CYIL vol. 10 (2019)

law, enhanced cooperation in the EU and EU law in relation to constitutional review by the Constitutional Courts in the Czech Republic and Hungary. An important number of articles deal with international human rights law as well as international humanitarian law. This volume also includes special sections on International nuclear law and on Health, ethics and human rights. According to its tradition, the CYIL in its Volume 10 also heavily covers many aspects of private international law and international investment law, including the EU-Singapore Investment Agreement, the denial of benefits clause, or the interplay between the IIL and the law of armed conflicts. The Yearbook also covers the Czech practice of international law, in particular 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 2019, 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 from both Czech and foreign institutions, who are from academia and legal practice. Compared to previous years, this volume includes more contributions of foreign professors and researchers, coming from or teaching in Austria, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Germany, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Russia, and the Ukraine. As to the Czech institutions involved, these include Charles University in Prague, Palacký University in Olomouc, Institute of Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of International Relations, the University of Economics in Prague, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Justice, as well as some private law firms. This publication appears thanks to a continuing financial subsidy to the Czech Society of International Law from the Council of Scientific Societies of the Czech Republic. We are also grateful for the generous financial support from the law firm Skils (Prague). We also wish that this volume of the Czech Yearbook will find many readers and we are already looking forward to new authors and new contributions for the next volume when we will enter the second decade of its existence. 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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