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To publish and produce the first comprehensive and really international Yearbook on international humanitarian law! That idea and challenge emerged during the aftermath of the Geneva War Victims Conference in 1993 at the Legal Depart ment of the Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Affairs. It would take another five years, numerous discussions with experts in the Netherlands and abroad, and the expertise and knowledge of the staff of the T. M. C. Asser Instituut, before the first volume could be presented. A major inducement for the publication and the preparatory work was also the research which was undertaken at our Institute by young, dedicated scholars in the field of humanitarian law, including state practice, the frequent contacts with Professor Dr. Horst Fischer and his 'Institute for International Humanitarian Law' at the University of Bochum and the cooperation in the publication of the Bofax Newsletter. It was Alan Stephens of Kluwer Law International who came up with most useful comments and sugges tions concerning the focus and structure of the new Yearbook Gradually, the 'idea' turned into a reality and all ingredients for the official project launch were present when the search for a competent and enthusiastic managing editor was successful: Avril McDonald, with research experience and having been employed at the Yugoslav Tribunal, turned out to be the right person at the right place at the right time.
List of contents
Articles.- International Humanitarian Law and United Nations Military Operations.- Implementing Legislation for the Application of the Law on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and Criteria for its Evaluation.- Interface, Correspondence and Convergence of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.- Current Developments.- The Year in Review.- The End of a Culture of Impunity in Rwanda?.- The Pragmatics of Prosecuting the Khmer Rouge.- The Freeing of Ntakirutimana in the United States and 'Extradition' to the ICTR.- Duress as a Defence to War Crimes after Erdemovi?: A Laboratory for a Permanent Court?.- A Note on the Judgement of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on the Issuance of Subpoenae Duces Tecum in the Blaski? Case.- National Implementation Measures of International Humanitarian Law: Some Practical Aspects.- A Colombian View on Protocol II.- The Ottawa Process and the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty.- The' sandline Affair': Papua New Guinea Resorts to Mercenarism to End the Bougainville Conflict.- The Fall of Srebrenica and the Attitude of Dutchbat from an International Legal Perspective.- The Review Process of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and Its Impact On International Humanitarian Law.- The Italian Law for the Ban of Anti-Personnel Landmines.- Commentary on Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons.- The Priebke Extradition Case before the Argentine Supreme Court.- The Priebke Case before the Italian Military Tribunals: A Reaffirmation of the Principle of Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity.- The Defences of Reprisals, Superior Orders and Duress in the Priebke Case before the Italian Military Tribunal.- IHL and Peace Operations: Sharing Canada's lessons learned from Somalia.- Brocklebank: A Questionable Decision of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada.- Report by the Enquiry Commission on the Behaviour of Italian Peace-Keeping Troops in Somalia.- Some Aspects of German State Practice Concerning IHL.- Correspondents' Reports.- Correspondents' Reports.- Documentation.- Classification of Documents.- Documents.
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