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Artificially created islands are a contemporary reality, created and used for military and nonmilitary purposes. Analysis of such islands has largely been limited to their status under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) regime. Their position under general international law, however, remains unclear. In particular, the question of whether artificial islands can constitute sovereign territory remains unanswered. This Article analyzes the concept of territory in international law in the context of artificial islands, and argues that neither the doctrine of territory nor the strictures of UNCLOS prevent artificial islands from constituting territory capable of sovereign appropriation. This is further confirmed by examining state practice relating to artificial islands. The Article argues that artificial islands can be considered territory if they meet certain criteria: albeit territory not generating a territorial sea. Understanding artificial islands as capable of constituting territory allows for a more comprehensive and consistent positioning of such islands in regards to other general international law doctrines. The Article demonstrates this through the application of the doctrine of the unlawful acquisition of territory to artificial islands.

At the markup session May 2, 1978, the subcommittees accepted a draft substitute in which the name of the institute was changed to Institute for International Human Rights; this substitute was later incorporated as Title 7 of H.R. 12598, the fiscal 1979 Foreign relations authorization act. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Diana Beck beschäftigt sich mit Qualifikationskonflikten, die sich durch Auslegung und Anwendung der Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen ergeben. Die Autorin systematisiert diese Qualifikationskonflikte und zeigt die Folgen auf, welche sich in einer nicht verhinderten Doppelbesteuerung oder in einer Minderbesteuerung konkretisieren. Schließlich entwickelt sie Lösungsvorschläge, um diesen Besteuerungsfolgen entgegenzuwirken. Der Inhalt Ökonomische und rechtliche Fehlwirkungen konfligierender Abkommensanwendung Die Auslegung von Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen Definition und terminologische Abgrenzung des Phänomens "Qualifikationskonflikt" Vorschläge zur Lösung von Qualifikationskonflikten Die Autorin Dr. Diana Beck promovierte als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftliche Steuerlehre von Professor Dr. Gerhard Kraft. Sie ist heute als Steuerberaterin im Bereich internationale Steuerberatung und -planung in Berlin tätig. Die Herausgeber Die Reihe PwC-Studien zum Unternehmens- und Internationalen Steuerrecht wird herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Drüen, Prof. Dr. Dietmar Gosch, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Lüdicke und Dr. Arne Schnitger

At its plenary session on 14 May 1970, the International Committee of the Red Cross elected Mr. Victor H. Umbricht as a new member.Mr. Umbricht was born at Untersiggenthal in the canton of Aargau in 1915. After studying at various universities he obtained a doctorate in international law. He was a member of the Tribunal of Baden and then, from 1941 to 1953, was in the Swiss diplomatic service. He subsequently became assistant director of operations at the World Bank, Washington, for Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. In 1957 he was appointed Director of the Federal Administration of Finances in Bern.

The Genocide Convention explores the question of whether the law and genocide law in particular can prevent mass atrocities. The volume explains how genocide came to be accepted as a legal norm and analyzes the intent required for this categorization. The work also discusses individual suits against states for genocide and, finally, explores the utility of genocide as a legal concept.

The World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, a project of the International Labor Organization, assesses the effects of globalization. It argues that the increasing interdependence of states allows economically powerful states as well as economically powerful non-state organizations to affect the entire world. To balance their power, the World Commission argues that multilateral organizations, such as the United Nations, must increase their power to established international norms and create systems of governance that check the influence of economically powerful institutions. Without such balance, those nations and non-state organizations that currently lack economic powerful will become more and more disenfranchised.