The Practice of Shared Responsibility in International Law

André Nollkaemper · Ilias Plakokefalos

Feb 2017 · Shared Responsibility in International Law Book 3 · Cambridge University Press

About this ebook

This is the third book in the series Shared Responsibility in International Law, which examines the problem of distribution of responsibilities among multiple states and other actors. In its work on the responsibility of states and international organisations, the International Law Commission recognised that attribution of acts to one actor does not exclude possible attribution of the same act to another state or organisation. Recognising that the applicable rules and procedures for shared responsibility may differ between particular issue areas, this volume reviews the practice of states, international organisations, courts and other bodies that have dealt with the issue of international responsibility of multiple wrongdoing actors in a wide range of issue areas, including energy, extradition, investment law, NATO-led operations and fisheries. These analyses jointly assess the fit of the prevailing principles of international responsibility and provide a basis for reform and further development of international law.

About the author

André Nollkaemper is Professor of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Director of the Amsterdam Center for International Law, and Director of the SHARES Research Project. He is president of the European Society of International Law, member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and (external) legal advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.

Ilias Plakokefalos is Assistant Professor of International Law at Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands and Senior Research Associate at the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea. Previously, he was Post-Doctoral Researcher in the SHARES Project at Universiteit van Amsterdam. He has been guest lecturer at the University of Oxford and at Université Catholique de Lille.