The Italian Yearbook of International Law

Volume XXVI of the Italian Yearbook of International Law opens with a Focus on international law in regional and domestic legal systems, edited in cooperation with the Interest Group on “International Law in Domestic Legal Orders” of the Italian Society of International and European Union Law (SIDI). The volume further contains articles on the controversy over Istria’s cultural heritage, on the role played by human rights courts in countering abuses of power, and on the need to adopt a new regulatory approach to environmental law, as well as timely contributions on the judgment by the ECtHR’s Grand Chamber in Khlaifia v. Italy, on the Security Council’s reaction to the nuclear tests conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and on the Iraq (Chilcot) Inquiry Report. As in every volume the following sections, each containing a wealth of new information, are added: ‘Practice of International Courts and Tribunals’ and ‘Italian Practice Relating to International Law’. The remaining part of the Volume contains a bibliographical index of Italian contributions to international law scholarship published in 2016, a book review section, and an analytical index for easy consultation and reference to materials cited in the Yearbook.