Table of Contents

Opening Address by W.J. Deetman, Burgomaster of the Municipality of the Hague.- Opening Address by W.J. Deetman, Burgomaster of the Municipality of the Hague.- International Criminal Law.- Judicial Cooperation and Organized Crime in the European Union.- National Sovereignty and International Crime.- Judicial Co-Operation in the Fields of Drug-Trafficking, Money Laundering and Fraud.- Interstate Dispute Settlement.- Fact-Finding before the International Court of Justice.- The International Court of Justice and Equitable Maritime Boundary Delimitation.- The International Court of Justice and the Protection of the Environment.- The Impact of Decisions and Resolutions of the Security Council on the International Court of Justice.- Reconsidering the Relationship between the ICJ and the Security Council.- Private International Law.- Cross-Border Injunctions: A Blessing or a Curse?.- Embassy Employees and State Immunity: The 1982 ILA Draft.- Employer States and Sovereign Immunity: The GenevaLabour Court Practice.- Embassy Employees and State Immunity: The Attitude of Dutch Courts.- Interpretation of Private International Law Treaties: Introductory Remarks.- Rules of Interpretation Applicable to Private International Law Treaties: An Overview.- Conflicts Between Private International Law Treaties.- The Dutch Policy Document on the Regulation of the Information Highway.- Content on the Internet — Law, Regulation, Convergence and Human Rights.- The German Act on Information and Communication Services of 1997: a National Legislative Approach to an International Problem.- Judicial and Administrative Cooperation in Family Law Matters: Introduction.- Administrative and Judicial Co-Operation with Regard To the International Protection of Children.- Judicial and Administrative Co-Operation in Family Law Matters: Co-Operation in Child Abduction and Similar Cases.- International Commercial Arbitration.- Alternative Dispute Resolution in Commercial Disputes: Introduction.- ADR and Arbitration: Advantages and Disadvantages in Commercial Disputes.- Why does Sport need its own Jurisdiction?.- The Role of the Court of Arbitration for Sport.- The Court of Arbitration for Sport and the General Process of International Sports Law.- The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules: Introduction.- The Impact of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules on Drafting the Rules of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.- The Application of the Rules of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.- The Hague as a Venue for Commercial Arbitration — Venue and Interim Measures: A Dutch Perspective.- The Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Legal Capital of the World, and the Uncitral Arbitration Rules.- The Regulation of International Trade.- Dispute Resolution In The WTO.- Dispute Settlement Procedures in the WTO — A View from The Hague.- WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures and the European Union.- How to Reconcile Trade and Environment.- Trade and Positive Measures in Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Effectiveness and Suitability.- The Friction between GATT/WTO Law and EC Law: Some Critical Remarks on the Case Law of The ECJ.- The Beef Hormone Dispute: Does WTO Law Preclude Precautionary Health Standards?.- International Humanitarian Law.- Law in Humanitarian Crises: Introductory Statement.- Access to Victims: Reconceiving the Right to ‘Intervene’.- Means and Methods of Warfare and The Coincidence of Norms Between the Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflict and The Law of Arms Control.- Landmines and the Ottawa Process.- Chemical Weapons Convention and the Verification Process.- Closing Session.- The Contribution of the International Court of Justice to the Development of International Law.- The Future of the Law of the Sea Tribunal in Hamburg.- Regional Courts.- The Proliferation of International Judicial Organs and the Formation of International Law.

About the Author

Wybo P. Heere, former Senior Lecturer of International Law, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.