Third-Party Countermeasures in International Law [Hardcover]

This book examines an important unresolved question of current international law: the legal position of third-party countermeasures.This systematic study of third-party countermeasures and its associated safeguards regime in international law offers a balanced analysis of the turbulent and idiosyncratic development of countermeasures in state practice and the work of the International Law Commission and the UN General Assembly Sixth Committee: Legal on state responsibility.This systematic study of third-party countermeasures and its associated safeguards regime in international law offers a balanced analysis of the turbulent and idiosyncratic development of countermeasures in state practice and the work of the International Law Commission and the UN General Assembly Sixth Committee: Legal on state responsibility.The use of third-party countermeasures is an increasingly common phenomenon in international relations, yet their legal position remains uncertain. Providing the first systematic and comprehensive study of this key concept in international law, Martin Dawidowicz explores the position of third-party countermeasures and their safeguards regime based on the development of ideas on countermeasures in the UN International Law Commission and a thorough examination of state practice. The book clarifies the position of third-party countermeasures in international law, and in doing so challenges some widely held assumptions about the likely impact of a regime of third-party countermeasures on international relations. It will be of interest to international law and relations scholars and students, diplomats, policy makers, international civil servants and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the field of human rights.1. Introduction; 2. Third-party countermeasures and the ICJ; 3. Third-party countermeasures in the ILC; 4. Third-party countermeasures in state practice; 5. Permissibility of third-party countermeasures: evaluation; 6. Third-party countermeasures and ló¤