This introductory article considers the limited role of international organizations (the UN and
NATO) in Operation Enduring Freedom against Afghanistan. Both organizations have …

This issue contains articles covering the three areas covered by the Journal: arms control
law, collective security law and humanitarian law. It also contains articles that consider the …

The first edition of Professor Dinstein's War, Aggression and Self Defence, published in 1988,
was written shortly after the seminal 1986 judgment of the International Court of Justice in …

Someone had stuck a piece of paper on the wall of the Congresgebouw in The Hague where
the PrepCom working groups of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (…

The recent political developments between East and West, which have led to the end of the'cold
war', seem to lead to a juridification of the military power relationships on the territories …

The entry into force in 1997 of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) symbolizes the
coming of age of the law of arms control as a separate area of international law. It is not only …

This Research Handbook provides a broad yet detailed treatment of international arms control
law. It takes stock of existing arms control agreements, addresses current challenges and …

One area of arms control which remains practically untouched is the denuclearisation of the
oceans. In contrast to the Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC), which forms the general legal …

After Hedley Bull's untimely death at the age of 53, three books appeared in relation to his
work: Hedley Bull on Arms Control? Order and Violence, Hedley Bull and International …

2 INTRODUCTION international law. In order to clarify this security context with regard to the
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in the following paragraphs the focus will first be on …