@article{Sarmiento:318921,
      recid = {318921},
      author = {Sarmiento, María Florencia},
      title = {Extinctive prescription in international law},
      publisher = {Graduate Institute of International and Development  Studies},
      address = {Geneva. 2024},
      number = {PHD_THESIS},
      pages = {III, 336 pages},
      year = {2024},
      abstract = {Since Roman times, the lapse of time has entailed a legal  effect. The present thesis focuses on a specific aspect of  the lapse of time: the loss of a right to bring a claim  before an international tribunal, known as extinctive  prescription. The thesis provides a comprehensive analysis  of extinctive prescription in international law, examining  its application by international courts and tribunals,  clarifying its status within international law sources as a  general principle of law, and determining the constitutive  elements that trigger its application. Moreover, specific  issues that arise in practice when determining whether a  claim is time-barred are addressed, such as the starting  point, the suspension, and the interruption of the  limitation period. The thesis contributes to the existing  but outdated scholarship on the subject in international  law, enhances our understanding of extinctive prescription  and its role in international dispute settlement, and  provides a foundation for a clearer application of the  principle by international adjudicators.},
      url = {http://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/318921},
}