Table of Contents

The Appearance of the Concept of Obligations Erga Omnes on the Agenda: The Dictum of the International Court in the Barcelona Traction Case
Selected Prefigurations of the Concept of Obligations Erga Omnes: (a)State Servitude, Permanent Dedication, International Status, and Objective Regime
Selected Prefigurations of the Concept of Obligations Erga Omnes: (b)Jus Cogens
The Examples of Obligations Erga Omnes Given by the International Court in its Dictum: (a)The Outlawing of Acts of Aggression
The Examples of Obligations Erga Omnes Given by the International Court in its Dictum: (b)The Outlawing of Genocide
The Examples of Obligations Erga Omnes Given by the International Court in its Dictum: (c)Protection from Slavery
The Examples of Obligations Erga Omnes Given by the International Court in its Dictum: (d) Protection from Racial Discrimination
Selected Candidates of Obligations Erga Omnes Proposed in the International Literature
Other Selected Candidates in Light of the Advisory Opinion on Namibia and the Nuclear Tests Cases
Particular Aspects of the Relationship Between the Concept of Obligations Erga Omnes and the concepts of Jus Cogens and Actio Popularis
Bibliography

About the Author

Dr Maurizio Ragazzi has degrees from the Universities of Angelicum and Ferrara in Italy; Columbia, New York and Oxford. He practised for five years with an international law firm during which time he was an international arbitrator. He is now counsel in the Legal Department of the World Bank in Washington, DC.

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