State Responsibility

Lecturer: Jiang he

Introduction

The subjects of international law and the responsibility in international law

The nature of the rules (secondary rules) Draft Articles on State Responsibility Internationally wrongful act (Art.3) Direct and indirect wrongful act Subjective and objective responsibility

Imputability

Organs of the State (Art.5 and Art.6) Individuals (Art.8) Case study: Yeager v Iran (1987) and the Nicar

agua case (1986) Ultra vires acts (Art.10) (official and personal) Insurrectionaries (Art.11 ) Case study: Short v Iran (1987)

International crimes

International crimes and delicts（ Art.19 ） Erga onmes obligations State responsibility for the treatment of aliens Standard of treatment Locus standi and the right to bring claims Nationality of claims

Individuals

Corporations and their shareholders

Exhaustion of local remedies

Defenses and justifications

Remedies for international wrongs