International Courts versus Non-Compliance Mechanisms: Comparative Advantages in Strengthening Treaty Implementation

This book explores the best mechanisms for helping bring about compliance with international treaties, including non-compliance mechanisms (NCMs). NCMs are designed to facilitate implementation and promote parties' compliance with their obligations, and the research has shed light on how procedural innovations can make them more effective.

Format: Hardback
Length: 528 pages
Publication date: 22 February 2024
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

This comprehensive book delves into the most effective strategies for ensuring adherence to international treaties. In recent years, a significant number of international agreements have incorporated non-compliance mechanisms (NCMs) to facilitate implementation and encourage parties to fulfill their obligations. These NCMs coexist alongside the formal dispute resolution processes of international courts and tribunals. The authors have assembled a diverse range of legal and geographical perspectives from various parts of the world, offering novel insights into the role of NCMs in enhancing treaty implementation and compliance. The research has shed valuable light on how procedural innovations can enhance the effectiveness of NCMs, as well as the circumstances in which they may be required, particularly in situations where nations share common interests, populations are interdependent, and implementation entails significant administrative, regulatory, and political challenges. Moreover, this title is also accessible as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Weight: 957g
ISBN-13: 9781009373906