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A new section covers international environmental law and the law of the
sea. According to its tradition, the CYIL in Volume 7 also covers certain aspects
of international investment law and arbitration, such as non-precluded measures,
third party funding of arbitration costs and developments aimed at the permanent
investment court. The Yearbook also covers the Czech practice of international
law, in particular the Czech cases before the European Court of Human Rights.
Moreover, the publication presents, as usual, topical information on the work of the
UN International Law Commission in 2016, the list of treaties ratified by the Czech
Republic, book reviews and a survey of Czech international law bibliography.
As usual, the authors of this publication come both from Czech and foreign
institutions, from academia and legal practice. More than in previous years, this
volume includes contributions of foreign professors and researchers, coming from or
teaching in Austria, Finland, France, Lithuania, India, Slovakia and Slovenia. As to
the Czech institutions involved, these include Charles University in Prague, Palacký
University in Olomouc, West-Bohemian University in Plzeň, the Institute of Law of
the Czech Academy of Sciences, the University of Economics in Prague, the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Justice, as
well as some private law firms. While keeping high academic standards, the Yearbook
wants to be open for dialogue of scholars and practitioners of international law.
This publication appears thanks to the financial subsidy to the Czech Society of
International Law from the Council of Scientific Societies of the Czech Republic.
We are also grateful for generous financial support from the Prague branch of the law
firm Weil, Gotshal and Manges.
We wish that this volume of the Czech Yearbook also find many readers and we
are looking forward to new authors and new contributions for the next volume. We
are also grateful for any comments and suggestions on how to improve the quality
of this journal.
Prof. Pavel Šturma
Editor-in-Chief