The centennial of the First International Peace Conference : : reports & conclusions / / edited and introduced by Frits Kalshoven.

• TeilnehmendeR: Kalshoven, F.
• Place / Publishing House: The Hague, The Netherlands ;, London ;, Boston : : Kluwer Law International,, [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (529 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- International Law Relating to Disarmament and Arms Control with special focus on verification and compliance -- Preface -- The Report -- I. Aims of the First Hague Peace Conference -- I.1 The peaceful settlement of disputes -- I.2 Humanitarian grounds for restrictions on means and methods of warfare -- I.3 The burden of armaments -- II. Focus on the time after the First Hague Peace Conference -- II.1 Realization of the aims of the Peace Conference regarding disarmament and arms control in today's world -- II.2 The rationales of arms control and disarmament today -- II.3 Categories of arms control and disarmament treaties -- II.4 Actual arms control and disarmament achieved compared to stated aims -- III. The issue of verification -- III.1 Procedures, mechanisms and institutions for verification -- IV. Reflections on the future -- IV.1 Short term -- IV.2 Medium term -- IV.3 Long term -- V. Arms control and disarmament -- International Humanitarian Law (Laws of War) Revised Report for the Centennial Commemoration of the First Hague Peace Conference 1899 -- I. Introduction -- II. The Laws of War at the 1899 Peace Conference -- II.1 Background -- II.2 The Laws of War at the Conference -- II.3 The 1907 Peace Conference and the Laws of War -- III. The Scope and Application of the Laws of War -- III.1 The Laws of War within the Structure of International Law -- III.2 The Scope of the Laws of War -- IV. The Conduct of Hostilities in International Armed Conflicts -- IV.1 Entitlement to Combatant Status -- IV.2 The Law of Weaponry -- IV.3 The Law of Targeting -- IV.4 The Law of Belligerent Occupation -- IV.5 The Law of Naval Warfare -- V. Internal Conflicts -- V.1 The Scope of Application of the Law on Internal Conflicts.

V.2 The Substantive Law Applicable to Internal Armed Conflicts -- V.3 Compliance with the Law of Internal Armed Conflict -- VI. Improving Compliance -- VI.1 Peacetime Measures -- VI.2 The Protecting Powers and the Role of the International Committee of the Red Cross -- VI.3 The Fact-Finding Commission -- VI.4 The Role of States and the United Nations -- VI.5 State Responsibility -- VI.6 Human Rights Mechanisms -- VI.7 Prosecution of War Crimes -- VII. Conclusions -- Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Prospects for the 21st Century Revised report prepared for the Centennial of the First International Peace Conference -- I. A changing international society -- I.1 The transition from a Euro-centric society to the global society of the 21st century -- I.2 The new structure of international law -- I.3 Implications for dispute settlement mechanisms -- II. A century of efforts to ensure the peaceful settlement of international disputes -- II.1 Developing the available options -- II.2 Methods of settlement -- II.3 Systems of settlement -- III. Innovation and privatization in dispute settlement arrangements: expanding the available options and the role of an Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanism -- III.1 Evolving approaches to international dispute settlement -- III.2 Reshaping traditional methods in a new international context -- III.3 Emerging opportunities for international arbitration -- III.4 Innovating in specialized fields of international law -- III.5 Towards a global Alternative Dispute Resolution system -- IV. A central role for the ICJ in the new structure of international law -- IV.1 The evolving role of the ICJ -- IV.2 A new constitutional role for the ICJ: managing the evolving principles of international law -- IV.3 The issue of compulsory jurisdiction in the light of a new role of the ICJ -- IV.4 Expanding the advisory functions of the ICJ.

IV.5 Toward a greater role of the ICJ in institutionalized dispute settlement arrangements -- IV.6 Broadening access to the ICJ -- IV.7 A Court of reference for international law -- IV.8 Proposals aiming at reducing the uncertainties of international law -- V. Dispute Settlement under the Charter of the United Nations -- VI. New specialized courts and tribunals: some influences on the outlook for the ICJ -- VI.1 The Court's power of judicial review -- VI.2 Composition of the ICJ -- VI.3 Facilities and services available to the ICJ. -- VII. Continuity and Change in Dispute Settlement: Prospects for the 21st Century -- VII.1 A dispute-settlement system in harmony with the new structure of international law -- VII.2 Change and innovation in response to new needs -- VII.3 Establishing a special committee of independent legal experts -- VII.4 Ensuring the availability of options -- VII.5 Reducing uncertainty and risk -- VII.6 Exploring the prospects for conciliation -- VIII. Summary of Proposals -- The Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice for the 21st Century UN Document A/54/98/Annex -- Preamble -- Themes -- Main Actions -- Outcome of the Celebrations of the Centennial of the First International Peace Conference Report on the Conclusions UN Document A/54/381 and Corr.1 -- I. General Observations -- I.1 Introduction -- I.2 Discussions on the Centennial Themes -- I.3 Non-Governmental Participation -- I.4 General organizational matters -- II. Conclusions on the Centennial Themes -- II.1 Disarmament questions -- II.2 Humanitarian law and laws of war -- II.3 Peaceful settlement of disputes -- Annex Reports, comments and speeches -- Outcome of the Action Dedicated to the 1999 Centennial of the First International Peace Conference United Nations General Assembly Resolution 54/27 of 17 November 1999.

United Nations Decade of International Law United Nations General Assembly Resolution 54/28 of 17 November 1999.