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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2024

Christina Voigt
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo
Caroline Foster
Affiliation:
University of Auckland

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International Courts versus Non-Compliance Mechanisms
Comparative Advantages in Strengthening Treaty Implementation
, pp. 489 - 508
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024
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Index

Aarhus Convention, 4, 16, 49, 70, 149
advisory function, 108109
civic engagement in implementation of, 272
compliance committee, 151
compliance mechanism, 277
dispute settlement under, 158
and European Court of Justice, 283
monitoring under, 87
NGO participation in non-compliance mechanism under, 89
non-compliance procedures, 122
Lithuania/Belarus, 126, 141
Romania/Ukraine (Bystroe Canal), 72, 82, 85, 125
public participation in non-compliance procedure, 67, 102, 104, 107, 150, 282
recommendation as compliance measure, 68
accountability mechanisms, 208, 211, 215
Inter-American Development Bank, 210
multilateral development banks, 195
World Bank, 189191, 193, 197
adjudication, 41, 136
absence from new trade non-compliance mechanisms, 185
inappropriateness in international criminal law, 411
international monetary system’s need for, 217
trade agreements’ traditional reliance on, 173
weaknesses of, 79, 438
advisory procedure, 105
facilitative vs judicial advisory function, 116
Water Convention, 106, 108117, 119 See also facilitative compliance/implementation
African Union, 395
after-action review, 20, 24
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction. See BBNJ Agreement
arbitration
under Aarhus Convention, 158
arbitrage consultatif, 114
under Bern Convention, 246
Chagos case, 148
under CITES, 159
interstate vs international commercial, 472
investor-state, 480
and monetary disputes, 227
under multilateral environmental agreements, 129
under Southern Bluefin Tuna Convention, 158
under UNCLOS, 158 See also South China Sea Arbitration
Bartolini, Giulio, 20, 21, 35
Basel Convention, 4, 123, 149
implementation and compliance committee, 33
expertise requirements, 136
lack of transparency, 139
BBNJ Agreement, 16, 46, 120, 481, 483
non-compliance provision, 4648
potential for advisory procedure, 118
Berman, Ayelet, 35
Bern Convention, 244
case file system, 239, 248
compared to European Commission infringement procedure, 250254
complaints received under, 242, 248, 249
legal opportunity under, 250
overhead power line in Lithuanian–Polish borderland, 249
overlap with European Commission activities, 260
soft recommendations, 246, 250, 256258
enforcement monitoring through, 256, 257
overlap with EU Birds and Habitat Directives, 245246
spring hunting complaint against Maltese government, 258260
wind farms in Balchik and Kaliakra, 254257
Birdlife International, 241, 242, 250, 252, 257. See also Bern Convention
Bodansky, Daniel, 5152
Camenzuli, Louise Kathleen, 54
capacity-building
and compliance tools, 183
interlinkage with compliance, 46
in health domain, 28
and pandemic preparedness, 26, 28
and Paris Agreement, 31, 34, 57, 63
and Water Convention, 110
and World Bank Dispute Resolution Services, 214
Cassese, Antonio, 385
Chayes, Abram and Antonia Handler
on implementation challenges in international regulatory systems, 38
The New Sovereignty, 37, 41
Churchill, Robin, 56, 480
CITES, 4, 16, 50, 53
implementation and compliance bodies, 138, 155
non-compliance procedure, 49, 70, 159
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna, 146, 154155
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. See UNCLOS
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 366
state-to-state complaints before, 127, 128, 366
compliance
dispute settlement as broader aspect of, 42
and global interdependence, 37, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45
and human rights treaties, 331332
interlinkage with capacity-building, 46
in health domain, 28
theoretical basis for, 18, 37, 41
managerial theory, 3839
rationalist theory, 40
compliance committee(s)
under Aarhus Convention, 151, 277, 371
Bystroe Canal, 86, 125
under Basel Convention, 123
under BBNJ Agreement, 47, 118
closed meetings of, 139
of Commission for the Conservation of Bluefin Tuna, 155
compared to international courts and tribunals, 142, 152
effect of findings of, 45
environment-related, 149
under Escazú Agreement, 151, 279, 281
under Espoo Convention, 152
expertise of, 135
facilitative aim of, 142
facilitative measures decided by, 141
feature of multilateral environmental agreements, 276
independence of, 137138, 150
and international environmental law, 3
initiation of procedures before, 121, 125, 127
under Minamata Convention, 151
monitoring by, 122
under Montreal Protocol, 58
nomenclature, 67
under Paris Agreement, 30, 3235, 57, 6164, 68, 124, 152, 277
facilitative character of, 5
outcome, 140142, 150
powers of, 150
under Rotterdam Convention, 64
state responsibility and, 44
state-to-state procedures before, 132, 143
corroboration of claims, 135
in human rights context, 128
prerequisites, 134
South African submission under Kyoto Protocol, 133
conciliation, 488
under 1954 Hague Convention, 453, 454458
as part of World Bank dispute resolution, 201
conferences of the parties (COPs), 50, 5356
under Escazú Agreement, 271273
facilitative approach of, 70
and multilateral environmental agreements, 53
origin of, 53
powers of, 5456
procedure-based legitimacy of, 70
role in non-compliance procedures, 53 See also meetings of the parties (MOPs)
Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. See Hague Convention (1954)
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. See Aarhus Convention
Convention on Biological Diversity, 83, 145
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 272
dispute resolution under, 159
Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing, 108, 272, 278
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, 155
Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, 400, 402
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context. See Espoo Convention
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. See CITES
Convention on Mercury. See Minamata Convention
Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 393, 419
Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, 149
Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. See Basel Convention
Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade. See Rotterdam Convention
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. See Water Convention
Council of Europe, 395
Committee of Ministers, 299
enforcement of European Court of Human Rights judgments, 302, 326
Conference of the Parties to the Warsaw Convention, 399
Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs, 403
Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, 334, 337, 340, 396, 402, 418
Committee of the Parties, 400, 402
Convention on Cybercrime, 398
Committee, 401
Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism, 397
Conference of the Parties report, 397
Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds of Crime, 397
Convention on Offences relating to Cultural Property, 397
Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, 397
Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products and Similar Crimes Involving Threats to Public Health, 398
Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism, 399, 401
Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, 396
Committee of the Parties, 400
Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, 398
Criminal Law Convention on Corruption, 398
European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice, 416
Group of States against Corruption, 400, 403, 416
non-binding anti-corruption instruments, 403
and right to a healthy environment, 364
Russia’s expulsion from, 290, 304 See also Bern Convention; Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
Court of Justice of the European Union. See European Court of Justice
customary international law, 51
component of international criminal law, 387
monetary sovereignty, 228
prevention of harm, 41
prohibition of torture, 290
protection of cultural property, 445, 450451
right to a remedy, 192
Downs, George W., 40
Duffy, Helen, 338
enforcement
collective, 42
complementary to non-compliance procedures, 143
Kyoto Protocol as illustration of, 103, 151
of criminal law treaties, 399, 402
of environmental human rights, 362, 365
under Escazú Agreement, 283
European Commission mechanism of, 252, 253
European Convention on Human Rights system of, 328, 329
of European Court of Human Rights judgments, 296, 325, 326
in human rights domain, 300
of ICSID arbitration awards, 480
influence on state participation in treaty systems, 331
in inter-American human rights system, 281
in international commercial arbitration, 472
of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 316320, 325
under International Health Regulations, 38
of international law on atmospheric protection, 65
vs managerial approach to compliance, 38, 40, 411
multipronged (‘mosaic’), 43
political economists’ insistence on, 40
political use of term, 172
responsibility-based punition, 66
of right to a healthy environment, 267
through sanctions, 42
in South China Sea Arbitration, 482, 483, 484
in trade law, 172175
treaty bodies’ powers of, 299
under UNCLOS, 479
under WTO Agreement, 479
environmental disputes
aptness of consent-based governance, 53
complementary role of adjudicative and treaty bodies, 95
and European Court of Human Rights, 59
importance of monitoring, 368
inter-state, 143
judicial settlement of, 5860, 362363
and UN human rights treaty bodies, 361, 382
Escazú Agreement, 265
Aarhus Convention’s compliance mechanism as model for, 278
Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance, 103, 151, 273276
access to, 281
domestic implementation of, 266267, 270
implementation and compliance provisions, 271
and inter-American human rights system, 279, 280283
Nagoya Protocol’s compliance mechanism as model for, 278
need for regional oversight and compliance, 284
Paris Agreement’s compliance mechanism as model for, 277
problem of access to justice, 272
public participation in non-compliance procedure, 102
rights established under, 265266, 268270
Espoo Convention, 4
dispute settlement under, 159
implementation committee, 152
monitoring bodies
cautions issued by, 87, 91
interactive dialogue, 86
NGO participation in non-compliance mechanism under, 89
non-compliance procedures, 126, 128
Cijevna/Cem River, 112, 128
Romania/Ukraine (Bystroe Canal), 71, 82, 83, 86
EU environmental law
compliance with, 247
European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of, 253
implementation of, 246
European Convention on Human Rights, 315
denunciation (Art. 58), 290
enforcement system, 325327
impact on United Kingdom, 327329, 330
prohibition of torture (Art. 3), 293
respect for private and family life (Art. 8), 59
right to life (Art. 2), 59
United Kingdom’s relations with, 10
United Kingdom’s role in development of, 325
European Court of Human Rights, 326
and Aarhus Convention, 272, 283
cases
Budayeva and Others v Russia, 379
Chowdury and Others v Greece, 335
CN v United Kingdom, 353
Cordella and Others v Italy, 379, 380
Cruz Varas and Others v Sweden, 304
Fadeyeva v Russia, 380
Hirst v United Kingdom, 329
Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines v Turkey, 429
L.E. v Greece, 338
López Ostra v Spain, 380
M. Özel and Others v Turkey, 379
Mamatkulov and Askarov v Turkey, 304
Öneryildiz v Turkey, 379
Rantsev v Cyprus and Russia, 335, 338, 350351
Siliadin v France, 335, 354
V.C.L. and A.N. v United Kingdom, 339
Zoletic and others v Azerbaijan, 339
climate complaints before, 374
compared to treaty bodies, 288293
comparative effectiveness, 310311
compliance with decisions of, 293302
decisions relating to prohibition of torture, 302310
effect of judgments of, 296
environmental disputes before, 59, 363, 379380
exclusion of NGOs as complainants, 272
execution of judgments of, 293302
interim measures, 304
judgments on human trafficking, 335, 338339
stance on right to a clean environment, 59
UK courts’ relations with, 327330
European Court of Justice
access to, 247
Bern Convention case file system as complement to, 260
cases
Bank Mellat v Council, 437
Commission v Bulgaria, 255, 256
Post Bank Iran v Council, 436
conservation cases before, 252
effect of judgments of, 247
and environmental protection, 239
Iran’s/Iranians’ recourse to, 428, 436
jurisdiction over restrictive measures against individuals, 429
European nature protection law
Bern Convention, 244
EU Birds and Habitats Directives, 244
expert review
Paris Agreement TER, 31
suppression conventions’ reliance on, 415 See also Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
facilitative compliance/implementation, 3, 15, 37, 38, 41, 42, 46
Aarhus Convention, 108
advisory procedure, 65, 105, 109, 110, 116, 118, 120
Basel Convention, 60
BBNJ Agreement, 118
complement to judicial dispute settlement, 18
Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism, 401
Escazú Agreement, 271, 276
evolution in multilateral environmental agreements, 49
Kyoto Protocol, 103
Montreal Protocol, 61, 102
multilateral environmental agreements, 121, 125
in new-generation non-compliance procedures, 50
non-confrontational nature of, 123
Paris Agreement, 17, 31, 32, 34, 35, 41, 46, 57, 6164, 152, 278
Protocol on Water and Health, 108, 117
vs punitive measures, 141
Rotterdam Convention, 64
as ‘sanction’, 414
submission procedures, 104, 107
unsuitability in state-to-state procedures, 141
Water Convention, 65, 68, 107, 110, 115
Facility-Specific Rapid Response Labor Mechanism, 182
fact-finding
as aid to negotiations, 440
and Bystroe Canal Project, 88
contribution to global governance, 439
and International Atomic Energy Agency, 434
and Iranian nuclear programme, 439
and JCPOA Joint Commission, 422
as tool to incentivise compliance with international law, 440
and UNESCO protection of cultural property, 463
UN missions, 135
and UNSC 1737 Committee, 427, 433
and Water Convention, 116
and World Bank dispute resolution, 188, 201
and WTO dispute settlement panels, 162
Financial Action Task Force, 404409
enforcement tools and consequences, 405
review process
money laundering, 405, 409
terrorist financing, 405, 409
Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros Project. See International Court of Justice
German Constitutional Court, 296
Global Health Threats Council, 28
Global Network for Human Rights and the Environment, 278
Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, 23
global public goods, 7
Goote, Maas, 270
Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, 337, 351, 399, 401, 402, 415416
Hague Convention (1954), 453454
as basis for Cambodia’s Preah Vihear Temple claims, 446
conciliation (Art. 22), 455458
UNESCO assistance (Art. 23), 459461
UNESCO assistance for compliance with, 469
Hathaway, Oona, 314, 331
incentives
characteristic of management model, 184
in international human rights regimes, 302
as part of non-compliance procedure, 150
as part of political compliance processes, 424
role in promotion of compliance, 414
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 279, 280
cases
Arctic Athabaskan Peoples, 374
José Pereira, 345, 349
environmental case law, 280
NGO complaints to, 281
Inter-American Court of Human Rights, 263, 279
advisory opinion on environment and human rights, 263, 269, 374, 376, 379, 381
cases
Kaliña and Lokono Peoples, 280
Kawas Fernández, 379
Lhaka Honhat Association, 263
Mayagna (Sumo) Awas Tingni Community, 280
Saramaka People, 280
Trabalhadores Fazenda Brasil Verde, 347348, 349
environmental case law, 280
and environmental disputes, 362, 379
jurisdiction of, 282
non-compliance function of, 280
weakness of compliance mechanisms, 281
inter-American human rights system
access to, 281
monitoring and accountability function, 263
International Atomic Energy Agency
as nuclear non-compliance mechanism, 421
ineffectiveness of, 423
for Iranian nuclear policy, 426, 430, 431, 432, 434, 439440, 441
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), 480
International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, 156
International Court of Justice
advisory opinion on climate change, 42
cases
Aerial Incident of 3 July 1988, 434
Ahmadou Sadio Diallo, 116, 380
Alleged Violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations, and Consular Rights, 229, 435
Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 128, 380
Certain Activities Carried Out by Nicaragua in the Border Area, 59, 94, 143, 362
Certain Iranian Assets, 435
Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between Nicaragua and Colombia, 148, 163
Dispute over the Status and Use of the Waters of the Silala, 114
Effects of Awards of Compensation, 192
Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project, 71, 7281, 9293, 114
Judgment No. 2867 of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization, 380
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 380
Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean, 164
Oil Platforms, 434
Questions Relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite, 380
Temple of Preah Vihear, 445452, 464, 467470
Whaling in the Antarctic, 79, 147, 148, 159162, 362
consultation of experts by, 167
and environmental disputes, 58
and Iran/US disputes, 422
jurisdiction of, 158, 422
and monetary issues, 228230
and multilateral environmental agreements, 130
transparency before, 139
international courts and tribunals
advisory opinions, 99
compared to compliance committees, 141, 142
compared to IMF surveillance, 236
contribution to clarification of international law, 42
differentiation from non-compliance mechanisms, 8
effectiveness of no recourse to, 434
and environmental disputes, 59
and global monetary governance, 227
and international economic disputes, 227230
and inter-state disputes, 135, 139
and Iranian nuclear crisis, 422437
nuclear disarmament proceedings before, 420
overlap with quasi-judicial non-compliance mechanisms, 5
and state responsibility, 4144
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
compliance with, 317319
monitoring under, 10
international criminal law
complexity of, 386
compliance with, 412419
definition of, 386387
development of, 386
money laundering, 387, 389, 394, 396, 404
monitoring mechanisms in, 385386, 388389
soft power mechanisms, 386, 411
terrorist financing, 389, 404
treaty compliance monitoring, 390
universal suppression conventions, 389395
monitoring of implementation and compliance, 395
international environmental law
compliance requirements, 270
courts’ unease with, 59
evolution of non-compliance procedures in, 403
Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros judgment as step in evolution of, 92
general principles of, 78, 80, 87
goal of, 365
human rights treaty bodies and, 363, 365, 368
inclusivity in implementation of, 278
legitimacy in, 52
non-compliance mechanisms in, 3, 5, 44
principles of, 365
right to a healthy environment, 264
Escazú Agreement, 266, 268269, 283, 284
Latin America and Caribbean, 262264, 267
proposed protocol to European Convention on Human Rights, 364
recognition by UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly, 264
suitability of non-compliance mechanisms to, 60, 71
sustainable development, 77
use in international environmental disputes, 95
use of regional non-compliance mechanisms, 264
International Health Regulations (2005)
background to, 18
core capacity provisions of, 1819
reporting processes under, 1921
Review Committee on the Functioning of, 19, 21, 2425 See also international pandemic law; pandemic preparedness; World Health Organization
international human rights law
compared to international environmental law, 365
environmentalisation of, 361, 362365
failure to protect against effect of climate change as violation of, 377
impact of Committee on the Rights of the Child decision on, 376
International Law Commission
protection of atmosphere, 65
protectoin of atmosphere
compliance approach favoured by Special Rapporteur, 66
state responsibility, 75
International Monetary Fund
compliance mechanisms, 230
amendment of Articles of Agreement, 231
forced withdrawal, 230
suspension of financial/political rights, 231
Financial Sector Assessment Programs, 27, 235, 407
jurisdictional overlap with World Bank, 235
non-compliance mechanisms
interpretation of Articles of Agreement, 232233
surveillance, 217227, 233236
international monetary law, 218, 220
and International Court of Justice, 228
International Narcotics Control Board, 393, 419
international pandemic law
compliance needs of, 28
factors to be introduced into compliance procedures, 46
need for improved compliance with, 22
potential for advisory procedure in, 119
relevance of Paris Agreement’s compliance machinery, 17, 3037, 41, 46
value of facilitative compliance processes to, 17 See also pandemic preparedness; World Health Organization
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 149
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
accessibility of pleadings, 139
advisory opinions
BBNJ Agreement’s proposed provision on, 118
request of 12 December 2022, 42, 362, 370
cases
Bangladesh/Myanmar, 147, 148, 164166
Ghana/Côte d’Ivoire, 143, 158, 166
Mauritius/Maldives, 99, 116
dispute settlement option under UNCLOS, 147
and environmental disputes, 58 See also UNCLOS
International Whaling Commission, 147, 156
infractions subcommittee, 147
Iran Nuclear Deal, 420, 422, 427, 432
EU court cases related to, 425
fact-finding mechanism, 440
silence on human rights sanctions, 437 See also Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; UN Security Council, 1737 Committee
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, 420, 423, 428
effectiveness of non-compliance mechanisms, 437
Iranian compliance with, 431, 432, 440
Joint Commission, 421423, 429432, 437
significance as global governance model, 441
role of international courts and tribunals, 438
US stance, 423, 425, 440
viability of non-compliance mechanism, 434 See also Iran Nuclear Deal
joint external evaluation, 20, 24, 25
judicial dispute settlement, 145
coexistence alongside non-compliance mechanisms, 158
compliance committees as alternative to, 102, 121
confrontational nature of, 145
limits of, 79
non-compliance mechanisms as alternative to, 481
non-compliance procedures as complement to, 18, 43
treaty clauses providing for, 157, 158
Kiev Protocol, 149
Klabbers, Jan, 143
Koskenniemi, Martii, 44
Kyoto Protocol, 4, 17, 149
advisory procedure, 109
Facilitative Branch, 133134
non-compliance mechanism, 49, 56, 103
state-to-state procedure under, 126
Law of the Sea Convention. See UNCLOS
legal mobilization
through Bern Convention, 240, 244, 246, 253
Bern Convention and EU Commission opportunities compared, 250, 254261
conceptual approaches, 240, 241
Emilio Lehoucq and Whitney Taylor on, 241
and EU environmental law, 239
through European Commission infringement system, 247, 251, 252
and European Court of Justice, 247
Frances Zemans on, 241
meaning of, 240, 241
legitimacy, 50
Bodansky on, 5152
consent-based, 51
and legality, 52
procedure-based, 51
results-based, 52
soft measures as element of, 69
source-based, 51
Wolfrum on, 50, 52
meetings of the parties (MOPs), 5356
adoption of sanctions by, 100
facilitative approach of, 70
powers of, 5456
procedure-based legitimacy of, 70
role in non-compliance procedures, 53
under Water Convention, 106, 107 See also conferences of the parties (COPs)
Milano, Valentina, 338
Minamata Convention, 4
implementation and compliance committee, 33, 103, 151
monitoring
aid to compliance committees, 104
of anti-trafficking efforts, 335, 351
in Bystroe Canal case, 72, 86, 9091, 93
in Cijevna/Cem River advisory procedure, 65, 112113
compared to judicial proceedings, 385, 412
of compliance with European Court of Human Rights judgments, 288, 302
of compliance with treaty body views, 299
conditions required for, 24
definition of, 385
element of non-compliance procedures, 60
evolution in international criminal law, 388, 391
horizontal, 401, 418
by Human Rights Committee, 303, 317
IMF surveillance, 218, 222, 235
of implementation of criminal law treaties, 390
African Union Advisory Board on Corruption, 400
Committee against Torture, 394, 395
facilitative approach, 411
Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, 399, 402
Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, 400
Group of States against Corruption, 403, 416
International Narcotics Control Board, 393394
intra- and interorganisational cooperation, 419
Lanzarote Committee, 397, 400
phases of, 418
sanctioning powers, 419
of implementation of human rights treaties, 363, 367
Committee against Torture, 303
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 332
of implementation of multilateral environmental agreements, 100, 103
Aarhus Convention, 87
Bern Convention, 256257, 260
by compliance committees, 122
Espoo Convention, 8687
of implementation of regional criminal law treaties, 396, 399
NGO and civil society participation, 403
by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 279
in inter-American human rights system, 263
and International Health Regulations, 19, 20
under international human rights regime, 287, 294, 311, 333
and Iranian nuclear programme, 422, 439
of money laundering, 394, 401
NGO support for, 90
non-judicial, 301
for nuclear non-proliferation compliance, 432, 440
and pandemic preparedness, 24
paucity in international criminal law, 385
phased process of, 402, 417, 418
shared ownership of, 411
as soft power mechanism, 412
of treaty implementation, 388
under universal suppression conventions, 395
vertical, 401, 418
and World Bank Dispute Resolution Services, 209211 See also Financial Action Task Force; Global Preparedness Monitoring Board; peer review
Montreal Protocol, 3, 16, 50, 58, 70
contemporary practice of non-compliance procedure, 68
Implementation Committee, 103, 136, 138
Meeting of the Parties under, 69
non-compliance procedure, 49, 61, 150
non-compliance provision (Art. 8), 58, 102
transparency of non-compliance procedure, 67, 140
multilateral environmental agreements
advisory function of non-compliance mechanisms in, 100, 108
communal obligations under, 131132
compliance/implementation committees under, 34, 100, 101105, 276
new generation of, 5, 16
emphasis on practical facilitation of compliance, 17
non-compliance procedures
compared to human rights treaty bodies, 361, 368, 370, 371, 373, 375
relevance to UNCLOS, 480
relevance of advisory procedure to, 116119
non-compliance procedures
advisory procedure, 104
conciliatory function, 120
non-inquisitorial nature, 120
value of tailored technical advice, 120
and water diplomacy, 114116
in Bystroe Canal case, 72, 8195
complementary to judicial procedures, 143
decisions from, 57
establishment of, 58
evolution, 64, 70, 404
facilitative, 70
independence from dispute settlement processes, 115
Koskenniemi on state responsibility and, 44
under Montreal Protocol, 61, 67
nature of, 56
new generation of
facilitation bodies, 50, 70
legitimacy of, 50
nomenclature, 70
soft approach of, 66
and multilateral environmental agreements, 56
overview, 105
under Paris Agreement, 6164
potentiality for use under UNCLOS, 481484
public participation, 274
soft approach to addressing compliance issues, 143
and state responsibility, 44
submission procedure, 104
under Water Convention, 106
suitability to environmental non-compliance, 60
suitability to regional vs universal treaties, 395
transparency, 140
triggering of, 101, 104, 121
non-governmental organisation(s)
assistance with dispute resolution processes, 204
as complainants before human rights courts, 362
as compliance committee triggers, 121, 124
and environmental protection, 263
exclusion as complainants at European Court of Human Rights, 267, 272
as guardians of biodiversity, 240, 241
involvement in anti-trafficking efforts, 341, 343, 350, 351
involvement in Bern Convention complaints system, 242243, 248, 250, 254258, 261
involvement in non-compliance mechanisms, 89, 93
involvement in UN human rights treaty bodies, 368
limited role before International Court of Justice, 79
participation in EU Commission complaints system, 251
participation in inter-American human rights system, 281
participation in monitoring processes of criminal law conventions, 403
as requesters of advisory opinions, 116 See also Birdlife International
OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, 416
OECD Anti-Bribery Recommendation (2021), 402
OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, 398
OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions, 400, 417
Organization of American States, 395
environmental protection role of, 280
human rights protection, 279
OSPAR Commission, 154
pandemic preparedness
accountability mechanisms, 26
development of non-compliance machinery, 18
inadequacy of, 26
lessons from COVID-19, 21, 22, 25
proposal of convention on, 23 See also International Health Regulations (2005); international pandemic law; World Health Organization
Paris Agreement, 4, 149
compliance system, 3035, 68
emphasis on reporting obligations, 36
Enhanced Transparency Framework, 31
facilitative approach to compliance, 16, 69
Global Stocktake, 31, 34
Implementation and Compliance Committee, 30, 3234, 35, 36, 277
impartiality, 124
non-compliance procedure, 49
peer review, 416417
Convention against Corruption, 391
Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 392
Financial Action Task Force, 404
pandemic preparedness, 27
suppression conventions’ reliance on, 415
Permanent Court of Arbitration. See South China Sea Arbitration
Permanent Court of International Justice
Case Concerning the Factory at Chorzow, 60
Case Concerning the Payment of Various Serbian Loans Issued in France, 228
Case of the S.S. ‘Lotus’, 451
Territorial Jurisdiction of the International Commission of the River Oder, 79
plastic pollution treaty, 7, 16, 48, 120
potential for advisory procedure, 118
Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers. See Kiev Protocol
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. See Montreal Protocol
Protocol on Water and Health, 149
consultation process, 108, 109, 117
public participation in non-compliance procedure, 102, 107
Raustiala, Kal, 301
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean. See Escazú Agreement
reporting obligations
under drug trafficking treaties, 393, 395
and environmental non-compliance, 60
as facilitative measures, 141
hindrances to, 415
under human rights regimes, 287
under International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 317, 321, 332
UK compliance with, 322, 324, 330
under International Health Regulations, 1921, 35
under Kyoto Protocol, 56
under multilateral environmental agreements, 103, 123
under Paris Agreement, 31, 33, 41, 57
streamlining under criminal law treaties, 419
under UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 395
reports
on anti-corruption efforts, 401, 403, 405, 408, 415, 416, 417, 418
on anti-trafficking efforts, 337, 339, 348, 353, 359, 399
under Bern Convention, 253, 255260
of Committee against Torture, 305
under Convention on Biological Diversity, 155
in dispute settlement, 184
and environmental human rights, 366
on environmental human rights, 367369, 370, 371, 372, 382
in environmental non-compliance procedures, 54, 103
under Escazú Agreement, 274, 275
of Human Rights Committee, 305
of Independent Evaluation Office (IMF), 235
in inter-American human rights system, 280
under International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 317, 331
of International Monetary Fund, 221, 226
on Iranian nuclear programme, 427, 439, 440
under Kyoto Protocol, 133
and pandemic preparedness, 27
under Paris Agreement, 31, 34
of scientific bodies, 155, 165
to treaty bodies, 299
of UN Special Rapporteurs, 359
under Water Convention, 107, 110
of World Bank Grievance Redress Service, 197
of WTO Dispute Settlement Body, 184, 478
review mechanisms
Financial Action Task Force, 404
non-confrontational character of, 145
OECD Working Group on Bribery, 417
regional vs universal treaties, 418
UN Convention against Corruption, 388, 391, 392, 417
UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 388, 392, 418
Rotterdam Convention, 4
facilitative approach to compliance, 16, 69
non-compliance procedure, 49
state-to-state trigger in, 123
sanctions
characteristic of enforcement model, 184
under Escazú Agreement, 267
FATF’s ‘soft sanctions’, 408
as feature of rationalist approach to compliance, 40
in IMF dispute settlement, 230
and international criminal law, 412, 414, 419
in international criminal law, 410
in international human rights regimes, 302
in Iranian nuclear context, 422, 423424, 427428, 429, 430, 432, 435437, 441
and multilateral environmental agreements, 100
as non-compliance mechanism, 438
and non-compliance procedures, 115, 150
omission from new generation multilateral environmental agreements, 17
and Paris Agreement compliance committee, 35, 62, 68
as political measures, 421, 438
reputational effects as form of, 226
stigmatization effect of, 101
and trade dispute settlement, 185 See also UN Security Council, 1737 Committee
scientific committee(s), 146148, 153157
under CITES, 155
of Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna, 154
and International Court of Justice, 159162
of International Whaling Commission, 146, 153, 156
perceived bias of, 157
role in treaty compliance, 167 See also UNCLOS, Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
self-reporting, 415, 483
simulation exercise, 20, 24
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 393, 419
South China Sea Arbitration, 471488
cooperative compliance with award, 484488
non-compliance procedures as aid to enforcement, 481484
Southern Bluefin Tuna Convention dispute resolution, 158
state-to-state compliance procedures
communal objective of, 131
expertise, 135137
procedural principles, 132
evidence, 134135
impartiality and independence, 137138
jurisdiction, 132134
outcomes, 140142
participation and transparency, 138140
state-to-state triggers
under Aarhus Convention, 122, 125
background to, 123125
challenges faced by, 122
under Espoo Convention, 126
evidence requirements, 134135
under Kyoto Protocol, 126
limited use of, 127142
objective of, 122
positioning among existing procedures, 143
proof of involvement/interest, 134
states’ perceptions of, 127130
tensions over, 123125
before UN human rights treaty bodies, 126
use between neighbouring states, 134
Stockholm Convention
lack of transparency, 139
non-compliance procedures (Art. 17), 371
surveillance
IMF non-compliance mechanism, 217
alternatives to, 227233
development of, 233235
legal basis, 221222
legal features characterising, 225227
overview, 217220
procedural framework, 235236
process, 224225
scope, 222224
and pandemic preparedness, 26
requirement of International Health Regulations, 18
Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, 470
Teitgen, Pierre-Henri, 288
trade agreement compliance
behind-the-border schemes
assessment, 182183
contribution to compliance theory, 183185
practical issues raised by, 179181
transformative power of, 181182
enforcement vs compliance, 173174
innovations, 172
United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, 174176
United States–Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, 177
shifts in, 177
trade-plus, 174178, 181182, 185
trafficking in persons
Argentina, 342346
case of Marita Verón, 343
case of Montoya, 343
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recommendations on, 345
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women observations on, 344
Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families recommendations on, 345
influence of judicial cases, 342
UN Special Procedures on, 344, 345
Brazil, 346349
Committee on the Rights of the Child observations on, 348
José Pereira v Brazil, 347
Trabalhadores da Fazenda Brasil Verde v Brazil, 347
Cyprus, 349352
Rantsev v Cyprus and Russia, 350
UN Special Procedures on, 351
domestic court decisions on, 337, 358
European Court of Human Rights judgments on, 335
human rights treaty bodies and, 358
Inter-American Court of Human Rights judgments on, 336
NGO pressure, 341
regional court decisions on, 338, 358
sociocultural factors influencing decisions on, 340
soft pressure as compliance mechanism, 359
UN Special Rapporteur communications on, 335, 339, 359
and UN treaty bodies, 335
United Kingdom, 352358
CN v United Kingdom, 353
domestic court decisions, 355
UN Special Procedures on, 356, 357 See also Council of Europe, Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
treaty bodies
under CITES, 155
under Convention on Biological Diversity, 155
committees of the parties as, 55
and human trafficking, 335, 344
on Argentina, 345
on Brazil, 348
on Cyprus, 351
effect of recommendations by, 345
individual communications to, 335
proactive nature of, 359
on United Kingdom, 344
in human rights field, 126, 288, 289, 293, 333, 366, 368, 394
action against climate change, 364, 372373
climate complaints before, 374378
compared to European Court of Human Rights, 302, 307, 309, 310
compliance mechanisms for environmental protection, 361, 363, 365, 366, 368, 382
compliance with views of, 299300, 302, 310, 319
courts’ references to documents of, 379381
development of environmental rights by, 371
effect of pronouncements by, 295, 296
environmental complaints before, 370
follow-up procedure, 368
importance of judicial oversight, 330
independence of, 371
monitoring by, 367
soft law documents, 379
state-to-state complaints before, 369
as implementation and compliance facilitators, 3
in international criminal law field, 385
facilitative approach of, 411
monitoring of suppression conventions by, 395
monitoring under regional conventions, 402
under multilateral environmental agreements, 58
processes employed under, 6
quasi-judicial, 418
relationship with international courts and tribunals, 157, 159
role in Bystroe Canal case, 90
treaty parties’ cooperation with, 101 See scientific committee(s)
Treaty of the High Seas. See BBNJ Agreement
Ulfstein, Geir, 56
UN (Palermo) Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, 334, 342, 346347, 350, 356, 389
UN Charter
and International Monetary Fund, 229
peaceful settlement of disputes (Art. 33), 58, 127
UN Convention against Corruption, 388, 419
Implementation Review Group, 391
UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 393, 394
UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 394
UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, 389, 392
UN Development Programme, 213
UN Environment Assembly, 118
UN Environment Programme
on compliance, 101
on implementation, 101
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. See Kyoto Protocol; Paris Agreement
UN Human Rights Committee, 289, 317
cases
Daniel Billy and Others v Australia, 378
Ioane Teitiota v New Zealand, 374375, 379
Lilian Celiberti de Casariego v Uruguay, 381
Mabel Pereira Montero v Uruguay, 381
Portillo Cáceres et al. v Paraguay, 370, 379
compliance with views of, 302303, 305307, 309, 320
enforceability of views of, 319
and environmental protection, 364
UN Independent Expert report on, 370
General Comments of, 319
No. 36 (Art. 6 ICCPR), 372
individual communications to, 292, 318, 378
Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ references to, 381
legal status of views of, 295
states parties’ reports to, 317
United Kingdom’s relations with, 321325, 330
UN Human Rights Council, 264, 268, 364
UN Office on Drugs and Crime, 392
UN peacekeeping forces, 469
UN Protocol against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, 389
UN Protocol against Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, 389
UN Security Council
1737 Committee, 421, 423, 433, 438, 439, 441
effectiveness, 434
Panel of Experts, 427, 438
protection of Temple of Preah Vihear, 446, 465, 469
UN Special Commission, 433
UN Special Procedures, 339, 359
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, 348, 356
Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while combatting terrorism, 357
Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of human rights in context of climate change, 364
Special Rapporteur on sale and sexual exploitation of children, 357
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, 334, 335, 340, 344, 345, 351, 359
UNCLOS
Annex VII arbitration, 473
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, 147, 162167
conciliation under, 472, 488
dispute settlement under, 158, 473, 479, 480, 481
compared to WTO dispute settlement, 479
investor-state arbitration compared to arbitration under, 480
lack of enforcement mechanism, 472, 478
marine environment protection obligations, 478, 481, 483
need for non-compliance procedure, 480 See also International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
and South China Sea Arbitration, 472484
and Southern Bluefin Tuna Convention, 158
UNESCO
assistance in protection of cultural property, 454, 459461, 468
involvement in MINUSMA, 469
Man and the Biosphere Programme, 82, 88
Preah Vihear Temple, 446447, 452453, 462465, 466, 469
United Kingdom
and European Convention on Human Rights, 315316, 327329, 332
Human Rights Act, 321324, 327330
impact of European Court of Human Rights judgments in, 327, 329, 330
and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 315316, 320325, 330, 332
Supreme Court, 330
universal periodic review mechanism
in health domain, 24, 29, 35
in human rights domain, 25, 300, 368
Water Convention, 4, 83, 105
advisory procedure, 100, 108, 109111
Cijevna/Cem River, 111113
conclusions on, 120
contribution to water diplomacy, 114116
financial, technical or legal support, 116117
potential utility for other multilateral treaties, 119
facilitative approach to compliance, 16
implementation committee, 64, 67, 106107
non-compliance procedure, 5, 50, 65
public participation in non-compliance procedure, 102
Wolfrum, Rüdiger, 5053
World Bank
accountability mechanism, 189191, 193, 197, 205
Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, 204
Dispute Resolution Services, 200202
accessibility, effectiveness and independence of remedies, 202216
Financial Sector Assessment Programs, 27, 235, 407
Grievance Redress Service, 197200
Inspection Panel, 188, 193197
jurisdictional overlap with International Monetary Fund, 235
rule of law indicator, 308
World Health Organization
Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee, 23, 25
Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR), 23, 2527
Working Group on Strengthening WHO Preparedness and Response to Health Emergencies (WGPR), 23
World Health Assembly
intergovernmental negotiating body, 23
Resolution WHA73.1, 25 See also International Health Regulations (2005); international pandemic law; pandemic preparedness
World Trade Organization, 215
dispute settlement, 139, 162, 215, 478479
and environmental disputes, 58
and monetary disputes, 229
Trade Policy Review Mechanism, 29

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