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The Protection
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International Law
A Theoretical and Empirical Inquiry
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MASSIMO IOVANE
FULVIO M. PALOMBINO
DANIELE AMOROSO
GIOVANNI ZARRA
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Table of Contents
Table of Cases
Table of Treaties
List of Contributors
A. INTRODUCTION
1. The Protection of General Interests in Contemporary International
Law: Some Introductory Remarks
Massimo Iovane, Fulvio M. Palombino, Daniele Amoroso,
and Giovanni Zarra
B. GENERAL NOTIONS
2. The Global Commons and Common Interests: Is there
Common Ground?
Nilufer Oral
3. International Fundamental Values and Obligations Erga Omnes
Massimo Iovane and Pierfrancesco Rossi
4. Commons, Global (Economic) Governance, and Democracy:
Which Way Forward for International Law?
Samuel Cogolati and fan Wouters
C. GLOBAL PUBLIC GOODS
5. A Global Public Good? An Empirical Perspective on International
Investment Law and Arbitration
Daniel Behn, Ole Kristian Fauchald, and Malcolm Langford
6. Can Multilevel Trade Governance Protect Global Public Goods
without Constitutional Restraints?
Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann
7. Water as an Impure Global Public Good and the Impact
of Procedural Rights on its Protection
Fulvia Staiano
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D. GLOBAL COMMONS
8. Protecting the Atmosphere as a ‘Global Common Good’: Challenges
and Constraints in Contemporary International Law 163
Christine Bakker
9. The Cyberspace and the Common Heritage of Mankind 191
Antonio Segura Serrano
10. The International Criminal Law Aspects of the Protection
of Global Commons: The Case of Cultural Heritage 211
Francesca Capone
E. FUNDAMENTAL VALUES
11. Enhancing ICJ Procedures in Order to Promote Fundamental
Values: Overcoming the Prevailing Tension between Bilateralism
and Community Interests 241
Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida
12. Community Interests in World Trade Law 264
Christian Tietje and Andrej Lang
13. Cultural Heritage and Common Heritage, The Changing Role of
States and International Organizations 293
Ana Filipa Vrdoljak
F. GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
14. A ‘New’ Law of Cooperation: Collective Action across Regimes for
the Promotion of Public Goods and Values versus Fragmentation 321
Peter-Tobias Stoll
15. The UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Governance of
Global Public Goods: The Quest for Legitimacy 344
Winfried Huck
16. Fences, Fiction, and the Magic Mountain: Responsibility-sharing
for Refugees in Europe 363
Dana Schmalz
17. Disasters: An Additional (Legal) Dimension for the International
Protection of Cultural Heritage 385
Giulio Bartolini
Index 413
Table of Cases
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DOMESTIC AWARDS AND DECISIONS
Argentina
Camara de Apelaciones en lo Civil y Comercial (Corrientes) A I c/ Aguas de
Corrientes SAS/ medida autosatisfactiva (conocimiento), 13 August 2014, . . . . . . . . .156
Camara de Apelaciones en lo Civil y Comercial (Corrientes) Formichelli Maria
Alejandra c/ Aguas de Corrientes SA s/ sumarísimo, 8 May 2013, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Camara de Apelaciones en lo Civil y Comercial (Corrientes) Gallo Nelson Carlos c/
Aguas de Corrientes SA s/ amparo, 19 June 2013, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156
Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación La Pampa, Provincia de c/ Mendoza, Provincia
de s/ uso de aguas, 1 December 2017, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157– 58
Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación, Kersich, Juan Gabriel y otros c/ Aguas
Bonaerenses S.A. y otros s/ amparo, 2 December 2014, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156– 57
INTERNATIONAL
European Court of Human Rights
Al- Dulimi and Montana Management Inc. v Switzerland [GC], Application
No 5809/ 08, European Court of Human Rights, Judgment, 21 June 2016, . . . . .334n.66
Bosphorus Hava Yolları Turi̇zm ve Ti̇caret Anoni̇m Şirketi̇ v Ireland [GC],
Application No 45036/9 8, European Court of Human Rights, Judgment,
30 June 2005, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335n.69, 373
Demir and Baykara v Turkey [GC], Application No 34503/9 7, European Court
of Human Rights, Judgment, 12 November 2008, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333– 34
Hirsi Jamaa et al v Italy [GC], Application No 27765/0 9, European Court of Human
Rights, Judgment, 23 February 2012), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
K.R.S. v United Kingdom, Application No 32733/0 8, European Court of Human
Rights, Decision on Admissibility, 2 December 2008, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372– 73, 374
M.S.S. et al v Belgium and Greece [GC], Application No 30696/0 9, European Court of
Human Rights, Judgment, 21 January 2011), . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363– 64, 367, 368,
373– 75, 376– 77, 379– 80, 381
Matthews v UK, Application No 24833/9 4, European Court of Human Rights,
Judgment, 18 February 1999, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335n.69
Otgon v the Republic of Moldova, Application No 22743/0 7, European Court of
Human Rights, Judgment, 5 October 2016, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143– 44
Soering v United Kingdom, Application No 14038/8 8, European Court of Human
Rights, Judgment, 7 July 1989, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
T.I. v United Kingdom, Application No 43844/9 8, European Court of Human Rights,
Decision as to Admissibility, 7 March 2000, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .368
Tarakhel v Switzerland [GC], Application No 29217/1 2, European Court of Human
Rights, Judgment, 4 November 2014, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367, 375
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Waite and Kennedy v Germany, Application No 26083/9 4, European Court
of Human Rights, Judgment, 18 February 1999,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335n.69
Inter- American Court of Human Rights
Kawas- Fernández v Honduras [Judgment, Inter-A merican Court of Human Rights
Series C No 196 (3 April 2009)], . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community v Paraguay [Judgment, Inter-A merican
Court of Human Rights Series C No 146 (29 March 2006)], . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143– 44
Yakye Axa Indigenous Community v Paraguay [Judgment, Inter-A merican
Court of Human Rights Series C No 125 (17 June 2005)],. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143– 44, 158
Court of Justice of the European Union
Case C- 104/ 16, Front Polisario v Council [2016] ECLI:EU:T:2016:973, . . . . . . . . . . .140n.42
Case C- 115/ 09, Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland,
Landesverband Nordrhein-Westfalen eV v Bezirksregierung Arnsberg
[2011] ECR I-0 3673, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153– 54
Case C- 155/ 15, George Karim v Migrationsverket [2016] ECLI:EU:C:2016:410, . . . .380– 81
Case C- 263/ 08, Djurgården- Lilla Värtans Miljöskyddsförening v Stockholms
kommun genom dess marknämnd [2009] ECR I-0 9967, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153– 54
Case C- 263/ 14, Parliament v Council [2016] ECLI:EU:C:2016, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128n.21
Case C- 284/ 16, Slovak Republic v Achmea BV [2018] ECLI:EU:C:2018:158, . . . . . .133, 138
Case C- 394/ 12, Shamso Abdullahi v Bundesasylamt [2013]
ECLI:EU:C:2013:813,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367, 380– 81
Case C- 399/ 11, Stefano Melloni v Ministerio Fiscal [2013]
ECLI:EU:C:2013:107,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371n.38,
Case C- 4/ 11, Bundesrepublik Deutschland v. Kaveh Puid [2013]
ECLI:EU:C:2013:740,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380– 81
Case C- 63/ 15, Mehrdad Ghezelbash v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie
[2016] ECLI:EU:C:2016:409, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380– 81,
Case C- 646/ 16, Khadija and Zainab Jafari v Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen
und Asyl [2017] ECLI:EU:C:2017:586, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379n.83
Case C-670/ 16, Tsegezab Mengesteab v Bundesrepublik Deutschland [2017]
ECLI:EU:C:2017:587,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378– 79, 380– 81
Joined Cases C-4 02/ 05 P and C-4 15/ 05 P, Yassin Abdullah Kadi and Al
Barakaat International Foundation v Council and Commission [2008]
ECR I- 06351, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128n.20, 130, 334n.66
Joined Cases C-4 11/ 10 and C-4 93/ 10, N.S. v SSHD [2011]
ECLI:EU:C:2011:865,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367, 374– 77, 380, 381
Joined Cases C-6 43/ 15 and C-6 47/ 15, Slovak Republic and Hungary v Council of the
European Union [2017] ECLI:EU:C:2017:631, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
Opinion 1/ 2017, Opinion pursuant to Article 218(11) TFEU [2019]
ECLI:EU:C:2019:341,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129, 132, 134
Opinion 2/ 94, Opinion pursuant to Article 228(6) of the EC Treaty [1996]
ECLI:EU:C:1759, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
International Court of Justice
Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence
by the Provisional Institutions of Self-G overnment of Kosovo (Order)
[2008] ICJ Rep 409, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258– 59
Table of Cases ix
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide (Croatia v Serbia) (Merits) [2015] ICJ Rep 3, . . . . . . . . .227– 28, 243n.16, 259
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia) [1996]
(Preliminary Objections: Judgment) ICJ Rep 595, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54, 243n.16, 259
Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the
Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v Serbia and Montenegro)
(Merits)[2007] ICJ Rep 43, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227– 28, 243n.16, 259
Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (New Application: 2002)
(Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda) (Jurisdiction and
Admissibility) [2006] ICJ Rep 6, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54n.46
Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company Ltd (Belgium v Spain) (Judgment)
[1970] ICJ Rep 3,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38– 39, 46– 47, 54, 170, 241n.1, 265
Continental Shelf (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v Malta) (Application to Intervene:
Judgment) [1984] ICJ Rep 3, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245– 46
Continental Shelf (Tunisia v Libyan Jamahiriya) (Application to Intervene: Judgment)
[1981] ICJ Rep 3,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245– 46, 247n.39, 257, 260n.135
Corfu Channel Case (UK v Albania) (Merits) [1949] ICJ Rep 4, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170– 71
East Timor (Portugal v Australia) (Merits) [1995] ICJ Rep 90, . . . . . . . . 39n.165, 54, 242n.15
Fisheries Jurisdiction cases (United Kingdom v Iceland/ Federal Republic
of Germany v Iceland) (Merits) [1974] ICJ Rep 3, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75– 76
Gabcikovo- Nagymaros Project (Hungary v Slovakia) (Merits) [1997]
ICJ Rep 7, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257, 259, 261, 347–4 8
Haya de La Torre (Colombia v Peru) (Application to Intervene: Judgment)
[1951] ICJ Rep 71, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247, 248, 251n.68, 252n.78
International status of South West Africa (Advisory Opinion) [1950]
ICJ Rep 128, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258– 59
Interpretation of the Agreement of 25 March 1951 between the WHO and Egypt
(Advisory Opinion) [1980] ICJ Rep 73: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334n.65
Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v Italy, Greece Intervening)
(Merits) [2012] ICJ Rep 99, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51, 54, 242n.15, 245–4 6, 263n.159
Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v Nigeria)
(Application to Intervene: Order) [1999] ICJ Rep 1029, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245– 46n.33
Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador v Honduras)
(Application to Intervene: Judgment) [1990] ICJ Rep 92, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245– 46n.33
Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia
(South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council resolution 276 1970
(Advisory Opinion) [1971] ICJ Rep 16, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259n.123, 263
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory (Order) [2003] ICJ Rep 428, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259n.122
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory (Advisory Opinion) [2004] ICJ Rep 136, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39n.165, 54, 60–6 1
Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in
1965 (Advisory Opinion) General List No 169 [2019] ICJ, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54, 60– 61
Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (Advisory Opinion) [1996]
ICJ Rep 226, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39– 40, 170– 71,
256n.101, 259n.122
Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v
United States of America) (Declaration of Intervention: Order) [1984]
ICJ Rep 215, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247, 248, 251
