The concept of international obligations erga omnes / Maurizio Ragazzi.

Obligations erga omnes is an increasingly important concept in contemporary international law. Ragazzi adopts a pragmatic approach that identifies five common elements among the examples of obligations erga omnes given by the International Court.

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Main Author: Ragazzi, Maurizio
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1997.
Series:Oxford monographs in international law.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Appearance of the concept of obligations erga omnes on the agenda : the dictum of the International Court in the Barcelona Traction case
  • Ch. 2. Selected prefigurations of the concept of obligations erga omnes : state servitude, permanent dedication, international status and objective regime
  • Ch. 3. Selected prefigurations of the concept of obligations erga omnes : jus cogens
  • Ch. 4. Examples of obligations erga omnes given by the International Court in its dictum : the outlawing of acts of aggression
  • Ch. 5. Examples of obligations erga omnes given by the International Court in its dictum : the outlawing of genocide
  • Ch. 6. Examples of obligations erga omnes given by the International Court in its dictum : protection from slavery
  • Ch. 7. Examples of obligations erga omnes given by the International Court in its dictum : protection from racial discrimination
  • Ch. 8. Selected candidates of obligations erga omnes proposed in the international literature
  • Ch. 9. Other selected candidates in light of the advisory opinion on Namibia and the Nuclear Tests cases
  • Ch. 10. Particular aspects of the relationship between the concept of obligations erga omnes and the concepts of jus cogens and actio popularis.