Otto Spijkers
Docent
- Naam
- Dr. O. Spijkers
- Telefoon
- +31 70 800 9500
- o.spijkers@luc.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-4384-314X
Otto Spijkers is docent internationaal en Europees recht aan het Leiden University College (LUC), Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs van de Universiteit Leiden. Daarnaast is hij universitair docent staats- en bestuursrecht aan de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid van de Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. Voordat hij bij Erasmus en het LUC kwam, was Otto hoogleraar internationaal recht aan het China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies van Wuhan University en het Research Institute of Environmental Law van deze universiteit. Voordat hij naar Wuhan ging, werkte hij bij het Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law en het Nederlands Instituut voor Zeerecht van de Universiteit Utrecht. Hij schreef zijn proefschrift, getiteld The United Nations, the Evolution of Global Values and International Law, aan het Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies van de Universiteit Leiden.
Docent
- Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs
- Leiden University College
- Spijkers O. (2023), United Nations General Assembly request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the obligations of States in respect of climate change, Chinese Journal of Environmental Law 7(1): 13-18.
- Spijkers O. & Devlaeminck J.D. (2022), Layers of regulation in transboundary water governance: exploring the role of third states in the Lancang–Mekong, Water International 47(1): .
- Spijkers O. & Yu C. (2022), Global change and the development of sustainable floating cities: regulatory and legal implications. In: , Routledge handbook of marine governance and global environmental change: Routledge. 275-285.
- Shi Y. & Spijkers O. (2022), Bespreking van: Chang V.K.L. (2020), Forgotten diplomacy: the modern remaking of Dutch-Chinese relations. Boston: Brill Nijhoff. Asian Journal of International Law 12(2): 421-422.
- Spijkers O. (10 december 2022), "New" human rights and human dignity. AsianSIL Voices: Asian Journal of International Law: Cambridge University Press (AsianSIL Voices - Asian Journal of International Law). [blog].
- Spijkers O. (2022), The influence of climate litigation on managing climate change risks: the pioneering work of the Netherlands courts, Utrecht Law Review 18(2): 127-144.
- Tang K. & Spijkers O. (2022), The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, Chinese Journal of Environmental Law 6(1): 87--107.
- Spijkers O. (2022), Participation of local actors in the governance of the Silala, New Zealand Yearbook of International Law : 133-152.
- Lin F., Spijkers O. & Plank P. van der (2022), Legal framework for sustainable floating city development: a case study of the Netherlands. In: , Lecture notes in civil engineering: Springer Singapore. 433-460.
- Spijkers O. (2022), Application of world law by international courts and tribunals to protect the environment. In: , The environment through the lens of international courts and tribunals: T.M.C. Asser Press. 685-707.
- Spijkers O. (2021), Wereldrecht, sekai-hō, en world law, Rechtsgeleerd Magazijn Themis 2021(1): 5-14.
- Spijkers O. (2021), Priority of uses in international water law, Sustainability 13(3): 1-15.
- Spijkers O. (2021), Participation of non-State actors and global civil society in international environmental law-making and governance. In: , Research handbook on international environmental law: Edward Elgar Publishing. 45-61.
- Spijkers O. (2021), Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) v Royal Dutch Shell, 5(2): 237-256.
- Spijkers O. (2021), Equity across generations in implementing international law on water. In: Cordonier Segger M.C., Szabó M. & Harrington A.R. (red.), Intergenerational justice in sustainable development treaty implementation advancing future generations rights through national institutions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 705-730.
- Spijkers O. (2021), Climate litigation as global law, The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence : .
- Spijkers O. (2021), Value-based norms as the foundation for the pursuit of health in global solidarity. In: Murase S & Zhou S. (red.), Epidemics and International Law.
- Spijkers O., Werner W.G. & Wessel R.A. (2021), The phenomenon of yearbooks in international law: an introduction. In: , Netherlands yearbook of international law: T.M.C. Asser Press. 1--6.
- Spijkers O. & Lubbe W.D. (2021), Taking stock of United Nations and African Union constitutionalism, African Journal of International and Comparative Law 29(1): 62-81.
- Spijkers O. (2021), Legal monuments for Srebrenica in the Hague, Utrecht Journal of International and European Law 36(2): 118-126.
- Spijkers O. (2021), Chapter X.16: sustainability and international water law. In: , Volume X: Water Law. Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Law: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Spijkers O Meerssche DVD (2021), ‘There Was an Idealism that This Information is Useful’—The Origins and Evolution of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law, Netherlands Yearbook of International Law : 239--252.
- Spijkers O. (2021), World law’s modern master builders. In: , Furthering the Frontiers of International Law: Sovereignty, Human Rights, Sustainable Development: Brill | Nijhoff. 336--359.
- Spijkers O. (2020), The public participant versus the populist government of an illiberal democracy. In: , European populism and human rights: Brill | Nijhoff. 72-91.
- Spijkers O. (2020), The case between Urgenda and the state of the Netherlands, Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law 8(1): 192-206.
- Pihl E., Alfredsson E., Bengtsson M., Bowen K., Cástan Broto V., Chou K., Cleugh H., Ebi K., Edwards C., Fisher E., Friedlingstein P., Godoy-Faúndez A., Gupta M., Harrington A., Hayes K., Hayward B., Hebden S., Hickmann T., Hugelius G., Ilyina T., Jackson R., Keenan T., Lambino R., Leuzinger S., Malmaeus M., McDonald R., McMichael C., Miller C., Muratori M., Nagabhatla N., Nagendra H., Passarello C., Penuelas J., Pongratz J., Rockström J., Romero-Lankao P., Roy J., Scaife A., Schlosser P., Schuur E., Scobie M., Sherwood S., Sioen G., Skovgaard J., Sobenes Obregon E., Sonntag S., Spangenberg J., Spijkers O., Srivastava L., Stammer D., Torres P., Turetsky M., Ukkola A., Vuuren D. van, Voigt C., Wannous C. & Zelinka M. (2020), Ten new insights in climate science 2020: a horizon scan, Global Sustainability : e5.
- Spijkers O. (2020), Een nieuwe dageraad van het wereldrecht, Podium voor bio-ethiek 27(3): .
- Spijkers O. (2020), Wereldrecht, Weltrecht en droit mondial, Pro Memorie – Bijdragen tot de rechtsgeschiedenis der Nederlanden 22(2): 103-119.
- Blanchard C., Spijkers O. & Duan W. (2020), Three structural pillars of the future international legally binding instrument on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction. In: Ribeiro C., Loureiro Bastos F. & Henriksen T. (red.), Global challenges and the law of the sea. Cham: Springer. 351-378.
- Spijkers O. (2020), The sustainable human right to water as reflected in the sustainable development goals, Utrecht Law Review 16(2): 168-182.
- Spijkers O. (2020), The no significant harm principle and the human right to water, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 20(4): 699-712.
- Spijkers O. & Oosterhuis S. (2020), The Dutch response to climate change: evaluating the Netherlands’ Climate Act and associated issues of importance. In: Muinzer T.L. (red.), National climate change acts: the emergence, form and nature of national framework climate legislation: Hart Publishing. 175-198.
- Spijkers O., Misiedjan D., Foot C. & Rijswick M. van (2020), Editorial for localising the sustainable human right to water, Utrecht Law Review 16(2): 1-6.
- Spijkers O. (2019), Urgenda tegen de Staat der Nederlanden: aan wiens kant staat de Nederlandse burger eigenlijk?, Ars Aequi 68(3): 191-198.
- Ryngaert C. & Spijkers O. (2019), The end of the road: state liability for acts of UN peacekeeping contingents after the Dutch Supreme Court’s judgment in Mothers of Srebrenica (2019), Netherlands International Law Review 66: 537-553.
- Spijkers O. (2019), Non-participation in Arbitral proceedings under Annex VII United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Arctic Sunrise and South China Sea compared. In: Vecchio A. del & Virzo R. (red.), Interpretations of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea by international courts and tribunals: Springer International Publishing Switzerland. 171-189.
- Spijkers O. (2019), Equity across generations in international and domestic water law. In: , Intergenerational equity: environmental and cultural concerns: Brill | Nijhoff. 90-108.
- Spijkers O. (2019), Water and the law: towards Sustainability, Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law 28(3): 361-362.
- Spijkers O. (2019), Sustainable management of freshwater resources: linking international water law and the Sustainable Development Goals, GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 28(2): 135-142.
- Blanchard C., Spijkers O. & Duan W. (2019), Designating marine protected areas as an institutional mechanism for the protection of biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction. In: Xue G. & Li Y. (red.), International protection of marine biodiversity: Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 99-145.
- Spijkers O., Dai L. & Li X. (2018), Public participation in China’s water governance, Chinese Journal of Environmental Law 2(1): 28-56.
- Spijkers O. (2018), De relatie van de huidige en toekomstige generaties met de aarde volgens de Verenigde Naties, Podium voor bio-ethiek 25(4): 33-36.
- Spijkers O. (2018), The Urgenda case: a successful example of public interest litigation for the protection of the environment?. In: Voigt C. & Makuch Z. (red.), Courts and the environment: Edward Elgar Publishing. 305-344.
- Meereboer S., Meereboer K. & Spijkers O. (2018), Recognition of sign language under international law: a case study of Dutch sign language in the Netherlands. In: Amtenbrink F., Prévost D. & Wessel R.A. (red.), Netherlands yearbook of international law 2017. Netherlands Yearbook of International Law nr. 48 411-431.
- Spijkers O. (2018), Intergenerational equity and the sustainable development goals, Sustainability 10(11): .
- Oude Elferink A. & Spijkers O. (2018), Analyse van het internationaalrechtelijk kader inzake kunstmatige eilanden in de Nederlandse exclusieve economische zone (EEZ). Utrecht: NILOS.
- Spijkers O. (2017), Consequenties van weigering door Rusland en China om deel te nemen aan zeerechtarbitrage, Ars Aequi : 1016--1023.
- Spijkers O. (2017), Global values and the institutions of the United Nations, ICL Journal 11(2): 211-255.
- Hoogstraten S. van, Schrijver N.J., Spijkers O. & Jong A. de (red.) (2017), The Art of Making Peace: Lessons Learned from Peace Treaties. Leiden: Brill.
- Spijkers O. (2016), The world’s citizens get involved in global policymaking, Inter Gentes: McGill Journal of International Law & Legal Pluralism 1(1): 18--29.
- Spijkers O. (2016), The cross-fertilization between the sustainable development goals and international water law, Review of European, Comparative {&} International Environmental Law 25(1): 39-49.
- Spijkers O. & Oude Elferink A. (2016), Potential for a new CMS Agreement on the European Eel. Galway: Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals.
- Spijkers O. (2016), Verplichtingen betreffende de onderhandelingen met betrekking tot de beëindiging van de nucleaire wapenwedloop en nucleaire ontwapening, NJB, Nederlands Juristenblad : .
- Rossem J. van & Spijkers O. (2016), Rechtstreekse werking van internationale verdragen, Rechtsgeleerd Magazijn Themis 177(3): 136-152.
- Spijkers O. (2016), Questions of legal responsibility for Srebrenica before the Dutch Courts, Journal of International Criminal Justice 14(4): mqw043.
- Spijkers O. & Suykens C. (2016), Meaningful public participation in the management of transboundary river basins, Journal of Water Law 26(2): 62-69.
- Spijkers O. (2015), The sustainable development goals as catalyst for the sustainable management of water resources, Journal of Water Law 24: 115-125.
- Spijkers O. (2015), The evolution of United Nations peacekeeping in the Congo, Journal of International Peacekeeping 19(1-2): 88-117.
- Howe B., Kondoch B. & Spijkers O. (2015), Normative and legal challenges to UN peacekeeping operations, Journal of International Peacekeeping 19(1-2): 1-31.
- Spijkers O. & Honniball A. (2015), Introduction: developing global public participation, International Community Law Review 17(3): 219-221.
- Spijkers O. (2015), What’s wrong with the relationship between the International Court of Justice and the Security Council?. In: , What is wrong with international law?: Brill | Nijhoff. 347-364.
- Spijkers O. (2015), Het beschermd zeegebied rond de Chagos archipel: arbitrage in het geschil tussen de Republiek Mauritius en het Verenigd Koninkrijk, Nederlands Juristenblad 90(31): 2160--2165.
- Spijkers O. & Honniball A. (2015), Developing global public participation (1), International Community Law Review 17(3): 222-250.
- Spijkers O Honniball A (2015), Developing Global Public Participation (2), International Community Law Review 17(3): 251--296.
- Spijkers O. (2015), De minuscule Marshalleilanden slepen de almachtige kernwapenstaten voor het Internationaal Gerechtshof, Ars Aequi : 281-293.
- Spijkers O. (2014), Staatsaansprakelijkheid voor Srebrenica, Overheid & Aansprakelijkheid 2014(2): 30-37.
- Spijkers O. (2014), Selected bibliography on remedies and responsibility for the actions of international organizations (Hague Academy of International Law). In: Sarooshi D. (red.), Remedies and responsibility for the actions of international organizations (Hague Academy of International Law): Martinus Nijhoff. 577-640.
- Spijkers O. (2014), Responsibility of the Netherlands for the genocide in Srebrenica, Journal of International Peacekeeping 18(3-4): 281-289.
- Spijkers O. (2014) International organizations and internal conditionality: making norms matter, written by Rick Fawn. Bespreking van: 25(4): 469-472.
- Spijkers O., Li X. & Dai L. (2014), Sustainable development in China's international and domestic water law, Journal of Water Law 24(5-6): 207-219.
- Spijkers O. & Honniball A. (2014), MDGs and SDGs, Vereinte Nationen 62(6): 251-256.
- Spijkers O. (2014), Bystander obligations at the domestic and international level compared, Göttingen Journal of International Law : .
- Spijkers O. (2013), Case note of the Dutch Supreme Court case between the State of the Netherlands and Hasan Nuhanovic, Militair Rechtelijk Tijdschrift (getPages): .
- Spijkers O. (2012), Global values in the United Nations charter, Netherlands International Law Review 59(3): 361-397.
- Spijkers O. (2012), The immunity of the United Nations before the Dutch Courts, The Military Law and the Law of War Review 51: 361-393.
- Spijkers O. (2011), The Netherlands and the United Nations, legal responsibility for Srebrenica before the Dutch Courts, The Military Law and the Law of War Review 50: 517-534.
- Spijkers O. (2011), The United Nations and the evolution of global values. School of Human Rights Research Series nr. 47. Antwerpen: Intersentia.
- Spijkers O. (12 oktober 2011), The United Nations and the Evolution of Global Values (Dissertatie, Faculty of Law, Leiden University) School of Human Rights Research Series nr. 47. Antwerpen: Intersentia. Promotor(en): Schrijver N.J.
- Spijkers O (2011) Mark Mazower, No Enchanted Palace: The End of Empire and the Ideological Origins of the United Nations, Princeton and Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2009, 203pp., ISBN-9780691135212, $24.95/£16.95. Bespreking van: . Leiden Journal of International Law 24(01): 261--266.
- Spijkers O. (2010), Bespreking van: Bowring B. (2008), The Degradation of the International Legal Order? The Rehabilitation of Law and the Possibility of Politics. Abingdon: Routledge. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights 28(1): 140-145.
- Spijkers O. (2010), De notie van wereldrecht vóór, tijdens, en na de oprichting van de Verenigde Naties, Nederlands Juristenblad (1): 12-15.
- Spijkers O. (2010), What’s running the world: global values, international law, and the United Nations, Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law 4(1): 67-87.
- Spijkers O. (2009), The Immunity of the United Nations in Relation to the Genocide in Srebrenica in the Eyes of a Dutch District Court, Journal of International Peacekeeping 13(1-2): 197-219.
- Spijkers O. (2007), Two Futures of Cosmopolitanism. Ulrich H.G., Poltier J.H., Heuser S., Barth G. & Vredenborg Paula (red.), Jahresbericht / Annual Report 43. Jahrestagung in Oxford. Political Ethics and International Order 23 augustus 2006 - 27 augustus 2006. Political Ethics and International Order nr. 43. Uppsala: Societas Ethica / European Society for Research in Ethics. 134-149.
- Spijkers O. (2007), Legal mechanisms to establish accountability for the genocide in Srebrenica, Human Rights & International Legal Discourse 1(2): 231-265.
- Assistant professor at the School of Law (Innovation of Public Law), Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam