Edited by Andreas Zimmermann, Professor of International Law, University of Potsdam, Karin Oellers-Frahm, Dr. iur., Senior Researcher (retired), Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg., Christian Tomuschat, Professor Emeritus, Humboldt-University Berlin, and Christian J. Tams, Professor of International Law, University of Glasgow
Professor Dr. Andreas Zimmermann: Professor University of Potsdam and Director Potsdam Centre of Human Rights; Dr. jur. (Heidelberg), LL.M. (Harvard); former Member of the German delegation to the Preparatory Committee and the United Nations Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court; member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration; counsel in various cases before the ICJ; judge ad hoc in various cases before the European Court of Human Rights; arbitrator under the annex to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties; member of the advisory boards on UN issues and on public international law of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs; inter alia co-editor of 'The Statute of the International Court of Justice - A Commentary' (Oxford University Press, 2006) and editor of the <"The 1951 Convention on the Status of refugees and its 1967 Protocol -. A Commentary (Oxford University Press, 2011).
Dr Karin Oellers-Frahm is a Senior Researcher (retired) at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg.
Christian Tomuschat, born 23 July 1936 in Stettin (Germany). Professor of constitutional and international law in Bonn (1972-1995) and at Humboldt University Berlin (1995-2004). Member of UN Human Rights Committee (1977-1986) and of UN International Law Commission (1985-1996, President in 1992). Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Guatemala for UN Commission on Human Rights (1990-1993) and co-ordinator of the Comisión para el esclarecimiento histórico in Guatemala (1997-1999). President of German Society of International law (1993-1997). Member, Institut de droit international (since 1997). Counsel for German Government in proceedings before the International Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.
Christian J. Tams is Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow (U.K.). He is a qualified lawyer in Germany (admitted 2005) and holds LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Cambridge. His research in international law focuses on investment protection, the role of international courts and tribunals, and the law of State responsibility. In addition to his academic work, he has advised states in proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). He is a member of the German Court of Arbitration for Sports and of the ILA Committee on the Use of Force, and has held visiting appointments at universities in China, France and Lithuania.
Contributors:
David Anderson
Professor Mariano Aznar Gómez - Universidad de Valencia
Dr. Markus Benzing - Freshfields
Sir Franklin Berman QC - Essex Court Chambers
Chester Brown - Associate Professor, Sydney Law School
Professor Christine Chinkin - LSE
Philippe Couvreur - International Court of Justice
Judge Jean Pierre Cot - Lambert Associés
Professor Lori Damrosch - Columbia Law School
Professor John Dugard - Universiteit Leiden
Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy - European University Institute
Professor Carlos Espósito Massicci - Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores
Professor Dr. Bardo Fassbender - University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich
Professor Jochen Abr. Frowein - Max Planck Institut for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Professor Giorgio Gaja - Università di Firenze
Professor Robin Geiß - University of Potsdam
Patricia Georget - International Court of Justice
Professor Thomas Giegerich - Walther Schücking Institute for International Law
Judge Vladimir Golitsyn - International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Professor Vera Gowlland Debbas - Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies
Dame Rosalyn Higgins - Former President, International Court of Justice
Professor Rainer Hofmann - University of Frankfurt
Sir Robert Jennings
Professor Daniel Erasmus Khan - University of the Federal Forces
Professor Wolfram Karl - Austrian Human Rights Institute
Professor Marcelo Kohen - Institut des Hautes Études Internationales
Professor Emeritus Pieter Hendrik Kooijmans
Professor Robert Kolb - Université de Genève
Tilman Laubner
Professor Hans von Mangoldt - University of Tübingen
Professor Sean D. Murphy - Patricia Roberts Harris Research
Professor Paolo Palchetti- Istituto di diritto internazionale e dell'Unione europea Piaggia dell'Università
Professor Dr. Andreas Paulus - German Federal Constitutional Court
Professor Alain Pellet - Université Paris X - Nanterre
Daphné Richemond
Staatsministerin Professor Dr. Dr. Sabine von Schorlemmer - Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst
Professor Malcom Shaw - University of Leicester
Judge Bruno Simma - International Court of Justice
Professor Ole Spiermann - Københavns Universitet Det Juridiske Fakultet
Dr. Stefan Talmon - University of Bonn
Tobias Thienel
Professor Hugh Thirlway - International Court of Justice
Professor Santiago Torres Bernárdez
Professor Christian Walter - University of Munich
Professor Gerhard Wegen - Rechtsanwälte Gleiss Lutz
Samuel Wordsworth - Essex Court Chambers
Professor Sienho Yee - Wuhan University
Ralph Zacklin - Assistant-Secretary-General, UN Office of the Legal Counsel
Review(s) from previous edition
"There is no doubt in our minds that this book is a standard work which anyone conducting research on the International Court of Justice will at least have to consult, if not actually cite. - The European Journal of INternational Law, Vol 18 no 5
"This volume is an important and valuable work. It presents a comprehensive analysis of the ICJ Statute and the related articles of the Charter, and includes a brilliant introductory essay on the Court's work. Any practitioner before the Court and any student of its workings should have the volume available." - Stephen Mathias, The American Journal of International Law
"It is a highly readable work of an indeed rare consistency in style, lucidity and transparency...Contributors and editors of this volume clearly have joined hands in making this book eminently accessible to all students of the law, diplomacy, and international affairs... its depth of learning and the richness of its commentaries itself stands out as fitting tribute to the Court's aspirations of universality." - Arthur Eyffinger, German Yearbook of International Law
"'Every now and then, amidst the daily routine of one's scholarly diet, one comes across a book that truly intrigues. Still, this occurs only too rarely with a publication of the kind and proportions of the one here under consideration. And yet, such is the delicate treat of this massive volume on the Statute of the ICJ which, it must be said, combines the best of the German organizing and British publishing traditions. Some fifty eminent scholars have contributed to its intellectual wealth, acclaimed experts from all over the world and household names to students of the Court's work nearly all of them. Quite a few illustrious names adorn its table of contents. Therefore, to start with, the three editors. their assistants and staff must be praised for their initiative, complimented with the infrastructure.'" - Arthur Eyffinger, German Yearbook of International Law
"'..highly impressive and extremely welcome volume..'" - Arthur Eyffinger, German Yearbook of International Law
"From Sir Robert Jennings' gem-like and trenchant general introduction to Wolfram Karl's concluding analysis of Articles 69 and 70 relating to amendments to the Statute, this massive commentary will immediately take its place as an invaluable tool for practicing international lawyers. An impressive roster of authors contribute a profound understanding of each Article of the Statute. Their systematic approach is more than commendable; as readers quickly become used to the sensible and consistent organisation of this rich resource, they are likely to make it their first port of call when considering strategic issues of process not only before the ICJ, but indeed before other international adjudicatory bodies." - Jan Paulsson, President, World Bank Administrative Tribunal; President, London Court of International Arbitration; Head of the Public International Law Section of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris
"This invaluable commentary on the Statute of the Court is a worthy companion to Judge Simma's Commentary on the Charter of the United Nations. It is a book which no practitioner of international law or scholar of international dispute resolution can afford to be without." - Professor Christopher Greenwood CMG QC, Essex Court Chambers and the London School of Economics
"A valuable work of reference, indispensable to Government Departments of States dealing with inter-state disputes and to lawyers specializing in international litigation. The reader will find within the volume a wealth of information relating to the different aspects of the Court, and in particular, a searching analysis of the Articles of the Statute, amply supported by references to the Court's practice and other relevant materials. The volume will be welcomed by all those who are interested in the International Court of Justice." - Shi Jiuyong, Judge and former President of the International Court of Justice
"The editors of this dense volume have produced the first complete commentary on the Statute of the International Court of Justice. It is above all the publication's impressive treatment of the prolific practice and procedure of the Court that will make it an indispensable reference on all procedural issues of international jurisdiction. The extensive description of the ICJ's activities since 1946 and the analysis of the principal case-law are also highly welcome. The other sections, such as the summaries on the jurisdiction of the Permanent International Court of Justice of the League of Nations (PCIJ), other forms of international dispute settlement and the Court's relationship to other international tribunals, are equally persuasive. This comprehensive commentary is sure to become essential reading for international lawyers, government agents and scholars." - Dr. Thomas Läufer, Legal Adviser and Head of the Legal Directorate-General, Federal Foreign Offic
"The dynamism, diversity of viewpoints, close examination of the statutory provisions of the Court with reference to the case-law, practicality of the contents and intensity of the analysis, all characterizing this collection, make it an outstanding reference book for international law libraries and for all interested in the subject of international law, academic or practitioner alike, including future agents, counsel and experts." -Bing Bing Jia, Chinese Journal of International Law
