THE JOURNAL OF THE ASIAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

VOLUME 5 ISSUE 1 JANUARY 2015 ISSN 2044-2513

Asian Journal of International Law

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The Asian Journal of International Law is the journal of the Asian Society of International Law. It publishes peer-reviewed scholarly articles and book reviews on public and private international law. The regional focus of the journal is broadly conceived. Some articles may focus specifically on Asian issues; others will bring one of the many Asian perspectives to bear on issues of global concern. Still others will be of more general interest to scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers located in or working on Asia. The journal is published in English as a matter of practical convenience rather than political endorsement. English language reviews of books in other languages are particularly welcomed. The journal is produced for the Asian Society of International Law by the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law and succeeds the Singapore Year Book of International Law. For further information, forthcoming pieces, and guidelines on how to submit articles or book reviews, please visit www.AsianJIL.org.

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ADVISORY BOARD

Chair OWADA Hisashi

Georges ABI-SAAB Abdul KOROMA Awn Shawkat AL-KHASAWNEH Christopher PINTO Edith BROWN-WEISS Bruno SIMMA Richard FALK Florentino FELICIANO Christopher WEERAMANTRY KO Swan Sik

EDITORIAL BOARD

Chair B.S. CHIMNI

Antony ANGHIE Djamchid MOMTAZ Hilary CHARLESWORTH NGUYEN Hong Thao CHUNG Il-Yung ONUMA Yasuaki Hikmahanto JUWANA Raul PANGALANGAN Ratna KAPUR Harry ROQUE Borhan Uddin KHAN Shirley SCOTT Tommy KOH SHIN Hae Bong LU Song Jaturon THIRAWAT V.S. MANI XUE Hanqin Ex officio Surakiart SATHIRATHAI President of the Asian Society of International Law

Editors

Simon CHESTERMAN Surya P. SUBEDI Simon S.C. TAY

Deputy Editor TAN Hsien-Li

Book Review Editor Associate Book Review Editor Shirley SCOTT Lucia ORIANA

Assistant Editors ANG Wen Pin Lance SHENG Hongbin HONG Yongsen Ryan Nicholas TAY Yee Kiat Ezra LEONG Kit Yu

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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

President Surakiart SATHIRATHAI

Vice-Presidents

AGO Shin-ichi Mary GEORGE Jayavadh BUNNAG Borhan Uddin KHAN

Secretary-General Simon CHESTERMAN

Treasurers KUNIYA Shiro R.K.P. SHANKARDASS

Members

Upendra ACHARYA PAIK Jin-Hyun Robert BECKMAN Raul PANGALANGAN Amal Kumar GANGULI PARK Ki-Gab Venkatachala Gajanana HEGDE Rohan PERERA Francis JARDELEZA Javaid REHMAN LEE Keun-Gwan Mavluda SATTOROVA LU Song Shirley SCOTT MA Xinmin Hassan SOLEIMANI Sarah McCOSKER TAN Hsien-Li NGUYEN DANG Thang Jaturon THIRAWAT NOOR FARIDA Ariffin Walter WOON Arif Havas OEGROSENO ZHU Wenqi ONUMA Yasuaki

Ex officio V.S. MANI

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Antony ANGHIE Pemmaraju Sreenivasa RAO Dalveer BHANDARI SHI Jiuyong B S CHIMNI Surya P. SUBEDI Florentino FELICIANO Christopher Gregory WEERAMANTRY Djamchid MOMTAZ XUE Hanqin OWADA Hisashi

RESEARCH & PLANNING COMMITTEE (RPC)

Jaturon THIRAWAT (Co-chair) MOGAMI Toshiki (Co-chair) Raul PANGALANGAN (Co-chair)

RPC ADVISORS

Antony ANGHIE ONUMA Yasuaki XUE Hanqin

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SYMPOSIUM: THETEMPLEOFPREAHVIHEAR 1–6 The International Court of Justice in Asia: Interpreting the Temple of Preah Vihear Case Simon CHESTERMAN 7–15 Institutional Design and Its Constraints: Explaining ASEAN’s Role in the Temple of Preah Vihear Dispute Hao Duy PHAN 16–25 The Ghosts of the Temple of Preah Vihear/Phra Viharn in the 2013 Judgment Victor KATTAN

ARTICLES

26–54 Identifying Jus Cogens Norms: The Interaction of Scholars and International Judges Matthew SAUL 55–93 The Legal Politics of Jurisdiction: Understanding ASEAN’s Role in Myanmar’s Disaster, Cyclone Nargis (2008) Karin LOEVY 94–122 , the Crime of Aggression, and the International Criminal Court ZHU Dan 123–142 Complying with Complementarity? The Cambodian Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Simon M. MEISENBERG 143–175 Notification and Consultation Procedures Under the Mekong Agreement: Insights from the Xayaburi Controversy Alistair RIEU-CLARKE 176–208 India Before and After the Right of Passage Case Prabhakar SINGH

BOOK REVIEWS History and Theory of International Law 209–210 Chinese Contemporary Perspectives on International Law: History, Culture and International Law (Pocketbooks of The Hague Academy of International Law) (Leiden/ Boston: Brill/Nijhoff, 2012) XUE Hanqin (Reviewed by Sara L SECK) 210–211 How Interpretation Makes International Law: On Semantic Change and Normative Twists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) Ingo VENZKE (Reviewed by Prabhakar SINGH)

Human Rights 211–213 A Selective Approach to Establishing a Human Rights Mechanism in Southeast Asia: The Case for a Southeast Asian Court of Human Rights (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012) Hao Duy PHAN (Reviewed by Alice DE JONGE)

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Law of the Sea 214–215 The Law of the Sea and the Polar Regions: Interactions Between Global and Regional Regimes (Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 2013) Edited by Erik J. MOLENAAR, Alex G. Oude ELFERINK, and Donald R. ROTHWELL (Reviewed by LIU Nengye)

Other Areas of International Law 215–216 Fresh Water in International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013) Laurence BOISSON de CHAZOURNES (Reviewed by Leı¨la CHOUKROUNE) 216–217 Sovereign Finance and the Poverty of Nations: Odious Debt in International Law (Cheltenham/Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) Yvonne WONG (Reviewed by Sanduni WICKRAMASINGHE)

ERRATUM 218 The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights: Institutionalising Human Rights in Southeast Asia. By TAN Hsien-Li Amy BARROW

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