Publications
- “Immunity from Enforcement and the Commerciality Exception in International Law”, to be published in: E. Gaillard (ed.), Enforcing Arbitral Awards Against States – Proceedings of the 2018 Conference of the International Arbitration Institute.
- “Les immunités de droit international : entre l’exception au droit d’accès à un juge et l’interprétation conciliante”, Revue critique de jurisprudence belge, 2019/1, p. 5-21.
- “CETA and the debate on the reform of the investment regime”, in Makane Moïse Mbengue and Stefanie Schacherer (ed.), Foreign Investment under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), Springer, 2019, p. 1-17
- “L’avenir des Principes directeurs à l’intention des entreprises multinationales – l’accès effectif aux PCN, la visibilité et le devoir d’informer”, in: Nicola Bonnuci & Catherine Kessedjian, eds., 40 Ans des Lignes directrices de l’OCDE pour les entreprises multinationales / 40 Years of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, Paris, Pedone, 2018, p. 197-206.
- “’Immunity and the Exercise of Jurisdiction – Indirect Impleading and Exequatur”, in: The Cambridge Handbook on Immunities and International Law, Tom Ruys & Nicolas Angelet, eds., Cambridge University Press (in process, to be published in 2018).
- “Immunity from Execution and Domestic Procedural Rules: Preventive Control, Burden of Proof, and Discovery”, in: The Cambridge Handbook on Immunities and International Law, Tom Ruys & Nicolas Angelet, eds., Cambridge University Press (in process, to be published in 2018) (with Mathias Audit and Maria-Clara Van den Bossche).
- Tom Ruys & Nicolas Angelet, eds., The Cambridge Handbook on Immunities and International Law, Cambridge University Press (in process, to be published in 2018).
- “Le juge belge face aux actes des organisations internationales”, in : A. Lagerwall (ed.), Les juges belges face aux actes adoptés par les Etats étrangers et les organisations internationales – quel contrôle au regard du droit international ?, Brussels, Larcier, 2017, 13-51.
- “L’évolution de la fonction consulaire – Observations sur “La fin des consulats?” de R. Venneman (1965), Revue belge de droit international – numéro spécial : 50 voix pour fêter les 50 ans de la Revue, 2016.
- “Financing Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Is There a Role for the African Development Bank?“, ICCA 2016 Mauritius Congress Book, Kluwer (forthcoming).
- “La lex specialis et la liberté de l’interprète”, in Société française pour le droit international, La mise en oeuvre de la lex specialis dans le droit international contemporain, Paris, Pedone, 2017, 143-149.
- “Alleviating the Disruptive Nature of Investment Arbitration : Some Remarks on Restitution and Post-Award ADR”, in Jean Kalicky and Anna Joubin-Bret, eds., Reform of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: In Search of A Roadmap, TDM (1) 2014.
- “Foreign Investment”, in : Oxford Bibliographies, Oxford University Press, 2014 (with Mathilde Rousseau).
- “Fair and Equitable Treatment”, in: R. Wolfrum (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012.
- “Heads of Diplomatic Missions”, in : R. Wolfrum (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012.
- “Consular Treaties”, in: R. Wolfrum (ed.), Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012.
- “Les immunités de droit international et la rupture de l’égalité devant les charges publiques”, in Liber Amicorum Marc Bossuyt, Intersentia, 2013, p. 557-576 (with Jean Salmon).
- “Le pouvoir judiciaire face aux dispositions législatives incorporant des règles de la coutume internationale”, Revue belge de droit international, 2012/2, pp. 105-115.
- “La nationalité des personnes morales en droit international public”, in Société française pour le droit international, Droit international et nationalité – colloque de Poitiers, Paris, Pedone, 2012.
- “Article 8”, in : The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties – A Commentary, Corten and P. Klein eds., Oxford University Press, 2011 (with Tamara Leidgens)
- “Article 63”, The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties – A Commentary, O. Corten and P. Klein eds., Oxford University Press, 2011
- “L’exceptionnalisme américain en matière de droits de l’homme face au droit international : l’art du possible”, in : L. Hennebel (éd.), Exceptionnalisme américain et droits de l’homme, Paris, Dalloz, 2009, p. 237-253.
- “Article 27 – Members of Diplomatic Missions and Consular Posts”, in: A. Van de Vijver (éd.), The Belgian-US Double Tax Treaty : A Belgian and EU Perspective, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2009, 5 p. (with Jean-Michel Degée).
- “Challenges to Immunities on the Basis of the Right to a Fair Trial”, in : International Administrative Tribunals in a Changing World, proceedings of the UNAT conference of 9 November 2007, Esperia, 2008 (with Alexandra Weerts).
- “Promise”, in : Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, 2007 (with Eric Suy)
- “Les immunités des organisations internationales face à l’article 6 de la Convention européenne des Droits de l’Homme…”, Journal du Droit international, 1/2007, p.3-26 (with Alexandra Weerts)
- “La mise en oeuvre par la Communauté européenne des mesures adoptées par les Nations Unies en matière de lutte contre le financement du terrorisme…”, Journal des Tribunaux – Droit européen, March 2006, p. 73-74 (with Alexandra Weerts)
- “Les rapports entre instruments internationaux successifs portant sur la même matière”, comments on a Belgian Supreme Court judgment of 24 August 2004, Journal des Tribunaux, 2005, p. 322-326 (with Alexandra Weerts)
- “Le tiers à l’instance dans la procédure de règlement des différends de l’OMC”, in : Le tiers à l’instance devant les juridictions internationales (Third Parties before International Jurisdictions), H. Ruiz-Fabri and J.M. Sorel, eds., Paris, Pedone, 2005, p. 207-238
- “Article 25”, in: ONU – La Charte (The Charter of the United Nations), J.P. Cot, A. Pellet and M. Forteau, eds., 3rd, Paris, Economica, 2004, p. 909-918 (with Eric Suy)
- “The Implementation and Enforcement of Security Council Sanctions under Chapter VII of the Charter: Belgium”, in National Implementation of United Nations Sanctions – A Comparative Study, V. Gowlland-Debbas, ed., Leiden/Boston, Martinus Nijhoff, 2004, p. 103-122 (with Eric Suy).
- “La répression des violations du droit international humanitaire sur les plans national et international : approches belge et canadienne”, in : Mémoire de guerre et construction de la paix. Mentalités et choix politiques. Belgique-Europe-Canada, Brussels symposium of 19 November 2003, Serge Jaumain and Eric Remacle, eds., PIE – Peter Lang, Brussels, 2006.
- “Vers un renforcement de la prévention et de la répression du terrorisme par des moyens financiers et économiques ?”, in : Le droit international face au terrorisme : après le 11 septembre, K. Bannelier, ed., Cahiers internationaux du CEDIN, n° 17, Paris, Pedone, 2002, p. 219-238.
- Editor of « La pratique du pouvoir exécutif et le contrôle des chambres législatives en matière de droit international (1995-1999) », Revue belge de droit international, 2002, I-II, 426 p.
- Several contributions to: Dictionnaire du droit international public (Dictionary of Public International Law), J. Salmon, ed., Brussels, Bruylant, 2001. Collective work based on the procedures set out in the dictionary.
- “International Law Limits to the Security Council”, in United Nations Sanctions and International Law, V. Gowlland-Debbas, ed., Kluwer, 2001, p. 71-82.
- “Brouillage institutionnel et légitimation procédurale dans la gestion de la crise du Kosovo”, in : Droit, politique et légitimation – le cas de la guerre du Kosovo, O. Corten et B. Delcourt, eds., Brussels, Bruylant, 2000, p. 207-220.
- “Criminal Liability for the Violation of United Nations Economic Sanctions”, European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, vol. 7/2, 1999, p. 89-102.
- “Le droit des relations diplomatiques et consulaires dans la pratique récente du Conseil de sécurité”, Revue belge de droit international, 1999/1, p. 149-177.
- “Quelques observations sur la portée et la légitimité du principe de l’uti possidetis juris au regard de son application hypothétique à la Belgique”, in Des limites administratives aux frontières internationales, O. Corten a.o., eds., Brussels, Bruylant, 1998, and Revue belge de droit international, 1998, p. 51-69.
- “Protest Against Security Council Decisions”, in: International Law: Theory and Practice – Essays in Honour of Eric Suy, K. Wellens, ed., The Hague/Boston/London, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1998, p. 277-285.
- The Authority of the United Nations Security Council (Het gezag van de Veiligheidsraad van de Verenigde Naties), doctoral thesis, Catholic University of Louvain, 1997, 384 + XXVI p.
- “Unilateral Acts“ (« Rechtsgeschäfte, Einseitige »), in: Lexicon des Rechts: Völkerrecht, I. Seidl-Hohenveldern a.o., 3rd, Berlin, Luchterhand (with Eric Suy).
- “L’embargo et l’ONU”, in : L’embargo, Brussels, Bruylant, 1996, p. 45-85.
- “La mise en œuvre des mesures coercitives économiques des Nations Unies dans la Communauté européenne”, Revue belge de droit international, 1993, 500-533.
Conferences
Presentations accompanied with a written contribution are mentioned only in the publications section above
- “Defining Legitimate Expectations in International Investment Law”, presentation at a roundtable organized by the Energy Charter Treaty Secretariat and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Brussels, 5 November 2018.
- “Free Circulation of Judgments and the Immunity Obstacle”, University of Ghent Bicentennial Conference, Freedom under Pressure, 7-8 December 2017.
- “Termination of Investment Treaties”, presentation at the 29th public Investment Treaty Forum Conference, Treaty Law Issues in International Investment Law, 20 October 2017.
- “Le financement des procès internationaux”, course at the opening of the academic year, Aix-Marseille Université, 15 September 2017.
- “Allowing Counterclaims”, presentation at the joint University of Geneva – AILA Conference, A Paradigm Shift In International Investment Law, Cairo, 2 April 2017.
- “ICSID as a Self-Contained System: the Annulment and Enforcement of ICSID Awards”, presentation for lawyers of the East African Community at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 29-30 September 2016.
- “International Investment Arbitration in the Energy Sector: What does renewable energy mean to international investment law and arbitration?”, presentation at the international conference on Energy at Sea, University of Athens, 22-23 October 2015.
- “Private Adjudication and the Public Interest : ISDS From A Democratic Perspective”, presentation at the joint Stockholm Chamber of Commerce and Association for International Arbitration seminar, ISDS : Recent Development and Way Forward, Brussels, 27 May 2015.
- “The Composition of ICSID ad hoc Committees : Implications”, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 10th Investment Treaty Forum Public Conference, Investment Treaty Awards : Post-Award Remedies, the latest swing of the pendulum?, London, 9 May 2008.
- « Les privilèges et immunités des délégations de la Commission européenne auprès des pays tiers », exposé à la Commission européenne, Direction générale des Relations extérieures, Réunion des Chefs de Délégation, Brussels, 13 September 2007.
- Member of a Panel of Legal Experts on « Extraterritorial Legislations as a Tool to Improve the Accountability of Transnational Corporations for Human Rights Violations» organized under the aegis of the mandate of Professor John Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on transnational corporations and human rights, Brussels, 3-4 November 2006.
- « State Immunity in Continental Jurisdictions », presentation at the seminar on State Immunity, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, 20 March 2003.