简介:TheRomeStatuteontheInternationalCriminalCourt(ICC)cameintoeffectofficiallyonJuly1,2002,signifyingthebirthofthefirstpermanentinternationalcriminaljusticeorganizationinhumanhistory.Althoughitstilltakessometimebeforethecourtgoesintoofficialoperation,thecomingintoeffectoftheStatutesignifiesasolidsteptowardtheloftyideallongcherishedbyman-realizingjudicialjusticeandsafeguardinglastingpeaceintheworld.
简介:Inanymodernsocietyundertheroleoflaw,thecourt,astheorganoftrials,invariablyhasitsauthorityrecognizedbytheconstitutionandlaws,anauthoritythatthegeneralpublicacceptsasamatterofcourse.Sentencesandrulingspassedbythecourtrepresentrecognitionoftherelevantlegalmattersinaccordancewiththelaw,andtheirexecutionisguaranteedbythecompulsorypowerofthestate.Nevertheless,judgesarehumanbeingsand,
简介:ReviewofWorkin2015In2015,theSPC,underthestrongleadershipoftheCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)withComradeXiJinpingasGeneralSecretary,andundertheeffectivesupervisionoftheNationalPeople’sCongress(NPC)anditsstandingcommittee,profoundlystudiedandcarriedoutthespiritsofthe18thNationalCongressoftheCPC,andthethird,fourthandfifthplenarymeetingsofthe18thCPC
简介:Themarginofappreciationiscontroversialanddifficulttounderstand.SinceitsfirstreferenceinthecaseofGreecevs.UK,themeaningofthisdoctrinehasevolvedfromdeferencetoderogationfromtheEuropeanConventiontoaninflationoflanguageusedormisusedbytheStrasbourgCourttopreservetheState’s"roomformanoeuvre"or"latitudeofdeferenceorerror."Inthispaper,Idividetheconceptofmarginofappreciationintotwocategories:thesubstantiveandstructuralconcept.TheStrasbourgCourtusuallygenerouslydeferstonationaldecisionsinstructuralscrutinywhereithastorespectEuropeanpluralismandthecollectiveinterestsofthecontractingpartiesunlessdomesticdecisionsareregardedas"manifestlyunreasonable."Incontrast,theEuropeanHumanRightsCourtscrutinizescarefullyinthesubstantivesenseofmarginofappreciation.Somefactorsortestapproacheswillbeidentifiedfirst,bywhichtheCourtsubstantivelynarrowsorlimitsthescopeofmarginpreservedfortheStates.Theresultoftwoconceptualmarginsofappreciationmaybereciprocallytransformedinsomecircumstances.WhenthecollectivegoodsurelyunderminesthecoreofConventionrights,theCourtwillnotstandwiththedomesticargumentsinceitmustensuretheimplementationofpan-Europeanhumanrightsstandards.Ontheotherside,theCourthasnocapacitytofurtherincreasestrictscrutinyincaseswherethereisacomplicatedrelationshipbetweenthemeansandendsintheproportionalitytest,implyingthatdomesticcourtsarebetterplacedthanthesupranationalcourtgiventhefactthattheyknowbetterthelocalrealityandhavemorelocalknowledge.
简介:ItiswithparticularsatisfactionthatIaccedetotheinvitationtowritethisPrefacetoDr.GuShengkai'sbook'InternationalHumanRightsLaw:Inter-AmericanTheoryandPractice'.IfirstmetDr.GuShengkaiattheUniversityofNottingham,UnitedKingdom,on09December2002,whenItheredeliveredapubliclecture,attheHumanRightsLawCentreofitsSchoolofLaw,on'RecentDevelopmentsintheCase-LawoftheInter-AmericanCourtofHumanRights'.EversincehissuccessfulcompletionatthatUniversity,Dr.GuShengkaipursuedpatientlyhislineofresearchonthesubject-matterofhispresentbook.Theoutcomeofhisresearch,hispresentbook,givestestimonyofallhisendeavoursinexaminingthesubjectinaproperperspective.
简介:Question:Asyouknow.attentionisnowgrowinginChinaandoutsidetojudicialprotectionofhumanrights.AsPresidentoftheSupremePeople’sCourtandChina’stopjudge,wouldyoumakesomecommentsonprotectionofhumanrightsunderChina’sjuridicalsystem?