CYIL vol. 9 (2018)

of solidarity between voluntary commitment and legal constraint, commenting on the judgment of the CJEU in the Joined Cases of the Slovak Republic and Hungary v. Council of the European Union. An important number of articles deal with international human rights law as well as international humanitarian law. This volume again includes a special section on Health, ethics, and human rights. According to its tradition, the CYIL in Volume 9 also heavily covers many aspects of international trade and investment law, including GATT/WTO law, recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, or consequences of Brexit to the UK investment policy. 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 2017, 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, and also from academia and legal practice. More than in previous years, this volume includes contributions of foreign professors and researchers, coming from or teaching in Austria, China, Georgia, Italy, Lithuania, Montenegro, Slovakia, Turkey, and Ukraine. As to the Czech institutions involved, these include Charles University in Prague, Masaryk University in Brno, Palacký University in Olomouc, Institute of Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 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 exists thanks to the continuing financial subsidy from the Council of Scientific Societies of the Czech Republic to the Czech Society of International Law. We are also grateful for the generous financial support from the Prague branch of the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges. We wish that this volume of the Czech Yearbook finds many readers as well and we are looking forward to new authors and new contributions in the next volume when we celebrate our 10th year. 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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