Third-Party Countermeasures in International Law

This book examines an important unresolved question of current international law: the legal position of third-party countermeasures.

Martin Dawidowicz (Author)

9781107014794, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 24 April 2017

426 pages
23.6 x 16 x 3 cm, 0.81 kg

The use of third-party countermeasures is an increasingly common phenomenon in international relations, yet their legal position remains uncertain. Providing the first systematic and comprehensive study of this key concept in international law, Martin Dawidowicz explores the position of third-party countermeasures and their safeguards regime based on the development of ideas on countermeasures in the UN International Law Commission and a thorough examination of state practice. The book clarifies the position of third-party countermeasures in international law, and in doing so challenges some widely held assumptions about the likely impact of a regime of third-party countermeasures on international relations. It will be of interest to international law and relations scholars and students, diplomats, policy makers, international civil servants and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the field of human rights.

1. Introduction
2. Third-party countermeasures and the ICJ
3. Third-party countermeasures in the ILC
4. Third-party countermeasures in state practice
5. Permissibility of third-party countermeasures: evaluation
6. Third-party countermeasures and safeguards against abuse
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Responsibility of states & other entities [LBBV], Public international law [LBB], International relations [JPS]