Introduction; Yves Haeck and Eva Brems -- Interpretation and Application of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Broader Context of International Law: Myth or Reality?; Cesare Pitea -- Universal Human Rights Law in the United States; Mortimer N.S. Sellers -- The Duty of Cooperation of the Respondent State during the Proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights; Helena De Vylder and Yves Haeck -- Protection by the Law: The Positive Obligation to Develop a Legal Framework to Adequately Protect ECHR Rights; Laurens Lavrysen -- The Adjudication Process and Reasoning at the International Criminal Court: the Lubanga Trial Chamber Judgment, Sentencing and Reparations; Susana SáCouto and Katherine Cleary -- Interim Measures before the Inter-American and African Human Rights Commissions – Strengths and Weaknesses; Clara Burbano-Herrera and Frans Viljoen -- The Law of the Sea and Human Rights in the Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italy Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights; Jasmine Coppens -- New Frontiers in American Capital Punishment Litigation; Eric M. Freedman -- The Impact of European Human Rights on Childbirth; Marlies Eggermont -- Res Interpretata: Legal Effect of the European Court of Human Rights’ Judgments for other States than those which were Party to the Proceedings; Adam Bodnar -- About the Authors.