'Reassessing and Redefining the Principle of Economic Sovereignty of States' by Professor Surya P. Subedi OBE

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Description:	The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity. This lecture, entitled 'Reassessing and Redefining the Principle of Economic Sovereignty of States', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 21st October 2011 by Professor Surya Subedi OBE, University of Leeds and UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

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The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of agression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.

This lecture, entitled 'Reassessing and Redefining the Principle of Economic Sovereignty of States', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 21st October 2011 by Professor Surya Subedi OBE, University of Leeds and UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia. For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk


Created:	2011-10-21 15:12
Collection:	LCIL International Law Seminar Series MOVED
Publisher:	University of Cambridge
Copyright:	T.C. Grant
Language:	eng (English)
Keywords:	International Law; State sovereignty; Economic Law; Economic sovereignty; Lauterpacht Centre for International Law;


Abstract:	The principle of economic sovereignty of States was developed mainly after the establishment of the UN and especially after the independence of many developing countries to enable them to develop their economy. However, this very principle is now invoked by these very States to engage in unrestricted economic activities at the expense of the environment, human rights and other societal values. They have done so by shielding themselves from international scrutiny of their activities on the basis of the principle of economic sovereignty of States. It is in this context that this lecture aims to examine what is meant by the notion of economic sovereignty of States in modern international law, how it has been invoked by States in different phases of history and whether the time has come to reassess and redefine the notion in the light of the developments taking place within the broader family of public international law.

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The principle of economic sovereignty of States was developed mainly after the establishment of the UN and especially after the independence of many developing countries to enable them to develop their economy. However, this very principle is now invoked by these very States to engage in unrestricted economic activities at the expense of the environment, human rights and other societal values. They have done so by shielding themselves from international scrutiny of their activities on the basis of the principle of economic sovereignty of States. It is in this context that this lecture aims to examine what is meant by the notion of economic sovereignty of States in modern international law, how it has been invoked by States in different phases of history and whether the time has come to reassess and redefine the notion in the light of the developments taking place within the broader family of public international law.

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