‘CHANGING FUTURES? SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW’

HELSINKI, 2-3 October 2009

The following papers have been published in the Finnish Yearbook of International Law, Volume 20 (2009):

• Jan Klabbers, Introduction to Special Theme: Changing Futures? Science and International Law 

• Allan Rosas, The Death of International Law? 

• Anna Riddel, Scientific Evidence in the International Court of Justice – Problems and Possibilities 

• Céline Lévesque, Science in the Hands of International Investment Tribunals: A Case for ‘Scientific due Process’ 

• Maria Weimer, Policy Choice versus Science in Regulating Animal Cloning under the WTO Law

• Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharya, A.S. v. Hungary: A Case-Study in Adjucating Reproductive Health Claims and the Challenges posed by Interpreting Existent Human Rights Treaties 

• Lisa Clarke, Global Health Public-Private Partnerships: Better Protecting Against Disease but Creating a Gap in Responsibility under International Law 

• Sophie Gambardella, The Role of Scientific Committees Within Regional Fishing Commissions 

• Caroline E. Foster, The Consultation of Independent Experts by International Courts and Tribunals in Health and Environment Case

‘THE POWER OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN TIMES OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION’

BUDAPEST, 28-29 SEPTEMBER 2007

• Dessislava Cheytanova, Separatism or Legitimate Aspirations to Independence?

• Théodore Christakis, La Sécession: Une Question de Simple Fait?

• Jean d’Aspremont, Transfer of Values Through International Law: The Hobbesian Lessons from Eastern European Legal Scholars

• Barbara Delcourt, L’UE Face au Défi du Kosovo: Le Droit International à l’Epreuve de l’Intégration Européenne

• Fernanda Fernandez Jankov & Vesna Coric, The Legality of Uti Possidetis in the Definition of Kosovo’s Legal Status

• Tarcisio Gazzini, Junior Partners or Real Actors: Participation of Central and Eastern Europe in Military Interventions and Peacekeeping Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq

• Peter Kovacs, A propos de la légitimité des relations directes entre l’Etat-parent et la minorité voisine

• Mercedes Guinea Llorente, Tales of ‘Civilisation’: Transfer of Values Through the Eastern Neighbourhood Policy

• Enrico Milano, The Doctrine(s) of Non-Recognition: Theoretical Underpinnings and Policy Implications in Dealing with De Facto Regimes

• Zoran Oklopcic, Eight Theses on Self-Determination: From Self-Determination of Peoples to Principles of Polity-Formation?

• Efthymios Papastavridis, Interception of Human Beings on the High Seas Under the Law of the Sea Convention
  

• Ann Pauwels, The New Peacekeepers: Central and Eastern Europe in UN and NATO Actions Beyond Europe

• Aniko Raisz, Transfer of Values as to the Regional Human Rights Tribunals

• Daphné Richemond, The New Peacekeepers? Private Military Companies and the Future of Peacekeeping Operations

• Rene Uruena, Beyond a Matter of Rights: The UN’s 1267 Committee and the Hidden Role of international Law in Anti-Terrorist Policy

INTERNATIONAL LAW: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS

GENEVA, MAY 2005

• Jessica Almqvist, Rethinking Security and Human Rights in the Struggle against Terrorism

• Noah Birkhäuser, Sanctions of the Security Council against Individuals – Some Human Rights Problems

• Jean d’Aspremont, Les administrations internationales de territoire et la creation internationale d’etats democratiques

• Shujie Feng, La mise en œuvre des décisions de l’ORD en matière de propriété intellectuelle par les pays en développement

• Agnes Hurwitz, Toward Enhanced Legitimacy of Rule of Law Programs in Multidimensional Peace Operations

• Jörg Kammerhofer, Unearthing structural uncertainty through neo-Kelsenian consistency: Conflicts of norms in international law

• Haroldo Machado Filho, Looking for Adequate Tools for the Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Compliance Procedures and Mechanisms

• Owen McIntyre, The Role of Customary Rules and Principles in the Environmental Protection of Shared International Freshwater Resources

• Georg Nolte, The ICJ Advisory Opinion and Its Wider Implications for International Law

• Karsten Nowrot, New Approaches to the International Legal Personality of Multinational Corporations. Towards a Rebuttable Presumption of Normative Responsibilities

• Luis Peral, EU Protection Scheme for Refugees in the Region of Origin: Problems of Conditionality and Coherence

• Ana Peyró Llopis, Le mécanisme d’observance du Protocole de Kyoto : un mécanisme de contrôle dur au sein d’un instrument flexible

• Catherine Phuong, Identifying States’ Responsibilities towards Refugees and Asylum Seekers

• Emanuele Rebasti, Luisa Vierucci, A Legal Status for NGOs in Contemporary International Law?

• Carsten Stahn, Accountability And Legitimacy In Practice: Lawmaking By Transitional Administrations

• Ana Filipa Vrdoljak, Minorities, Cultural Rights and the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage

INAUGURAL CONFERENCE

FLORENCE, 2004

• Milagros Álvarez, European Security and Defence Policy in the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe : Some New Events

• Nicole Bjerler, Do Europeans have a right to environment?

• Ivan Boev, Droit Europeen des minorites et evolution des principes generaux du droit international

• Basak Cali,How would you like your ‘legal change’ done today, Madam?

• Aristotle Constantinides, An Overview of Legal Restraints on Security Council Chapter VII Action with a Focus on Post-Conflict Iraq

• Gabriele Della Morte, Les Tribunaux penaux internationaux et les references a leur propre jurisprudence : autoritas rerum similiter judicarum?

• Katharina Gamharter, Access to Affordable Medicines and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic – Facing a New Challenge in International Security Law
  

• Chiara Giorgetti, Fulfilling International Obligations by International Organizations in the Absence of State Control
  

• Lorenzo Gradoni, Nullem Crimen Sine Consuetudine: A Few Observations on how the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has been Identifying Custom

• Klara Kanska, The Normative Force of Decisions of International Organizations

• Elena Katselli, Countermeasures by Non-Injured States in the Law on State Responsibility
  

• Vittorio Mainetti, Des crimes contre le patrimoine culturel? Reflexions a propos de la criminalisationinternationale des atteinte aux biensculturels

• Balázs Majtényi, Where are they heading? The situation of the Roma minority in Hungarian and International law
  

• Enrico Milano, State Responsibility in Territorial Disputes before the ICJ
  

• Gjylbehare Murati, The Independence of the Judiciary and its Role in the Protection of Human Rights under UN Administration Using the Case of Kosovo

• Natalia Ochoa-Ruiz, Esther Salamanca-Aguado, The contribution of the ICJ judgement of 6 November 2003 in the case concerning OIL PLATFORMS (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN V UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) to international law on the use of force in self-defence
  

• Catrin Pekari, Human Rights in the Information Society
  

• Carmela Pérez Bernárdez, Changes and Developments in the Law of International Organisations as a Consequence of the Appearance of the European Community and the European Union as Subjects of International Law : the Right of Participation
  

• Maria Fernanda Pérez Solla, The Notion of international responsibility : a ‘classic’ in times of change?
  

• Dirk Pulkowski, Narratives of Fragmentation International Law between Unity and Multiplicity
  

• Akbar Rasulov, The Structure of the International Legal Discourse
  

• Lilian Richieri Hanania, International commercial rules on the exchange of cultural goods and services
  

• Nils Rosemann, New perspectives of accountability – the merging concept of corporate responsibilities with regard to human rights
  

• Ben Saul, Three Reasons for Defining and Criminalizing Terrorism
  

• Francesco Sindico, Unravelling the Trade and Environment Debate through Sustainable Development Law Principles

• Mirko Sossai, UN SC RES. 1373(2001) and international law-making : a transformation in nature of the legal obligations for the fight against terrorism

• Carsten Stahn, Jus ad Bellum – Jus in Bello…Jus Post Bellum : Towards a tripartite conception of armed conflict

• Ruth Abril Stoffels, Le rôle des Tribunaux pénaux internationaux pour le Rwanda et pour l’ex-Yougoslavie dans la sanction du viol et d’autres aggressions sexuelles graves comme crimes internationaux

• Pavel Sturma, International Criminal Court at a Crossroads or in an Impasse? Some Obstacles Related to the Jurisdiction and Cooperation
  

• Tijana Surlan, Ne bis in idem in conjunction with the principle of complementarity in the Rome Statute
  

•  Vincent Tomkiewicz, Regards au-delà de la fonction juridictionnelle de l’Organe d’appel de l’OMC : l’apport à la légitimité du mécanisme de règlement des différends
  

• Christina Voigt, Conflicts and Convergence in Climate Change and Trade Law : The Role of the Principle of Sustainable Development

• Ales Weingerl, Definition of Unilateral Acts of States