Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Abdul G. Koroma – Biographical Summary

Abbreviations

Editors’ Biographies

Contributors

Part 1

Reflections on Abdul G. Koroma’s Contributions to International Law

Chapter 1

Judge Abdul Koroma in the Service of Universal International Law

Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao

Chapter 2

A Tribute to Abdul Koroma

Tommy Koh

Chapter 3

Abdul Koroma: Good Neighbour, Friend and Colleague

Kenneth Keith

part 2

Peaceful Dispute Settlement and the International Court of Justice

Chapter 4

The Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes: The Rainbow Warrior Affair – Experiences of a Small State

Kenneth Keith

Chapter 5

The International Court of Justice and the Latin American Experience The ICJ and the Latin American Experience

Bernado Sepúlveda-Amor

Chapter 6

Abdul Koroma, Territorial Integrity and the Kosovo Opinion

John Dugard

Chapter 7

Provisional Measures in Interpretation Proceedings – A New Way to Extend the Court’s Jurisdiction? The Practice of the Court in the Avena and Temple of Preah Vihear Cases

Karin Oellers-Frahm

Chapter 8

TWAILing the Bakassi Case: Colonialist Logic, ­ Self-Determining Agents and the Concept of Legitimate Statehood in Our Time

Obiora Chinedu Okafor and Chikeziri Igwe

Chapter 9

The International Court and the Legacy of the Barcelona Traction Case IC and the Legacy of the Barcelona Traction Case

Phoebe Okowa

part 3

International Law – General Subjects

Chapter 10

The Competition Between and Among Intrinsic and Instrumental Values in Selected Competing Visions of the World

Sienho Yee

Chapter 11

Democratizing International Law-Making

Babafemi Akinrinade

Chapter 12

An Innovative Solution to an Ambitious Project: Dispute Resolution in the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea

Surya P. Subedi

Chapter 13

An Analysis of the Adequacy of the Dispute Settlement Mechanism Under UNCLOS: Maritime Boundary Delimitation Disputes

Osman Keh Kamara

Chapter 14

Constitutional Law and the Settlement of Investor-State Disputes: Some Interplays

Laurence Boisson de Chazournes and Brian McGarry

Chapter 15

Legal Aspects of Competition between International Organizations

Konstantinos D. Magliveras

part 4

International Criminal Law and Humanitarian Law

Chapter 16

The International Court of Justice and International Humanitarian Law ICJ and International Humanitarian Law

Christopher Greenwood

Chapter 17

The Prevention of Genocide as a Jus Cogens Norm? A Formula for Lawful Humanitarian Intervention

Manuel J. Ventura

Chapter 18

A Reflection on the Phrase “Widespread or Systematic” as Part of the Definition of Crimes Against Humanity

Avitus A. Agbor

Chapter 19

Justice and Gender: Prosecuting Gender-Based and Sexual Violence Crimes at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone

Tamara Cummings-John

Chapter 20

International Crimes, Immunities and the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol of the Merged African Court: Some Observations

Adejoké Babington-Ashaye

Chapter 21

Africa and the International Criminal Court: Legitimacy and Credibility Challenges

Abdul Tejan-Cole

Chapter 22

International Criminal Justice Processes in Rwanda and Sierra Leone: Lessons for Liberia

Charles Chernor Jalloh and Andrew Morgan

part 5

Africa and International Law

Chapter 23

The Public Law of Africa and International Law: Broadening the Scope of Application of International Rules and Enriching Them for Intra-Africa Purposes

Abdulqawi A. Yusuf

Chapter 24

The Development and Enforcement of Community Law in the African Regional Economic Communities: Conceptual Issues, Architecture and Institutions

Tiyanjana Maluwa

Chapter 25

Africa’s Contribution to the Advancement of the Right to Development in International Law

Olajumoke O. Oduwole

Chapter 26

Aspects of Africa’s Contribution to the Development of International Law

Adetola Onayemi and Olufemi Elias

Chapter 27

The African Union and Questions Arising from Efforts to Resolve the Ivorian and Libyan Conflicts

Vincent O. Nmehielle

Chapter 28

Democratic Succession in Africa: Enhancing Orderly Transition through the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance

Lydia A. NKansah

Chapter 29

Secession: The African Experience

Gino J. Naldi

Chapter 30

Can Regional and Sub-Regional African Courts Strengthen the Rule of Law in Africa? Questions of Impact and Enforcement

Mia Swart

Chapter 31

Rethinking Anti-Corruption Strategies in Africa: Constitutional Entrenchment as Basis for Credible and Effective Anti-Corruption Clean-Ups

Charles Manga Fombad and Madeleine Choe-Amusimo Fombad

Index