An Introduction to Public International Law

Cecily Rose is an assistant professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University. She also works as a consultant for the United Nations and other international organizations. Cecily previously worked at the International Court of Justice, the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and in private practice. Niels Blokker is Professor of International Institutional Law (Schermers Chair) at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University. He has worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands as a Senior Legal Counsel and Deputy Legal Adviser for over thirteen years. Daniëlla Dam-de Jong is associate professor of Public International Law and Director of the LL.M. Regular Program at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University. Simone van den Driest works at the Advisory Division of the Council of State of the Netherlands, where she advises on legislative matters of, among others, foreign affairs, justice and security, and defence. Prior to this, she was assistant professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University. Robert Heinsch is associate professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, and the Director of its Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law at Leiden University. He is also the founder of the Leiden and Bochum International Humanitarian Law Clinics. The chapter on international humanitarian law is partly based on his massive open online course 'International Humanitarian Law in Theory and Practice' on Coursera. Erik Koppe is an associate at the Civil Litigation and Arbitration department of Pels Rijcken in The Hague, the Netherlands. Prior to joining Pels Rijcken, he was Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University. The views and opinions expressed in his chapter on jurisdiction are his own and do not purport to reflect the views or opinions of Pels Rijcken or its clients. Nico Schrijver is Professor Emeritus of Public International Law and former Academic Director of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University. Currently, he serves as State Councillor at the Council of State in the Netherlands and as a judge ad hoc in the Special Chamber Maldives-Mauritius of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. He is a member and former president of the Institute of International Law.

• Author biographies; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Table of cases; 1. Introduction; Part I. The Foundations of International Law; 2. Sources of international law; 3. Subjects, statehood and self-determination; 4. Law of treaties; 5. Law of state responsibility; 6. Jurisdiction; 7. Immunities; 8. International organizations; 9. International dispute settlement; Part II. The Branches of Public International Law; 10. International human rights law; 11. Law on the use of force; 12. International humanitarian law; 13. International criminal law; 14. International economic law; 15. Law of the sea; 16. International environmental law; Index.

'An excellent and up-to-date introductory textbook on international law, which will be useful for students with and without a legal background.' Marko Milanovic, Professor of Public International Law, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham