CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS. Essays in Honour of Cees Flinterman

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1 CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS Essays in Honour of Cees Flinterman Edited by Ineke Boerefijn Jenny Goldschmidt intersentia Antwerp - Oxford - Portland

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INEKE BOEREFIJN and JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT Introduction PART A CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY TIM KOOPMANS The Internationalisation of the Rule of Law 11 MENNO T. KAMMINGA Humanisation of International Law 29 BAS DE GAAY FORTMAN Beating the State at its Own Game. An Inquiry into the Intricacies of Sovereignty and the Separation of Powers 41 KOFI KUMADO Changing Perceptions of Sovereignty and Human Rights in Africa 57 MARJOLEIN VAN DEN BRINK Gendered Sovereignty? In Search of Gender Bias in the International Law Concept of State Sovereignty 65 NlCO SCHRIJVER Unravelling State Sovereignty? The Controversy on the Right of Indigenous Peoples to Permanent Sovereignty over their Natural Wealth and Resources 85 YVONNE DONDERS The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. A Victory for Cultural Autonomy? 99

3 FONSCOOMANS Sovereignty Fading away? Prioritising Domestic Health Needs Versus Promoting Free Trade 123 PARTB ENFORCEMENT AND SOVEREIGNTY IN THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDER: INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND NON-STATE ACTORS THEO VAN BOVEN Five Years After Strengthening the United Nations. Recasting the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 145 TlEMO OOSTENBRINK The Reform of the Thematic Treaty Mechanisms of the United Nations 161 YUWENLI The Influence of International Organisations on the Protection of Human Rights in the Chinese Legal System 179 PETER MALCONTENT The European Union's Influence on the Character and Effectiveness of Dutch Conduct in the UN Commission on Human Rights 199 PlETER KOOIJMANS Upholding Human Rights in a Tense and Globalising World 233 WlLLEM J.M. VAN GENUGTEN Questioning the Freedom from Fear. A Meaningful Concept in a World Full of Abuse of Power and Injustice 245 INEKE BOEREFIJN and JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT Combating Domestic Violence Against Women. A Positive State Duty Beyond Sovereignty 273

4 PARTC ENFORCEMENT AND SOVEREIGNTY: INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS LEONARD BESSELINK The European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights. From Sovereign Immunity in Bosphorus to Full Scrutiny Under the Reform Treaty? 295 SUSANNE BURRI The Position of the European Court of Justice with Respect to the Enforcement of Human Rights 311 EGBERT MYJER Hardly a Week Goes by Without... Observations on the Increasing Number of General Problems of International Law in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights 327 LEO ZWAAK The Role of the Council of Europe and Its Committee of Ministers. Analysing the Efficiency of Measures Taken Under Article 46(2) oftheechr 355 TTTIA LOENEN Religious Pluralism and the European Court of Human Rights. Some Reflections on the Pros and Cons of a Wide Margin of Appreciation in the Case of Sahin v. Turkey 381 CHRISJE BRANTS The Free Flow of Information. A Sovereign Concept in and of Itself 395 MlTSUE INAZUMI Japan and the ICC. A Reflection from the Perspective of the Principle of Complementarity 417 VU

5 PARTD CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY: CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION BERTRAND RAMCHARAN Sovereignties of Impunity and Contemporary Challenges of International Protection 439 Duco HELLEMA Sovereignty and Peacebuilding 471 PETER BAEHR Human Rights in Foreign Policy and International Relations. Shifting Emphasis after 9/11? The Cases of the United States and the Netherlands 481 BlBI VAN GlNKEL Combating International Terrorism: New Powers for the Security Council? 497 OLIVIER RIBBELINK Another Responsibility to Protect? Some Thoughts on a Possible Consequence of GMES, or How Remote Sensing for the Good Cause Could Result in 'Another' Responsibility to Protect 521 ERIC MYJER Afghanistan, the Erosion of the Right to Self-Defence and the Case of the Missing Immediacy. The Debate on the Ban on the Use of Force and Self-Defence from a Human Rights Perspective 529 Selected Bibliography Cees Flinterman 551 About the Authors 575 Subscribers and Contributors 579 Vlil