Nolte Peace through International Law

The Role of the International Law Commission. A Colloquium at the Occasion of its Sixtieth Anniversary
1. Auflage 2009
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Georg Nolte Excellencies, dear Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome you to our colloquium on the occasion of the sixtieth an- versary of the International Law Commission. The Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and the Humboldt University of Berlin are happy that you have followed our invitation. We are particularly proud that a majority of the members of the Int- national Law Commission have accepted our invitation. The presence of one former member of the Commission deserves special mention: Bruno Simma is now not only a Judge at the International Court of J- tice but also, if I may say so, the 'local hero', having held the wond- ful Chair for International Law at the University of Munich for more than thirty years. He is still living in Munich when he is not in The Hague. We are glad that participants have come from nearby, from neighbouring regions and countries, as well as from countries as far away as Brazil and China. I am personally very content that our group represents a fine mixture of experienced international lawyers and younger colleagues and students. This composition gives us the opp- tunity for fruitful exchanges, and for the ILC to reach out and to - ceive feedback. The International Law Commission needs no introduction. Like a few happy persons, at age sixty it can look back onto a largely successful - reer.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nolte, Georg

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;6
2;Table of Contents;7
3;I. Introduction;10
3.1;Introduction;11
3.2;Address;13
3.3;Address;15
4;II. State Responsibility and Peace;18
4.1;The Normative Environment for Peace – On theContribution of the ILC’s Articles on StateResponsibility;19
4.1.1;I. Introduction;19
4.1.2;II. State Responsibility as a Means to PromoteInternational Peace;21
4.1.2.1;1. An Intuitive Assumption;21
4.1.2.2;2. Three Objections;23
4.1.3;III. The Conceptual Objection: The ILC Articles asSecondary Rules;25
4.1.3.1;1. World Order Issues in the Drafting History of the ILC Articles;25
4.1.3.2;2. “Peace Through the Maturing of the International Legal Order”?;27
4.1.3.3;3. The Issue of Self-Judgment and the “Culture of Formalism”;29
4.1.4;IV. The Objection of Diminishing Relevance;34
4.1.4.1;1. The Emergence of New Mechanisms;34
4.1.4.2;2. New Functions of the Law of State Responsibility;38
4.1.4.3;3. The Case of International Organizations;40
4.1.5;V. The Realist Objection: State Responsibility and “HardCases”;43
4.1.5.1;1. A Mixed Balance;43
4.1.5.2;2. The Discussion on Responsibility for Harbouring TerroristGroups;47
4.1.6;VI. Concluding Remarks;49
4.2;Comment: State Responsibility and Peace;53
4.2.1;I. Introduction;53
4.2.2;II. State Responsibility and Post Conflict Peace Building;53
4.2.3;III. Issues of Self-defense;54
4.2.4;IV. Responsibility of International Organizations;55
4.2.5;V. Responsibility for Violation of Obligations Erga Omnes;56
4.2.6;VI. Conclusion;57
4.3;Comment: The Impact of Security CouncilResolutions on State Responsibility;58
4.3.1;I. Introduction;58
4.3.2;II. The Impact of Binding Decisions;59
4.3.3;III. The Effects of Non-Binding Resolutions;61
4.3.4;IV. Resolutions Concerning Serious Breaches ofObligations under Peremptory Norms;63
4.3.5;V. The Requirement of Validity of Security CouncilResolutions;64
4.4;Comment: State Responsibility and Peace;66
5;III. The Law of Treaties and Peace;70
5.1;The Merits of Reasonable Flexibility: TheContribution of the Law of Treaties to Peace;71
5.1.1;I. Introduction;71
5.1.2;II. Creating the Regime: A Short History of the ViennaConvention on the Law of Treaties;73
5.1.3;III. Peace through Law: Does the Law of Treaties MakeTreaties a Stabilising Factor?;76
5.1.4;IV. The Principles of a Stable Treaty Regime;81
5.1.4.1;1. Pacta Sunt Servanda;81
5.1.4.2;2. Reasonable Flexibility;82
5.1.4.3;3. Limits to Flexibility;86
5.1.5;V. The Limits of World Order: Peremptory Norms andTermination / Suspension of Treaties;88
5.1.5.1;1. Termination and Suspension;88
5.1.5.2;2. The Peremptory Nature of Ius Cogens: Invalidity and Terminationby Application of Articles 53 and 64;96
5.1.5.3;3. Unequal Treaties;102
5.1.6;VI. Conclusion;106
5.2;Comment: The Contribution of the Law ofTreaties to Peace;109
5.2.1;I. Main Thesis;109
5.2.2;II. Identification of Assumptions;110
5.2.3;III. Alternative Approach;111
5.3;Comment: The Vienna Convention on the Lawof Treaties and its Contribution to Peace;114
5.3.1;I. Introduction;114
5.3.2;II. Codification vs. Customary International Law;114
5.3.3;III. The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties:Stability or Flexibility;117
5.3.3.1;1. The Vienna Convention as an Instrument of Stabilization;117
5.3.3.2;2. Grounds for Adjustment not Foreseen in the Vienna Convention;117
5.3.3.3;3. Conclusion;118
5.3.4;IV. The Need for Change: A Proposal;119
5.4;Comment: The Contribution of the Law ofTreaties to Peace;121
6;IV. International Law of Shared NaturalResources and Peace;124
6.1;The Benefits of Positivism: The ILC’sContribution to the Peaceful Sharing ofTransboundary Groundwater;125
6.1.1;I. Introduction;125
6.1.2;II. Conflicts Concerning Natural Resources;126
6.1.2.1;1. Environmental Law and International Security;126
6.1.2.2;2. The Geographical Sharing of Resources;129
6.1.2.3;3. International Law Applicable to Groundwater;132
6.1.3;III. Peace Through the “Law of Transboundary Aquifers”;134
6.1.3.1;1. Why Legal Regulation?;135
6.1.3.2;2. Why the Legal Regulation the ILC Has Adopted?;141
6.1.4;IV. Excluded Topics;146
6.1.4.1;1. Water Resources Exclusively Under the Jurisdiction of One State;146
6.1.4.2;2. Dispute Settlement;148
6.1.5;V. A Framework for Peace: Conclusions;149
6.2;Comment: International Law of Shared NaturalResources and Peace;151
6.3;Comment: Trends in the Law Applicable toFreshwaters;156
6.3.1;I. Introduction;156
6.3.2;II. The ILC’s Work on International Freshwater Law andits Relation to More Specific Instruments;157
6.3.2.1;1. The “Negotium” and “Instrumentum” Notions in the ILC’s Work;158
6.3.2.2;2. The Concept of lex specialis;161
6.3.3;III. Prevention and dispute settlement;162
6.3.3.1;1. Judicial procedures;163
6.3.3.2;2. Joint Bodies and Commissions;165
6.3.4;IV. Conclusion;170
6.4;Comment: The ILC’s Contribution to thePeaceful Sharing of TransboundaryGroundwater;172
7;V. Concluding Discussion;175
7.1;The ILC and Informalization;176
7.2;The Role of the ILC’s Work in Promoting Peaceand Security – Definition and Evaluation;180
7.3;Peace through Law: The Role of the ILC;185
8;List of Contributors;189
8.1;Authors of the main presentations;189
8.2;Commentators;190