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The publication includes a new Guide to Enactment and Interpretation of the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency that provides more information and guidance on the interpretation and application of selected aspects of the Model Law, in particular the concept of the debtor’s “centre of main interests” and the factors relevant to rebuttal of the presumption in article 16(3), the use of the word “insolvency” in the Model Law and various elements of the definition of “foreign proceeding” in article 2. The revisions do not in any way affect the text of the Model Law as drafted.
May 2014 9789211700862 450pp $50.00
The Core International Human Rights Treaties This publication reproduces the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the nine core international human rights treaties and their optional protocols in a user-friendly format to make them more accessible, in particular to government officials, civil society, human rights defenders, legal practitioners, scholars, individual citizens and others with an interest in human rights norms and standards.
Compiled by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, this bibliography covers 20 subject categories based on the major topics of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea. It is intended for the use of those interested in ocean affairs and the law of the sea matters in general, as well as in the UN Convention on the Law in the Sea in particular.
Competent National Authorities under the International Drug Control Treaties 2013 United Nations
Good Practices and Innovations in Public Governance: United Nations Public Service Awards Winners 2012-2013
This directory lists competent national authorities empowered to issue certificates and authorization for the import and export of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances; and competent national authorities empowered to regulate or enforce national controls over precursors and essential chemicals; International bodies that might assist national competent authorities in case no authority is listed for a given country or region, or in case contact cannot be established with the listed authorities. The directory also includes contact details of national competent authorities or international bodies and is issued annually. Introductory texts in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
This publication provides an overview of successful innovations in governance and public administration from countries that received the United Nations Public Service Awards, which is the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service. This book disseminates, through descriptive case studies, information on innovative practices; the solutions; the actors and steps involved in the innovation process, and lessons learned. Learning more about how public institutions around the world solve difficult governance challenges can be a powerful tool for those engaged in improving public sector performance.
United Nations
July 2014 9789211338225 524pp $55.00
July 2014 9789211303261 170pp $48.00
The present collection of materials reproduces the text of the State responsibility articles, with commentaries thereto, as presented in the Yearbook of the International Law Commission, together with the compilation of decisions recording 209 instances in which international courts, tribunals and other bodies referred to the articles and commentaries during the period from 1973 to 1996 when the draft articles were adopted on first reading, from 1996 to their adoption on second reading in 2001, and up to 31 January 2013. The book also includes a CD-Rom.
Handbook on Women and Imprisonment (Second Edition)
Yearbook of the International Law Commission 2008
This handbook aims to assist legislators, policymakers, prison managers, staff and non-governmental organizations in implementing international standards and norms related to the gender-specific needs of women prisoners, in particular the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Offenders and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders (‘the Bangkok Rules’). It further aims to increase awareness about the profile of female offenders and to suggest ways in which to reduce their unnecessary imprisonment. The handbook forms part of a series of tools to support countries in implementing the rule of law and the development of criminal justice reform.
The Yearbook is an indispensable tool for the preservation of the legislative history of the International Law Commission (ILC), as well as for the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of the efforts undertaken by the ILC in the progressive development of international law and its codification. This edition contains summary records of the ILC on its 60th session in 2008. Information regarding Part 2, Volume 2 will be available in the next catalogue.
United Nations
United Nations
In accordance with provisions contained in Article 12 of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988, this annual report on the work of the Board contains an analysis of the information at its disposal and, in appropriate cases, an account of the explanations, if any, given by or required of Parties, together with any observations and recommendations which the Board desires to make. It is submitted to the Economic and Social Council through the Commission which may make such comments as it sees fit. It is also communicated to the Parties and subsequently published by the Secretary-General.
July 2014 9789211482751 70pp $25.00
July 2014 9789211338126 104pp $25.00
United Nations
June 2014 9789211542028 324pp $38.00
Spring Summer 2014
The international Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory options on legal questions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies. This publication is an annual record of the work of the Court during the period from 1 August of the preceding year to 31 July of the current year. It discusses a wide range of topics and cases before the Court pertaining to subjects such as territorial rights, law of the sea and treaty interpretation.
Materials on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (Second Edition)
United Nations
Precursors and Chemicals Frequently Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 2013
United Nations
July 2014 9789210481564 110pp $38.00
The Law of the Sea: A Select Bibliography 2012
United Nations
United Nations
May 2014 9789211338195 96pp $20.00
Yearbook of the International Court of Justice 2008-2009
August 2014 Vol. I 9789211338119 493pp $75.00
August 2014 Vol. II, Part 1 9789211338096 288pp $42.00
United Nations
July 2014 9789211231946 200pp $45.00
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UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency with Guide to Enactment and Interpretation