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Preliminary Material -- Chapter I. International Norms and Standards for the Protection of National Minorities: Special Focus on Bilateral Treaties -- Chapter II. Treaties and Conventions from the Inter-war Period Which Still Have Normative Effects -- Chapter III. The Contemporary Multilateral Protection of National Minorities -- Chapter IV. The Contemporary Bilateral Protection of National Minorities -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Analytical Index.

On March 6, 2018, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU or Court) rendered its judgment in Slowakische Republic (Slovak Republic) v. Achmea B.V. (Achmea decision) in response to the German Federal Court of Justice's (Bundesgerichtshof) request for a preliminary ruling. Deciding for the first time on the compatibility of the arbitration provision in bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with European Union (EU) law, the Court concluded that the investor-state arbitration clause in the Dutch-Slovak BIT was incompatible with EU law because it violated the principle of autonomy. The Court will soon respond to Belgium's request for an Opinion on the Canada-EU free trade agreement (FTA), where it will rule on the compatibility of extra-EU investment agreements with EU law.

El artículo analiza las más recientes críticas al sistema interamericano de derechos humanos proferidas por Ecuador y Venezuela, y que en 2011 han desencadenado el proceso de "fortalecimiento" del sistema.Se ponen de relieve las distintas iniciativas de dichos Estados en relación con este tema: cambio de las reglas de funcionamiento de la Comisión para amoldarse a sus intereses; creación de un nuevo mecanismo latinoamericano de derechos humanos; y la simple denuncia de los tratados interamericanos en vigor. El estudio concluye que ninguna de estas tres opciones es viable para Ecuador, Venezuela o alguno de sus Estados seguidores, y, además, formula propuestas para contrarrestar sus fuertes críticas, que por sí son objetivamente infundadas. Estas propuestas se refieren al aumento significativo de las contribuciones voluntarias al presupuesto de la CIDH, la expresión más clara de apoyo al sistema interamericano, y un mayor respaldo a la CIDH por parte de las demás instituciones interamericanas.

Algunos mecanismos internacionales de control sobre derechos humanos destacan la importancia de estadísticas públicas que expliquen la composición étnica de la población. Estos datos son relevantes para formular políticas públicas para la protección de las minorías nacionales o étnicas. En España apenas existen estas estadísticas, por lo que los mecanismos internacionales de derechos humanos han criticado este Estado. La comparación del marco normativo internacional, incluido el Derecho de la Unión Europea, con el Derecho constitucional español revela que los poderes públicos no tienen ninguna prohibición jurídica para elaborar estas estadísticas, sino todo lo contrario: la pregunta sobre la pertenencia étnica es plenamente conforme con el Derecho internacional contemporáneo. Entre los procedimientos para elaborar las estadísticas se encuentra el censo de población. No obstante, advertimos que existen algunas savaguardias sobre la pregunta de pertenencia étnica en censos que deben ser tenidas en cuenta en la elaboración de una propuesta de lege ferenda sobre la materia en la legislación española. Some international human rights monitoring mechanisms stress the importance of public statistics which explain the ethnic composition of the population. This data is important for the formulation of public policies for the protection of minorities. Such statistics are hardly ever collected in Spain, which has prompted criticism from those same organisms. The comparison of the international regulatory framework, including the European Union Law, and the Spanish Constitutional Law shows the authorities are not legally barred from elaborating the aforementioned statistics, quite the opposite: the ethnic survey question is fully consistent with current International Law. One of the methods for compiling the statistics is the census. However, there are some reservations about the ethnic survey question that should be taken into account in drawing up a bill on this subject in Spanish Law.

International Arbitration in Times of Economic Nationalism is a well-timed book that reviews situations that may impact the way arbitration—in both commercial and investment disputes—is practiced. In recent years, numerous developments across the world evidence the States' increasing skepticism about the benefits of international cooperation and the efficiency of international economic law comprehended as a multilateral set of rules binding on all States equally.A wide range of topics, encompassing a broad spectrum of juristic traditions, geographic areas, foreign investment protection laws, and dispute resolution mechanisms and issues, have been analyzed in depth by eminent international arbitrators and academic experts. The following topics are addressed:evolution of the definitions of arbitrable standards;amendments to procedural rules;States' policy choices as reflected in recent investment treaties;procedural trends to restrict access to investment arbitration;the effects of the Achmea decision on the European Union;growing use of the public policy exception;dispute settlement of public-private partnership agreements; anddiversification of dispute resolution methods (e.g., business courts).This unique book furnishes a comparative analysis of various contemporary transformations of dispute settlement mechanisms, focusing on the developments in several jurisdictions including the United States, the European Union, China, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, and the Latin American countries. Evaluating how economic nationalism may lead to restricting the jurisdictional, procedural, and substantive scope of arbitration, the authors lay emphasis on the significance of a robust system of international arbitration of economic disputes to warrant a sound and secure world order. The global coverage of the contributions and the insightful views offered in them speak eloquently about their usefulness and outreach to arbitration practitioners and scholars, as well as to professionals involved in drafting policies for economic development or in the negotiation of investment agreements