Civil Society, International Courts and Compliance Bodies [Hardcover]

Tullio Treves (Editor), Alessandro Fodella (Editor), Attila Tanzi (Editor), Marco Frigessi di Rattalma (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 9067041866 | ISBN-13: 978-9067041867 | Publication Date: December 13, 2004 | Edition: 1st Edition.

With contributions by a multinational group of academic scholars, judges and registrars of international tribunals, and experts from Non-Governmental Organizations, this book explores the role of civil society with regards to international courts and tribunals, as well as compliance mechanisms set up especially in the environmental field. The areas of human rights, international criminal law and international environmental law are the main focus of the study, in the light of the well established role of NGOs in Human Rights Courts and UN bodies as well as their remarkable success in setting up the International Criminal Court and the promising avenues which are now open in the compliance bodies of environmental law conventions. Broader questions and bodies such as the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea as well as European courts and tribunals are also examined.

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Book Description

With contributions by academic scholars, judges and registrars of international tribunals, and experts from Non-Governmental Organizations, this book explores the role of civil society with regards to international courts and tribunals, as well as compliance mechanisms set up especially in the environmental field. The areas of human rights, international criminal law and international environmental law are the main focus of the study. Bodies such as the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea as well as European courts and tribunals are also examined.

About the Author

Tullio Treves is a Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and a Professor of International Law at the State University of Milano.

Marco Frigessi Di Rattalma teaches International Law at the University of Brescia.

Attila Tanzi teaches International Law at the University of Verona.

Alessandro Fodella teaches International Human Rights Protection at the University of Trento.

Cesare Pitea is a research assistant at the University of Milan.

Chiara Ragni is a research assistant at the University of Milan.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 338 pages
• Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press; 1st Edition. edition (December 13, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9067041866
• ISBN-13: 978-9067041867
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,561,199 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)