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International Law as an Instrument: Dialogue, Tensions, Accomplishments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 December 2019

Mónica Pinto
Mónica Pinto*
Affiliation:
Professor Emerita, University of Buenos Aires Law School; President, World Bank Administrative Tribunal, Inter-American Development Bank Administrative Tribunal; Member of the Committee of Experts for the Application of ILO Conventions and Recommendations.
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Extract

It is my great pleasure to be with you today in this Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law under the theme “International Law as an Instrument.”

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ASIL Assembly and Keynote
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 113 , 2019 , pp. 185 - 192
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Copyright © 2019 by The American Society of International Law

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Footnotes

The Assembly was convened at 5:00 pm., Thursday, March 28, 2019, and the Keynote Address was given by Mónica Pinto of the University of Buenos Aires Law School.

References

1 The same idea is in Le régionalisme dans le Système Interaméricain des droits de l'homme (SIDH), in Les droits humains comparés. A la recherche de l'universalité des droits humains, 43–49 (Niki Aloupi, Diego-P Fernández Arroyo, Caroline Kleiner, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos & Sébastien Touzé eds., 2019).

2 Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Nov. 4, 1950, 213 UNTS 221.

3 Treaty Instituting the European Coal and Steel Community, Apr. 18, 1950, 261 UNTS 140; Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community, Mar. 25, 1957, 298 UNTS 3; Treaty Establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Mar. 25, 1957, 298 UNTS 169.

4 Case 11-70, Internationale Handelsgesellschaft mbH v. Einfuhr- und Vorratsstelle für Getreide und Futtermittel, ECLI:EU:C:1970:114, Judgment, at 1126 (EU Ct. Just. Dec. 17, 1970).

5 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Dec. 7, 2000, Doc. 2012/C 326/2, OJ C.326, 391.

6 Case C–402/05 P and C–415/05, Kadi and Al Barakaat International Foundation v. Council and Commission [2008] ECR I–6351.

7 See www.achpr.org.

8 See www.african-court.org.

9 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS): Revised Treaty, Cotonou, July 24, 1993, 35 ILM 660 (1996).

10 Supplementary Protocol A/SP.1/01/05 Amending the Preamble and Articles 1,2,9 and 30 of Protocol A/P.1/7/91 Relating to the Community Court of Justice and Article 4 Paragraph 1 of the Said Protocol.

11 Prosecutor v. Furundžija, Case No. IT-95-17/1-T, Judgment (Int'l Crim. Trib. for the Former Yugoslavia Dec. 10, 1998)

12 Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, Report 5/96, Case No. 10.970, Raquel Martí de Mejía, Perú, Annual Report 1995.

13 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Dec. 9, 1948, 78 UNTS 277.

14 Prosecutor v. Akayesu, Case No. ICTR-96-4-T, Judgment (Sept. 2, 1998).

15 Id., para. 688.

16 Convention on the Settlement of Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States, Mar. 18, 1965, 575 UNTS 159.

17 Int'l Centre for Settlement of Inv. Disputes, The ICSID Caseload – Statistics, Issue 2019-1 (2019), available at https://icsid.worldbank.org/en/Documents/resources/ICSID%20Web%20Stats%202019-1(English).pdf

18 See Le traitement des violations systématiques des droits de l'homme du passé récent: le long parcours de l'Argentine, in Unité et Diversité. Ecrits en l'honneur du professeur Pierre-Marie Dupuy/ Unity and Diversity. Essays in Honour of Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy, at 839–58 (Denis Alland, Vincent Chetail, Olivier de Frouville & Jorge E. Viñuales eds., 2014).

19 Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Report No. 28/92, Cases 10147, 10181, 10240, 10262, 10309, 10311, Argentina (Oct. 2, 1992); Report No.29/92, Cases 10029, 10036, 10145, 10305, 10372, 10373, 10374, 10375, Uruguay (Oct. 2, 1992).

20 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, July 17, 1998, 2187 UNTS 3.

21 Organization of American States, Protocol of Amendments to the Charter of the Organization of American States (A-56), “Protocol of Washington” (Dec. 14, 1992).

22 Organization of American States, Inter-American Democratic Charter, AG/RES.1(XXVIII-E/01) (Sept. 11, 2001).

23 United Nations, 2005 World Summit Outcome, paras. 138–39, UN Doc. A/RES/60(I) (adopted Sept. 16, 2005).

24 SC Res. 808 (1993) (adopted by the Security Council at its 3175th meeting on February 22, 1993).

25 SC Res. 955 (1994) (adopted by the Security Council at its 3453rd meeting on November 8, 1994).

26 Application of the Convention for the Prevention and Repression of the Crime of Genocide, Preliminary Objections, 1996 ICJ Rep. 595, para. 31 (July 11).

27 Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Dem. Rep. Congo v. Rwanda), Judgment, Jurisdiction and Admissibility, 2006 ICJ Rep. 6, 32, para. 64 (Feb. 3).

28 Case Regarding the Application of the Convention for the Prevention and Repression of the Crime of Genocide, Judgment, 2007 ICJ Rep. 43, para. 161 (Feb. 26).

29 Pierre-Marie Dupuy, L'unité de l'ordre juridique international, 297 RCADI 9, 300 (2000).

30 Id. at 301.

31 Legal Consequences cf the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, 2004 ICJ Rep. 136 (July 9).

32 Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Dem. Rep. Congo v. Uganda), Judgment, 2005 ICJ Rep. 168 (Dec. 19).

33 UN Hm. Rts. Office of the High Commissioner, The Core International Human Rights Instruments and Their Monitoring Bodies, at https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CoreInstruments.aspx.

34 Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicar. v. U.S.), Judgment, 1986 ICJ Rep. 14, para. 191 (June 27).

35 Oil Platforms (Iran v. U.S.), Judgment, 2003 ICJ Rep. 161 (Nov. 6).

36 Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Dem. Rep. Congo v. Uganda), supra note 32, para. 165.

37 United States Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran (U.S. v. Iran), Judgment, 1980 ICJ Rep. 3, paras. 93–94 (May 24).

38 Legality of Use of Force (Yugo. v. Spain), Order, Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures, 1999 ICJ Rep. 916 (June 2).