Making Treaties
Work: Human Rights, Environment
and Arms Control
G. Ulfstein, T. Marauhn, A. Zimmermann - Cambridge University Press, 2010
There is an increasing focus on the need
for national implementation of treaties. International law has traditionally
left enforcement to the individual parties, but more and more treaties contain
arrangements to induce States to comply with their commitments. Experts in this
2007 book examine three forms of such mechanisms: dispute settlement procedures
in the form of international courts, non-compliance procedures of an
administrative character, and enforcement of obligation by coercive means. Three
fields are examined, namely human rights, international environmental law, and
arms control and disarmament. These areas are in the forefront of the
development of international law and deal with multilateral, rather than purely
bilateral issues. Each part of the book on human rights, international
environmental law and arms control contain a general introduction and case
studies of the relevant treaties in the field. Will appeal widely to both
generalists and specialists in international law and relations.
