Chinese Practice in Public International Law: 2007 (II)

• Published in: Chinese journal of international law (Boulder, Colo.) Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 735 - 767
• Main Author: ZHU, Lijiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.11.2008; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Capital punishment; Councils; Criminal law; Diplomacy; Education; Environmental Law; Human Rights; Humanitarianism; International Law; International organizations; Jurisdiction; Peoples Republic of China; Racial discrimination; Racism; Rule of law; Social order; Treaties; United Nations
• ISSN: 1540-1650; 1746-9937
• DOI: 10.1093/chinesejil/jmn030

This part of the Survey covers materials reflecting Chinese practice in 2007 relating to VII. International Human Rights Law (Rule of Law at the National Level; Right of Self-Determination of Peoples; Racial Discrimination; Death Penalty; Re-education through Labour; Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Women's Rights; Rights of the Child; Rights of the Older Persons; Dialogue on Human Rights; Human Rights Council; Implementation of Human Rights Instruments); VIII. International Humanitarian Law (Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts; Child and Armed Conflicts; Biological Weapons; Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons; Landmines; Explosive Remnants of War; Cluster Munitions; Right of Individual Claims for Violations of International Humanitarian Law; Establishment of National Committee on International Humanitarian Law); IX. International Law of Treaties (Reservations to Treaties; Effects of Armed Conflicts on Treaties); X. International Environmental Law (Principle of "Common but Differentiated Responsibilities"; Shared Natural Resources; Climate Change; Disaster Reduction); XI. Law on Diplomatic Relations; XII. International Criminal Law (International Criminal Court; ICTY and ICTR; Special Court for Serra Leone (SCSL); Special Tribunal for Lebanon; International Military Tribunal for Far East; Aut Dedere Aut Judicare; Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction; Criminal Accountability of United Nations Officials and Experts on Mission; Repatriation of Some Chinese in Guantanamo; Criminal Jurisdiction in Joint Military Exercises); XIII. Law on the United Nations (Sanctions by the United Nations; Amendment of the Charter of the UN; Security Council Reform); XIV. International Organizations Law; XV. International Law on State Responsibility (Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts; Prevention of Transboundary Harm from Hazardous Activities and Allocation of Loss in the Case of Such Harm).