Sienho Yee （易显河；Yi Xianhe）
Professor
of International Law, China Foreign Affairs University
Member, Institut de Droit International; **Member of the US
Supreme Court Bar; ** Editor-in-chief, Chinese Journal of International Law
(an Oxford journal; SSCI)
Email: sienhoATchinesejil.org ; Homepage: http://www.sienhoyee.org
Sienho Yee’s Paper, The Interpretation of
“Treaties in Force” in Article 35(2) of the Statute of the ICJ, 47 ICLQ (1998),
884 was reproduced by Germany as Annex
31
to its Preliminary Objections filed in the Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and
Montenegro v. Germany) case before the ICJ and was described as an “excellent
study” [sic] in Italy’s filing (pp. 11-12), and then was quoted in Judge Elaraby’s 8 separate opinions (ICJ
Reports 2004，pp.
362,
508, 653, 798, 944, 1093, 1240, 1385) in the related cases. Also discussed
several times in open court on 9 May 2006 in another ICJ case. His other papers
were also cited in the Mauritius v. United Kingdom arbitral award, a California
judicial opinion, and in oral arguments before the ITLOS.
中文:中文论文单子; 向共进国际法迈步;*共进国际法:实然,应然,原则 (即:共进国际法新篇);*领袖型国家;*完美法治;*人权观在亚洲;*《哥大法评》文章
采访：新闻联播 (南海仲裁案)；新闻直播间 (南海仲裁案)；大国外交必重国际法 ; 中国应更积极参与国际法治进程；SSCI期刊主编
Books (authored & edited):
(6) Sienho Yee (author), Towards
an International Law of Co-progressiveness, Part II: Membership; Leadership and
Responsibility
(Martinus
Nijhoff,
2014), 386, xii pp.
(5) Sienho Yee (author), Towards an International
Law of Co-progressiveness
(the
concept of “international law of co-progressiveness”)
(Martinus
Nijhoff, 2004), 315 pp.; index; Reviewed:
Annuaire Français
(2004), 990; 62 Austrian JPIL (2007), 162; trans.:
Xinhua
Digests;
Renmin
U Reprints ).
(4) Sienho Yee (co-editor with J.Y. Morin), Multiculturalism and
International Law: Essays in Honour of Edward McWhinney, 800
pp. (contributors; Martinus Nijhoff, 2009: catalog ).
(3) Sienho Yee (editor), International Crime
& Punishment: Selected Issues, Vol. 2 (University Press of
America, 2004).
(2) Sienho Yee (editor), International Crime
& Punishment: Selected Issues, Vol. 1 (University Press of
America,
catalog, 2003). Reviewed at
Annuaire Français
(2003), 847.
(1) Sienho Yee (co-editor
with Wang Tieya), International Law in the
Post-Cold War World: Essays in Memory of Li Haopei (2001, Routledge ); Reviewed: Virginia JIL; Netherlands ILR.
Journal edited: Editor-in-chief, Chinese Journal of International Law,
Vol.1 (2002), No.2 to present; Founding Co-editor-in-chief (with Wang Tieya), Chinese JIL,
Vol.1, No.1 (2002).
(89) Sienho Yee, Between the “Standard
Methodology” in Delimitation Dispute Settlement and the UNCLOS: Some 40th
Anniversary Reflections, 22 Chinese JIL (2023), 1-9 (free, https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmad011).
(88) Sienho Yee, Territory in the Work of the Institut de Droit International, 21 Chinese Journal of
International Law (2022), 219–257 (free access for personal use: https://academic.oup.com/chinesejil/article/21/2/219/6693577?guestAccessKey=de7da4cd-9893-4b1c-8f48-1daff82f0bb5
).
(87) Sienho Yee, Unilateral
Sanctions: Kind and Degree; Long-arm and Strong-arm Jurisdiction; Real Intent
and “Could-be” Intent, 20 Chinese Journal of International Law (2021), 817–830.
(Free access: https://academic.oup.com/chinesejil/article/20/4/817/6513414?guestAccessKey=be0d6427-de98-46fb-9e42-68e36ffaf62f
).
(86) Sienho Yee, Knowledge
and Strategy in International Litigation: A Review Essay on Hugh Thirlway’s The
International Court of Justice, with Some Reference to Non-appearance, 19
Chinese Journal of International Law (2020), 509–523 (free access: https://academic.oup.com/chinesejil/article/19/3/509/6031395?guestAccessKey=8aaeb3c4-d265-4387-bd8a-7cfd34b7e849
).
(85) Sienho Yee, In
Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations: A Proposal for the
Formulation and Adoption of a “Declaration on the Principles of International
Law concerning the Community of Shared Future for Mankind”, 19 Chinese Journal
of International Law (2020), 359–368 (free access: https://academic.oup.com/chinesejil/article/19/3/359/6018520?guestAccessKey=c35e9dc6-66bd-43fa-b634-f111a604b773
).
(84) Sienho Yee, To Deal with
a New Coronavirus Pandemic: Making Sense of the Lack of Any State Practice in
Pursuing State Responsibility for Alleged Malfeasances in a Pandemic—Lex Specialis or Lex Generalis at
Work?, 19 Chinese Journal of International Law (2020), 237–252 ( https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmaa022
)
(83) Sienho Yee, The
International Law of Co-Progressiveness as a Response to the Problems
Associated with “Relative Normativity,” 114 AJIL UNBOUND 97 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1017/aju.2020.17
(82) Sienho Yee, Notes on the International Court
of Justice (Part 8)—Interim Accord (FYROM v. Greece) and the Settlement of the
Macedonian Name Dispute: Knowing and seizing upon many things or one big thing
in treaty interpretation and international dispute settlement in general, 18
Chinese Journal of International Law (2019), 473-502. ( https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmz030
)
(81) Sienho Yee, Article 40 [of the ICJ Statute], in Andreas Zimmermann, Christian J.
Tams, Karin Oellers-Frahm & Christian Tomuschat (eds.), The Statute of the International Court of
Justice: A Commentary (3d ed. 2019, Oxford University Press), 1021-1103 (83
pp.). (In English)
(80) Sienho Yee, Article 45
[of the ICJ Statute], in Andreas Zimmermann, Christian J. Tams, Karin Oellers-Frahm & Christian Tomuschat
(eds.), The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary (3d ed.
2019, Oxford University Press), 1314-1329. (In
English)
(79) Sienho Yee, Review of
Stephen M. Schwebel, Justice in International Law: Further Selected Writings
(2011), 18 Chinese Journal of International Law (2019), 465-467. ( https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmz018
)
(78) Sienho Yee, Attention to
the Chinese Society’s Critical Study and Our Standing Invitation to Respond, 17
Chinese Journal of International Law (2018), 757-760. ( https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmy025
)
(77) Sienho Yee, Dispute
Settlement on the Belt and Road: Ideas on System, Spirit and Style, 17 Chinese
Journal of International Law (2018), 907–914.
(76) Sienho Yee, AALCO Informal Expert Group’s
Comments on the ILC Project on “Identification of Customary International Law”:
A Brief Follow-up, 17 Chinese Journal of International Law (2018), 187-194 ( https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmy009
).
(75)
Sienho Yee, Brief amicus
curiae of China Chamber of International Commerce in Animal Science Products, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Hebei Welcome
Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., et al., No. 16-1220, US Supreme Court, 4 April
2018, http://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/16/16-1220/42390/20180404171606963_16-1220bsacChinaChamberOfInternationalCommerce.pdf
; also reprinted as: Sienho Yee, Binding Deference to a Foreign Government’s
Authoritative Interpretation or Characterization of its Laws: Brief for China
Chamber of International Commerce as Amicus in Support of Respondents in Animal
Science Products in the US Supreme Court , 17 Chinese Journal of International
Law (2018), 1003–1015 ( https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmy033 ).
(74)
Sienho Yee, Notes on the International
Court of Justice (Part 7)—The Upcoming Separation of the Chagos
Archipelago Advisory Opinion: Between the Court’s Participation in the UN’s
Work on Decolonization and the Consent Principle in International Dispute Settlement, 16 Chinese Journal of
International Law (2017), 623 (free access: https://academic.oup.com/chinesejil/article-pdf/16/4/623/23760786/jmy002.pdf
).
(73)
Sienho Yee, Notes on the International Court of
Justice (Part 6)—The Fourth Use of Travaux Préparatoires in the LaGrand Case: To Prove the Non-preclusion of an
Interpretation, 16 Chinese Journal of
International Law (2017), 351-362 (free access: https://academic.oup.com/chinesejil/article/16/2/351/4100236/Notes-on-the-International-Court-of-Justice-Part?guestAccessKey=2a6f2b05-c1e9-4717-881c-65a4f00e2874
)
(72)
Sienho Yee, Article 38 of the ICJ
Statute and Applicable Law: Selected Issues in Recent Cases, 7 Journal of
International Dispute Settlement (2016), 472–498. (Original in English) (Principal presentation on the topic delivered at
the seminar organized by the ICJ to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its
founding) ( https://academic.oup.com/jids/article/7/2/472/1751109/Article-38-of-the-ICJ-Statute-and-Applicable-Law?guestAccessKey=de234942-b418-4aac-923d-2f6c19d1e10d
)
(71) Sienho Yee, L’article 38 du Statut de la Cour internationale
de Justice et le régime de droit applicable: Questions
choisies et affaires récentes, 7 Journal of International Dispute Settlement (2016), 499–529 (In French, translation of Article No. 72 above). ( https://academic.oup.com/jids/article/7/2/472/1751109/Article-38-of-the-ICJ-Statute-and-Applicable-Law?guestAccessKey=de234942-b418-4aac-923d-2f6c19d1e10d )
(70) Sienho Yee, The Recognition of the Existence of a Dispute regarding
Sovereignty over Diaoyu Dao and Some Implications for
the Parties and Other States, Especially the United States, 15 Chinese Journal
of International Law (2016), 849-858 ( https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmw048
).
(69)
Sienho Yee, The South China Sea
Arbitration Decisions on Jurisdiction and Rule of Law Concerns, 15 Chinese
Journal of International Law (2016), 219-237
( https://academic.oup.com/chinesejil/article/15/2/219/2548394/The-South-China-Sea-Arbitration-Decisions-on?guestAccessKey=2ed7bce8-7526-43ca-bf5c-c822b22383dc
).
(68)
Sienho Yee, The South China Sea Arbitration: The Clinical Isolation and/or
One-Sided Tendencies in the Philippines’ Oral Arguments, 14 Chinese JIL (2015),
423-435 (free access link: https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmv044
).
(67)
Sienho Yee, The South China Sea Arbitration (The Philippines v. China): Potential
Jurisdictional Obstacles or Objections, 13 Chinese Journal of International Law
(2014), 663-739 (Free access link: https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmu045
).
(65)
Sienho Yee, Notes on the International Court of Justice (Part 5): Temple of Preah Vihear (Interpretation)
(2013), 14 Chinese JIL (2015), https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmv040
(62)
Sienho Yee, A Reply to Sir Michael Wood's Response to AALCOIEG’s Work and My
Report on the ILC Project on Identification of Customary International Law, 15
Chinese JIL (2016), 33-40 (free access link:
https://academic.oup.com/chinesejil/article/15/1/33/1745030/A-Reply-to-Sir-Michael-Wood-s-Response-to-AALCOIEG
)
(57)
Sienho Yee, The International Law of Co-progressiveness: The Descriptive
Observation, the Normative Position and Some Core Principles, 13 Chinese
Journal of International Law (2014), 485-500 (free access: https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmu025 ).
(56)
Sienho Yee, The Competition between and among Intrinsic and Instrumental Values
in Selected Competing Visions of the World, 13 Chinese Journal of International
Law (2014), 241-250. ( http://chinesejil.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/jmu028?ijkey=TzUmxH3BQ4AeC1U&keytype=ref )
(54B) Sienho Yee,
Sustainable Development, International Law and China, in: Sienho Yee, Towards an International Law of
Co-progressiveness, Part II: Membership; Leadership and Responsibility (Martinus
Nijhoff,
2014), 187-198]
(54A) Sienho Yee, Public
Opinion, in: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law on line
version (Oxford University Press), 2013,
reprinted
in: Sienho Yee, Towards an International Law of
Co-progressiveness, Part II: Membership; Leadership and Responsibility (Martinus
Nijhoff,
2014), 105-119]
(53) Sienho Yee, ‘Member Responsibility’ and the ILC Articles on the Responsibility of
International Organizations: Some Observations, in: Maurizio Raggazi (ed.), Responsibility of International
Organizations: Essays in Memory of Sir Ian Brownlie (Martinus Nijhoff 2013), 325-336.
(Full text pdf: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2286793 ) [Reprinted in Sienho Yee, Towards an International Law of
Co-progressiveness, Part II: Membership; Leadership and Responsibility (Martinus
Nijhoff,
2014), 321-339]
(52) Sienho Yee, A Call for a More Rigorous
Assessment of Universal Jurisdiction, ASIL Proceedings (American Society of
International Law 2013), 242-245.
(51) Sienho Yee, The International Law of
Co-progressiveness and the Co-progressiveness of Civilizations, 12 Chinese
Journal of International Law (2013), 9-17 (https://academic.oup.com/chinesejil/article-pdf/12/1/9/1016424/jmt013.pdf
).
(50) Sienho Yee, Amicus Brief of the US-China Law Society before the US Supreme Court on
the Non-Extraterritoriality of the Alien Tort Statute (Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum) (2012) ( https://ssrn.com/abstract=2347223
).
(49) Sienho Yee, Reform Proposals Regarding the International
Court of Justice, 75 ILA Report of Conference (2012), 948-959. (Final Report of
the sub-reporter on ICJ reform, for the ILA Study Group on UN Reform) (In
English)
(48)
Sienho Yee, Article 40 [of the ICJ Statute], in: Andreas Zimmermann, Christian Tomuschat, Karin Oellers-Frahm
& Christian J. Tams (eds.), The Statute of the International Court of Justice:
A Commentary (2d ed. 2012, Oxford University Press), 922-999.
(47)
Sienho Yee, Article 45 [of the ICJ Statute], in Andreas Zimmermann, Christian Tomuschat, Karin Oellers-Frahm
& Christian J. Tams (eds), The Statute of the
International Court of Justice: A Commentary (2d. ed. October 2012, Oxford
University Press), 1182-1196.
(46) Sienho Yee, The Dynamic Interplay between the
Interpreters of Security Council Resolutions, 11 Chinese Journal of
International Law (2012), 613-622.
(45) Sienho Yee, Сиенхо Йии (Вухан,
Китай) Универсальная
юрисдикция:
понятие, теория и практика,
РОССИЙСКИЙ
ЮРИДИЧЕСКИЙ
ЖУРНАЛ (Russian Juridical Journal), 2012. №
4, 7-31. (Russian Trans. of Sienho Yee, Universal Jurisdiction: Concept, Logic,
and Reality, 10 Chinese Journal of International Law (2011), 503-530.)
(44A)
Sienho Yee, Voluntary and Compulsory Conciliation under the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea, 15 Dokdo Research
Journal (Korea Maritime Institute) (November 2011), 20-33. (In English)
(updated and expanded in new paper, Item 54 above: Conciliation and the 1982
U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, 44 Ocean Development and International
Law (2013), 315-334. (An expanded and revised version of Article No. 49 below)
(In English) (SSCI) (cited in the Mauritius v. United Kingdom arbitral award))
(44)
Sienho Yee, The Presidency of the ITLOS and the “National State Extension"
Concern, 10 Chinese Journal of International Law (2011), 739-770. (Online: https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmr048
)
(43)
Sienho Yee, Universal Jurisdiction: Concept, Logic, and Reality, 10 Chinese
Journal of International Law (2011), 503–530. ( Free online: https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmr041
)
(42A) Sienho Yee,
Book Review Lawsuits and Book Review Standards: An Editorial Comment, 10
Chinese Journal of International Law (2011), 171-172. (Free access: www.sienhoyee.org/yeebookreviewlawsuits.pdf
)
(42)
Sienho Yee, Notes on the International Court of Justice (Part 4): The
Kosovo Advisory Opinion, 9 Chinese Journal of International Law (2010), 763-782
.
(41)
Sienho Yee, Sketching the Debate on
Military Activities in the EEZ:
An Editorial Comment, 9 Chinese Journal of International Law (2010), 1-7 .
(40)
Sienho Yee, Notes on the International Court of Justice (Part 3): Rule-making
at the Court—Integration, Uniformization, Keeping
Existing Article Numbers and Giving Public Notice, 8 Chinese JIL (2009),
681-694.
(39)
Sienho Yee, Notes on the International Court of Justice (Part 2): Reform
Proposals Regarding the International Court of Justice—A Preliminary Report for
the International Law Association Study Group on United Nations Reform, 8
Chinese JIL (2009), 181-189.
(38)
Sienho Yee, The Intrinsic and Instrumental Values of Diversity: Some
Philosophical and Legal Considerations, in: Sienho Yee & Jacques-Yvan Morin (eds),
Multiculturalism and International Law: Essays in Honour
of Edward McWhinney (Martinus
Nijhoff 2009), 207-226.
(37)
Sienho Yee, Notes on the International Court of Justice (Part 1): Arguments for
the Publication of the Rule-making Materials, 7 Chinese Journal of
International Law (2008), 691-698.
(36)
Sienho Yee, Immunities and Operational Biases: General Concluding Remarks,
International Administrative Tribunals in a Changing World: UN Administrative
Tribunal Conference (2008), 251-255. (Free access: www.sienhoyee.org/unatconclusions.pdf
)
(35) 易显河, Wanmei
Fazhi, 完美法治, 《西安交大学报（社科版）》，2008年，第5期，1-8 (http://skxb.xjtu.edu.cn/#/QuickSearch?isdatab=true)
(27) Sienho Yee, Article 45 [on how the
President controls the proceedings before the International Court of Justice],
in: Andreas Zimmermann, Karin Oellers-Frahm & Christian Tomuschat
(eds.), The Statute of the
International Court of Justice: A Commentary (Oxford University Press)
(2006), 1049-1062.
(21) Sienho Yee, Sovereign Equality of States and the Legitimacy of “Leader
States”, in: Ronald St. John Macdonald and Douglas M. Johnston (eds.), Towards
World Constitutionalism (2005), 737-772.
(20) Sienho
Yee, The Responsibility of States Members of an International Organization for
its Conduct as a Result of Membership or Their Normal Conduct Associated with
Membership, in: Maurizio Ragazzi (ed.), International Responsibility Today:
Essays in Memory of Oscar Schachter (2005),
435-454. [Reprinted in Sienho Yee, Towards an International Law of Co-progressiveness,
Part II: Membership; Leadership and Responsibility (Martinus
Nijhoff,
2014), 295-319]
(14) Sienho Yee, The State of the System and
Content of International Law: A Review of the Abi-Saab Festschrift,
Chinese JIL (2002), 314-25.
(13) Sienho Yee, The Potential Impact of the
Possible US Responses to the 9-11 Atrocities on the Law regarding the Use of
Force and Self-defence, Chinese Journal of
International Law (2002), 287-93. (Reprinted in: Yee, Towards an International
Law of Co-progressiveness (2004), 219.) Free access: http://chinesejil.oxfordjournals.org/content/1/1/287.full.pdf+html
.
(12) Sienho Yee, Xiang Gongjin
Guojifa Maijin (in Chinese,
shortened version of Article No. 10 below), Oxford China Forum (Student forum;
Winter 2001), 14-19.
(11) Pay Tribute to Reason and Think
Long-term: Reflections on the 9-11 Tragedy, Guest Column, Jurist (September 20,
2001), on line publication (http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forum/forumnew31.htm)
(original site not functioning, reposted here: www.sienhoyee.org/yee911.html
),
reprinted in a university coursebook, Keith Shimko (ed.), International Relations: Perspectives and
Controversies (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005), 311-313.
(10) Sienho Yee, Towards an International
Law of Co-progressiveness, in: Sienho Yee & Wang Tieya
(eds.), International Law in the Post-Cold War World: Essays in Memory of Li Haopei (2001), 18-39.
(Reprinted in: Yee, Towards an International Law of Co-progressiveness
(2004), 1).
(9) Sienho Yee, The News that Opinio Juris “Is Not a Necessary Element of Customary
[International] Law” Is Greatly Exaggerated, 43 German Yearbook of
International Law (2000), 227-38 (2001).
(Reprinted in: Yee, Towards an International Law of Co-progressiveness
(2004), 27)
(8) Sienho Yee, The Time Limit for the
Ratification of Proposed Amendments to the Constitutions of International
Organizations, 4 Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law (2000),
185-213. (Reprinted in: Yee, Towards an
International Law of Co-progressiveness (2004), 193.) (Free access: http://www.mpil.de/files/pdf2/mpunyb_yee_4.pdf
)
(5) Sienho Yee, The Interpretation of “Treaties in Force” in Article 35(2) of
the Statute of the International Court of Justice, 47 International &
Comparative Law Quarterly (1998), 884-904.
(Reprinted in: Yee, Towards an International Law of Co-progressiveness
(2004), 59). (This article was
reproduced by Germany as Annex 31 to its Preliminary
Objections filed in the Legality of Use of Force (Serbia and Montenegro v.
Germany) case before the ICJ and was described as an “excellent study” [sic] in
Italy’s filing (pp. 11-12), and then was quoted in Judge Elaraby’s 8 separate opinions (ICJ Reports 2004，pp. 362, 508, 653, 798, 944,
1093, 1240, 1385) in the related cases.
(4) Sienho Yee, The Erdemovic
Sentencing Judgement: A Questionable Milestone for the International Criminal
Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 26 Georgia Journal of Int’l &
Comparative Law (1997), 263-309.
(Reprinted in: Yee, Towards an International Law of Co-progressiveness
(2004), 115).
(3) Sienho Yee, The New Constitution of
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 7 European Journal of International Law (1996),
176-92. (Reprinted in: Yee, Towards an
International Law of Co-progressiveness (2004), 227.) (free
access: https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/7/2/176/433783
)
(2) Sienho Yee, A Proposal to Reformulate
Article 23 of the ILC Draft Statute for an International Criminal Court, 19
Hastings International & Comparative Law Review (Spring 1996), 529-37. (Reprinted in: Yee, Towards an International
Law of Co-progressiveness (2004), 105).
This very short paper on the relationship between the United Nations
Security Council and the International Criminal Court (presenting a
counter-proposal to, and beating, that made by the International Law Commission
(ILC)) was presented in March 1996 as an informal document to the Chairman of
the preparatory committee at the United Nations and published in April 1996.
The similarity between the proposal made in this paper and Article 16 of the
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted two years later in
1998, is recognized in the literature. One preeminent expert congratulated the
author, in a letter, on the “origination of the principle employed in Article
16”.
(1) Sienho Yee, The Discretionary Function
Exception Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: When in America, Do the
Romans Do as the Romans Wish?, 93 Columbia Law Review
(1993), 744-82. (Reprinted in: Yee, Towards an International
Law of Co-progressiveness (2004), 247.)
(Free access: www.sienhoyee.org/fsia.pdf )
Short book
reviews and current development notes including:
(8) Sienho Yee, Review of Nisuke Ando, Edward McWhinney and
Rüdiger Wolfrum (eds), Liber Amicorum Judge
Shigeru Oda, 5 Chinese JIL (2006), 254-256.
(7) Sienho Yee, Review of Shabtai Rosenne,
The Perplexities of Modern International Law, 5 Chinese JIL (2006), 256-159.
(6) Sienho Yee, Review of Xue Hanqin,
Transboundary Damage in International Law (2003), 3 Chinese JIL (2004), 669-75.
(5) Sienho Yee, Foreign Sovereign
Immunities, Acta Jure Imperii
and Acta Jure Gestionis: A
Recent Exposition from the Canadian Supreme Court, 2 Chinese JIL (2003),
649-53.
(4) Sienho Yee, A Tribute to Professor Wang Tieya, 1 Chinese JIL (2002 ), Issue 2, vii-ix.
(3) Sienho Yee, Professor Wang Tieya:
My Friend, Critic, Colleague and Example, 4 Journal of the History of
International Law (2002), 230-235.
(2) Sienho Yee, Co-author (with Wang Tieya), Foreword,
Chinese JIL (2002), iii.
(1)(a) Sienho Yee, Review of Zhu Wenqi:
Outline of International Humanitarian Law, International
Review of the Red Cross (1997), 733.
(1)(b) **Français : Livres et revues : “Outline of International Humanitarian
Law”, Revue internationale de la Croix-Rouge no 828,
p.780-788.
(1)(c) **Español
: Bibliografía: “Outline of international humanitarian law”, Revista Internacional de la Cruz Roja
No 144,
781-787.
The Interpretation of "Treaties in
Force" in Article 35(2) of the Statute of the International Court of
Justice
Sienho Yee
[Published at 1998 ICLQ 884. Only the conclusion section is posted here. ]
Conclusion
In general, the term "treaties in force" should be interpreted so as
to give the maximum effect to the language and purpose of Article 35(2). This
requires that, in cases involving ordinary matters, we read it as referring to
the treaties relating to the settlement of World War II disputes, regardless of
when those treaties went into force, and to other treaties that had entered
into force as of the date when the Statute was adopted. Other readings either
do not jibe with the textual context or cannot be squared with the drafting
history, and should be rejected. However, in cases involving jus cogens violations, the term should be given the broadest
interpretation in order to facilitate States to utilise
the ICJ to resolve such disputes at the earliest possible time. This requires
that it be read as meaning "treaties in force as of the date when the case
is initiated, including those entering in force subsequent to the adoption of
the Statute."
Yi Xianhe; 易显河
Xianhe Yi