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The 2012 UN Declaration on the Rule of Law and Its Projections

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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 107 , 2013 , pp. 467 - 475
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2014

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* The panel was sponsored by the UN21 Interest Group and cosponsored by the Government Attorneys Interest Group, the Transitional Justice and Rule of Law Interest Group, and the International Criminal Law Interest Group. What appears here is a summary of the panelists’ transcribed remarks.

1 G.A. Res. 67/1 (Nov. 30, 2012).

2 Press Release, General Assembly, UN Press Release GA/11290 (Sept. 24, 2012).

3 Among important documents in that regard are the United Nations Millennium Declaration, G.A. Res. 55/2; the reports of the Secretary-General on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies, S/2004/616 & S/2011/634; the 2005 World Summit Outcome, G.A. Res. 60/1; and various reports of the Secretary-General on strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities, A/63/226, A/64/298, A/65/318, A/66/133, A/67/290. See also Chesterman, Simon, The UN Security Council and the Rule of Law, UN General Assembly Security Council, UN Doc. A/63/69-S/2008/270, 2008 Google Scholar; NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-57.

4 Cf. G.A. Res. 67/1, para. 2 (Nov. 30, 2012).

5 For the elements of proportionality in public international law, see Crawford, Emily, Proportionality, in Max Planck Encyclopedia Pub. Int’l L. (Wolfram, Rüdiger ed., 2008)Google Scholar.

6 S.C. Res. 1452, para. 1 (Dec. 20, 2002).

7 S.C. Res. 1617, para. 2 (July 29, 2005).

8 S.C. Res. 1730, para. 1 (Dec. 19, 2006).

9 S.C. Res. 1735, para. 7 (Dec. 22, 2006).

10 S.C. Res. 1822, para. 13 (June 30, 2008).

11 S.C. Res. 1904, para. 20 (Dec. 17, 2009).

12 Under Security Council Resolutions 1483 (May 22, 2003) and 1518 (Nov. 24, 2003).

13 See S.C. Res. 2083, para. 19 (Dec. 17, 2012).

14 See id. para. 21.

15 In re European Commission, Council of the European Union, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. Yassin Abdullah Kadi, Joined Cases C-584/10 P, C-593/10 P & C-595/10 P, Opinion of the Advocate General of 19 March 2013, para. 89.

16 Id. para. 87.

17 Id. paras. 86, 87.

18 See Feinäugle, Clemens A., The Exercise of Public Authority in International Law 358, 359 (2011).Google Scholar For the relationship between the EU level and EU member states, such an obligation is provided for in Article 4(3) TEU.

19 In re Al-J edda v. United Kingdom, Application No. 27021/087, ECtHR, Judgment (Grand Chamber), July 7,2011.

20 Id.

21 Appl. No. 10593/08, ECtHR, Judgment (Grand Chamber), Sept. 12, 2012.

22 Oct. 15, 1999.

23 Youssef Mustapha Nada v. Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft, Case No. 1A 45/2007, BGE 133 II 450, also available at ILDC 461 (CH 2007), http://opil.ouplaw.corn/home/oril.

24 Netherlands v. A and Others [2012] LJN: BX8351.

25 Dec. 23, 2006.

26 A/RES/67/l.

27 The following links contained the documents mentioned by Ambassador Hans Corell: Text of letter to PR: http://www.havc.se/res/SelectedMaterial/20121122textoflettertopr.pdf; International Criminal Justice: http://www.havc.se/res/SelectedMaterial/20121112corellkeynoteicj.pdf; A Guide for Politicians: http://rwi.lu.se/what-we-do/academic-activities/pub/rule-of-law-a-guide-for-politicians/; Natalia Project-Civil Rights Defenders: http://natalia.civilrights-defenders.org/.