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Zhu L. Chin. J. Int. Law 2010; 9(3): 607-662. |
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(Copyright © 2010) |
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This survey covers materials reflecting Chinese practice in 2009 relating to: I. Fundamental principles of international law (Five principles of peaceful coexistence; Rule of law at the national and international levels); II. International law of the treaties (Reservation to treaties); III. China's territorial integrity (Taiwan; Tibet; Disputed territories with India; Diaoyu Island and its adjacent islets; Xisha Islands; Nansha Islands and Huangyan Island in Zhongsha Islands; Danwan Reef in Nansha Islands); IV. International law of the sea [Development of Tianwaitian oil and gas field in the East China Sea; China's continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles; Position on Japan's Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf; Position on the Joint Submission by Malaysia and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf; Position on the Submission by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf; Position on the delimitation of the outer continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles; US Navy surveillance vessel's activities in China's exclusive economic zone (EEZ); International Seabed Authority; International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS); International fisheries conservation and management; Maritime security and freedom of navigation; Somali piracy]; V. International law on civil aviation (Inapplicability of 1929 Warsaw Convention; Applicability of the 1929 Warsaw Convention; Application of Security Manual for Safeguarding Civil Aviation against Acts of Unlawful Interference of the ICAO); VI. International law on outer space (Peaceful use of outer space; International cooperation in peaceful use of outer space); VII. International human rights law [General positions on human rights; Submission of first national report to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR); Submission of the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th periodic reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD); Implementation of human rights instruments; Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); National Human Rights Action Plan; Expulsion of aliens; The case of Akmal Shaikh; Refugees; Urge to repatriate Uighur terrorist suspects in Guantanamo to China; Death penalty on Tibetan criminals in Lhasa March 14 Incident; Re-education through Labour (RTL); Rights of the child; Rights of the persons with disabilities; China re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council; Chinese member re-elected to the Committee against Torture (CAT)]; VIII. International humanitarian law (Respect for international humanitarian law; Protection of women in armed conflicts; Protection of civilians in armed conflicts; Christie's auction of Yuanmingyuan relics/return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin; Memorandum of Understanding concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological Materials from the Paleolithic Period through the Tang Dynasty and Monumental Sculpture and Wall Art at Least 250 Years Old with the United States of America; Right of the Chinese citizens to claim compensation in the 1972 Sino-Japan Joint Statement); IX. International law on disasters (Protection of persons in the event of disasters; Humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations); X. International law on disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control [Nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament; Biological Weapons Convention; Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW); CCW/landmines; CCW/explosive remnants of war; CCW/cluster munitions; Small arms and light weapons (SALW); Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)]; XI. International criminal law [The Bashir case before International Criminal Court (ICC); Scope and application of universal jurisdiction; Responsibility to protect; Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission; Measures to eliminate international terrorism; Taking collective action to end human trafficking; Accession to Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; Bilateral treaty on extradition with Mexico; Bilateral treaties on judicial assistance in criminal matters with Venezuela and Malta; Bilateral treaties on the transfer of sentenced persons with Australia and South Korea; Transnational organized crime; International drug control; SPC Judicial Interpretations on Application of Laws in Trying Crimes relating to Money Laundering]; XII. International environmental law (China's position on the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference; NPC's Resolution on Actively Responding to Climate Change; Green house gas emission from ships; Regulations on Administration of Prevention and Control of Pollution to the Marine Environment by Vessels); XIII. International law on diplomatic and consular relations (Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations; Bilateral consular agreement with Japan; Act on Diplomatic Personnel Stationed Abroad); XIV. International law on international organizations (Work and reform of the UNSC; Sanctions imposed by the UN; Reform of UN peacekeeping operations; Observer status for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the International Olympic Committee, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region of Africa in the General Assembly; Responsibility of international organizations); XV. International law on settlement of disputes [Mediation and settlement of disputes; Appointment of three Chinese members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration; Question of the Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo before the International Court of Justice (ICJ); Working languages and law clerk to judges of the ICJ]. Language: en |