Universal Civil Jurisdiction: Which Way Forward?

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-40856-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 495 g

Enabling the victims of international crimes to obtain reparation is crucial to fighting impunity. In Universal Civil Jurisdiction – Which Way Forward? experts of public and private international law discuss one of the key challenges that victims face, namely access to justice. Civil courts in the country where the crime was committed may be biased, or otherwise unwilling or unable to hear the case. Are the courts of other countries permitted, or required, to rule on the victim’s claim? Trends at the international and the domestic level after the Naït-Liman judgment of the European Court of Human Rights offer a nuanced answer, suggesting that civil jurisdiction is not only concerned with sovereignty, but is also a tool for the governance of global problems.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Forlati, Serena

Franzina, Pietro

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Privatrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Giorgio Gaja
List of Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Serena Forlati and Pietro Franzina

1 The Case of Näit-Liman before the European Court of Human Rights: A
Forum Non Conveniens for Asserting the Right of Access to a Court in
Relation to Civil Claims for Torture Committed Abroad?

Andrea Saccucci

2 The Role of the European Court of Human Rights in the Development
of Rules on Universal Civil Jurisdiction: Naït-Liman v Switzerland in the
Transition between the Chamber and the Grand Chamber

Serena Forlati

3 Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights: Lessons
from the Naït-Liman Case

Malgosia Fitzmaurice

4 Public International Law Constraints on the Exercise of Adjudicatory
Jurisdiction in Civil Matters

Lucas Roorda and Cedric Ryngaert

5 Universal Civil Jurisdiction and Reparation for International Crimes

Beatrice I. Bonafè

6 Limitations to the Exercise of Civil Jurisdiction in Areas Other Than
Reparation for International Crimes

Fabrizio Marongiu Buonaiuti

7 Residual Jurisdiction under the Brussels I bis Regulation: An Unexpected
Avenue to Address Extraterritorial Corporate Human Rights Violations

Mariangela La Manna

8 The Law Applicable to the Civil Consequences of Human Rights Violations Committed Abroad

Patrick Kinsch

9 The Changing Face of Adjudicatory Jurisdiction

Pietro Franzina

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Serena Forlati, LL.M. (Bruges), Ph.D. (Roma-La Sapienza), is Professor of International Law at the University of Ferrara. Her research interests focus on international courts and tribunals, international human rights law and its relationship with the fight against crime.

Pietro Franzina, Ph.D. (Padova), is Professor of International Law at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. His main research interests are in the field of private international law and international human rights law.