Diplomatic Protection

Dr Amerasinghe started his professional career in academia at Cambridge University, Trinity Hall and then at the University of Ceylon where he latterly held a full Professorship of law. Later he joined the World Bank as an international lawyer and ended his 26yr career there as Registrar of the World Bank Tribunal. He was a judge at the UN Tribunal in New York from 1998-2000 and of the Commonwealth Secretarial Tribunal from 1999-2002. He was made an Honorary Professor of Law by the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and has been an adjunct Professor of International law at the American University, Washington. He has also been a member of the Institute de Droit International since 1998.

The book reads as an authoritative work of reference and a brilliant companion to ILC's work on the subject of diplomatic protection. And despite its richly annotated nature and forthright manner, Amerasinghe's book is nonetheless user-friendly and I'm certain that it will be of the utmost use for students and practitioners of international law alike

• 1. Prologue ; 2. History and Development of Diplomatic Protection ; 3. Diplomatic Protection in Context ; 4. The International Law Violated ; 5. Arrangements Excluded from the Concept of Diplomatic Protection ; 6. Codification of the Law of Diplomatic Protection ; 7. The Clash of Interests in Diplomatic Protection ; 8. The Human Rights Factor - Claimed Obsolescence of Diplomatic Protection ; 9. A Duty to Protect? ; 10. Relevance of Nationality ; 11. Exhausting Local Remedies ; 12. Effect of a Calvo Clause ; 13. The Clean Hands Doctrine ; 14. Attribution of Conduct as the Act of the State ; 15. Remedies ; 16. Influence of the Law of Human Rights Protection - Parallels ; 17. Effect of Investment Treaties and of International Investment Law ; 18. Concluding Observations