La questione della qualificazione delle attivit\ue0 militari nell'ordinanza del tribunale internazionale del diritto del mare relativa al caso della detenzione di tre navi militari ucraine

This paper comments the order on provisional measures of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) of 25 May 2019 in the Case concerning the detention of three Ukrainian naval vessels (Ukraine v. Russian Federation). On 31 March 2019, Ukraine instituted arbitral proceedings under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) against the Russian Federation in a dispute concerning \u201cthe immunity of three Ukrainian naval vessels and the twenty-four servicemen on board\u201d. Subsequently, on 16 April 2019, Ukraine submitted to the Tribunal a request for the prescription of provisional measures under article 290(5), of the Convention in relation to the dispute. The present work focuses on the material scope and effects of the UNCLOS parties\u2019 declarations on the non-acceptance of arbitration and judicial procedures for the settlement of disputes made under Article 298(1)(b) of the UNCLOS. It then explores the legal qualification of \u201cmilitary activities\u201d made in the arbitration award relating to the South China Sea Arbitration (The republic of the Philippines v. the People\u2019s Republic of China) and the distinction between \u201cmilitary activities\u201d and \u201cenforcement activities\u201d in the ITLOS order of 25 May 2019. Finally, the articles focuses on the conflicting aspects of the ITLOS\u2019s decision concerning the non-existence of military action in the case at stake

Osservazioni sulla legittimità degli atti comunitari in base alle norme del GATT

Analisi della giurisprudenza della Corte di giustizia delle Comunità europee in materia di legittimità degli atti comunitari alla luce delle norme del GATT