《INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE》

Ⅰ.THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE AT FIFTY1

Introduction by Judge Christopher Weeramantry1

Allocution de bienvenue de Dr.Marcel A.Boisard3

Presentation by Mr.Hans Corell6

Presentation by President Mohammed Bedjaoui16

Discours prononcé par M.le Président Mohammed Bedjaoui29

Ⅱ.INCREASING THE USE AND APPEAL OF THE COURT42

Introduction by Judge Mohamed Shahabuddeen42

Presentation by Professor Christine Chinkin43

Commentary by Professor Pieter H.Kooijmans56

General Discussion Chaired by Judge Mohamed Shahbuddeen66

Ⅲ.CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE COURT TO THE RESOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS77

Introduction by Judge Carl-August Fleischhauer77

Presentation by Sir Robert Jennings78

Commentary by Professor Elisabeth Zoller86

General Discussion Chaired by Judge Carl-August Fleischhauer90

Ⅳ.MODERNIZING THE CONDUCT OF THE COURT'S BUSINESS101

Introduction by Judge Rosalyn Higgins101

Presentation by Sir Ian Sinclair102

Commentary by Mr.Gavan Griffith107

General Discussion Chaired by Judge Rosalyn Higgins111

Ⅴ.PROBLEMS IN THE PREPARATION OF A CASE:PERCEPTIONS OF THE PARTIES AND THE COURT126

Introduction by Judge Luigi Ferrari Bravo126

Presentation by Mr.Keith Highet127

Commentary by Professor James Crawford148

General Discussion Chaired by Judge Luigi Ferrari Bravo155

Ⅵ.ENSURING THE BEST BENCH:WAYS OF SELECTING JUDGES165

Introduction by Judge Shigeru Oda165

Presentation by Professor Georges Abi-Saab166

Commentary by Professor Lori Fisler Damrosch188

General Discussion Chaired by Judge Shigeru Oda201

Ⅶ.FINANCING,ADMINISTERING AND MAKING KNOWN THE WORK OF THE COURT207

Introduction by Judge Stephen M.Schwebel207

Presentation by Mr.Eduardo Valencia-Ospina207

Commentary by Sir Franklin Berman218

General Discussion Chaired by Judge Stephen M.Schwebel225

Ⅷ.STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF THE COURT AS THE PRINCIPAL JUDICIAL ORGAN OF THE UN233

Introduction by Judge Abdul G.Koroma233

Rapport Présenté par le Professeur Alain Pellet234

Commentary by Professor Vera Gowlland-Debbas254

General Discussion Chaired by Judge Abdul G.Koroma266

Ⅸ.THE COURT AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS280

Introduction by Judge Gilbert Guillaume280

Presentation by Mr.M.C.W.Pinto281

Commentary by Judge Thio Su Mien309

General Discussion Chaired by Judge Gilbert Guillaume311

Ⅹ.THE POST-ADJUDICATIVE PHASE324

Introduction by Judge Raymond Ranjeva324

Presentation by Mr.Per Magid325

Commentary by Professor Martii Koskenniemi347

General Discussion Chaired by Judge Raymond Ranjeva357

Ⅺ.THE ROLE OF AD HOC JUDGES370

Introduction by Judge Shi Jiuyong370

Presentation by Professor Elihu Lauterpacht371

Commentary by Professor Krzysztof Skubiszewski378

General Discussion Chaired by Judge Shi Jiuyong384

Ⅻ.EQUIPPING THE COURT TO DEAL WITH DEVELOPING AREAS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW:ENVIRONMENTAL LAW397

Introduction by Judge Géza Herczegh397

Presentation by Dr.Malgosia Fitzmaurice398

Commentary by Professor Lakshman Guruswamy418

General Discussion Chaired by Judge Géza Herczegh431

ⅩⅢ.EQUIPPING THE COURT TO DEAL WITH DEVELOPING AREAS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW:SPACE LAW445

Introduction by Judge Vladlen S.Vereshchetin445

Presentation by Professor Karl-Heinz B？ckstiegel446

Commentary by Dr.Lucy Stojak452

General Discussion Chaired by Judge Vladlen S.Vereshchetin456

ⅩⅣ.LESSONS OF THE PAST AND NEEDS OF THE FUTURE466

Introduction by Sir Robert Jennings466

Presentation by Professor Shabtai Rosenne466

Summary by Professor Thomas Franck492

ⅩⅤ.CEREMONIAL SITTING OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY501

S？ANCE SOLENNELLE DE LA COUR INTERNATIONALE DE JUSTICE ？ L'OCCASION DE SON 50EME ANNTVERSAIRE501

Address by President Mohammed Bedjaoui on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the International Court of Justice502

Discours prononcé par M.le Juge Mohammed Bedjaoui,Président de la Cour internationale de Justice502

Address by Professor Diogo Freitas do Amaral,President of the United Nations General Assembly511

Discours prononcé par M.Diogo Freitas do Amaral,Président de l'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies511

Address by Mr.Hans van Mierlo,Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands516

Discours prononcé par M.Hans van Mierlo,ministre des affaires étrangéres des Pays-Bas516

LIST OF AUTHORS520

LIST OF CASES523

INDEX529