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Estudio que compara desde un punto de vista material, el Derecho comunitario europeo con el derivado de la Organización Mundial del Comercio. El autor describe comparativamente los pasos necesarios para evaluar y gestionar los riesgos de los productos biotecnologicos e impedir, al mismo tiempo, el surgimiento de barreras no justificadas al comercio internacional.Pocas obras se atreven a comparar, desde un punto de vista material, el Derecho Comunitario Europeo con el derivado de la Organizacion Mundial del Comercio. Este libro lo hace, ademas, en el siempre conflictivo pero actual ambito de la regulacion de riesgos sanitarios y medioambientales, a traves del no menos complejo ejemplo de los organismos geneticamente modificados. . Siguiendo el procedimiento de analisis de riesgo, el autor describe comparativamente los pasos necesarios para evaluar y gestionar los riesgos de los productos biotecnologicos e impedir, al mismo tiempo, el surgimiento de barreras no justificadas al comercio internacional. El caracter eminentemente practico del tema se ve completado con una aproximacion multidisciplinar, incluyendo elementos sociologicos y economicos que afectan la toma de decisiones y son reconocidos tanto por la regulacion como por la jurisprudencia, ademas del ya clasico principio de precaucion. . El rigor cientifico, sustentado en una solida bibliografia y jurisprudencia, asi como la vision practica de su analisis, hacen este libro muy recomendable tanto para personas del ambito academico como para aquellos otros profesionales inmersos en la regulacion de los organismos geneticamente modificados.

Dirs. Cástor M. Díaz Barrado, Ana Montero Salvador. Las relaciones iberoamericanas suscitan en el contexto de la economía globalizada un enorme interés, dado su gran dinamismo y su influencia internacional, que sirve de ejemplo a otros modelos de relacion. Esta relacion, compleja y que cada vez abarca mas ambitos de interes, pretende ser clarificada para los estudiosos de estas cuestiones mediante el Glosario de terminos utiles para el analisis y estudio del Espacio Iberoamericano de Cooperacion e Integracion: Comercio, Cultura y Desarrollo, que nace con vocacion de obra de referencia sobre temas iberoamericanos. En esta tarea participan setenta autores de ambos lados del Atlantico, expertos todos ellos en cuestiones iberoamericanas, entre los que se encuentran destacados juristas, que han prestado sus conocimientos en una obra que confiamos sirva para entender mejor los instrumentos juridicos y las organizaciones internacionales del espacio iberoamericano y tambien del europeo, dada la influencia innegable que la Union Europea esta teniendo en las relaciones con el continente hermano Ejemplo de entradas del Glosario: ALBA: Alianza Bolivariana para las Americas; ALOP: Asociacion Latinoamericana de Organizaciones de Promocion al Desarrollo; CAFTA: Tratado de Libre Comercio entre la Republica Dominicana, Centroamerica y EEUU; TLCAN: Tratado de Libre Comercio de America del Norte; MERCOSUR (...)

As President of the International Court of Justice, Dame Rosalyn Higgins is the world's most senior judge. This two volume set collects together all of her most important writings as a scholar, a member of the UN Human Rights Committee, and as judge and President of the International Court of Justice. During these years Dame Rosalyn has written on a wide range of topics including legal theory, United Nations Law, humanitarian law, the use of force, state and diplomatic immunities, human rights, and natural resources law. As President and Judge of the International Court of Justice, Dame Rosalyn has played her part in the formulation of the Judgments and Opinions of the principal judicial organ of the UN. She has sought to ensure the ICJ - the senior international court - operates in a modern and efficient manner, and in cordial relationship with the many new courts and tribunals now existing. These aspirations are reflected in her speeches during the years 2006 to 2008, most of which have not hitherto been published. This volume boasts a comprehensive collection of all her Separate Opinions, amongst other writings, divided into ten Parts by subject matter. This includes specially written introductory passages by Dame Rosalyn to present the catalogue of her writings and the correlative developments in international law by theme.

This is the authoritative, article-by-article account of the legislative history, interpretation, and practical application of each and every United Nations Charter provision. Written by a team of distinguished scholars and practitioners, this book is the product of a combination of academic research with the insights of practice, and is an indispensable work of reference for all those interested in this significant international organization. The Commentary will be crucial in providing new directions for the development of international law and the United Nations in the twenty-first century.

Esta edición recoge una ampliación en la anotación reflejada, entre otras materias, en diversos Acuerdos sobre inmigración celebrados por España y países como Senegal, Argelia, Guinea Bissau; y referencias a visados, exencion y representacion, extradiciones, pasaportes diplomaticos, tarjeta de extranjeros, etc. Tambien se ha procedido a la actualizacion de la normativa comunitaria, asi por ejemplo del Reglamento (CE) num. 539/2001, y tambien con el Reglamento (CE) num. 767/2008, del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo de 9 de julio de 2008, sobre el Sistema de Informacion de Visados (VIS) y el intercambio de datos. A nivel interno, se incluye en la redaccion de diversas notas, la nueva estructura del Ministerio del Interior, establecida por el Real Decreto 1181/2008, de 11 de julio, y referencia al Real Decreto-ley 4/2008, de 19 de septiembre, sobre abono acumulado y de forma anticipada de la prestacion contributiva por desempleo a trabajadores extranjeros no comunitarios que retornen voluntariamente a sus paises de origen.

Desde una óptica de acción política, el presente estudio pretende analizar el estado de la cuestión en torno al complejo mundo de la Financiación del Desarrollo, partiendo de los enunciados contenidos en el Consenso de Monterrey (2002), revisados posteriormente en la Declaración de Doha (2008), refiriendo elementos y juicios de valor comúnmente asumidos en el seno de la sociedad civil, señalando las carencias mas notorias y formulando finalmente recomendaciones sobre aspectos deseables de mejora en la problemática tratada. Esta estratificación se aplicará a las principales acciones directoras del Consenso y de la Declaración.

International actors have played an active role in the administration of territories over the past two centuries. This book analyses the genesis and law and practice of international territorial administration, covering all experiments from the Treaty of Versailles to contemporary engagements such as the conflict in Iraq. The book discusses the background, legal framework and practice of international territorial administration, including its relationship to related paradigms (internationalisation, mandate administration, Trusteeship administration and occupation). This is complemented by a discussion of four common legal issues which arise in the context of this activity: the status of the territory under administration, the status and accountability of administering authorities, the exercise of regulatory powers by international administrations, and the relationship between international and domestic actors. Alongside surveys of the existing approaches and conceptual choices, the book also includes relevant case-law and practice and lessons learned for future engagements.

The debate on indigenous rights has revealed some serious difficulties for current international law, posed mainly by different understandings of important concepts. This book explores the extent to which indigenous claims, as recorded in the United Nations fora, can be accommodated by current international law. By doing so, it also highlights how the indigenous debate has stretched the contours and ultimately evolved international human rights standards. The book first reflects on the international law responses to the theoretical arguments on cultural membership. After a comprehensive analysis of the existing instruments on indigenous rights, the discussion turns to self-determination. Different views are assessed and a fresh perspective on the right to self-determination is outlined. Ultimately, the author refuses to shy away from difficult questions and challenging issues and offers a comprehensive discussion of indigenous rights and their contribution to international law.

The concept of obligations erga omnes--obligations to the international community as a whole--has fascinated international lawyers for decades, yet its precise implications remain unclear. This book assesses how this concept affects the enforcement of international law. It demonstrates that all States are entitled to invoke obligations erga omnes in proceedings before the International Court of Justice, and to take countermeasures in response to serious erga omnes breaches. In addition, it suggests ways of identifying obligations that qualify as erga omnes.

Statehood in the early 21st century remains as much a central problem now as it was in 1979 when the first edition of The Creation of States in International Law was published. As Rhodesia, Namibia, the South African Homelands and Taiwan then were subjects of acute concern, today governments, international organizations, and other institutions are seized of such matters as the membership of Cyprus in the European Union, application of the Geneva Conventions to Afghanistan, a final settlement for Kosovo, and, still, relations between China and Taiwan. All of these, and many other disputed situations, are inseparable from the nature of statehood and its application in practice. The remarkable increase in the number of States in the 20th century did not abate in the twenty five years following publication of James Crawford's landmark study, which was awarded the American Society of International Law Prize for Creative Scholarship in 1981. The independence of many small territories comprising the 'residue' of the European colonial empires alone accounts for a major increase in States since 1979; while the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the USSR in the early 1990s further augmented the ranks. With these developments, the practice of States and international organizations has developed by substantial measure in respect of self-determination, secession, succession, recognition, de-colonization, and several other fields. Addressing such questions as the unification of Germany, the status of Israel and Palestine, and the continuing pressure from non-State groups to attain statehood, even, in cases like Chechnya or Tibet, against the presumptive rights of existing States, James Crawford discusses the relation between statehood and recognition; the criteria for statehood, especially in view of evolving standards of democracy and human rights; and the application of such criteria in international organizations and between states. Also discussed are the mechanisms by which states have been created, including devolution and secession, international disposition by major powers or international organizations and the institutions established for Mandated, Trust, and Non-Self-Governing Territories. Combining a general argument as to the normative significance of statehood with analysis of numerous specific cases, this fully revised and expanded second edition gives a comprehensive account of the developments which have led to the birth of so many new states.

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play an increasing political role on the international scene, and their position in relation to international law is generally regarded as important but informal. Their actual legal status has not been the subject of much investigation. This book examines the legal status of NGOs in different fields of international law, with emphasis on human rights law. The rights, obligations, locus standi and consultative status of NGOs are explored by means of a thorough examination of international legal rules and practices. .

The interpretation and application of the rules of international and regional trade is becoming an increasingly specialised field. This study provides an in-depth analysis of the core legal concepts characterising the two most prominent and successful efforts in the regulation of international trade to date. Adopting a comparative method, it analyses the basic legal instruments employed by the EU and the WTO for the purpose of liberalising trade in goods among their respective Members. To this end, this study offers a fresh look at the principles underlying the basic rules of international trade law, including the prohibition of border measures, the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality, and the principle of reasonableness.

Coord. Yolanda Gamarra Chopo. l volumen recoge los trabajos presentados en el foro internacional Once lecciones sobre justicia internacional, celebrado en Zaragoza del 2 al 4 de abril de 2008 con el objetivo de desarrollar una labor educativa en el ambito de los estudios internacionales. Las lecciones comienzan abordando la cuestion del derecho de acceso de los individuos a los tribunales internacionales para ver protegidos sus derechos y libertades, y prosiguen analizando el creciente rechazo contra los abusos y crimenes cometidos en situaciones de conflicto o de graves crisis social y la determinacion de procesar a los responsables. Se exponen temas de interes actual como la prohibicion y represion de la tortura, la persecucion de crimenes contra el medio ambiente como crimenes de guerra o la represion de actos terroristas por organos internacionales.

Trad. Nicolás Carrillo Santarelli. El contenido de este libro y su difusión editorial es especialmente pertinente en el momento actual debido a los importantes y nuevos retos, problemas y dificultades que el mundo de hoy debe afrontar. Algunas de las particularidades de la crisis actual son tratadas en el libro, donde se aborda, por ejemplo, la pregunta sobre como se puede gestionar con exito un mundo globalizado, especialmente su economia. La respuesta reside en limitar la dependencia excesiva del Estado nacion y del concepto de soberania, para reconocer la evidente necesidad de contar con mecanismos internacionales, que han de desarrollar funciones de regulacion y control del cumplimiento de las normas desde el presupuesto de su fuerza para obligar, compeler, exigir la observancia de lo acordado y, en este sentido, trascender los sistemas basados en su aceptacion voluntaria. Es util, en este sentido, el estudio del Mecanismo de Solucion de Diferencias de la OMC para ponderar sus logros y deficiencias en el debate sobre su, todavia pendiente, proceso de reforma. El libro tambien analiza algunas cuestiones jurisprudenciales clave, que muy probablemente son comunes a todos los sistemas de solucion de diferencias en cuanto sistemas regulatorios, que tengan perspectivas razonables de exito. El autor confia en que este libro pueda servir como estimulo a la formulacion de ideas y nuevos estudios que permitan la reflexion sobre los desafios centrales del mundo del siglo XXI. INDICE (Resumen): Desafios a postulados fundamentales sobre el derecho internacional. Introduccion: derecho internacional y derecho internacional economico en el mundo interdependiente del siglo XXI. Las imposiciones del mundo real al derecho internacional: explorando los retos a las suposiciones fundamentales del derecho y las instituciones internacionales. Soberania-moderna: una nueva aproximacion a un concepto desfasado. La OMC. La OMC como organizacion internacional: evolucion institucional...