International (Quasi-)Judicial Practices (EN)

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International (quasi-)judicial bodies, that is bodies that settle disputes among parties either in a binding or non-binding manner, are mushrooming – a well known fact. Examples of such bodies, among others, include the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, the WTO dispute settlement bodies, investment arbitration, the Human Rights Committee, the World Bank Inspection Panel, or the European Banking Authority. Their practices seem to become ever more important not only in scholarly works, but also in the practice of other (quasi-)judicial bodies. However, these practices are studied and invoked in a rather fragmented manner, given also the fragmented nature of the international legal order. For instance, the case-law of the WTO dispute settlement bodies is mainly scrutinized by experts in WTO law, or somewhat more broadly by experts in international economic law. Hence, the research and reference to these practices are isolated from each other making any comparison across various fields of international law rather difficult, if not impossible. Although comparison seems somewhat challenging given the different interests, terminologies, legal rules etc. at stake, through the creation of an overarching theme and framework comparison becomes accessible and provides good insights into the various practices from various perspectives.

 

Against this backlog and given the wide variety of research interests of the members of this research group, the main purposes are to enable more than traditional comparative exercises as well as generate ample food for thought that might result in related cross-cutting research projects. In addition and more in general, this group might also ‘produce’ insights into the nature of fragmentation/constitutionalisation of the international legal order from the perspective of proliferation of international (quasi-)judicial bodies.

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