CYIL 2015

Luxembourg. An important number of articles deal with international human rights law, in particular from the perspective of the European system and international criminal law. According to its tradition, the CYIL also covers in Volume 6 certain aspects of international investment law and arbitration, such as the EU competence in the field of foreign investment, the TTIP and ISDS, and enforcement of international investment awards. The Yearbook also covers the Czech practice of international law, in particular the Czech-Austrian Declaration on Jurisdictional Immunities of State Owned Cultural Property and the Czech cases before the European Court of Human Rights. Moreover, the publication presents, as usual, topical information on the work of the UN International Law Commission in 2015, the list of treaties ratified by the Czech Republic, book reviews and a survey of Czech international law bibliography. As usual, the authors of this publication come both from Czech and foreign institutions, from academia and legal practice. More so than in previous years, this volume includes contributions of foreign professors and researchers, coming from or teaching in Austria, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Ukraine and the USA. As to the Czech institutions involved, these include Charles University in Prague, Palacký University in Olomouc, West-Bohemian University in Plzeň, the Institute of Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences, the University of Economics in Prague, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice, as well as some private law firms. While keeping high academic standards, the Yearbook wants to be open for dialogue of scholars and practitioners of international law. This publication appears thanks to a financial subsidy to the Czech Society of International Law from the Council of Scientific Societies of the Czech Republic. We are also grateful for generous financial support from the Prague branch of the law firm Weil, Gotshal and Manges. We wish that this volume of the Czech Yearbook will also find many readers and we are looking forward to new authors and new contributions for the next volume. We are also grateful for any comments and suggestions on how to improve the quality of this journal.

Prof. Pavel Šturma Editor-in-Chief

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