International Civil Tribunals and Armed Conflict

XX, 384 Pp. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-22603-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 1600 mm x 2400 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

Reihe: International Litigation in Practice

At various times in modern history, the international community has turned to international litigation as a hoped-for means of avoiding, ending, or dealing with the consequences of armed conflict; but until the past three decades, such litigation rarely had a significant impact. However, since the 1980s, international civil tribunals have become increasingly involved in armed conflicts, sometimes with important results. This book explores the recent cases in which the International Court of Justice and other tribunals have dealt with such situations. It assesses the manner in which these cases have been decided, the degree to which they have affected the resolution of the conflicts in question, and their contribution to the development of the applicable substantive law.

Zielgruppe

Institutions, officials, teachers and students interested in the prevention and resolution of armed conflicts, and in the operation of international tribunals in the modern period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Matheson, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Cases

Preface

Part I. The Involvement of International Civil Tribunals in
Armed Conflict

Chapter 1. The Role of International Civil Tribunals
1.1 Purposes served
1.2 Difficulties encountered

Chapter 2. Prior Cases Concerning Armed Conflict
2.1. Arbitrations during the 19th Century
2.2. The Hague Peace Conferences
2.3. The Post-World War I System
2.4. The Post-World War II System
2.5. Initial ICJ Cases Involving Armed Conflict
2.6. Assessment

Chapter 3. Involvement of Civil Tribunals in the Current Period
3.1. The Central American Conflict
3.2. The Iran-Iraq War
3.3. The Gulf War
3.4. The Conflict in Yugoslavia
3.5. Territorial Disputes
3.6. The Conflict in the Congo
3.7. The Eritrea-Ethiopia Conflict
3.8. The Arab-Israeli Conflict
3.9. The Conflict in Sudan
3.10. The Conflict in Georgia
3.11. Italian Suits Against Germany
3.12. Use of Nuclear Weapons
3.13. Assessment

Part II: The Process of Deciding Cases
Involving Armed Conflict

Chapter 4. Jurisdiction
I. The International Court of Justice
4.1. Declarations under Article 36(2)
4.2. Treaty provisions generally consenting to the
Court’s jurisdiction
4.3. Treaty provisions consenting to jurisdiction
over disputes under that treaty
4.4. Cases brought with the specific consent of the
parties to the dispute
4.5. Advisory cases
II. Other Tribunals
4.6. The UN Compensation Commission
4.7. The Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission
4.8. Assessment

Chapter 5. Admissibility
5.1. Objections to claims
5.2. Objections to counter-claims
5.3. Advisory cases
5.4. Assessment

Chapter 6. Provisional Measures
6.1 The framework for provisional measures
6.2 Types of provisional measures
6.3 Relationship to political processes
6.4 Assessment

Chapter 7. Determining the Facts on the Merits
7.1 The burden and standard of proof
7.2 Forms of evidence
7.3 Reliance on other fact-finders
7.4 Independent tribunal fact-finding
7.5 Assessment

Chapter 8. Adjudicating the Law on the Merits
8.1 Contentious cases
8.2 Advisory cases
8.3 Articulation of the law
8.4 What substantive issues the tribunal addresses
8.5 Interaction among tribunals
8.6 Interaction with non-judicial organs
8.7 Assessment

Chapter 9. Determining Relief
9.1 Legal findings
9.2 Remedial actions
9.3 Compensation
9.4 Assessment

Part III: Substantive Law Concerning Armed Conflict

Chapter 10. Resort to Force
10.1 Response to attacks by the forces of another state
10.2 Support or tolerance of non-state groups
10.3 Collective response to attacks
10.4 Necessity and proportionality in the use of force
10.5 Involvement of the Security Council
10.6 Issues not decided
10.7 Assessment

Chapter 11. Law of Armed Conflict
11.1. Applicability of agreements
11.2. Conduct of military operations
11.3. Treatment of persons
11.4. Responsibility for the actions of others
11.5. Assessment

Chapter 12. Application of Other Legal Norms
12.1. Genocide
12.2. Human rights obligations
12.3. Protection of diplomats
12.4. Commercial agreements
12.5. Assessment

Chapter 13. Territorial Status
13.1. Secession
13.2. Territorial claims
13.3. Occupied territory
13.4. Assessment

Conclusion

Selected bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Matheson, Michael
Michael J. Matheson, LLB (1968), Stanford Law School, teaches at George Washington University Law School. He was a senior lawyer and diplomat in the U.S. State Department, has taught at several universities, and has published extensively on international law topics.