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coordination is indispensable precisely because the obligations on States derive
from the combination of rules contained in international treaties and norms of customary international law and general principles of international law. It is accordance
with this approach that ITLOS and arbitral tribunals have shown themselves open to
taking into account ‘considerations of humanity’ and have issued decisions that
protect them without such rights being precisely included among the situations
expressly protected by the Convention. It is an extension of jurisdiction that is carried out by the most important courts and tribunals through an extensive interpretation of the rules on which their judgments are based.
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on international humanitarian and red cross principles in honour of Jean Pictet. Martinus
Nijhoff, Geneva, pp 265–280
Bedi SRS (2007) The development of human rights law by the Judges of the International Court
of Justice. Hart, Oxford
Caligiuri A (2018) L’arbitrato nella Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sul diritto del mare. Cahiers
de l’Association internationale du droit de la mer. Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli
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Carpanelli E (2015) General principles of international law: struggling with a slippery concept.
In: Pineschi L (ed) General principles of law - the role of the judiciary. Springer, Heidelberg,
pp 125–143
Del Vecchio A (2015) I Tribunali internazionali tra globalizzazione e localismi, 2nd edn. Cacucci,
Bari
Del Vecchio A (2016) Il valore della CEDU nella giurisprudenza costituzionale italiana. Studi
sull’integrazione europea 11:205–220
Duxbury A (2000) Saving lives in the International Court of Justice: the use of provisional measures to protect human rights. Calif West Int Law J 31:141–176
Francioni F (1996) International “soft law”: a contemporary assessment. In: Lowe V, Fitzmaurice
M (eds) Fifty years of the International Court of Justice: essays in honour of Sir Robert
Jennings. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 167–178
Gall C (2014) Coming to terms with a new role: the approach of the International Court of Justice
to the interpretation of human rights treaties. Aust Int Law J 21:55–77
Ghandhi S (2011) Human rights and the International Court of Justice the Ahmadou Sadio Diallo
case. Hum Rights Law Rev 11:527–555
Grimheden J (2001) The International Court of Justice in furthering the justiciability of human
rights. In: Alfredsson G et al (eds) International human rights monitoring mechanisms. Kluwer
Law International, The Hague, pp 469–484
Higgins R (1998) The International Court of Justice and human rights. In: Wellens K (ed)
International law: theory and practice: essays in honour of Eric Suy. Kluwer Law International,
The Hague, pp 691–705
Meron T (2006) The humanization of international law. Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden
Noto MC (2016) The Arctic Sunrise arbitration and acts of protest at sea. Marit Secur Law J
2:36–56
Papanicolopulu I (2012) The Law of the Sea Convention: no place for persons? Int J Mar Coast
Law 27:867–874
‘Considerations of Humanity’ in the Jurisprudence of ITLOS and UNCLOS Arbitral…
coordination is indispensable precisely because the obligations on States derive
from the combination of rules contained in international treaties and norms of customary international law and general principles of international law. It is accordance
with this approach that ITLOS and arbitral tribunals have shown themselves open to
taking into account ‘considerations of humanity’ and have issued decisions that
protect them without such rights being precisely included among the situations
expressly protected by the Convention. It is an extension of jurisdiction that is carried out by the most important courts and tribunals through an extensive interpretation of the rules on which their judgments are based.
References
Abi Saab G (1984) The specificities of humanitarian law. In: Swinarski C (ed) Studies and essays
on international humanitarian and red cross principles in honour of Jean Pictet. Martinus
Nijhoff, Geneva, pp 265–280
Bedi SRS (2007) The development of human rights law by the Judges of the International Court
of Justice. Hart, Oxford
Caligiuri A (2018) L’arbitrato nella Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sul diritto del mare. Cahiers
de l’Association internationale du droit de la mer. Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli
Capotosti PA (2000) Intervento. In: Incontro fra la Corte costituzionale italiana e la Corte europea
dei diritti dell’uomo. La Convenzione europea dei diritti dell’uomo tra ordinamenti costituzionali statali e giurisdizione sovranazionale. Servizio studi Corte costituzionale, Roma, pp 86–93
Carpanelli E (2015) General principles of international law: struggling with a slippery concept.
In: Pineschi L (ed) General principles of law - the role of the judiciary. Springer, Heidelberg,
pp 125–143
Del Vecchio A (2015) I Tribunali internazionali tra globalizzazione e localismi, 2nd edn. Cacucci,
Bari
Del Vecchio A (2016) Il valore della CEDU nella giurisprudenza costituzionale italiana. Studi
sull’integrazione europea 11:205–220
Duxbury A (2000) Saving lives in the International Court of Justice: the use of provisional measures to protect human rights. Calif West Int Law J 31:141–176
Francioni F (1996) International “soft law”: a contemporary assessment. In: Lowe V, Fitzmaurice
M (eds) Fifty years of the International Court of Justice: essays in honour of Sir Robert
Jennings. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 167–178
Gall C (2014) Coming to terms with a new role: the approach of the International Court of Justice
to the interpretation of human rights treaties. Aust Int Law J 21:55–77
Ghandhi S (2011) Human rights and the International Court of Justice the Ahmadou Sadio Diallo
case. Hum Rights Law Rev 11:527–555
Grimheden J (2001) The International Court of Justice in furthering the justiciability of human
rights. In: Alfredsson G et al (eds) International human rights monitoring mechanisms. Kluwer
Law International, The Hague, pp 469–484
Higgins R (1998) The International Court of Justice and human rights. In: Wellens K (ed)
International law: theory and practice: essays in honour of Eric Suy. Kluwer Law International,
The Hague, pp 691–705
Meron T (2006) The humanization of international law. Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden
Noto MC (2016) The Arctic Sunrise arbitration and acts of protest at sea. Marit Secur Law J
2:36–56
Papanicolopulu I (2012) The Law of the Sea Convention: no place for persons? Int J Mar Coast
Law 27:867–874
‘Considerations of Humanity’ in the Jurisprudence of ITLOS and UNCLOS Arbitral…