Table of Contents

The Historical Background of the Conflict Between Eritrea and Ethiopia.- The Lines of Tension in the Horn and The Ethiopia-Eritrea Case.- The Historical Background of the 1998-2000 War: Some Salient Points.- Rivalry, Antagonism and War in the Nation & State-Building Process: The H Factor in the Relations Between Eritrea and Ethiopia.- The International Legal Framework for the Settlement of the Dispute.- The 2000 Algiers Agreements.- The Un Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (Unmee).- Some Remarks on the Nature and Practice of Unmee.- The Boundary Dispute.- The Eritrean-Ethiopian Boundary Conflict: the Physical Borderand the Human Border.- Law Against Reality? Contextualizing The Ethiopian-Eritrean Border Problem.- Indigenous Statehood and International Law in Ethiopia and Eritrea.- The Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission: a Legal Analysis of the Boundary Delimitation Decision of 13Th April 2002 and Relevant Subsequent Decisions.- The Eritrea-Ethiopia Dispute and the Use of Force.- International Law as to the Use of Force.- The Crime of Aggression and the Eritrea-Ethiopia Armed Conflict.- Criminal Responsibility and the Crime of Aggression: Some Observations.- The Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission on the Threat Or Use of Force and Individual Self-Defence.- The Eritrea-Ethiopia War and the Law of Armed Conflict.- International Law and the Conduct of Military Operations.- International Humanitarian Law and the Treatment of Protected Persons.- The Approach of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission Towards the Treatment of Protected Persons in International Humanitarian Law.- The Belligerent Occupation of Territory.- The Law of Belligerent Occupation: The Distinction Between Invasion And Occupation of Disputed Territory.- International Economic Relations and Armed Conflict.- Some Remarks on The Protection Of Property Rights in Time of Armed Conflict.- Issues in the Jus post Bellum.- State Responsibility For Violations of International Humanitarian Law in the Work of The Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission.- The Claims on Behalf of Individuals Before the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission.- Compensation for War Damages Under Jus ad Bell UM.- Some Remarks on Compensation fo War Damages Under Jus ad Bellum.- The Role of Intergovernmental Agencies in the Management of Human Rights Risk.- Explosive Remnants of War.

About the Author

Andrea de Guttry is Professor of International Law at Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento, Pisa. Harry Post is Professor of International Law at the Facolt� di Giurisprudenza, Universit� degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena. Gabriella Venturini is Professor of International Law at the University of Milan and Director of the Research Center on the Law of International Economic Organizations (CIDOIE), Italy.