CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW A Collection of the Josephine Onoh Memorial Lectures This page intentionally left blank CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW A COLLECTION OF THE JOSEPHINE ONOH MEMORIAL LECTURES Edited by DAVID FREESTONE, SURYA SUBEDI AND SCOTT DAVIDSON KLUWER LAW INTERNATIONAL THE HAGUE / LONDON / NEW YORK Published by Kluwer Law International, P.O. Box 85889, 2508 CN The Hague, The Netherlands
[email protected] http://www.kluwerlaw.com Sold and distributed in North, Central and South America by Kluwer Law International, 101 Philip Drive, Norwell, MA 02061, USA kluwerlaw @ wkap.com In all other countries, sold and distributed by Kluwer Law International, Distribution Centre, P.O. Box 322, 3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands A C.I.P Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Printed on acid-free paper ISBN 90-411-1587-0 © 2002 Kluwer Law International Kluwer Law International incorporates the imprint Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This publication is protected by international copyright law: All rights reserved. No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner. Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Limited, Bodmin, Cornwall. TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword vii Richard Wilberforce Introduction ix David Freestone, Surya Subedi and Scott Davidson Chapter I Acknowledgements xiii The Josephine Onoh Memorial Lecturers 1985-2000 xv New Trends in Contemporary International Law 1 T.O. Elias Chapter II International Courts and International Politics 13 Sir Robert Jennings Chapter III Whither International Law? 29 Bin Cheng Chapter IV The Practitioner's View of International Law 57 Sir Ian Sinclair Chapter V Chapter VI International Law and International Revolution: Reconceiving the World Philip Allott The European Commission of Human Rights from the Inside: Some Thoughts on Human Rights in Western Europe 77 99 H.G. Schermers V Table of Contents Chapter VII The European Community: Catchwords and Reality Lord Mackenzie-Stuart Chapter VIII Will the Necessity to Protect the Global Environment Transform the Law of International Relations? Alexandre- Charles Kiss 115 129 Chapter IX The New United Nations: Appearance and Reality Dame Rosalyn Higgins Chapter X Trusts for the Earth: New Financial Mechanisms for International Environmental Protection Peter Sand 161 Boundary Problems and the Formation of New States 185 Chapter XI 143 Ian Brownlie Chapter XII International Law and Imperialism Martii Koskenniemi Chapter XIII Beyond Kosovo: The United Nations and Humanitarian Intervention Ralph Zacklin Appendix VI List of Recipients of the Josephine Onoh Memorial Prizes and Scholarships, 1985-2000 197 219 235 FOREWORD It is a great pleasure for me to introduce this prestigious collection of essays based on the Josephine Onoh Memorial Lectures delivered at the University of Hull. I was involved in the presentation of the series from its conception. Havin