《HAGUE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ANNUAIRE DE LA HAYE DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL 1996 VOLUME 9》

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION ARBITRAGE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL3

Reflections on the Approximation of National Legislation in Central and Eastern Europe with that of the European CommunityBERNARD O'CONNOR3

L'Application en Roumanie de la Loi-type et du Reglement d'arbitrage de la CNUDCIOCTAVIAN CAPATINA11

The UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration--The Russian ExperienceIVAN S.ZYKIN21

Legal Protection of Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe:Hungarian PerspectivesP？TER KOV？CS33

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS/AUTRES CONTRIBUTIONS45

Compliance with International and European Environmental ObligationsALEXANDRE-CHARLES KISS45

Case concerning Oil Platforms(Islamic Republic of Iran v.United States of America)BARBARA KWIATKOWSKA55

Hague Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction,Applicable Law,Recognition,Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of ChildrenSHARON DETRICK77

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE87

Registry of the Court WORK IN 1995-199687

A.CONTENTIOUS CASES BEFORE THE COURT88

Aerial Incident of 3 July 1988(Islamic Republic of Iran v.United States of America)88

Maritime Delimitation between Guinea-Bissau and Senegal(Guinea-Bissau v.Senegal)90

Maritime Delimitation and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain(Qatar v.Bahrain)92

Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the erial Incident at Lockerbie(Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v.United Kingdom)and Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie(Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v.United States of America)95

Oil Platforms(Islamic Republic of Iran v.United States of America)98

Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide(Bosnia and Herzegovina v.Yugoslavia(Serbia and Montenegro))99

Gab？ikovo-Nagymaros Project(Hungary/Slovakia)113

Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria(Cameroon v.Nigeria)114

Fisheries Jurisdiction(Spain v.Canada)120

Request for an Examination of the Situation in Accordance with Paragraph 63 of the Court's Judgment of 20 December 1974 in the Nuclear Tests Case(New Zealand v.France)122

Kasikili/Sedudu Island(Botswana/Namibia)128

B.REQUESTS FOR ADVISORY OPINION129

Legality of the Use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Conflict129

Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons135

INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE PROSECUTION OF PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW COMMITTED IN THE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA SINCE 1991149

Third Annual Report149

THE IRAN-UNITED STATES CLAIMS TRIBUNAL191

Part ⅠIntroduction191

Part Ⅱ Selection of Awards and Decisions of Particular Relevance to Public International Law(From 1 July 1995 up to and including 30 June 1996)199

PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION229

P.J.H.Jonkman WORK IN 1996229

HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW241

J.H.A.van Loon WORK IN 1996241