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Mr. Yuji Iwasawa

Mr. Yuji Iwasawa
Professor of International Law
Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo

Biography

International Law

International Community

The Diversity of International Obligations

Obligations assumed by States under international law are diverse in nature. In the first part of this lecture, Professor Iwasawa presents a typology of international obligations and explains how they differ from each other. One of the most interesting obligations of States from a theoretical perspective is obligations erga omnes. In the second part of this lecture, he examines obligations erga omnes.

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Suggested Reading List
	Iwasawa, Yuji, “The Diversity of International Obligations: With a Focus on Obligations erga omnes”, in J. Nakagawa & K. Teraya (eds.), Essays in Honor of Professor Yasuaki Onuma: Horizons of International Law: History, Theory, and Positive Analysis (Tokyo, 2008), p.123 (in Japanese).
	Annacker, C., Die Durchsetzung von Erga-omnes-Verpflichtungen vor dem Internationalen Gerichtshof (Wien, 1994).
	de Hoogh, A., Obligations erga omnes and International Crimes: A Theoretical Inquiry into the Implementation and Enforcement of the International Responsibility of States (The Hague, 1996).
	Dupuy, P., Obligations multilatérales, droit impératif et responsabilité internationale des États (Paris, 2003).
	Ragazzi, M., The Concept of International Obligation Erga Omnes (Oxford, 1997).
	Tams, C., Enforcing Obligations Erga Omnes in International Law (Cambridge, 2005).
	Tomuschat, C. & Thouvenin, J. (eds.), The Fundamental Rules of the International Legal Order: Jus Cogens and Obligations Erga Omnes (The Hague, 2005).
	Villappando, S., L’émergence de la communauté internationale dans la responsabilité des États (Paris, 2005).
	Voeffray, F., L'actio popularis ou la défense de l’intérêt collectif devant les juridictions internationales (Paris, 2004).
	Crawford, J., “The Standing of States: A Critique of Article 40 of the ILC's Draft Articles on State Responsibility”, in M. Andenas (ed.), Liber Amicorum Slynn (The Hague, 2000), p.23.
	Pauwelyn, J., “A Typology of Multilateral Treaty Obligations: Are WTO Obligations Bilateral or Collective in Nature?”, EJIL, Vol. 14 (2003), p.907.
	Sicilianos, L., “The Classification of Obligations and the Multilateral Dimension of the Relations of International Responsibility”, EJIL, Vol. 13 (2002), p.1127.
	Third Report on State Responsibility by J. Crawford, U.N. Doc. A/CN.4/507 (2000).
	Gaja, G., “Obligations and Rights Erga Omnes in International Law: First Report (March 2002)”, AIDI, Vol. 71-I (2005), p.117.
	Gaja, G., “Obligations and Rights Erga Omnes in International Law: Second Report (August 2004)”, AIDI, Vol. 71-I (2005), p.189.
	Gaja, G., “Obligations and Rights Erga Omnes in International Law”, AIDI, Vol. 71-II (2006), p.81.