scholarly journals The application of international law in the domestic legal system: The 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees with the additional protocol

2004 ◽  
Vol 76 (9) ◽  
pp. 117-128
Author(s):  
Sanja Đajić
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Legal System ◽  
International Treaty ◽  
Additional Protocol ◽  
The Status ◽  
Scope Of Application ◽  
Domestic Law ◽  
Regular Practice

Application of international law should be a regular practice of courts and other State authorities. Before applying international law, one should take a number of preliminary steps, such as verifying whether international treaty is in force, whether the matter falls within its scope of application resolving possible conflict with domestic law and checking for the practice and interpretations issued by the competent international authorities. The mere technique of application of international law is very similar to the application of domestic law, meaning that preciseness and clear rules of reasoning are required each time one is deciding on the basis of international law. In this paper, the author uses the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees by way of example, but similar questions could be raised concerning the application of any other international treaty. A large number of treaties that are binding on our State show that it is very important to be familiar with conditions and technique of application of international law, to ensure that neither the international responsibilities of our State nor the exigencies of the domestic legal system are impaired.

scholarly journals Status of International Law In Indonesian National Law: Review of International Conventions in Indonesian Legal System

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamza Baharuddin ◽  
Achmad Zulfikar
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
International Law ◽  
Legal System ◽  
International Research ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
International Treaty ◽  
System P ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Status ◽  
International Conventions

This manuscript is an Extended Abstract from the Abstract that has been presented in 2nd International Research Conference on Economics, Business and Social Sciences. This manuscript provides a simple overview of the status of international conventions as the part of international law. Several parts of the whole paper have been revealed which result comparing the three international treaties endorsed by the Indonesian government before and after the enactment of Law No. 24 of 2000 on the International Treaty. If you need more information related to this manuscript please contact the author.

scholarly journals Environmental Law and Public International Law

2019 ◽  
pp. 1159-1184
Author(s):  
Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Public International Law ◽  
The Status ◽  
Domestic Law

This chapter examines how—and the extent to which—public international law influences domestic environmental law. It first considers the assumption that the domestic–international divide is relevant to understanding current legal processes in the field of environmental governance before exploring the status of international law within domestic systems. In particular, it discusses the theoretical frameworks used to explain how domestic legal systems relate to public international law, including the dualism versus monism dichotomy, and the main transposition techniques used to integrate international law into domestic legal systems. The chapter also describes the effects of international law within domestic law in terms of unit of analysis, types of incidence, and the beneficiaries of these effects. Finally, it looks at factors that influence a state’s approach to the interactions between its legal system relative to environmental protection and public international law.

scholarly journals THE COURTS AND TREATIES: INDONESIA’S PERSPECTIVE

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Damos Dumoli Agusman
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Court Decision ◽  
Clear Indication ◽  
The Status ◽  
Domestic Law

AbstractThis article discusses the enforceability of treaties under Indonesian legal system. The purpose of this article is to explore and provide answers to the following questions: (i) whether or not international law may be directly invoked and enforceable under domestic legal system (ii) how and to what extent Indonesian courts are using international law especially the treaties. In providing analysis to the above questions, this article discusses the notion of courts and judicial competence and judicial attitude towards treaties. This article suggests that there is no doubt that the courts may apply treaty provisions to the case at hand without and by virtue of national legislations. However, the attitude of the courts towards treaties as demonstrated in a number of cases above does not reveal any clear indication on the question of the status of treaties under domestic law especially with regard to the method on how the legal system incorporates treaties under domestic law. The Court decision has therefore not yet contributed to the attempt for seeking a legal determination of the domestic status of a treaty as well as the mode for granting its domestic validity.Keywords: domestic validity, Indonesian perspective, monism and dualism, status of treaties and treaty practices.AbstrakArtikel ini membahas mengenai pemberlakuan perjanjian internasional dalam sistem hukum Indonesia. Tujuan dari artikel ini adalah untuk mengkaji dan memberikan jawaban atas pertanyaan-pertanyaan berikut ini: (i) apakah hukum internasional dapat secara langsung dijadikan rujukan dan berlaku dalam sistem hukum domestik (ii) bagaimana dan sampai mana pengadilan Indonesia menggunakan hukum internasional khususnya perjanjian internasional. Dalam memberikan analisis terhadap pertanyaan-pertanyaan diatas, artikel ini membahas perihal pengadilan dengan kompetensi yudisialnya, dan perilaku yudisial terhadap perjanjian internasional. Artikel ini berkesimpulan bahwa pengadilan dapat menerapkan langsung perjanjian internasional terhadap perkara. Namun demikian praktik pengadilan dalam beberapa perkara yang terkait dengan perjanjian internasional belum memberikan indikasi yang jelas tentang kedudukan hukum perjanjian. Putusan Pengadilan oleh karena itu belum berkontribusi dalam upaya untuk mencari determinasi hukum terkait status domestik dari suatu perjanjian internasional dan cara pemberlakuan suatu perjanjian internasional dalam hukum domestik.Kata kunci: monisme dan dualisme, praktek perjanjian internasional, perspektif Indonesia, status perjanjian internasional, validitas domestik.

The European Charter of Local Self-Government

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Himsworth
Keyword(s):  
Critical Study ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
International Treaty ◽  
Additional Protocol ◽  
Domestic Courts ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Regional Authorities

The first critical study of the 1985 international treaty that guarantees the status of local self-government (local autonomy). Chris Himsworth analyses the text of the 1985 European Charter of Local Self-Government and its Additional Protocol; traces the Charter’s historical emergence; and explains how it has been applied and interpreted, especially in a process of monitoring/treaty enforcement by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities but also in domestic courts, throughout Europe. Locating the Charter’s own history within the broader recent history of the Council of Europe and the European Union, the book closes with an assessment of the Charter’s future prospects.

“Be Karbala Miravim!”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anicée Van Engeland
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
International Law ◽  
Hybrid System ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Iraq War ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Legal Standards ◽  
Domestic Law

This chapter considers the extent to which Islamic governance can integrate international humanitarian law (IHL) into its own legal system by examining the case of Iran. It addresses the consequences of the emergence of an Islamic-universal hybrid legal system. The stakes are high because IHL’s efficiency and necessity have been questioned: The existence of the Iranian hybrid system of law can be perceived as a threat by scholars arguing that international law is at risk of fragmentation due to the variety of domestic and regional approaches to fundamental legal standards. The importance of those stakes is illustrated by the Iran-Iraq War: The process of mixing a universal secular legal system with a religious domestic law occurred at a crucial time when Iran was at war with Iraq, with clear effects on the protection of civilians and the conduct of hostilities.

International Law within the Israel Legal System

1990 ◽  
Vol 24 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 451-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Lapidoth
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Legal System ◽  
The State ◽  
Laws Of War ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Military ◽  
State Of Israel ◽  
High Seas

Since the establishment of the State and up to the present day, Israeli law has had to deal with a great number of various problems in the field of international law, e.g. whether the State of Israel is a successor to the obligations of the Mandatory government; the jurisdiction of the Israeli courts with regard to offences committed in demilitarized zones or beyond the State's boundaries (on the high seas or abroad); the immunity of foreign states and their representatives from the jurisdiction of Israeli courts and from measures of execution; the status of international organizations and of their employees; the effect and implications of official acts performed within the territory of a state which is at war with Israel; the effect of international treaties in Israel; the question whether the Eastern neighbourhoods of Jerusalem are part of Israel; various issues concerning extradition, and of course, many questions regarding the laws of war: the powers of the military governor, and in particular his power to expropriate land in the territories under Israeli control and to expel residents from the territories, the extent of his legislative powers, etc.

Refoulement and Refugees

2017 ◽  
pp. 181-197
Author(s):  
Jasper MacLennan Sugars
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Word Meaning ◽  
The Public ◽  
Contentious Issue ◽  
Law And Policy ◽  
The Status ◽  
Unique Approach ◽  
Important Field ◽  
Domestic Law

Refoulement, a French word meaning to reject; or backwash, is a contentious issue in the international law and policy. However, the word is unknown to most of the public world – the Australian government operations to deter asylum seekers titled ‘pushing back the boats', ‘operation sovereign borders' are questionably pushing the limits as to what's refoulement and what isn't – but the worded meaning in the convention relating to the status of refugees is the process by which a persecuted asylum seeker is forcibly removed back to a place where they are re-exposed to the same danger from which they are trying to escape. In this article, the author hopes to provide information to others who are interested in the area of refugee policy and, in particular Australia's role in the development of this increasingly important field of international law as well as the implementation of their own unique approach to dealing with asylum seekers arriving in their territorial waters by boat. in this chapter the author has made every effort to provide an unbiased, politically non-partisan view of the current policies which Australia has implemented under domestic law, which includes the act of turning back of boats and offshore processing in third-nation processing facilities.

scholarly journals The Question To Be Faced Is One of Fact: H.L.A. Hart’s Legal Theory Through His View of International Law

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Giovanni Bisogni
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Borderline Case ◽  
Borderline Cases ◽  
Central Case ◽  
The Concept Of Law ◽  
Domestic Law ◽  
Concept Of Law

H.L.A. Hart says that The Concept of Law is focused on municipal or domestic law because that is the “central case”1 for the usage of the word ‘law.’ At the beginning of the book he states that “at various points in this book the reader will find discussions of the borderline cases where legal theorists have felt doubts about the application of the expression ‘law’ or ‘legal system,’ but the suggested resolution of these doubts, which he will also find here, is only a secondary concern of the book.”2 Yet among those borderline cases there is one that is rather intriguing, since Hart closely discusses a particular instance of them: it is international law, to which he devotes an entire chapter—the final one—of The Concept of Law. My goal in this article is therefore to make clear why the ‘resolution’ of the borderline case of international law is not entirely ‘secondary’ to Hart’s overall project in The Concept of Law and, in so doing, to show that Chapter X is not as unhappy as many think it is.

scholarly journals Interpretation of the Constitutional provisions relating to international law

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Michele Olivier
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
South African ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Bill Of Rights ◽  
Customary International Law ◽  
The Status ◽  
First Time ◽  
Domestic Law

The 1993 Constitution,1 for the first time in South African history accorded constitutional recognition to international law, thereby bringing an end to the debate on the status of international law in South African domestic law. This step was a symbolic break from the apartheid legal system, which was closely associated with the violation of international law and indicated to the international community that South Africa was willing to abide by internationally accepted rules. More important, however, for South African lawyers are the fundamental changes the constitutional regulation of international law introduced into South African law. The 1993 Constitution dealt with the conclusion of international agreements (sections 82(1)(i) and 231(2)), the status of international law in South African law (section 231(3) and (4)) and the role of international law in interpreting the chapter on fundamental rights (section 35(1)). These provisions were substantially taken over by the 1996 Constitution. The provisions relating to the entry into international agreements and the status thereof in terms of South African law are once again dealt with under section 231. The provisions on customary international law are dealt with separately under section 232. Section 233 deals with the role of international law in the interpretation of legislation, whilst section 39, the equivalent of section 35 of the 1993 Constitution, provides for international law in interpreting the Bill of Rights.

scholarly journals POLITIK PEMBANGUNAN HUKUM PERJANJIAN INTERNASIONAL TERKAIT STATUS DAN KEDUDUKAN PERJANJIAN INTERNASIONAL DI TINJAU DARI PRAKTIK INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Siti Sumartini
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Legal System ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
International Treaties ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Status

International agreements (treaties) is one of the mechanisms in international relations as well as one of the sources of international law. Lack of understanding of what the public understanding of international agreements often giving riseto confuse in ournational legal system. Thereby also on the status and position of international treaties in the practice of Indonesia has not provided clarity about what the system is about to be followed by Indonesia.

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