Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2015

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Jus Cogens: Quo Vadis?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Jus Cogens and the Humanization and Fragmentation of International Law

      • Maarten den Heijer, Harmen van der Wilt

      Pages 3-21

   3. Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Jus Cogens

      • Dinah Shelton

      Pages 23-50

   4. Understanding the Jus Cogens Debate: The Pervasive Influence of Legal Positivism and Legal Idealism

      • Ulf Linderfalk

      Pages 51-84

   5. Jus Cogens as a Social Construct Without Pedigree

      • Jean d’Aspremont

      Pages 85-114

   6. Audience and Authority—The Merit of the Doctrine of Jus Cogens

      • Alexander Orakhelashvili

      Pages 115-145

   7. Genesis, Function and Identification of Jus Cogens Norms

      • Stefan Kadelbach

      Pages 147-172

   8. Jus Cogens as the ‘Highest Law’? Peremptory Norms and Legal Hierarchies

      • Thomas Kleinlein

      Pages 173-210

   9. In Quest of the Practical Value of Jus Cogens Norms

      • Elizabeth Santalla Vargas

      Pages 211-239

   10. Constitutional Conversations in the Anthropocene: In Search of Environmental Jus Cogens Norms

       • Louis J. Kotzé

       Pages 241-271

   11. Non-refoulement as Custom and Jus Cogens? Putting the Prohibition to the Test

       • Cathryn Costello, Michelle Foster

       Pages 273-327

   12. Improving Compliance: Jus Cogens and International Economic Law

       • Thomas Cottier

       Pages 329-356

   13. Jus Cogens in International Investment Law and Arbitration

       • Valentina Vadi

       Pages 357-388

3. Dutch Practice in International Law ‘Dutch Practice in International Law’: An Introductory Note

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 389-390

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   2. Immunities of International Organizations Before Domestic Courts: Reflections on the Collective Labour Case Against the European Patent Organization

      • Cedric Ryngaert

      Pages 393-408

   3. Judicial Review on the Island of Saint Martin: An Example for The Kingdom of the Netherlands?

      • Roel Schutgens, Joost Sillen

      Pages 409-420

   4. Between Pretence and Practice: The Dutch Response to Recommendations of International Human Rights Bodies

      • Jasper Krommendijk

      Pages 421-438

4. Back Matter

   Pages 439-471

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Jus cogens is a formidable yet elusive concept of international law. Since its incorporation in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties some 35 years ago, it has made tentative inroads into international legal practice. But its role in international law is arguably less prominent than might have been expected on the basis of its powerful potential and in view of wider developments in international law that call for constitutionalisation and hierarchy, including the processes of fragmentation and humanization. This volume of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law sets out to clarify the concepts and doctrines relevant to jus cogens and to sharpen the debate on its theoretical foundations, functions and legal effects. To that purpose, the volume brings together contributions on the genesis and function of jus cogens, on the application of jus cogens in specialised areas of international law and on its enforcement and legal consequences.Together, they reinforce the understanding of jus cogens as a hierarchical concept of international law and shed light on its potential for further development.

• Jus Cogens
• Fragmentation of International Law
• Human Rights
• Hierarchy in International Law
• Sources of International Law

• Center for International Law, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Maarten den Heijer

• Chair of International Criminal Law, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Harmen van der Wilt

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