杜芸珮:『圈外人』的『進化』論

杜芸珮 (中研院法律所研究助理)

 

我國在正式外交場合中,時常扮演著圈外人的角色,面臨無法參加許多國際組織會員國大會以及多邊條約締約國大會等重要國際會議的困難,自然無法全盤掌握各項國際條約之訂立過程,例如利益團體遊說之經過與立場,以及國與國間的政治角力過程等。當各國為了某條文的解釋與適用方式進行協商、結盟,乃至於爭辯,我國既未參與討論,僅取得經過數次討論後的結果,過程自是毫無所悉,更增加我國法制與國際接軌的困難度。

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蔡沛倫:Mistaken Identity, CIA Extraordinary Rendition, and the European Court of Human Rights: The Case of Khaled El-Masri

Pei-Lun Tsai
Ph.D. student, School of Law,
University of Nottingham

On 13 December 2012, European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or the Court) delivered its judgment in El-Masri v The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, where the Court found Macedonia responsible for torture, ill-treatment and secret rendition of a German national, and in violation of a number of provisions in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).  The applicant, Mr El-Masri, was subjected to an extrajudicial transfer of from one jurisdiction to another for detention and interrogation outside the normal legal system, otherwise known as “extraordinary rendition”.  It was believed that his initial arrest was a result of mistaken identity: his name resembled that of a suspected member of Al Qaeda.  Although the ECtHR case was brought against Macedonia, the judgment is in fact the first international judicial decision rendered on extraordinary rendition practised by the Central Information Agency (CIA) of the United States (US).  While the case of Mr El Masri has been brought to the attention of various national, regional, and international mechanisms (see external links below) and is now still pending before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the current contribution would focus on the considerations and analyses of the ECtHR.

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魏歆庭:試述國際法上放射性廢棄物管理及境外運輸

政治大學法律學系四年級 魏歆庭

 

壹、前言

核能研究與和平利用核能在台灣已有三十餘年的歷史,在核能發電、醫農工研各方面應用勢必產生放射性廢棄物,近年來國人愈發重視環保議題及永續發展,當前放射性廢棄物管理儼然成為大眾最為關心之議題。隨著放射性廢棄物貯存量越來越多,台灣電力公司(以下簡稱台電)及原子能委員會(以下簡稱原能會)曾多次考慮放射性廢棄物境外最終處置,由於境外最終處置涉及跨國境運送之問題,因此本文將簡述目前放射性廢棄物之處置手段,並試以國際法出發概述放射性廢棄物跨國境運送之法規範。

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