{"title":"APPLYING THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND INSTANT CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW IN CONFLICTS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NATO's INTERVENTION IN KOSOVO AND THE 2023 ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT","authors":"Kuan-Yu Chiu","doi":"10.37974/alf.499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37974/alf.499","url":null,"abstract":"This article delves into NATOs involvement in Kosovo and the 2023 Israel Hamas conflict, specifically looking at actions taken without approval from the UNSC. By examining the concepts of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and Instant Customary International Law (ICIL), this analysis evaluates how these interventions align with changing norms and significance of opinio juris in establishing ICIL. The study investigates the applications and challenges associated with R2P and ICIL, suggesting alignment of UN Charter Article 103 with interventions lacking UNSC authorisation to prioritise rights over procedural requirements.","PeriodicalId":243475,"journal":{"name":"Amsterdam Law Forum","volume":"49 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141808253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dylan Drenk, Verena Muckermann, Linda Schoonmade, Krista King, Barbora Holá, Annelies Vredeveldt
{"title":"TESTIFYING ACROSS CULTURES: TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS","authors":"Dylan Drenk, Verena Muckermann, Linda Schoonmade, Krista King, Barbora Holá, Annelies Vredeveldt","doi":"10.37974/alf.500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37974/alf.500","url":null,"abstract":"Legal practitioners frequently report problems during cross-cultural witness interviews. This article analyses the scope, nature, and extent of the available literature on culture and witness testimony to help inform decisions for further studies. A comprehensive search was performed in databases such as Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection. Seven key thematic areas were identified: (1) Language as culture in the courtroom; (2) Expert witnesses as gatekeepers to culture; (3) The role of the interpreter; (4) Adjudicators’ understanding of culture; (5) The culture defence; (6) Mental health, memory, and culture; and (7) Legal culture. The results and implications are discussed. ","PeriodicalId":243475,"journal":{"name":"Amsterdam Law Forum","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141809388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sarah Hammerl, Sabina Grigore, Sofia Marquet Guerrero
{"title":"INTERNATIONAL LAW AND CONFLICT: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON SECURITY, JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS","authors":"Sarah Hammerl, Sabina Grigore, Sofia Marquet Guerrero","doi":"10.37974/alf.505","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37974/alf.505","url":null,"abstract":"This Summer Issue explores the complex workings of international legal frameworks and mechanisms in responding to armed conflicts and human rights violations. Featuring articles from diverse scholars, the issue addresses topics such as maritime security, the efficacy of international criminal justice, cultural influences on legal testimonies, the EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence, and the Responsibility to Protect doctrine. Each contribution examines the possibilities and limitations of international law in mitigating conflicts and safeguarding human rights, providing a comprehensive analysis of contemporary conflict resolution strategies.","PeriodicalId":243475,"journal":{"name":"Amsterdam Law Forum","volume":"91 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141807818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DAMAGES TO SUBMARINE CABLES AND PIPELINES IN TIME OF PEACE AND WAR: THE NORD STREAM SABOTAGE","authors":"Daniel Hernández Benito","doi":"10.37974/alf.487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37974/alf.487","url":null,"abstract":"In late 2022, the Nord Stream sabotage put a spotlight on the vulnerability of submarine infrastructures like cables and pipelines and underscored the importance of protecting them against intentional damage. UNCLOS provisions are relevant in time of peace. However, legal design and state practice make them insufficient, yet the law of piracy could be a last recourse against private actors. Moreover, in time of war, like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, states must resort to IHL, which protects infrastructures not exclusively serving neutral states. This work underscores the convergence of different disciplines of international law.","PeriodicalId":243475,"journal":{"name":"Amsterdam Law Forum","volume":"63 30","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141806652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PUNISHMENT TELEOLOGY IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE: INSIGHTS FROM THE ICC'S JURISPRUDENCE","authors":"Maria Mazurek","doi":"10.37974/alf.501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37974/alf.501","url":null,"abstract":"The following study explores the issue of rationales for international criminal punishment by studying the treatment this question has received in the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Court. The aim is to help construct a normative, theoretical foundation for the practice of international criminal tribunals. First, it looks into all seven ICC sentencing judgements to deconstruct the parts in which the judges discuss why the court punishes. Upon a comparative analysis of the teleological pronouncements, the paper identifies three patterns in the ICC’s teleological discourse. These include: the court’s unfounded import of domestic punishment rationales, fusion of different objectives and rhetorical, performative language used to justify punishment. Building on these findings and literature on the expressivism of punishment, I put forward the claim that the ICC judges’ discourse on penal rationales reveals an expressive function of punishment at play. Finally, the paper discusses how the ICC uses this expressivist practice in its jurisprudence to build a narrative of legalism and situate itself in the wider project of international justice. By implication, this legalism narrative is then seen as the court’s tool in fighting against its legitimacy crisis.","PeriodicalId":243475,"journal":{"name":"Amsterdam Law Forum","volume":"24 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141806345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE DIRECTIVE ON CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY DUE DILIGENCE: SUCCESS OR A FAILURE?","authors":"Krystyna Bakhtina","doi":"10.37974/alf.504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37974/alf.504","url":null,"abstract":"Formally endorsed by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union in spring 2024, the Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) is going to become an EU legally binding instrument. The present article demonstrates the main features of this legislation and highlights that despite its strong initial ambitions, the final text of the Directive has considerable weaknesses and there are serious doubts on whether the Directive will indeed achieve its goal of fostering a respect for human rights and environmental protection among the companies’ operations and across their global value chains.","PeriodicalId":243475,"journal":{"name":"Amsterdam Law Forum","volume":"37 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141807899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Eighteenth Century ‘Prize Negroes’ and the Law of Nations: The Prince\u0000 Frederick Cases before the Vice-Admiralty Court of Rhode Island","authors":"A. Marinaro","doi":"10.37974/alf.450","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37974/alf.450","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":243475,"journal":{"name":"Amsterdam Law Forum","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117004631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}