European Constitutional Law Review

Table of Contents - 2009 - Volume 5, Issue 02  

Articles

The Role of European Courts in the Development of a Hierarchy of Norms within International Law: Evidence of Constitutionalisation?

Erika de Wet*

Abstract

Constitutionalism – Kadi ruling of EU Court of First Instance – Erosion of ‘total’ constitutional order by reallocation of public power – Constitutional vision challenge of networks approach – Emerging human rights hierarchy – Rudimentary international value system – Ius cogens and erga omnes – Barcelona Traction – Core human rights elements – Enforcement through regional and domestic courts – Review of Security Council resolutions

Key Words:

  • European Union;
  • United Nations;
  • UN Security Council;
  • Member States;
  • Kadi;
  • EU Court of First Instance;
  • European Court of Justice;
  • International Court of Justice;
  • European Court of Human Rights;
  • International obligations;
  • UN Charter;
  • International constitutional order;
  • Fundamental rights;
  • Ius cogens;
  • Erga omnes obligations

Footnotes

* Prof. Dr. Iur., LL.M. (Harvard); Prof. of International Constitutional Law, University of Amsterdam [Universiteit van Amsterdam], the Netherlands; Extraordinary Prof., North-West University (Potchefstroom campus) and University of Pretoria (South Africa). This contribution forms part of a so-called VICI Project of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research [Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs, NWO] entitled: The Emerging International Constitutional Order: the Implications of Hierarchy in International Law for the Coherence and Legitimacy of International Decision-making.