Themes and theories : selected essays, speeches, and writings in international law /

As President of the International Court of Justice, Rosalyn Higgins is the world's most senior judge. This two-volume set collects together all of her most important writings as a scholar, a member of the UN Human Rights Committee, and as a judge on the International Court of Justice

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Higgins, Rosalyn
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • ^ Contribution to individual rights and international justice, Liber Fausto Pocar
  • Speech at the Lauterpacht Centre 25th anniversary celebrations also marking the 80th birthday of the Centre's founder, Sir Eli Lauterpacht
  • A comment on the current health of advisory opinions
  • The International Court of Justice and Africa
  • Respecting sovereign states and running a tight courtroom
  • Issues of state responsibility before the International Court of Justice
  • The International Court of Justice : selected issues of state responsibility
  • alternative perspectives on the independence of international courts : remarks
  • Reflections from the international court
  • Dissenting opinion of Judge Higgins, legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, oil platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
  • ^ Extradition, the right to life, and the prohibition against cruel and inhuman punishment and treatment : similarities and differences under the ECHR and the ICCPR
  • Dispersal and coalescence in international human rights law
  • Legal preconditions of foreign investment
  • Abandonment of energy sites and structures : relevant international law
  • Natural resources in the case law of the International Court
  • Legal problems arising from the dissolution of the Mali Federation
  • The International Court and south west Africa : the implications of the judgment
  • International law and the reasonable need of governments to govern
  • The legal bases of jurisdiction
  • United Kingdom
  • Postmodern tribalism and the right to secession, comments
  • Report for Institut de Droit International, the legal consequences for member states of the non-fulfillment by international organizations of their obligations toward third parties
  • ^ Joint separate opinion by Judges Higgins, Kooijmans, Elaraby, Owada, and Simma, armed activities on the Territory of the Congo (new application : 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v
  • ^ Liberty of movement within the territory of a state : the contribution of the Committee on Human Rights
  • The relationship between international law and regional human rights norms and domestic law
  • Minority rights : discrepancies and divergences between the International Covenant and the Council of Europe system
  • Foreword, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and United Kingdom law
  • Ten years on the Human Rights Committee
  • Introduction from human rights as general norms and a state's right to opt out, reservations and objections to human rights conventions
  • Interim measures for the protection of human rights
  • The role of domestic courts in the enforcement of international human rights : the United Kingdom
  • The International Court of Justice and human rights
  • The continuing universality of the Universal Declaration
  • ^ Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, land and maritime boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, oil platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, legality of use of force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Yugoslavia v. Spain) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom)
  • Declaration of Judge Higgins, Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana/Namibia)
  • Declaration of Judge Higgins, maritime delimitation and territorial questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain)
  • Joint separate opinion of Judges Higgins, Kooijmans, and Buergenthal, arrest warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, oil platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
  • ^ Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestine territory
  • Joint declaration of Vice-President Ranjeva, Judges Guillaume, Higgins, Kooijmans, Al Khasawneh, Buergenthal, and Elaraby, legality of use of force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium), (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, legality of use of force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium), (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom)
  • ^ Some observations on the inter-temporal rule in international law
  • Time and the law : international perspectives on an old problem
  • remedies and the International Court of Justice : an introduction
  • International law in a changing international system
  • The responsibility of states members for the defaults of international organizations : continuing the dialogue
  • Dualism in the face of a changing legal culture
  • The ICJ, the ECJ, and the integrity of international law
  • Self-determination and secession
  • Myres Smith McDougal (1906-1998)
  • A collection of essays to honour Professor D.W. Greig
  • Words of personal appreciation to Erica-Irene Daes
  • Fleischhauer leaves the court
  • On Vojin Dimitrijevic
  • In memoriam Oscar Schachter : 1915-2003
  • Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings 1913-2004
  • The benign first mate
  • Final remarks (conference in honour of Professor Philip Allott)
  • National courts and the International Court of Justice
  • ^ Some thoughts on the evolving relationship between the Security Council and NATO
  • Intervention and international law
  • Second generation peacekeeping
  • Peace and security : achievements and failures
  • The new challenges and the role of the International Court of Justice
  • Recent developments in the law of sovereign immunity in the United Kingdom
  • The death throes of absolute immunity
  • Execution of state property : United Kingdom practice
  • Certain unresolved aspects of the law of state immunity
  • The abuse of diplomatic privileges and immunities : recent United Kingdom experience
  • Execution of state property in English law
  • After Pinochet : developments on head of state and ministerial immunities
  • The Soblen case
  • The right in international law of an individual to enter, stay in, and leave a country
  • Derogations under human rights treaties
  • Encouraging human rights
  • The UN : still a force for peace
  • Contribution to individual rights and international justice, Liber Fausto Pocar
  • Speech at the Lauterpacht Centre 25th anniversary celebrations also marking the 80th birthday of the Centre's founder, Sir Eli Lauterpacht
  • A comment on the current health of advisory opinions
  • The International Court of Justice and Africa
  • Respecting sovereign states and running a tight courtroom
  • Issues of state responsibility before the International Court of Justice
  • The International Court of Justice : selected issues of state responsibility
  • Alternative perspectives on the independence of international courts : remarks
  • Reflections from the international court
  • Dissenting opinion of Judge Higgins, legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons, advisory opinion
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, oil platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America), preliminary objection, judgment
  • Extradition, the right to life, and the prohibition against cruel and inhuman punishment and treatment : similarities and differences under the ECHR and the ICCPR
  • Dispersal and coalescence in international human rights law
  • Legal preconditions of foreign investment
  • Abandonment of energy sites and structures : relevant international law
  • Natural resources in the case law of the International Court
  • Legal problems arising from the dissolution of the Mali Federation
  • The International Court and south west Africa : the implications of the judgment
  • International law and the reasonable need of governments to govern
  • The legal bases of jurisdiction
  • United Kingdom : from the effect of treaties in domestic law
  • Postmodern tribalism and the right to secession
  • Report for Institut de Droit International, the legal consequences for member states of the non-fulfillment by international organizations of their obligations toward third parties
  • Joint separate opinion by Judges Higgins, Kooijmans, Elaraby, Owada, and Simma, armed activities on the Territory of the Congo (new application : 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda), jurisdiction and admissibility, judgment
  • A Babel of judicial voices? ruminations from the bench
  • A conversation with Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice
  • A just world under law
  • Inaugural address at the opening ceremony of the Asian Society of International Law
  • The International Court of Justice and private international law thoughts
  • The 1907 Hague Peace Conference as a milestone in the development of international law
  • The rule of law : some skeptical thoughts
  • The changing position of domestic courts in the international legal order
  • Keynote speech given at the 60th anniversary of the International Law Commission
  • Remedies in the International Court of Justice
  • Liberty of movement within the territory of a state : the contribution of the Committee on Human Rights
  • The relationship between international law and regional human rights norms and domestic law
  • Minority rights : discrepancies and divergences between the International Covenant and the Council of Europe system
  • Foreword in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and United Kingdom law
  • Ten years on the Human Rights Committee : some thoughts upon parting
  • Introduction from human rights as general norms and a state's right to opt out, reservations and objections to human rights conventions
  • Interim measures for the protection of human rights
  • The role of domestic courts in the enforcement of international human rights : the United Kingdom
  • The International Court of Justice and human rights
  • The continuing universality of the Universal Declaration
  • Policy considerations and the international judicial process
  • Policy and impartiality : the uneasy relationship in international law
  • The UN and lawmaking : the political organs
  • Conceptual thinking about the individual in international law
  • The identity of international law
  • Fundamentals of international law
  • The concept of 'The State' : variable geometry and dualist perceptions
  • Our 'Virtuous Trilogy'
  • The development of international law by the political organs of the UN
  • United Nations peace-keeping : political and financial problems
  • The place of international law in the settlement of disputes by the Security Council
  • The advisory opinion on Namibia : which UN resolutions are binding under Article 25 of the Charter?
  • The new United Nations : appearance and reality
  • The new United Nations and former Yugoslavia
  • The UN Security Council and the individual state
  • Some thoughts on the evolving relationship between the Security Council and NATO
  • Intervention and international law
  • Second generation peacekeeping
  • Peace and security : achievements and failures
  • The new challenges and the role of the International Court of Justice
  • Recent developments in the law of sovereign immunity in the United Kingdom
  • The death throes of absolute immunity
  • Execution of state property : United Kingdom practice
  • Certain unresolved aspects of the law of state immunity
  • The abuse of diplomatic privileges and immunities : recent United Kingdom experience
  • Execution of state property in English law
  • After Pinochet : developments on head of state and ministerial immunities
  • The Soblen case
  • The right in international law of an individual to enter, stay in, and leave a country
  • Derogations under human rights treaties
  • Encouraging human rights
  • The UN : still a force for peace
  • Liberty of movement within the territory of a state : the contribution of the Committee on Human Rights
  • The relationship between international law and regional human rights norms and domestic law
  • Minority rights : discrepancies and divergences between the International Covenant and the Council of Europe system
  • Foreword, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and United Kingdom law
  • Ten years on the Human Rights Committee
  • Introduction from human rights as general norms and a state's right to opt out, reservations and objections to human rights conventions
  • Interim measures for the protection of human rights
  • The role of domestic courts in the enforcement of international human rights : the United Kingdom
  • The International Court of Justice and human rights
  • The continuing universality of the Universal Declaration
  • Extradition, the right to life, and the prohibition against cruel and inhuman punishment and treatment : similarities and differences under the ECHR and the ICCPR
  • Dispersal and coalescence in international human rights law
  • Legal preconditions of foreign investment
  • Abandonment of energy sites and structures : relevant international law
  • Natural resources in the case law of the International Court
  • Legal problems arising from the dissolution of the Mali Federation
  • The International Court and south west Africa : the implications of the judgment
  • International law and the reasonable need of governments to govern
  • The legal bases of jurisdiction
  • United Kingdom
  • Postmodern tribalism and the right to secession, comments
  • Report for Institut de Droit International, the legal consequences for member states of the non-fulfillment by international organizations of their obligations toward third parties
  • Some observations on the inter-temporal rule in international law
  • Time and the law : international perspectives on an old problem
  • remedies and the International Court of Justice : an introduction
  • International law in a changing international system
  • The responsibility of states members for the defaults of international organizations : continuing the dialogue
  • Dualism in the face of a changing legal culture
  • The ICJ, the ECJ, and the integrity of international law
  • Self-determination and secession
  • Myres Smith McDougal (1906-1998)
  • A collection of essays to honour Professor D.W. Greig
  • Words of personal appreciation to Erica-Irene Daes
  • Fleischhauer leaves the court
  • On Vojin Dimitrijevic
  • In memoriam Oscar Schachter : 1915-2003
  • Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings 1913-2004
  • The benign first mate
  • Final remarks (conference in honour of Professor Philip Allott)
  • National courts and the International Court of Justice
  • Contribution to individual rights and international justice, Liber Fausto Pocar
  • Policy considerations and the international judicial process
  • Policy and impartiality : the uneasy relationship in international law
  • The UN and lawmaking : the political organs
  • Conceptual thinking about the individual in international law
  • The identity of international law
  • Fundamentals of international law
  • The concept of 'The State' : variable geometry and dualist perceptions
  • Our 'Virtuous Trilogy'
  • The development of international law by the political organs of the UN
  • United Nations peace-keeping : political and financial problems
  • The place of international law in the settlement of disputes by the Security Council
  • The advisory opinion on Namibia : which UN resolutions are binding under Article 25 of the Charter?
  • The new United Nations : appearance and reality
  • The new United Nations and former Yugoslavia
  • The UN Security Council and the individual state
  • Policy considerations and the international judicial process
  • Policy and impartiality : the uneasy relationship in international law
  • UN and lawmaking : the political organs
  • Conceptual thinking about the individual in international law
  • Identity of international law
  • Fundamentals of international law
  • Concept of 'The State' : variable geometry and dualist perceptions
  • Our 'Virtuous Trilogy'
  • Development of international law by the political organs of the UN
  • United Nations peace-keeping : political and financial problems
  • Place of international law in the settlement of disputes by the Security Council
  • Advisory opinion on Namibia : which UN resolutions are binding under Article 25 of the Charter?
  • New United Nations : appearance and reality
  • New United Nations and former Yugoslavia
  • UN Security Council and the individual state
  • Some thoughts on the evolving relationship between the Security Council and NATO
  • Intervention and international law
  • Second generation peacekeeping
  • Peace and security : achievements and failures
  • New challenges and the role of the International Court of Justice
  • Recent developments in the law of sovereign immunity in the United Kingdom
  • Death throes of absolute immunity
  • Execution of state property : United Kingdom practice
  • Certain unresolved aspects of the law of state immunity
  • Abuse of diplomatic privileges and immunities : recent United Kingdom experience
  • Execution of state property in English law
  • After Pinochet : developments on head of state and ministerial immunities
  • Soblen case
  • Right in international law of an individual to enter, stay in, and leave a country
  • Derogations under human rights treaties
  • Encouraging human rights
  • UN : still a force for peace
  • Liberty of movement within the territory of a state : the contribution of the Committee on Human Rights
  • Relationship between international law and regional human rights norms and domestic law
  • Minority rights : discrepancies and divergences between the International Covenant and the Council of Europe system
  • Foreword, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and United Kingdom law
  • Ten years on the Human Rights Committee
  • Introduction from human rights as general norms and a state's right to opt out, reservations and objections to human rights conventions
  • Interim measures for the protection of human rights
  • Role of domestic courts in the enforcement of international human rights : the United Kingdom
  • International Court of Justice and human rights
  • Continuing universality of the Universal Declaration
  • Extradition, the right to life, and the prohibition against cruel and inhuman punishment and treatment : similarities and differences under the ECHR and the ICCPR
  • Dispersal and coalescence in international human rights law
  • Legal preconditions of foreign investment
  • Abandonment of energy sites and structures : relevant international law
  • Natural resources in the case law of the International Court
  • Legal problems arising from the dissolution of the Mali Federation
  • International Court and south west Africa : the implications of the judgment
  • International law and the reasonable need of governments to govern
  • Legal bases of jurisdiction
  • United Kingdom
  • Postmodern tribalism and the right to secession, comments
  • Report for Institut de Droit International, the legal consequences for member states of the non-fulfillment by international organizations of their obligations toward third parties
  • Some observations on the inter-temporal rule in international law
  • Time and the law : international perspectives on an old problem
  • Remedies and the International Court of Justice : an introduction
  • International law in a changing international system
  • Responsibility of states members for the defaults of international organizations : continuing the dialogue
  • Dualism in the face of a changing legal culture
  • ICJ, the ECJ, and the integrity of international law
  • Self-determination and secession
  • Myres Smith McDougal (1906-1998)
  • Collection of essays to honour Professor D.W. Greig
  • Words of personal appreciation to Erica-Irene Daes
  • Fleischhauer leaves the court
  • On Vojin Dimitrijevic
  • In memoriam Oscar Schachter : 1915-2003
  • Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings 1913-2004
  • Benign first mate
  • Final remarks (conference in honour of Professor Philip Allott)
  • National courts and the International Court of Justice
  • Contribution to individual rights and international justice, Liber Fausto Pocar
  • Speech at the Lauterpacht Centre 25th anniversary celebrations also marking the 80th birthday of the Centre's founder, Sir Eli Lauterpacht
  • Comment on the current health of advisory opinions
  • International Court of Justice and Africa
  • Respecting sovereign states and running a tight courtroom
  • Issues of state responsibility before the International Court of Justice
  • International Court of Justice : selected issues of state responsibility
  • Alternative perspectives on the independence of international courts : remarks
  • Reflections from the international court
  • Dissenting opinion of Judge Higgins, legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, oil platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, land and maritime boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, oil platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, legality of use of force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Yugoslavia v. Spain) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom)
  • Declaration of Judge Higgins, Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana/Namibia)
  • Declaration of Judge Higgins, maritime delimitation and territorial questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain)
  • Joint separate opinion of Judges Higgins, Kooijmans, and Buergenthal, arrest warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, oil platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestine territory
  • Joint declaration of Vice-President Ranjeva, Judges Guillaume, Higgins, Kooijmans, Al Khasawneh, Buergenthal, and Elaraby, legality of use of force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium), (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, legality of use of force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium), (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom)
  • Joint separate opinion by Judges Higgins, Kooijmans, Elaraby, Owada, and Simma, armed activities on the Territory of the Congo (new application : 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda)
  • Babel of judicial voices? ruminations from the bench
  • Conversation with Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice
  • Just world under law
  • Inaugural address at the opening ceremony of the Asian Society of International Law
  • International Court of Justice and private international law : thoughts
  • 1907 Hague Peace Conference as a milestone in the development of international law
  • Rule of law : some skeptical thoughts
  • Changing position of domestic courts in the international legal order
  • Keynote speech given at the 60th anniversary of the International Law Commission
  • Remedies in the International Court of Justice
  • Speech by Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the 61st session of the General Assembly
  • Judicial determination of relevant facts, speech to the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the General Assembly
  • Speech by Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the 62nd session of the General Assembly
  • Jurisdiction at the International Court of Justice (speech to the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the General Assembly
  • Speech by Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the 63rd session of the General Assembly
  • Rwanda)
  • A Babel of judicial voices? ruminations from the bench
  • A conversation with Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice
  • A just world under law
  • Inaugural address at the opening ceremony of the Asian Society of International Law
  • The International Court of Justice and private international law : thoughts
  • The 1907 Hague Peace Conference as a milestone in the development of international law
  • The rule of law : some skeptical thoughts
  • The changing position of domestic courts in the international legal order
  • Keynote speech given at the 60th anniversary of the International Law Commission
  • Remedies in the International Court of Justice
  • Speech by Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the 61st session of the General Assembly
  • The judicial determination of relevant facts, speech to the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the General Assembly
  • Speech by Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the 62nd session of the General Assembly
  • Jurisdiction at the International Court of Justice (speech to the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the General Assembly
  • Speech by Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the 63rd session of the General Assembly
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, land and maritime boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria), preliminary objections, judgment
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, oil platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America), counter-claim
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, legality of use of force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Yugoslavia v. Spain) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom), provisional measures, order of 2 June 1999
  • Declaration of Judge Higgins, Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana/Namibia)
  • Declaration of Judge Higgins, maritime delimitation and territorial questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain), judgment
  • Joint separate opinion of Judges Higgins, Kooijmans, and Buergenthal, arrest warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium), judgment
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, oil platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America), judgment
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestine territory, advisory opinion
  • International Court of Justice : Joint declaration of Vice-President Ranjeva, Judges Guillaume, Higgins, Kooijmans, Al Khasawneh, Buergenthal, and Elaraby
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, legality of use of force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium), (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins
  • Some observations on the inter-temporal rule in international law
  • Time and the law : international perspectives on an old problem
  • Remedies and the International Court of Justice : an introduction
  • International law in a changing international system
  • The responsibility of states members for the defaults of international organizations : continuing the dialogue
  • Dualism in the face of a changing legal culture
  • The ICJ, the ECJ, and the integrity of international law
  • Self-determination and secession
  • Myres Smith McDougal (1906-1998)
  • A collection of essays to honour Professor D.W. Greig
  • Words of personal appreciation to Erica-Irene Daes
  • Fleischhauer leaves the court
  • On Vojin Dimitrijević
  • In memoriam Oscar Schachter : 1915-2003
  • Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings 1913-2004
  • The benign first mate (in honor of Florentino Feliciano)
  • Final remarks (conference in honour of Professor Philip Allott)
  • National courts and the International Court of Justice (in honour of Lord Bingham)
  • Some thoughts on the evolving relationship between the Security Council and NATO
  • Intervention and international law
  • Second generation peacekeeping
  • Peace and security : achievements and failures
  • The new challenges and the role of the International Court of Justice
  • Recent developments in the law of sovereign immunity in the United Kingdom
  • The death throes of absolute immunity
  • Execution of state property : United Kingdom practice
  • Certain unresolved aspects of the law of state immunity
  • The abuse of diplomatic privileges and immunities : recent United Kingdom experience
  • Execution of state property in English law
  • After Pinochet : developments on head of state and ministerial immunities
  • The Soblen case
  • The right in international law of an individual to enter, stay in, and leave a country
  • Derogations under human rights treaties
  • Encouraging human rights
  • The UN : still a force for peace
  • Speech by Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the 61st session of the General Assembly
  • The judicial determination of relevant facts, speech to the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the General Assembly
  • Speech by Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the 62nd session of the General Assembly
  • Jurisdiction at the International Court of Justice (speech to the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the General Assembly
  • Speech by Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the 63rd session of the General Assembly
  • Speech at the Lauterpacht Centre 25th anniversary celebrations also marking the 80th birthday of the Centre's founder, Sir Eli Lauterpacht
  • A comment on the current health of advisory opinions
  • The International Court of Justice and Africa
  • Respecting sovereign states and running a tight courtroom
  • Issues of state responsibility before the International Court of Justice
  • The International Court of Justice : selected issues of state responsibility
  • alternative perspectives on the independence of international courts : remarks
  • Reflections from the international court
  • Dissenting opinion of Judge Higgins, legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, oil platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, land and maritime boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria (Cameroon v. Nigeria)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, oil platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, legality of use of force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Yugoslavia v. Spain) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom)
  • Declaration of Judge Higgins, Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana/Namibia)
  • Declaration of Judge Higgins, maritime delimitation and territorial questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain)
  • Joint separate opinion of Judges Higgins, Kooijmans, and Buergenthal, arrest warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, oil platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestine territory
  • Joint declaration of Vice-President Ranjeva, Judges Guillaume, Higgins, Kooijmans, Al Khasawneh, Buergenthal, and Elaraby, legality of use of force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium), (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom)
  • Separate opinion of Judge Higgins, legality of use of force (Serbia and Montenegro v. Belgium), (Serbia and Montenegro v. Canada) (Serbia and Montenegro v. France) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Germany) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Italy) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Netherlands) (Serbia and Montenegro v. Portugal) (Serbia and Montenegro v. United Kingdom)
  • Joint separate opinion by Judges Higgins, Kooijmans, Elaraby, Owada, and Simma, armed activities on the Territory of the Congo (new application : 2002) (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Rwanda)
  • A Babel of judicial voices? ruminations from the bench
  • A conversation with Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice
  • A just world under law
  • Inaugural address at the opening ceremony of the Asian Society of International Law
  • The International Court of Justice and private international law : thoughts
  • The 1907 Hague Peace Conference as a milestone in the development of international law
  • The rule of law : some skeptical thoughts
  • The changing position of domestic courts in the international legal order
  • Keynote speech given at the 60th anniversary of the International Law Commission
  • Remedies in the International Court of Justice
  • Speech by Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the 61st session of the General Assembly
  • The judicial determination of relevant facts, speech to the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the General Assembly
  • Speech by Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the 62nd session of the General Assembly
  • Jurisdiction at the International Court of Justice (speech to the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the General Assembly
  • Speech by Judge Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice, to the 63rd session of the General Assembly