Human Rights Norms in 'Other' International Courts

Martin Scheinin is Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the European University Institute, Florence. He joined the European University Institute in 2008 after fifteen years as a professor in Finland. Between 1993 and 1998 he was Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Helsinki and between 1998 and 2008 he was Professor of Constitutional and International Law and Director of the Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland. He was previously a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee between 1997 and 2004.

'The contemporary adjudication of human rights law by non-specialist international courts and tribunals raises complex doctrinal, systemic and normative questions. This valuable book offers the reader a welcome and comprehensive analytical map to evaluate both the legal possibilities and trade-offs inherent in this adjudicatory phenomenon.' Jürgen Kurtz, European University Institute, Florence

• 1. How and why to assess the relevance of human rights norms in 'other' international courts? Martin Scheinin; 2. The interpretation and development of international human rights law by the International Court of Justice Gentian Zyberi; 3. The International Court of Justice as an integrator, developer and globaliser of international human rights law Başak Çalı, Lorna McGregor and Zeynep Elibol; 4. The systemic effect of international human rights law on international criminal law Alexandre Skander Galand; 5. The emerging right to justice in international criminal law: a case study of Colombia Marina Aksenova; 6. Human rights at the reparations system of the International Criminal Court Juan-Pablo Pérez-León-Acevedo; 7. International human rights law and dispute settlement in the World Trade Organisation Holger Hestermeyer; 8. Invoking human rights: a useful line of attack or a defence tool for states in investor-state dispute settlement? Freya Baetens; 9. Human rights norms in the Court of Justice of the European Union Vasiliki Kosta and Bruno De Witte; 10. The uneven impact of international human rights law in Africa's subregional courts Solomon T. Ebobrah; 11. Human rights, constitutional justice and international economic adjudication: legal methodology problems Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann; 12. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and human rights Anna Petrig and Marta Bo; 13. Forum shopping and human rights: staring at the empty shelves Payam Akhavan; 14. Taking stock: relevance of human rights norms in 'other' international courts Martin Scheinin.