Danilo Türk Book Presentation

took an active role in diplomatic activities. It was his intensive work in the United Nations in Geneva as Ambasador of the Republic of Slovenia, he was involved in the analytical and consulting activities relating to the crisis at different parts of the world. He was appointed by Mr Kofi Annan as his Assistant-Secretary-General for political affaires. Dr.Türk returned toSlovenia after 13 year of very active life in the international affaires and returned to his University in Ljubljana. Since May 2006 he has served as Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law, and in November 2007 he was elected President of the Republic of Slovenia. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to ask His Excellency the President, Dr. Danilo Türk to take the floor. H. E. Professor Danilo Türk, President of the Republic of Slovenia, then expressed his thanks for the possibility to introduce the Czech translation of his book “Foundations of International Law” and delivered address to introduce basic ideas of his book (as concluded in the Summary of his book): As explained in this summary, the book offers the reader a broad brush picture of the foundations of international law. But it also outlines the most important details of the system of international law as a whole and captures the significant recent developments that have occurred in this era of dynamic evolution of international legal norms. Contemporary international law now constitutes a very comprehensive system. It is characterized both by considerable diversity and speciali-zation in its different components. The law of the sea, the law of human rights and the law of armed conflicts are three such examples. At the same time its systemic dimension continues to evolve. In recent times, fundamental aspects of international law such as state responsibility or the law of human

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