- 19 Compliance Procedures in Multilateral Environmental Agreements
- Part I Global Courts
- Further Material
