Institutionalizing state responsibility : global security and UN organs / Vincent-Joël Proulx
- Author
- Proulx, Vincent-Joël
- Published
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
Access Online
- Oxford scholarship online: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: A.Introductory Remarks -- B.Overview of Research -- Introduction to Part I -- 1.Crossing the Conceptual Rubicon: Understanding Secondary Norms of State Responsibility -- 1.1.The Law of State Responsibility: Codification, Attribution, and Secondary Norms -- 1.2.The ILC's ARSIWA and the Primary/Secondary Divide -- 1.2.1.The mechanics of the ARSIWA -- 1.2.2.The problems of autoqualification and self-judging -- 1.3.The Loaded Notion of 'Attribution' and Nicaragua's Legacy: Merging State Responsibility and Use of Force Repertoire -- 1.4.Conclusion: The Evolution of State Practice and Opinio Juris -- 2.State Responsibility and Global Security in the Light of Unforeseen Transnational Phenomena -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.The Problem of State Support of Terrorism -- 2.3.The Impact of 9/11: Conflation of Use of Force Repertoire with State Responsibility -- 2.4.Other Global Security Threats: The Limits of State Responsibility -- 2.4.1.Environmental degradation, global warming, and climate change -- 2.4.2.Risk assessment and precautionary approaches -- 2.4.3.Ungoverned spaces and territories -- 2.4.4.Cyberterrorism -- Conclusion to Part I -- Introduction to Part II -- 3.Advancing State Responsibility through UN Institutional Mechanisms -- 3.1.Assessing Existing Institutional Mechanisms in Implementing State Responsibility -- 3.1.1.The debate over institutionalized implementation: Scholarly perspectives -- 3.1.2.Fairness in implementation: An overarching concern -- 3.1.3.The International Court of Justice -- 3.1.3.1.Substantive forays into State responsibility and the ICJ as 'legislator' -- 3.1.3.2.Jurisdictional limitations -- 3.1.3.3.The Court and obligations erga omnes -- 3.1.3.4.Conclusion: A legal environment for political decisions -- 3.1.4.The General Assembly -- 3.1.4.1.Institutional limitations -- 3.1.4.2.Towards a supportive role -- 3.1.5.The Security Council -- 3.1.5.1.Prospects and limits -- 3.1.5.2.The Council's 'quasi-judicial' exercise of powers -- 3.2.Potential Conflicts between the ICJ and Security Council -- 3.2.1.The judicial review question -- 3.2.1.1.The International Court of Justice -- 3.2.1.2.Other tribunals -- 3.2.2.Functional overlap and surrounding issues: Towards complementary roles for the Council and ICJ -- 3.2.3.Lis pendens in the context of global security -- 3.3.Preliminary Conclusions: The Security Council as Legislator and Implementer -- 4.Institutionalizing the Implementation of State Responsibility in Counterterrorism Contexts: The Interplay between the Security Council and International Legal Norms -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.The Relationship between the Council and State Responsibility Norms: Countermeasures, Reciprocity, and International Law -- 4.2.1.Inter-State implementation mechanisms: Countermeasures as the classic remedy -- 4.2.2.The limits of reciprocity: Moving away from decentralized and unilateral remedies -- 4.2.3.Moving beyond the 'political v legal' divide: Resisting overly rigid dichotomies -- 4.3.Chapter VII Powers -- 4.4.The Extent of Council Practice -- 4.4.1.Protection of collective interests and obligations ergo omnes -- 4.4.2.The cessation of internationally wrongful conduct -- 4.4.3.Obligation of reparation and return to legality under Chapter VII -- 4.4.4.Obligation of reparation and return to legality outside the Chapter VII framework -- 4.4.5.Satisfaction, guarantees, and assurances of non-repetition -- 4.4.6.Obligation of non-recognition of third States and the duty to cooperate -- 4.4.7.Towards stricter sanctions in global security: Counterterrorism and beyond -- 4.4.8.Towards a broader remedial scheme: Forcible countermeasures and beyond -- 4.4.9.Scholarly reactions and debates -- 4.5.Determination of International Responsibility and Surrounding Issues -- 4.5.1.Moving beyond the 'political v legal' divide: The Council as implementer -- 4.5.2.The Council's application of attribution and responsibility mechanics -- 4.6.Elucidating the Relationship: Identifying Commonalities -- 4.6.1.Expanding Chapter VII to include State responsibility -- 4.6.2.The Council's powers in relation to secondary norms -- 4.6.3.The rights of States vis-à-vis implementation notwithstanding Council involvement -- 4.6.4.A straddling of objectives: The sui generis case of counterterrorism and its implications for global security -- Conclusion to Part II -- Introduction to Part III -- 5.Drawing on Self-contained Regimes: The Connection between the Use of Force and State Responsibility -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Keeping State Responsibility Law Insulated: Just how Self-contained is the Recourse to Force Legal Scheme? -- 5.2.1.The ARSIWA and use of force -- 5.2.2.Possible exceptions derived from State and institutional practice -- 5.2.3.Institutional perspectives: The ILC, ICJ, and Security Council -- 5.2.4.The shift to indirect responsibility for terrorism -- 5.3.Conclusion: The Controversial Remedy of Forcible Countermeasures -- 6.Please Kill Responsibly: Counteracting Global Security Violations with Force -- 6.1.Introduction: Next Steps in Further Defining State Responsibility -- 6.2.The Role of Self-defence in the Law of State Responsibility: The Counterterrorism Context -- 6.2.1.Self-defence as a countermeasure -- 6.2.2.Bypassing the Security Council: Parallel collective (counter) measures and their limits -- 6.2.3.Recourse to force in response to internationally wrongful acts -- 6.2.4.State Responsibility as a basis for invoking self-defence -- 6.2.5.Concluding remark on self-defence and State responsibility -- 6.3.A Research and Policy Prospectus for the Future: Guidelines and Building Blocks -- Conclusion to Part III.
- Summary
- UN organs play a significant role in implementing the law of state responsibility in global security contexts. This book analyses how the ICJ, the General Assembly and the Security Council contribute to the implementation of the laws of State responsibility, using transnational terrorism as its principal case study.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780191760297 (ebook)
- Audience Notes
- Specialized.
- Note
- This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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