CYIL vol. 16 (2025)

CONTENTS

PREFACE Pavel Šturma

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I. STUDIES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND ORGANIZATIONS

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How Many Dictionaries Do They Need in the Hague?

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Zuzana Trávničková The Erosion of Genuine Link: Slovakia ’ s Citizenship Law Amendments Go Against Current State Practice Ivan Novotný The Legal Case of Somaliland: Re-Recognition under International Law Hassan-kayd Abdishakur The Discriminatory Nature of Treaty Practices in the 17th to 18th Century International Law: The Case of the Kandyan Kingdom in Sri Lanka with the Dutch East India Company 57 Punsara Amarasinghe The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: Applicable Law, Lex Specialis , and the Standard of Due Diligence 70 Gabrielle Leterre 19 35 Reflecting on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities – Thirty Years of Human Rights Logics in National Minority Protection Harald Christian Scheu ECtHR Judgment in the Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland : Expanding Court Access in Climate Mitigation Cases Petra Baumruk Cry ‘Havoc!’: Extraterritorial Application of the ECHR during the ‘Active Phase’ of International Armed Conflict 131 The Proliferation of National “New Competition Tools” within the EU: A New Challenge for Cross-Border Business? 133 Václav Šmejkal The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation with the Digital Product Passport: A Complex Legal Tool for the Digital Circularity 146 Radka MacGregor Pelikánová Public Right to Record Police Actions 159 Lenka Scheu, Anželika Banevičienė 83 101 113 Jan Mais III. INTERNATIONAL LAW AND EUROPEAN LAW II. INTERNATIONAL LAW OF HUMAN RIGHTS 81

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