Articles
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
Newsletter of the European Society of International Law, autumn 2021 – Guest editorial “On the good use of sovereignty” (in EnglishAndin French)
"How to RE-Establish a New Global Economic Legal Order?" in CJ. Cheng (ed.),A New Global Economic Order, Brill/Nijhoff, Leiden/Boston, 2021, p. 255-267
2019
"Some Concluding Remarks"in H. Raspail (ed.),Human rights and the sea, Proceedings of the Le Mans conference, May 24 and 25, 2018, 2020, Pedone.
2019
« Values and Power Relations – The “Disillusionment” of International Law? », KFG Working Paper Series, No. 34, Mai 2019, pp. 3-13
2018
2017
“La contribution du Tribunal international du droit de la mer au développement du droit international général – les dix dernières années”, in International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, The Contribution of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to the Rule of Law: 1996-2016, Brill/Nijhoff, Leiden, Boston, 2017, pp. 203-207
2016
2015
2014
2013
“International Organizations Are Definitely not States. Cursory Remarks on the ILC Articles on the Responsibility of International Organizations”, in M. Ragazzi (ed.), Responsibility of International Organizations. Essays in Memory of Sir Ian Brownlie, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Leiden, 2013, pp. 41-54
“Annulment Faute de Mieux – Is There a Need for an Appeals Facility”, in N. Jansen Calamita, D. Earnest et M. Burgstaller (eds.), The Future of ICSID and the Place of Investment Treaties in International Law, Investment Treaty Law Current Issues IV, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2013, pp. 255-274
2012
“Views on the Development of a Global Administrative Law”, interviewed by Clementine Bories, with Benedict Kingsbury, in Clementine Bories (ed.) Un droit administratif global ? A Global Administrative Law?, Actes du Colloque des 16 et 17 juin 2011, Pedone, Paris, 2012, pp. 11-23

“Remarques sur la jurisprudence récente de la CIJ dans le domaine de la responsabilité internationale”, in Perspectives of International Law in the 21st Century – Perspectives du droit international au 21e siècle, Liber Amicorum Professor Christian Dominicé in Honour of his 80th Birthday, Martinus Nijhoff, 2012, pp. 321-345 (French translation and update of “Some Remarks on the Recent Case Law of the International Court of Justice on Responsibility Issues”, in International Law – A Quiet Strength (Miscellanea in memoriam Geza Herczegh), Pazmany Press, Budapest, 2011, pp. 111-133)
“Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes”, in R. Wolfrum et al., The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Oxford University Press, 2012, Vol. VI, pp. 201-224

2011
“Some Remarks on the Recent Case Law of the International Court of Justice on Responsibility Issues”, in International Law – A Quiet Strengh (Miscellanea in memoriam Geza Herczegh), Pazmany Press, Budapest, 2011, pp. 111-133 (also published in French with an update: “Remarques sur la jurisprudence récente de la CIJ dans le domaine de la responsabilité internationale”, in Perspectives of International Law in the 21st Century – Perspectives du droit international au 21e siècle, Liber Amicorum Professor Christian Dominicé in Honour of his 80th Birthday, Martinus Nijhoff, 2012, pp. 321-345)
Articles 19, 22, and 23 (with William Schabas), in Olivier Corten et Pierre Klein (eds.), The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties – A commentary, Oxford University Press, 2011, vol. 1
Article 19 (1969 Vienna Convention), pp. 405-482
Article 19 (1986 Vienna Convention), pp. 483-488
Article 22 (1969 Vienna Convention), pp. 568-591
Article 22 (1986 Vienna Convention), pp. 592-593
Article 23 (with W. Schabas) (1969 Vienna Convention), pp. 594-625
Article 23 (with W. Schabas) (1986 Vienna Convention), pp. 626-627
(also published in French in Olivier Corten and Pierre Klein (eds.), Les Conventions de Vienne sur le droit des traités – Commentaire article par article, Bruylant, Bruxelles, 2006, vol. I)
“Les effets de la reconnaissance par la Palestine de la competence de la Cour pénale international”, in Mélanges en l’honneur de Madjid Benchikh – Droit, liberté, paix, développement, Pedone, Paris, 2011, pp. 327-344 (also published in English “The Palestinian Declaration and the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court”, Journal of International Criminal Justice, 2010, Vol. 8, pp. 981-999, and in Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies & Consultations (Beirut), Israel and International Law, Beirut, 2010, pp. 379-406)
2010
“The Palestinian Declaration and the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court”, Journal of International Criminal Justice, 2010, Vol. 8, pp. 981-999 (also published in Al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies & Consultations (Beirut), Israel and International Law, Beirut, 2010, pp. 379-406; French translation with further updates: “Les effets de la reconnaissance par la Palestine de la competence de la Cour pénale international”, in Mélanges en l’honneur de Madjid Benchikh – Droit, liberté, paix, développement, Pedone, Paris, 2011, pp. 327-344)
2009
“Adieu Philippines – Remarques sur la distinction entre les réclamations conventionnelles et contractuelles dans le droit de l’investissement international”, in Le droit international économique à l’aube du XXIème siècles – Mélanges offerts à Dominique Carreau et Patrick Juillard, Pedone, Paris, 2009, pp. 97-110
2008
“Le recours à la force, le droit et la légitimité – Notes sur les problèmes posés par le principe de l’interdiction du recours à la force armée en cas de carence du Conseil de sécurité”, in Frieden in Freiheit, Peace in liberty, Paix en liberté – Festschrift für Michael Bothe zum 70. Geburtstag, Nomos, Baden-Baden, 2008, pp. 249-268
“La force et le règlement des différends politiques : arguments croisés” (discussion with Michael Glennon), in Y. Daudet (ed.), Actualité de la Conférence de La Haye de 1907, Deuxième Conférence de la Paix, Colloque de l’Académie de Droit international (6-7 sept. 2007), Nijhoff, Leiden/London, 2008, pp. 225-249
2007
“Le projet d’articles de la C.D.I. sur la protection diplomatique : une codification pour (presque) rien”, in M.G. Kohen (ed.), La promotion de la justice, des droits de l’homme et du règlement des conflits par le droit international – Liber Amicorum Lucius Caflisch, Brill, Leiden, 2007, pp. 1133-1155
2006
Articles 19, 22 and 23 (with William Schabas), in Olivier Corten and Pierre Klein (eds.), Les Conventions de Vienne sur le droit des traités – Commentaire article par article, Bruylant, Brussels, 2006, vol. I
Article 19 (1969 Vienna Convention), pp. 641-788
Article 19 (1986 Vienna Convention), pp. 789-796
Article 22 (1969 Vienna Convention), pp. 935-968
Article 22 (1986 Vienna Convention), pp. 969-970
Article 23 (with W. Schabas) (1969 Vienna Convention), pp. 971-1017
Article 23 (with W. Schabas) (1986 Vienna Convention), pp. 1019-1022
(English translations with updates in Olivier Corten et Pierre Klein (eds.), The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties – A commentary, Oxford University Press, 2011, vol. 1)
“Unity and Diversity with Regard to International Treaty Law”, Comment, in A. Zimmermann and R. Hofmann (eds.), Unity and Diversity in International Law (Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Kiel Walther Schücking Institute of International Law, November 4-7, 2004), Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2006, pp. 247-251
2005
2004
“Les nouvelles tendances du droit international. Aspects ‘macro-juridiques’”, Études internationales (Tunis), No. 92, 3/2004, pp. 62-82

“L’État victime d’un acte terroriste peut-il recourir à la force armée ?”, with Vladimir Tzankov, in S.F.D.I. and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerrecht, Les nouvelles menaces contre la paix et la sécurité internationales, Pedone, Paris, 2004, pp. 95-107 (summaries in English and German) (English translation: “Can a State Victim of a Terror Act Have Recourse to Armed Force”, Humanitäres Völkerrecht, 2004, No. 2, pp. 68-72)

2003
“Terrorismo e Guerra. O Que Fazer das Nações Unidas?”, in L. Nemer Caldeira Brant (ed.), Terrorismo e Direito, Forense, Rio de Janeiro, 2003, pp. 173-182 (translation of “La terreur, la guerre, l’ONU”, in Les nouvelles formes du terrorisme international et leur impact sur l’évolution du droit international, University of Miskolć, European Integration Studies, Vol. I, 2002, pp. 13-18)

2002
“La competencia material y el derecho applicable en el estatuto de la Corte penal internacional”, in Instituto Pedro Gual, Serie Cuadernos 2, Promoción y Protección Internacional de la Persona, Caracas, 2002, pp. 51-57

“Le nouveau projet de la C.D.I. sur la responsabilité de l’État pour fait internationalement illicite: Requiem pour le crime?”, in Man’s Inhumanity to Man – Festschrift Antonio Cassese, Kluwer, The Hague, 2002, pp. 654-681 (Translation and update in English: “The New Draft Articles of the International Law Commission on the Responsibility of States for International Wrongful Acts: A Requiem for States’ Crimes?”, Netherlands Yearbook of International Law, 2001, pp. 55-79)
“Entry Into Force and Amendment of the Statute”, in A. Cassese, P. Gaeta, and J.R.W.D. Jones (eds.), The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: A Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 145-184; “Applicable Law”, ibid., pp. 1051-1084; and “Settlement of Disputes”, ibid., pp. 1841-1848



“La terreur, la guerre, l’ONU”, in Les nouvelles formes du terrorisme international et leur impact sur l’évolution du droit international, Université of Miskolć, European Integration Studies, Vol. I, 2002, pp. 13-18 (translation in Portuguese: “Terrorismo e Guerra. O Que Fazer das Nações Unidas?”, in L. Nemer Caldeira Brant (ed.), Terrorismo e Direito, Forense, Rio de Janeiro, 2003, pp. 173-182)
“La competencia material y el derecho applicable en el Estatuto de la Corte penal internacional”, in Instituto de Altos Estudios Diplomaticos Pedro Gual, Promoción y Protección Internacional de la Persona, Caracas, 2002, pp. 49-57 (translation and update of “Pour la Cour pénale internationale quand même! – Quelques remarques sur sa compétence et sa saisine”, L’Observateur des Nations Unies, No. 5, 1998, pp. 143-163; International Criminal Law Review, 2001, pp. 91-110)
2001
“The New Draft Articles of the International Law Commission on the Responsibility of States for International Wrongful Acts: A Requiem for States’ Crimes?”, Netherlands Yearbook of International Law, 2001, pp. 55-79 (French translation: “Le nouveau projet de la C.D.I. sur la responsabilité de l’État pour fait internationalement illicite: Requiem pour le crime ?”, in Man’s Inhumanity to Man – Festschrift Antonio Cassese, Kluwer, The Hague, 2002, pp. 654-681)
“La codification du droit de la responsabilité internationale : Tâtonnements et affrontements”, in L. Boisson de Chazournes and V. Gowlland-Debbas (eds.), L’ordre juridique international, un système en quête d’équité et d’universalité, Liber Amicorum Georges Abi-Saab, Kluwer, The Hague, 2001, pp. 285-304
“Pour la Cour pénale internationale quand même! – Quelques remarques sur sa compétence et sa saisine”, L’Observateur des Nations Unies, No. 5, 1998, pp. 143-163 (also published in International Criminal Law Review, 2001, pp. 91-110; Spanish translation with an update: “La competencia material y el derecho applicable en el Estatuto de la Corte penal internacional”, in Instituto de Altos Estudios Diplomaticos Pedro Gual, Promoción y Protección Internacional de la Persona, Caracas, 2002, pp. 49-57
2000
“The Role of the International Lawyer in International Litigation”, in Ch. Wickremasinghe (ed.), The International Lawyer as Practionner, B.I.I.C.L., Londres, 2000, pp. 147-162 (French version: “Conseil devant la Cour internationale de Justice – Quelques impressions”, in Mélanges offerts à Hubert Thierry, Pedone, Paris, 1998, pp. 345-362)
1999
« International criminal jurisdictions: towards the end of impunity? ”, in Forum Deusto, Los Derechos Humanos en un mundo dividido, Bilbao, 1999, p. 143-161

1998
“ For the International Criminal Court anyway! – A few remarks on its competence and its referralUnited Nations Observer, No. 5, 1998, p. 143-163; also released and updated in International Criminal Law Review, 2001, p. 91-110; Spanish translation and update: “ La competencia material y el derecho applicable en el Estatuto de la Corte penal internacional ”,_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_in Instituto de Altos Estudios Diplomaticos Pedro Gual, Promoción y Protección Internacional de la Persona, Caracas, 2002, p. 49-57
General ConclusionsinP. Daillier and P. Kovacs (eds.), Prospects for the integration of Central and Eastern European countries into Western European institutions, Montchrestien, Paris, 1998, p. 371-380

1997
“ Strengthening the role of the Court as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations ”, in Gregory Peck and Roy S. Lee (eds.), Increasing the Effectiveness of the International Court of Justice – Proceedings of the ICJ/UNITAR Colloquium to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Court, Nijhoff/Unitar, 1997, p. 235-253 ; updated English version : “ Strengthening the Role of the International Court of Justice as the Principal Judicial Organ of United Nations ” , The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, 2004, p. 159-180
1996
“ Which International Criminal Court? ”, Witness, no. 7, autumn 1996, pp. 197-206; revised: The Letter de Juristes sans frontières, dec. 1996, p. 2-5

1995
“ The International Court of Justice and the Political Organs of the United Nations – Some Further but Cursory Remarksin F. Salerno (dir.), Il ruolo del giudice internazionale nell'evoluzione del diritto internazionale e communitario – Atti del Convegno di Studi in Memoria di Gaetano Morelli, CEDAM, Milan, 1995, p. 115-124
“ 50 years of the United Nations – 50 years of international law ”, Special 50th anniversary of the UN, United Nations Information Centre, Paris, 1995, pp. 11-20

1994
« Nationalities and minorities in the former Yugoslavia – Some legal aspects », in La Méditerranée, area of cooperation, collective work in honor of Professor Maurice Flory, Pedone, 1994, p. 143-152; also released and updated in E. Decaux, V. Mikulka and A. Pellet (eds.), State succession, nationality and minorities in Eastern Europe, CEDIN – Czech Society of International Law, Montchrestien, Paris, 1996, pp. 289-299
1993
1992
« Against the tyranny of the straight line – Aspects of the formation of norms in international economic and development law »,_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_in Thesaurus Acroasium, flight. XIX, 1992, pp. 287-355 (Course at the Institute of Public International Law and International Relations of Thessaloniki, 1988).
" The territorial integrity of Quebec in the event of accession to sovereignty ", with T. Franck, R. Higgins, M. Shaw and Ch Tomuschat, opinion published in French in National Assembly of Quebec,Commission for the Study of Issues Related to Quebec's Accession to Sovereignty, flight. 1, The attributes of a sovereign Quebec, 1992, pp. 377-461 ; in english in A. Bayefsky (dir.), Self-Determination in International Law: Quebec and Lessons Learned, Kluwer, The Hague, 2000, pp. 241-303

1991
Findingsin CEDIN,Aspects of the Crisis and the Gulf War, Montchrestien, Paris, 1991, p. 487-495

1990
“ Critical examination of the notion of the right to development in international law ”, UN, Center for Human Rights, Global Consultation on the Implementation of the right to development as a human right, 1990

1989
« The sword and the scales – Remarks on the role of the International Court of Justice in the maintenance of international peace and security »,_cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_in Yoram Dinstein (ed.),International Law at a Time of Perplexity – Essays in Honor of Shabtai Rosenne, Nijhoff, Dordrecht, 1989, p. 539-566
1988
" The destruction of Troy will not take place - There is only one criterion for the implementation of the law of wartime occupation: respect for the sovereign rights of the people subject to occupation ”, Pal. Y.BIL, 1987-1988, pp. 44-84; in Englishin International Commission of Jurist-Al-Haq (Jerusalem colloquium 1988), E. Playfair (ed.),The Administration of Occupied Territories: The West Bank, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1992, p. 169-204
1987
“ A New International Legal Order? What Legal Tools for what Changes? », Report to the Franco-British Symposium, (January 1985), in F. Snyder and P. Slinn (eds.), International Law of Development: Comparative Perspectives, Professional Books, Abingdon, 1987, p. 117-135; reproduced in Yong Sang Cho (ed.), Conflicts and Harmony in Modern Society, Keimyung University Press, Taegu, 1985, pp. 265-280
1986
« Some institutional and legal problems raised by economic cooperation between developing countries within UNCTAD », Rev. jur. Morocco, 1986, p. 123-134

1985
« The right to development, a new human right?in Mr. Flory (dir.), The formation of norms in international development law, CNRS-OPU 1985, p. 71-85 (and conclusions of the symposium pp. 368-373)

1984
“ Who is afraid of the right of peoples to self-determination? ”, Socialist criticism, 1984, p. 89-104

1982
“ Legitimate defense and aggression – The phenomenon of national liberation ”, 6th meeting of Reims,Realities of Contemporary International Law – Legal Discourse on Aggression and International Reality, CERI, Reims 1982, p. 11-126

1981
1979
1977
“Restructuration et démocratisation – l’exemple de la CNUCED et de l’ONUDI”, report to the Algiers Symposium, Droit international et développement (October 1976), O.P.U., Alger 1977, pp. 381-409
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
“Ventures between Multinational Corporations, Local Companies and Investors, and a Labor Union – Factory Machinery in World Markets”, in W. Friedmann and J.-P. Béguin (eds.), Joint International Business Ventures in Developing Countries, Columbia University Press, New York and London 1971, pp. 167-184
Alain Pellet has written numerous reviews of books and articles, in particular in the Annuaire français de droit international, the Journal du Droit International (Clunet) or the American Journal of International Law.
He participated in numerous meetings, congresses and symposia on public international law, international economic and development law, international criminal law, Human rights and international relations.