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AAA and others v Unilever PLC and Unilever Tea Kenya Limited [2018] 151
Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v Democratic Republic of the Congo) (Compensation, Judgment) [2012] 46
Akpan and Milieudefensie v Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd [2013] 151152
Al-Adsani v United Kingdom [2001] 5 , 3536
Alien Torts Claims Act see Alien Tort Statute
Alien Tort Statute 8384 , 9091 , 142 , 159160 , 162163 , 167168
American Convention on Human Rights (achr) 111
Anchor defendant 8687 , 149153
Arlewin v Sweden [2016] 22
Business and human rights vii81 , 140–141
Case Concerning the Factory at Chorzów (Germany v Poland) (Jurisdiction) [1927] 101
Case Concerning Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v United States) (Preliminary Objections) [1996] 5860
Case of the SS ‘Lotus’ (France v Turkey) (Judgment) [1927] 121
Christine Goodwin v United Kingdom [2002] 6364
Citizenship see Nationality
Collection of evidence 4951 , 142 , 181 , 184
See also Judicial assistance
Collective reparation see Reparation
Committee against Torture
General comment no 3 viii , , 1620
Marcos Roitmann Rosenmann v Spain 1718
Z v Australia 1718
Competence of the Community to conclude the new Lugano Convention (Opinion 1/03) [2006] 147149
Conflict of laws rules 9394 , 162 , 165
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [1984] viii , 10 , 1620 , 31 , 35 , , 3842 , 51 , 6970 , 7677 , 133
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [1950]
Article 1 1011 , 15
Article 3 34
Article 4 64
Article 6 vii , , , , 27 , , , , 915 , 22 , , , , 2531 , 34 , , 3840 , , , 4852 , 66 , 6869 , 105106 , 130 , 132133 , 149 , 154 , 167
Article 12 6364
See also Fair trial, Protocol No 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [1963]
Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage [2001] 178179
Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children [1996] 178179
Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters [1968] , 122127
Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects [1995] 178179
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide [1948] 5152
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters [2019] 125
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees [1951] 16 , , 2022 , 3132
Corporate veil (lifting of the) 142
See also Anchor defendant
Dédoublement fonctionnel 104105 , 107
Demir and Baykara v Turkey [2008] 64
Denial of justice see Right of access to a court
Diplomatic relations 13 , , 5254 , 7783
Dispute Regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v Nicaragua) (Judgment) [2009] 60
European Convention on Human Rights see Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Evidence see Collection of evidence
Exorbitant fora 7880 , 83 , , 120133 , 154 ,
Fair trial vii , 39 , 122 , , 128130 , 134135 , 137
Federal Statute on Private International Law see Swiss Federal Statute on Private International Law
Filártiga v Peña-Irala [1980] 160 , 167168
Forum actoris 126128
Forum connexitatis see Anchor defendant
Forum necessitatis
in general 34 , 6 , 8 , 1213 , , , 2127 , 293135 , 122125 , 130131 , 133134 , 149 , 160 , 172173
relation to universal civil jurisdiction 2223 , 3031 , 74 , 76 , 7880
(non-)availability of alternative means of protection 8 , 15 , 2325 , 2834
sufficient connection with the forum 4 , 6 , , 1013 , , , 2126 , 2931 , 130132 , 136
Forum non conveniens 2425 , 34 , 128129 , 133134
Forum commissi delicti see Locus commissi delicti
Forum of necessity see Forum necessitatis
Fragmentation 61
French Civil Code 127128
Geneva Convention on the Status of Refugees see Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees,
Golder v United Kingdom [1975] 66 , , 6869 , 72 , 130
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights [2011] see Business and human rights
Habitual residence 6 , 2022
Human Rights Committee
General Comment No 24 62
Immunities see Jurisdictional immunities of States
Impunity (fight against) 1 , 99100
Institut de Droit International
Resolution on Universal Civil Jurisdiction with regard to Reparation for International Crimes ix , 1617 , 104105
Inter-American Court of Human Rights 46 , 62 , 111112
Interference in another State’s internal affairs 49 , 77 , 8788 , , 9092 , 103104 , 134135
International crimes (States’ obligations related to)
punishment of individual perpetrators 1 , 42n15 , 5152 , 7778n16 , 100 , 103 , 108 , 110
reparation of damages suffered by victims viii , 1 , 34 , 9 , 1617n41 , 31 , 40n9 , , 50 , 5254 , 9495 , 100 , , , 102107n22 , , , , 107118 , 134135n52 , 141164
International Criminal Court 1 , 100 , 113 , 164 ,
International judicial function , 4245 , , 5254
International Law Association
Committee on International Civil Litigation and the Interests of the Public 2122
International Law Commission
Draft Articles on State Responsibility 102
International Law Institute see Institut de Droit International
International unification of private international law 122125 , , 145147 , , 178182
Interpretation see Treaty interpretation
Italian Statute on Private International Law [1995] 126127
Jones v The United Kingdom [2014] viii , 434446 , 49
Jorgic v Germany [2007] 5152
Judicial assistance , 181184
Judicial law making 12 , , 4245
Jurisdictional immunities of States 5 , 7 , 13 , 1920n50 , 4344 , 47 , 49 ,
Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v Italy; Greece intervening) (Judgment) [2012] 4344 , 47102
Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum [2013] 8384 , 142
Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) Notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276(1970) (Advisory Opinion) [1971] 60
Legality of the Use of Nuclear Weapons (Advisory Opinion) [1996] 44
Legal positivism , , 172175
See also, Case of the SS ‘Lotus’ (France v Turkey) (Judgment) [1927]
Legitimate aim , 45 , , 111426 , 2829 , 49 , 69 , 71
Lex loci delicti see Locus commissi delicti
Lis alibi pendens 129 , 175 , 182
Locus commissi delicti 3334 , 161 , 163 , 165n21 , 166169
Lugano opinion see Competence of the Community to conclude the new Lugano Convention (Opinion 1/03) [2006]
Margin of appreciation 12 , 14 , 23n60 , , 2527 , 28n77 , 49 , , 5254 , 6566 , 71 , 74
Multinational corporations see Business and human rights
Naït-Liman v Switzerland [2016]
Court’s assessment and findings 12 , 4 , 7 , 12 , 28n75 , 38 , , 4748 , 51 , 5354 , 56 , , 6871 , 7778 , 130131 ,
joint dissenting opinion of Judges Karakaş, Vučinić and Kūris 4n2 , 4042
Naït-Liman v Switzerland (gc) [2018]
Court’s assessment and findings vii , , , ix3 , 38 , 4849 , 5354 , 56 , 68 , 7071 , 74 , 76 , 7880 , 93n81 , , 105107 , 116 , 130131 , 133134 , 154 , , , 159162 , 172173
partly dissenting opinion of Judge Wojtyczek , 911
dissenting opinion of Judge Dedov 13n30 , 1718 , 21n56 , , 5253
dissenting opinion of Judge Serghides 28n73 , 30
Markovic v. Italy [2006] 10
Nationality 6 , , 2022 , 3132 , 126127
Non-intervention see Interference in another State’s internal affairs
Official see State official
Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd [2018] 151152
Opinio juris 8789 , 106
Ordre public see Public policy
Owusu v Jackson [2005] 129
Positive obligations of States 36 , 4042
Post-conflict and reconciliation processes 100 , 109–110
Parallel proceedings see Lis alibi pendens
Positivism see Legal positivism
Private and public international law divide (questioning of) 7475 , 85 , 177183
Privilège de juridiction see French Civil Code
Procureur c Habré [2017] 115
Proportionality 4 , 8 , , 101422 , 25 , , 2830 , 35
Protocol No 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [1963] 1819
Public international law see Private and public international law divide (questioning of)
Public policy ix , 24 , 168169
Rantsev v Cyprus and Russia [2010] 64
Reconciliation processes see Post-conflict and reconciliation processes
Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments 7880 , 83 , 121122 , 125 , 127128 , 134135 , 145 , 175 , 179180 , 182
Regime interaction 6465
Regulation (EC) 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments 123 , 146148
Regulation (EC) 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome ii) 166167
Regulation (EC) 4/2009 on maintenance obligations 23 , 122125
Regulation (EU) 650/2012 on matters of succession 23 , 122125 , 128n37
Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments
Article 6 122125 , 145 , 147
Article 63 151152
Regulation (EU) 2016/1103 on matrimonial property regimes 23 , 122125
Regulation (EU) 2016/1104 on the property consequences of registered partnerships 23 , 122125
Reparation, inter-State , 99101 , 110
see also International Crimes (States’ obligations related to), reparation of damages suffered by victims
Residence see Habitual residence
Restatement Third of US Foreign Relations Law 8081
Restatement Fourth of U.S. Foreign Relations Law 75 , 78 , 82 , 172173
Right of access to a court 4 , , 68 , 1011 , 1428 , 6667 , 130
Self-contained regimes see Regime interaction
State official 56 , , 1012 , 14 , 1617 , 20 , 33 , 3839 , 44 , 49 , 121 , 134 , 166n24 ,
State responsibility 99104 , 108
Statute of the International Court of Justice [1945] 4243 , 48 , 76
Statute of the International Criminal Court [1998] 1 , 113114 , 117 , 164165
Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice [1920] 4344
Swiss Federal Statute on Private International Law [1987] 6 , , 2426 , 2930 , 40 , 130131
Third World Approaches to International Law 9293
Torture viii , , 37 , , , , 921 , 24 , 28–29 , 31 , 33 , 35 , 36 , , 3842 , , , , 4854 , 6970 , 7677 , 105106 , 110 , 130131 , 135 , , , , 159163 , 166168 , 172173
See also Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [1984], United Nations Committee against Torture’s General comment no 3 (2012)
Tyrer v United Kingdom [1978] 65
Transitional justice see Post-conflict and reconciliation processes
Treaty interpretation
in general 57
doctrine of effectiveness , 5759 , 71
evolutionary 606165 , 7071
of human rights treaties 6163
systemic 5960 , 71
See also Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties [1969], Regime interaction
Treaty on European Union [2007]
Article 3 152153
Article 6 152155
Universal civil jurisdiction
in general viii , , 14 , 9 , 12n28 , , , 1417 , , 3536 , , 3842 , 48 , , 5254 , 56 , 74n2 , , 7680 , 8384 , 99 , , 133135 , 142 , 159161 , 170 , 172173
relation to criminal jurisdiction 1516 , 103107
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights [2011] 141 , 144145
Vedanta Resources PLC and another v Lungowe and others [2019] 150
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties [1969]
Article 31 1920 , 57 , 6368 , 71
Article 32 58
World Bank 8889
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