Time and International Adjudication

Andrea Gattini (editor) is Full Professor of International Law at the University of Padova, School of Law. Marco Dimetto (associate editor) is Assistant Professor of International Law at the University of Padova, School of Law.

Time and International Adjudication: an Introduction



PART 1: Initiating the proceedings



1 The Time Factor in Bringing a Case before the International Court of Justice

 Andreas Zimmermann

2 Jurisdiction ratione temporis of the International Court of Justice

 Giorgio Gaja

3 The Distinction between Disputes and Claims and the Question of Time: from Mavrommatis to the Marshall Islands

 Zachary Douglas KC

4 The Time of the Seisin as a Pivotal Factor for the Settlement of Inter-State Disputes

 Marco Dimetto

5 Temporal Aspects of Dispute Settlement Proceedings at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

 Lyna Maaziz and Niki Aloupi

6 The Three Regional Human Rights Courts: One Single Understanding of the Time in ‘Instituting the Proceedings’?

 Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen

7 The Time Element in the Initiation of Inter-State Arbitration

 Serena Forlati

8 Practical Considerations for Litigating Investment Arbitration Disputes in Times of Crisis

 Christina L. Beharry and Katherine Peiffer



PART 2: Incidental Proceedings



9 Incidental Proceedings in the ICJ and the Fateful Passage of Time

 Matina Papadaki

10 Filing of Counter-Claim after the Laps of the Title of Jurisdiction

 A Brief Analysis of the Court’s Order of 15 November 2017 in the Case of Alleged Violations of Sovereign Rights and Maritime Spaces in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Colombia)

 Hadi Azari

11 Intervention in the Collective Interest before the International Court of Justice – the Time has Finally Come?

 Alina Miron

12 Rendezvous between Provisional Measures and Prompt Release in the ITLOS Jurisprudence

 Reflections on the M/T “San Padre Pio” and M/T “Heroic Idun” Cases

 Yoshifumi Tanaka

13 Provisional Measures before Regional Human Rights Courts

 Christina Binder

14 Time and Investment State Settlement Disputes: Running On or Out of Time?

 Chiara Giorgetti and Craig D. Gaver



PART 3: Evidence



15 The Role of Good Administration of Justice in Admitting Untimely and Informal Documents before the International Court of Justice

 Carlotta Ceretelli

16 The Role of the Time Element in Providing Facts before ITLOS

 Gian Maria Farnelli

17 Temporal Aspects of the use of Experts in the Proceedings before the ICJ and ITLOS

 Makane Moïse Mbengue and Rukmini Das

18 Evidence in WTO Dispute Settlement

 Sunayana Sasmal and Petros C. Mavroidis

19 The Role of Time in Allocating the Burden of Proof in Investment Arbitration

 Arnaud de Nanteuil



PART 4: Interpretation of Applicable Law



20 Time, Custom, and International Litigation

 Alexandre Hermet

21 Precedent as Retrospection: the Practice of the International Court of Justice

 Gleider Hernández

22 Res Judicata and Time

 Niccolò Ridi

23 Applicable Law and Evolutionary Interpretation of the “Legal Order for the Seas and the Oceans”: the ITLOS and UNCLOS Arbitral Tribunals Experience

 Roberto Virzo

24 Adapting International Instruments over Time: Remarks on the Evolutive Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights

 Linos-Alexander Sicilianos

25 Intertemporal Issues in the Interpretation of GATT Article XXI

 Mariana de Andrade



PART 5: Post Judgment



26 Patience and Perseverance: Time and Compliance with Inter-State Judicial Decisions

 Philippa Webb

27 Implementation of Human Rights Judgments in Latin America

 Jorge Contesse

28 From Rectification to Revision: the Timeless Character of Post-Award Proceedings

 Andreas Kulick

29 Enhancing the Relevance of Revision in International Adjudication

 Relja Radović

30 Handle with Care: Judicial Review Procedures of International Judgments and Awards

 Loris Marotti

31 ‘As Time Goes By’: the Time-to-Compliance in WTO Dispute Settlement

 Andrea Hamann



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