- Coupright Page
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Asia’s Ambivalence about International Law
- Regional Organizations
- Asia in the History and Theory of International Law
- Regional Peace and Security
- Human Rights
- International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law
- International Environmental Law
- Law of the Sea and Asian States
- International Economic Law and Asia
- International Dispute Settlement
- China
- Japan
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Indonesia
- The Philippines
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Viet Nam
- Cambodia
- Myanmar
- India
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
- Afghanistan
- Central Asian States
- South Pacific Island States
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This chapter describes the experiences of five Central Asian states—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—with international law over the past three decades, identifying some of the distinctive features of Central Asian states’ approaches towards international law. The commonalities in the stance of Central Asian states on matters of international law are determined by the context of their emergence as sovereign states at the end of the Cold War, their common history as former Soviet republics, their belonging to the Eurasian group of continental legal systems, and their common status as landlocked developing states. At the same time, each Central Asian state has its own specifics, with differences in their foreign policy priorities, levels of economic development, and resource endowment. The chapter then reviews the participation of Central Asian states in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), particularly their experiences with the CIS Economic Court.
Keywords: Kazakhstan, Asia, international law, regional courts, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, treaty-making, domestic implementation
Marina Girshovich is PhD candidate at the Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea.
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- Coupright Page
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- Asia’s Ambivalence about International Law
- Regional Organizations
- Asia in the History and Theory of International Law
- Regional Peace and Security
- Human Rights
- International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law
- International Environmental Law
- Law of the Sea and Asian States
- International Economic Law and Asia
- International Dispute Settlement
- China
- Japan
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Indonesia
- The Philippines
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Viet Nam
- Cambodia
- Myanmar
- India
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
- Afghanistan
- Central Asian States
- South Pacific Island States
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Index