CYIL Vol. 6, 2015

PREFACE

Dear Readers, You now have in your hands the sixth volume of the Czech Yearbook of Public & Private International Law (CYIL), appearing, as usual, in October, the period of harvest. This is good news not only for wine lovers but also for readers of this Yearbook, interested in developments in international law. The Czech Yearbook is a scholarly publication of the Czech Society of International Law, acting in cooperation with the Czech Branch of the International Law Association. The above institutions and the Editorial Board of the CYIL are proud that, despite its rather complicated start in life, the Yearbook has not only survived but is growing and maturing. The sixth anniversary is a good occasion to announce some news. As you know, the CSIL publishes the Yearbook both in printed and electronic versions (www.cyil. eu). Since this year, the Czech Yearbook has been included, in addition to the Czech index of scholarly peer-reviewed journals (RVVI), in the SCOPUS international database. We are proud to announce this achievement, as we are the first Czech law journal admitted to the SCOPUS. Next, beginning with its previous volume, the Czech Yearbook is being published by the new international publishers, RW&W, Science & New Media, Passau-Berlin-Praha, and distributed through the company Südost Service GmbH abroad, mostly in Germany. The newly established partnership should ensure a place for the Czech Yearbook in the catalogues and databases among other international law journals and books. However, rich and innovative content is and must be, in our opinion, as important as form, if not even more important. From this point view, Volume 6 (2015) keeps up the standards set in previous volumes. As usual, the variety of studies and articles in this volume covers many issues of contemporary International and European law. The innovation of this volume is in a new thematic section, Symposium on the Crime of Aggression in the Rome Statute post-Kampala, including eight contributions focused on both general and special issues related to the definition of the crime of aggression. The editors would like to continue this model in coming years. The Czech Yearbook aims at regularly presenting, along with various studies and articles, such thematic symposia. In addition to the Symposium, the volume includes, inter alia , articles on a determination of jus cogens , the creation of States and the case of Crimea, the right of victims to reparation from international organizations and civil liability for nuclear damage. For the third time, the CYIL also presents a section on EU law, including articles on the free movement of persons and issues of human rights protection between Strasbourg and

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