Yuval Shany
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Professor Yuval Shany is the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in International Law and former Dean of the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is currently a Principal Investigator of ERC Grant No. 101054745: the Three Generations of Digital Human Rights (DigitalHRGeneration3). He also currently serves as Senior Research Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute and was a member of the UN Human Rights Committee between 2013-2020.
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The 2024 AU Common Position on the Application of International Law in the Cyberspace: Some Implications for the Development of Digital Human Rights
Introduction The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) has adopted in late January 2024 its much-anticipated and first-ever Common African Position on the Application of International Law to the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Cyberspace (‘Common African Position’ or CAP). The CAP reflects the views of the AU’s 55 member States.
Developing the International Legal Order or Fomenting Doctrinal Confusion? A Comment on The International Court of Justice and the Judicial Function
August 26, 2014
Yuval Shany
In The International Court of Justice and the Judicial Function, Gleider Hernández offers us an insightful historical narrative and theoretical perspective on the judicial function assumed by the ICJ. According to Gleider, many of the controversies on the bench, resulting at times in contradictory decisions and half-way compromise formulas, stem from an ideological struggle between conflicting institutional…
Bad Cases Make Bad Law, But Good Law Books!
December 1, 2011
Yuval Shany
Dr. Marko Milanovic’s book on the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties (OUP, 2011), which grew out of his doctoral studies in Cambridge, offers an excellent analysis of the jurisprudence of international and national courts and committees on the extraterritoriality of state obligations in the field of human rights. It is by far the most comprehensive book that…
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Know Your Rights! The Flotilla Report and International Law Governing Naval Blockades
October 12, 2010
Yuval Shany
Yuval Shany is the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in Public International Law at the Law Faculty at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The author thanks Prof. David Kretzmer, Adv. Gil Limon and Adv. Rotem Giladi for useful comments to an earlier draft. The usual disclaimers apply. The Report of the “international fact-finding mission to investigate…
The 2024 AU Common Position on the Application of International Law in the Cyberspace: Some Implications for the Development of Digital Human Rights
Introduction The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) has adopted in late January 2024 its much-anticipated and first-ever Common African Position on the Application of International Law to the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Cyberspace (‘Common African Position’ or CAP). The CAP reflects the views of the AU’s 55 member States.
Bad Cases Make Bad Law, But Good Law Books!
December 1, 2011
Yuval Shany
Dr. Marko Milanovic’s book on the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties (OUP, 2011), which grew out of his doctoral studies in Cambridge, offers an excellent analysis of the jurisprudence of international and national courts and committees on the extraterritoriality of state obligations in the field of human rights. It is by far the most comprehensive book that…