The use of third-party countermeasures is an increasingly common phenomenon in international relations, yet their legal position remains uncertain. Providing the first systematic and comprehensive study of this key concept in international law, Martin Dawidowicz explores the position of third-party countermeasures and their safeguards regime based on the development of ideas on countermeasures in the UN International Law Commission and a thorough examination of state practice. The book clarifies the position of third-party countermeasures in international law, and in doing so challenges some widely held assumptions about the likely impact of a regime of third-party countermeasures on international relations. It will be of interest to international law and relations scholars and students, diplomats, policy makers, international civil servants and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the field of human rights.

This book examines an important unresolved question of current international law: the legal position of third-party countermeasures.

About the Author
Martin Dawidowicz was formerly Departmental Lecturer in Public International Law at the University of Oxford, and is currently Visiting Lecturer in Public International Law at Stockholms Universitet. He was previously an associate at LALIVE in Geneva where he practiced public international law and international arbitration, and before that he worked in the UN Office of Legal Affairs in New York.


Book Information
ISBN 9781108717007
Author Martin Dawidowicz
Format Paperback
Page Count 462
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 650g
Dimensions(mm) 230mm * 152mm * 22mm