Making Treaties Work: Human Rights, Environment, Ulfstein, Geir<-

Making Treaties WorkHuman Rights, Environment and Arms Control\nAuthor(s): Geir Ulfstein, Thilo Marauhn, Andreas Zimmermann\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521153928, 978-0521153928\nSynopsis\nThere is an increasing focus on the need for national implementation of treaties. International law has traditionally left enforcement to the individual parties, but more and more treaties contain arrangements to induce States to comply with their commitments. Experts in this 2007 book examine three forms of such mechanisms: dispute settlement procedures in the form of international courts, non-compliance procedures of an administrative character, and enforcement of obligation by coercive means. Three fields are examined, namely human rights, international environmental law, and arms control and disarmament. These areas are in the forefront of the development of international law and deal with multilate.