蔡沛倫：A State’s Rights in Relation to Communications with Its Legal Advisers: The ICJ’s Provisional Measures Order in Timor-Leste v. Australia
Pei-Lun Tsai
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Law,
University of Nottingham
On 17 December 2013, Timor-Leste instituted proceedings against Australia before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), claiming that Australia violated international law by seizing and detaining documents and data taken from the office of a legal adviser to Timor-Leste, including materials concerning a pending arbitration between Timor-Leste and Australia. On the same day, Timor-Leste submitted a request for the indication of provisional measures, including, inter alia, that Australia transfer custody of the seized materials to the ICJ and assure that it would not intercept future communications between Timor-Leste and its legal advisers. On 3 March 2014, the Court adopted an order, granting certain parts of Timor-Leste’s request, and the present contribution seeks to introduce, through an analysis of this order, the ICJ’s power to indicate provisional measures and its opinion concerning a State’s communications with its legal advisers.
譚偉恩：如何強化糧食安全以面對氣候變遷？
譚偉恩
摘 要
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譚偉恩：峇里套案：完美到難以成真
譚偉恩
本(2013)年的12月7日，第九屆WTO部長會議通過了相當振奮人心的「峇里套案」(Bali Package，以下簡稱BP)，與會的部長們在為期五天（3日~7日）的會期中還另行通過了一些充滿願景的決議。此一成果當屬難能可貴，也是WTO成立近20年的首例，不少評論因而認為BP對於推展因金融風暴而受創的全球貿易意義非凡，[1]尤其是暫時保住了搖搖欲墜的貿易多邊主義框架。新任秘書長Azevêdo甚至喜極而泣，於會期結束之際表示：「BP不僅僅只是再次確認各會員對於WTO的承諾，更為杜哈發展議程(the Doha Development Agenda；以下簡稱Doha Round)提供了前進的動力。BP這項我們共同通過的決定(decisions)是完成日後談判關鍵的墊腳石。」[2]