Publications

Proceedings - International Workshop on Quality Assurance of Microscale Metereological Models (organised by COST Action 732 in combination with the European Science Foundation Germany, July 28/29 2005)

2005 | Action 732

Bonding of Timber

2008 | Action E34

Physico-chemical Behaviour of Atmospheric Pollutants 1978-1983 Final Activity Report

1983

Advanced Materials for Power Engineering Components - Annual Report

1990 | Action 501

Paper Recyclability - Overview

1998 | Action E1

Journal of Applied Botany Vol.71 (3/4), 69 - 138

1997 | Action null

A World Court of Human Rights – Consolidated Statute and Commentary

2011 | Action IS0702

COST Multidisciplinary Chestnut Research - Final Meeting, Program and Abstracts

2001

AFSR 1998 - Rapport d'Activité

1999 | Action null

Proceedings - International Workshop on Quality Assurance of Microscale Metereological Models (organised by COST Action 732 in combination with the European Science Foundation Germany, July 28/29 2005)

2005 | Action 732
  • Pages: 150 pages
  • Author(s): M. Schatzmann, R. Britter
  • Publisher(s): University of Hamburg – Meteorological Institute – Centre for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
  • ISBN/ISSN: 3-00-018312-4

The emergence of increasingly powerful computers enabled the development of tools that have the potential to predict flow and transport processes within the urban canopy layer. These new tools are micro-scale meteorological models of prognostic or diagnostic type. Prognostic models are based on the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations, whereas diagnostic models are less sophisticated and ensure only the conservation of mass. These two model types are presently still supplemented by ever simpler engineering tools. It is to be expected, however, that the latter will sooner or latter be replaced by RANS codes or the even more complex Large Eddy Simulation (LES) models.

Bonding of Timber

2008 | Action E34

Core document of the COST Action E34: Bonding of Timber

A World Court of Human Rights – Consolidated Statute and Commentary

2011 | Action IS0702
  • Author(s): J. Kozma, M. Nowak and M. Scheinin
  • Publisher(s): Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag GmbH
  • ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-7083-0734-3

Today a plenitude of legal instruments for the protection of a vast number of human rights exists. Many of these rights have reached almost universal ratification. Regional courts have developed and their jurisdiction has brought relief to individual victims of human rights violations and has influenced national legislation and practice. The perpetrators of the most severe human rights violations can be held responsible before the International Criminal Court. Why is it, then, that we are still facing systematic and widespread violations, and that the gap between the high aspirations and the sobering reality, between human rights law and its implementation still exists?

The establishment of a World Court of Human Rights could help bridging the gap between codified rights and reality. The idea of such a Court dates back to 1947. Due to the Cold War, however, the proposal did not find consensus among States. Thus the World Court of Human Rights was never realised and remained stigmatised as utopian.

Probably due to this sense of political infeasibility, scholars have never undertaken to look into the legal possibilities of drafting a statute for the Court. The authors of this publication tried not only to come up with a solid statute but also took into consideration major challenges to the protection of human rights in our time.