Introduction&R.C.R.Siekniann 1
Opening Address： The Synergy between the City of The Hague and International Law&W .J.Deetman 3
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW 9
Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters&Chair： C.Fijnaut 9
Judicial Cooperation and Organized Crime in the European Union&C.Fijnaut 9
National Sovereignty and International Crime&E.M.H.Hirsch Ballin 15
Judicial Co-operation in the Fields of Drug-Traffiicking， Money Laundering and Fraud&W.Bruggeman 21
INTERSTATE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 45
The International Court of Justice&Chair： C.G.Weeramantry 45
Fact-Finding before the International Court of Justice&Sh.Rosenne 45
The International Court of Justice and Equitable Maritime Boundary Delimitation&B.Kwiatkowska 61
The International Court of Justice and the Protection of the Environment&A.-Ch.Kiss 73
The Position of the ICJ in the UN Constitutional System&Chair： E.Suy 81
The Impact of Decisions and Resolutions of the Security Council on the International Court of Justice&C.J.Greenwood 81
Reconsidering the Relationship between the ICJ and the Security Council&P.Malanczuk 87
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 103
Cross-Border Injunctions in Civil Procedure&Chair： J.H.A.van Loon 103
Cross-Border Injunctions： a Blessing or a Curse？&J.J.Brinkhof 103
Embassy Employees and State Immunity&Chair： P.J.I.M.de Waart 111
Embassy Employees and State Immunity：The 1982 ILA Draft&P.J.I.M.de Waart 111
Employer States and Sovereign Immunity： The Geneva Labour Court Practice&W. Gloor 117
Embassy Employees and State Immunity： The Attitude of Dutch Courts&Y.M.Schrevelius 127
Interpretation of Private International Law Treaties&Chair： A.V.M.Struycken 135
Interpretation of Private International Law Treaties： Introductory Remarks&A.V.M.Struycken 135
Rules of Interpretation Applicable to Private International Law Treaties：an Overview&C.Bernasconi 139
Conflicts between Private International Law Treaties&P.Volken 149
Regulation of the Internet&Chair： K.Boele-Woelki 159
The Dutch Policy Document on the Regulation of the Information Highway&K. Boele-Woelki 159
Content on the Internet - Law， Regulation， Convergence and Human Rights&G.J.H.Smith 165
The German Act on Information and Communication Services of 1997： a National Legislative Approach to an International Problem&J.Feldges 177
Judicial and Administrative Co-operation in Family Law Matters&Chair： M.Sardenberg 193
Judicial and Administrative Co-operation in Family Law Matters： Introduction&M.Sardenberg 193
Administrative and Judicial Co-operation with Regard to the International Protection of Children&W. Duncan 199
Judicial and Administrative Co-operation in Family Law Matters： Co-operation in Child Abduction and Similar Cases&M.H.Bennett 209
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION 219
Alternative Dispute Resolution in Commercial Disputes&Chair： P.A.Wackie Eysten 219
Alternative Dispute Resolution in Commercial Disputes： Introduction&P.A.Wackie Eysten 219
ADR and Arbitration： Advantages and Disadvantages in Commercial Disputes&A.J.A.J.Eijsbouts 223
International Sports Law&Chair： H.T.van Staveren 229
Why does Sport need its own Jurisdiction？&H.T.van Staveren 229
The Role of the Court of Arbitration for Sport&M.Reeb 233
The Court of Arbitration for Sport and the General Process of International Sports Law&J.A.R.Na fziger 239
The Iran-US Claims Tribunal and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules&Chair： K.Skubiszewski 251
The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules： Introduction&K.Skubiszewski 251
The Impact of the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules on Drafting the Rules of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal&H.M Holtzmann 255
The Application of the Rules of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal&K.H.Ameli 263
The Hague as a Venue for Commercial Arbitration&Chair： J.J.van Haersolte-van Hof 281
The Hague as a Venue for Commercial Arbitration — Venue and Interim Measures： a Dutch Perspective&J.L.W.Sillevis Smitt 281
The Permanent Court of Arbitration， The Legal Capital of the World， and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules&P.J.H.Jonkman 285
THE REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE 293
Dispute Settlement Procedures in Commercial Matters&Chair： J.Cameron 293
Dispute Resolution in the WTO&J.Cameron 293
Dispute Settlement Procedures in the WTO — a View from The Hague&E.-U.Petersmann 297
WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures and the European Union&B.Jansen 305
Trade Measures in Multilateral Environmental Agreements&Chair： J.A.Peters 309
How to Reconcile Trade and Environment&J.A.Peters 309
Trade and Positive Measures in Multilateral Environmental Agreements： Effectiveness and Suitabili&W.Lang 317
Friction Between Substantive Provisions of WTO Law and EC Law&Chair： F.Weiss 323
The Friction between GATT/WTO Law and EC Law： Some Critical Remarks on the Case Law of the ECJ&A.Ott 323
The Beef Hormone Dispute： Does WTO Law Preclude Precautiona Health Standards？&W .Th.Douma 333
INTERNATIONAL HUMANrrARIAN LAW 349
Humanitarian Crises&Chair： H.-P.Gasser 349
Law in Humanitarian Crises： Introductory Statement&H.-P.Gasser 349
Access to Victims： Reconceiving the Right to ‘Intervene’&M.Weller 353
Regulation of Warfare&Chair： E.P.J.Myjer 371
Means and Methods of Warfare and the Coincidence of Norms between the Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflict and the Law of Arms Control&E.P.J.Myjer 371
Landmines and the Ottawa Process&P.van den IJssel 385
The Chemical Weapons Convention and the Verification Process&J.-L.Rolland 393
CLOSING SESSION 405
The International Court of Justice and the Proliferation of International Judicial Organs&Chair： H.Corell 405
The Contribution of the International Court of Justice to the Development of International Law&S.M.Schwebel 405
The Future of the Law of the Sea Tribunal in Hamburg&B.Kwiatkowska 417
Regional Courts&P.J G.Kapteyn 427
The Proliferation of International Judicial Organs and the Formation of International Law&H.Thirlway 433
Annex 445
The Future Development of Binding Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in International Law&HA.F.M.O.van Mierlo 445
Statal Cooperation with a Universal Criminal Court： Recognition and Enforcement of Sentences&W.Sorgdrager 449
The Hague Academy of International Law&D.Bardonnet 453
List of abbreviations 459
Index 463