INTERNATIONAL LAWINASIAAND THEPACIFIC
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SIMONCHESTERMAN , HISASHIOWADA, and
BENSAUL
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TableofCases
TableofLegislation
ListofContributors
PARTITHEMES,INSTITUTIONS, ANDHISTORY
.Introduction
S
.Asia’sAmbivalenceaboutInternationalLaw
S
.RegionalOrganizations
.AsiaintheHistoryandTheoryofInternationalLaw
PARTIISPECIALIZEDBRANCHES OFINTERNATIONALLAWIN ASIAANDTHEPACIFIC
.RegionalPeaceandSecurity
.HumanRights
.InternationalHumanitarianLawandInternational CriminalLaw
.InternationalEnvironmentalLaw
.LawoftheSeaandAsianStates
.InternationalEconomicLawandAsia
.InternationalDisputeSettlement
EastAsia
.China
.Japan
.SouthKorea
SoutheastAsia
.Thailand
.Indonesia
.ThePhilippines
.Cambodia
.Myanmar
SouthandCentralAsia
.India
.Pakistan
.Bangladesh
.Nepal
.SriLanka
.Afghanistan
.CentralAsianStates
G
ThePacific(includingOceaniaandAustralasia) .SouthPacificIslandStates
J
.Australia
C
B
S
.NewZealand
K
Index
InternationalCases
InternationalCentreforSettlementofInvestmentDisputes(ICSID) CambodiaPowerCompanyvKingdomofCambodiaandElectricitéduCambodge ICSIDARBITRATIONARB/
NikoResources(Bangladesh)LtdvBangladeshPetroleumExplorationand ProductionCompanyLimited(Bapex)andBangladeshOilGasandMineral Corporation(Petrobangla)ICSID-ARB/
May
NikoResources(Bangladesh)LtdvBangladeshPetroleumExplorationand ProductionCompanyLimited(Bapex)andBangladeshOilGasandMineral Corporation(Petrobangla)ICSID-ARB/
July
SAIPEMSpAvPeople’sRepublicofBangladeshICSID-ARB/
April
ScimitarExplorationLimitedvRepublicofBangladeshandBangladeshOil,Gas andMineralCorporationICSID-ARB// ( November ); ICSID Reports
InternationalCourtofJustice(ICJ)
ApplicationforRevisionandInterpretationoftheJudgmentof February in theCaseconcerningtheContinentalShelf(Tunisia/LibyanArabJamahiriya) (TunisiavLibyanArabJamahiriya)[]ICJRep
ApplicationforRevisionoftheJudgmentof July intheCaseConcerning ApplicationoftheGenocideConvention(BosniavYugoslavia)[]ICJRep
CaseConcerningCertainPhosphateLandsinNauru(NauruvAustralia) (PreliminaryObjections)[]ICJRep
CaseConcerningtheGabčíkovo-NagymarosProject(Hungary/Slovakia)[] ICJRep
CaseConcerningtheTempleofPreahVihear(CambodiavThailand)(Merits) []ICJRep .................................
CertainPhosphateLandsinNauru(NauruvAustralia)(Judgment,Preliminary Objections)[
]ICJRep
ConditionsofAdmissionofaStatetoMembershipintheUnitedNations(Article
oftheCharter),AdvisoryOpinionof
May
ConstitutionoftheMaritimeSafetyCommitteeoftheInter-GovernmentalMaritime ConsultativeOrganization,AdvisoryOpinionof
June
CorfuChannel[
DifferenceRelatingtoImmunityfromLegalProcessofaSpecialRapporteurofthe CommissiononHumanRights[
EastTimor(PortugalvAustralia)(Judgment)[
FactoryatChorzow(Merits)(
)PCIJSeriesANo
FrontierDispute(BurkinaFasovRepublicofMali)[
Gabcikovo-NagymarosProject(HungaryvSlovakia)[
JurisdictionalImmunitiesoftheState(GermanyvItaly)[
LaGrandCase(GermanyvUnitedStatesofAmerica)[
]ICJRep
LegalConsequencesforStatesoftheContinuedPresenceofSouthAfricainNamibia (SouthWestAfrica)notwithstandingSecurityCouncilResolution
AdvisoryOpinionof
June
LegalityoftheThreatorUseofNuclearWeapons(AdvisoryOpinion)[
NorthSeaContinentalShelf(FederalRepublicofGermanyvDenmark;Federal RepublicofGermanyvNetherlands)[
NorthSeaContinentalShelf(GermanyvDenmark)(Order)[
NuclearTest(NewZealandvFrance)[
]ICJRep
NuclearTests(AustraliavFrance)(ProvisionalMeasures)[
NuclearTests(AustraliavFrance)(Judgment)[]ICJRep
ProvisionalMeasures:RequestforInterpretationoftheJudgmentof
June in theCaseConcerningtheTempleofPreahVihear(CambodiavThailand) (Order)[]ICJRep .......................................
PulpMillsontheRiverUruguay(ArgentinavUruguay)(Judgment)[]ICJRep
QuestionsRelatingtotheSeizureandDetentionofCertainDocumentsandData (Timor-LestevAustralia)(ProvisionalOrders)[]ICJRep ...............
ReparationforInjuriesSufferedintheServiceoftheUnitedNations,Advisory Opinionof April []ICJRep
RequestforanExaminationoftheSituationinaccordancewithParagraph ofthe Court’sJudgement RequestforInterpretationoftheJudgmentof June intheCaseconcerning theTempleofPreahVihear(CambodiavThailand)(Judgment)[]ICJ Rep ..............................................
SovereigntyoverPedraBranca/PulauBatuPuteh,MiddleRocksandSouthLedge (Malaysia/Singapore)(Judgment)[]ICJRep
SovereigntyoverPulauLigitanandPulauSipadan(Indonesia/Malaysia)(Judgment) []ICJRep .........................................
UnitedNationsAdministrativeTribunal[]ICJRep
WhalingintheAntarctic(AustraliavJapan;NewZealandintervening)(Judgment) []ICJRep
InternationalTribunalfortheLawoftheSea(ITLOS)
CaseconcerningLandReclamationbySingaporeinandaroundtheStraitsofJohor (MalaysiavSingapore),ITLOSCaseNo ,ProvisionalMeasuresOrderof October
DisputeConcerningDelimitationoftheMaritimeBoundarybetweenBangladesh andMyanmarintheBayofBengal(Bangladesh/Myanmar)ITLOSCaseNo , Judgmentof March
SouthernBluefinTuna(NewZealandvJapan;AustraliavJapan),ITLOSCaseNos
and ,ProvisionalMeasuresOrderof August
The ‘EnricaLexie’ Incident(ItalyvIndia),ITLOSCaseNo ,ProvisionalMeasures Orderof August
The ‘Hoshinmaru’ (JapanvRussianFederation),ITLOSCaseNo ,PromptRelease Judgmentof August
...................................
The ‘Tomimaru’ (JapanvRussianFederation),ITLOSCaseNo ,PromptRelease Judgmentof August
The ‘Volga’ (RussianFederationvAustralia),ITLOSCaseNo ,PromptRelease Judgmentof December
PermanentCourtofArbitration(PCA)
ArbitrationBetweentheRepublicofthePhilippinesandthePeople’sRepublicof China,Inre,PCACaseNo
,(Award) July
ArbitrationBetweentheRepublicofthePhilippinesandthePeople’sRepublicof China,Inre,PCACaseNo
October
(AwardonJurisdictionandAdmissibility)
ConciliationbetweentheDemocraticRepublicofTimor-LesteandTheCommonwealthofAustralia,PCACaseNo
(Award)
May
IslandofPalmas[orMiangas](UnitedStatesvNetherlands),PCACaseNo
(Award) April
PhillipMorrisAsiaLtdvAustralia,PCACaseNo
(AwardonJurisdiction andAdmissibility)
December
RailwayLandArbitration(MalaysiavSingapore),PCACaseNo
October
(Award)
RepublicofthePhilippinesvPeople’sRepublicofChina(TheSouthChinaSea Arbitration)PCACaseNo
(Award)
RepublicofthePhilippinesvPeople’sRepublicofChina(TheSouthChinaSea Arbitration),PCACaseNo
October
(AwardonJurisdictionandAdmissibility)
The ‘EnricaLexie’ Incident(ItalyvIndia),PCACaseNo - (Provisional MeasuresOrder)
April
TheBayofBengalMaritimeBoundaryArbitration(BangladeshvIndia),PCACase
TheChagosMarineProtectedAreaArbitration(MauritiusvUnitedKingdom), PCACaseNo
TheIndusWatersKishengangaArbitration(PakistanvIndia)(
(Award)
UnitedNations – OfficeoftheHighCommissionerforHumanRights(OHCHR)
BairamovvKazakhstan,CommitteeagainstTortureCommunicationNo
/, Decisionadopted May ,UNDocCAT/C/
GerasimovvKazakhstan,CommitteeagainstTortureCommunicationNo
/
, Decisionof May ,UNDocCAT/C/
/D/
C
AkmatovvKyrgyzstan,HRCCommunicationNo
,UNDocCCPR/C/
ZhumbaevavKyrgyzstan,HRCCommunicationNo
,UNDocCCPR/C/
WorldTradeOrganization(WTO)
China MeasuresAffectingImportsofAutomobileParts(
December
) WT/DS/AB/R ............................................
China MeasuresAffectingTradingRightsandDistributionServicesforCertain PublicationsandAudiovisualEntertainmentProducts(
December
/AB/R ............................................
China PublicationsandAudiovisualProducts(
May
)WT/DS
EuropeanCommunities ConditionsfortheGrantingofTariffPreferencesto DevelopingCountries( April )WT/DS/AB/R
EuropeanUnion MeasuresRelatedtoPriceComparisonMethodologies (December )WT/DS/ ....................................
Poland ImportRegimeforAutomobiles NotificationofMutuallyAgreed Solution( September )WT/DS/
Thailand CustomsandFiscalMeasuresonCigarettesfromthePhilippines ( June )WT/DS/AB/R.. ..................................
UnitedStates DefinitiveAnti-DumpingandCountervailingDutiesonCertain ProductsfromChina( March )WT/DS/AB/R
UnitedStates ImportProhibitionofCertainShrimpandShrimpProducts ( October )WT/DS/AB/R
UnitedStates ImpositionofImportDutiesonAutomobilesfromJapanunder Section and oftheTradeActof RequestforConsultationsby Japan( May
),WT/DS/
...................................
UnitedStates MeasuresAffectingImportsofWovenWoolShirtsandBlousesfrom India( April )WT/DS/AB/R..
UnitedStates MeasuresRelatedtoPriceComparisonMethodologies (December
)WT/DS
Jurisdiction
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( June )........................................
ChiefProsecutorvAbdulQuaderMolla BLT(AD)()
DrMohiuddinFarooquevBangladesh DLR(AD)()
DrShipraChaudhuryvGovernmentofBangladesh BLD(HCD)(
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MohammadEmrulKayesvGovernmentBangladesh
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AdvisoryOpinionNo
AdvisoryOpinionNo
JudgmentNoC-
JudgmentNo
JudgmentNo
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JeejaGhoshvUnionofIndia()SCCOnlineSC
JeejaGhoshvUnionofIndia() SCC.............................
JusticeKSPuttaswamyandAnorvUnionofIndiaandOrs(WritPetition(Civil)No
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MaganbhaiIshwarbhaiPatelvUnionofIndiaAIR(
MVElizabethvHarwanInvestment&TradingPvtLtd,GoaAIR(
NationalLegalServicesAuthorityvUnionofIndia(
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People’sUnionforCivilLibertiesvUnionofIndiaAIR(
VelloreCitizensWelfareForumvUnionofIndiaandOthersAIR(
VishakaandOthersvStateofRajasthanandOthers(
Indonesia
CaseNo /PUU-XVI/
RulingoftheDistrictCourtofSamarindaCityNo
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Malaysia
AbdMalekbinHussinvBorhanbinHjDaud[]
/PN.Smda,
MLJ (HighCourtKualaLumpur).
BorhanbinHjDaud&OrsvAbdMalekbinHussin[] MLJ (CourtofAppeal) ....
CommonwealthofAustraliavMidford(Malaysia)Sdn.Bhd[] CLJ
MLJ
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(CourtofAppeal).
GovernmentoftheStateofKelantanvtheGovernmentoftheFederationofMalaya andTunkuAbdulRahmanPutraAl-Haj[
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MBFCapitalBhdvDato’ ParamCumaraswamy[
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MersingOmnibusCoSdnBhdvKesatuanPekerja-PekerjaPengangkutanSemenanjungMalaysia[
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PublicProsecutorvNarogneSookpavit[
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PublicProsecutorvRajappan[] MLJ (SupremeCourtKualaLumpur).. ....
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SISForum(Malaysia)vDato’ SeriSyedHamidAlbar(MenteriDalamNegeri)
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SultanofJohorevTungkuAbubakar[]MLJ ..........................
VillageHoldingsSdn,BhdvHerMajestytheQueeninRightofCanada[] MLJ (HighCourtKualaLumpur).
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EmperorvMaungThaDin()CriminalRevnNo -Bof .................
EmperorvNgaPoSin()CriminalRevnNo of
Nepal
BalkrishnaNeupanevPrimeMinisterGirijaPrasadKoiralaDecisionNo NKP ()
ChandraKantGyawalivHMGCabinetSecretariatandOthersDecisionNo NKP() ..............................................
DineshKumarSharmavOfficeoftheCouncilofMinistersDecisionNo NKP ()
FWLDvOfficeofthePrimeMinisterandCouncilofMinistersDecisionNo NKP() .............................................
GyanrajRaivCabinetSecretariatandOthersDecision // WritNo ()......
JagritiBalClubvHMG,MinistryofHomeDecisionNo NKP()
JanhitSanrakshanManchvOfficeoftheCouncilofMinistersDecisionNo NKP() .............................................
Lawyer’sAssociationforHumanRightsofNepaleseIndigenousPeoplesvPrime MinisterandCouncilofMinistersDecisionNo NKP() .............
MadhavKumarBasnetandOthersvGovernmentofNepalWritNo -WS- ( January ).............................................
MiraKumariDhunganaandOthersvMinistryofLawJusticeandParliamentary AffairsandOthersNKP() .................................
NarayanBahadurKhadkavMinistryofHomeDecisionNo NKP() ........
RajendraPrasadDhakal&OthersvNepalGovernmentWritNo (registered January ),DecisiononPetitionforHabeasCorpusandMandamus, ()NLR,DecisionNo P, ( June ).........................
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AgreementontheEstablishmentof theASEANSecretariat Preamblepara .................
AgreementontheFoundationofthe EurasianEconomicCommunity (EurAsECAgreement).
AgreementontheProcedureforthe SettlementofDisputesRelatedtothe EconomicActivityof
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AgreementonTrade-RelatedAspects ofIntellectualPropertyRights (TRIPS).
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ASEANCommonEffectivePreferential TariffSchemefortheASEAN FreeTradeArea
ASEANComprehensiveInvestment Agreement
ASEANDeclaration
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ASEANFrameworkAgreementonthe ASEANInvestmentArea
ASEANHumanRightsDeclaration
ASEANProtocolonEnhancedDispute SettlementMechanism
ASEANRegionalForum(ARF).
ASEANTradeinGoodsAgreement
ASEANTreatyofAmityandCooperation inSoutheastAsia
Asia-PacificEconomicCooperation (APEC)
BandungConferenceof
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BayofBengalInitiativeforMulti-Sectoral TechnicalandEconomic Cooperation(BIMSTEC)..
BerneConventionfortheProtection ofLiteraryandArtisticWorks
BowringTreaty
BrettonWoodsConference
CartagenaProtocolonBiosafetyto theConventiononBiological Diversity
ChemicalWeaponsConvention
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ComprehensiveNuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
ConventionagainstBiologicalWeapons
ConventionagainstCorruption
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ConventionagainstIllicitinNarcotic DrugsandPsychotropic Substances
ConventionagainstTortureand OtherCruel,Inhumanor DegradingTreatmentor Punishment
ConventionagainstTransnational OrganizedCrime
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ConventionEstablishingtheWorld IntellectualPropertyOrganization (WIPOConvention).
ConventionfortheManagementand ConservationofHighlyMigratory FishStocksintheWesternand CentralPacific
ConventionforthePacificSettlementof InternationalDisputes
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ConventionfortheProtectionofthe WorldCulturalandNatural Heritage
ConventionfortheSuppressionof UnlawfulActsagainsttheSafety
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ConventiononBiologicalDiversity
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ConventiononConservationofNature intheSouthPaci
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ConventiononInternationalTrade inEndangeredSpeciesofWild FloraandFauna (CITES).
ConventiononMigratorySpeciesofWild Animals (
ConventiononNon-Applicationof StatutoryLimitationstoWarCrimes andCrimesAgainstHumanity
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ConventionontheEliminationofAll FormsofDiscriminationagainst Women
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ConventionontheLawoftheNonnavigationalUsesofInternational Watercourses
ConventiononthePreventionand PunishmentofCrimesagainst InternationallyProtectedPersons
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ParisAgreementonClimateChange
ParisAgreementonEndingtheWarand RestoringPeaceinVietnam
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