1.An Argentine naval training ship has been seized in Ghana. Discuss international law issues raised by this incident.

2 Nov 2012

(no seminar) modification added on 24 Oct.

modification added on 24 Oct.

2. The Supreme Court of Japan handed down a judgment on the applicability of a multilateral treaty on 8 Dec. 2011. Try to supplement the reasoning given by the Court. See also:

• Intellectual Property High Court, Judgment, 24 Dec. 2008, Japanese Yearbook of International Law, vol. 53, 2010, pp. 580-587.
• Tokyo District Court, Judgment, 14 Dec. 2007, Japanese Yearbook of International Law, vol. 52, 2009, pp. 665-676.

3. Explain the rules applicable to the delimitation of continental shelf between two neighbouring States.

4. What are the "elementary considerations of humanity"? What role do they play? How do they function?

7 Dec 2012
(9:30-11:00)
(9:00-10:30)

5. Compare the ICJ's attitude towards actio popularis in the South West Africa cases (1966) and in the Jurisdictional Immunities case (Belgium v. Senegal, 2012).

6. Did the ICJ recognize the possibility of non liquet in the Advisory Opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Wepon?

7. Comment on the advisory opinion rendered by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea on 1 February 2011.

(no seminar)

8. A number of international or domestic courts and tribunals refer to the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights. How do you justify the reference to the ECHR jurisprudence made by (1) the ICJ; (2) investment treaty arbitration tribunals; and (3) Japanese courts?