Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2015

Jus Cogens and the Humanisation and Fragmentation of International Law.- Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Jus Cogens.- Understanding the Jus Cogens Debate: The Pervasive Influence of Legal Positivism and Legal Idealism.- Jus Cogens as a Social Construct without Pedigree: ‘If Judges Say so Then it Must be True’.- Audience and Authority – The Merit of the Doctrine of Jus Cogens.- Genesis, Function and Identification of Jus Cogens Norms.- Jus Cogens as the ‘Highest Law’? Peremptory Norms and Legal Hierarchies.- In Quest of the Practical Value of Jus Cogens Norms.- Constitutional Conversations in the Anthropocene: In Search of Environmental Jus Cogens Norms.- Non-Refoulement as Custom and Jus Cogens? Putting the Prohibition to the Test.- Improving Compliance: Jus Cogens and International Economic Law.- Jus Cogens in International Investment Law and Arbitration.- Immunities of International Organizations before Domestic Courts: Reflections on the Collective Labour Case against the European Patent Organization.- Judicial Review on the Island of Saint Martin: An Example for the Kingdom of The Netherlands?.- Between Pretence and Practice: The Dutch Response to Recommendations of International Human Rights Bodies.