Dispute Settlement in Public International Law: Texts and Materials

The purpose of the present collection is to make significant and in part generally inac cessible documents from an important area of international law available to researchers, scholars and practitioners in a reliable and appropriate form. In addition, the abundance of materials in the field of international dispute settlement makes all the more justifi able an undertaking which provides the official documentation and a concise bibliogra phy for a representative selection of organizations in this area. Unlike an earlier collec tion published by the Max Planck Institute in 1961, which contained only treaties entered into by the Federal Republic of Germany, the attempt has been made in this volume to present texts and materials on international dispute settlement on a world wide scale. Increasing communication and cooperation has led to greater interdependence of States as is also reflected in the multiplication of international organizations and mechanisms of integration. This trend has also resulted in an increasing institution alization of dispute settlement. The present work is designed to give an overview of the judicial and arbitral institutions which are available for the settlement of inter national disputes, i. e. mainly but not exclusively disputes between States. The major criterion for the selection of the relevant institutions was that they should as a rule be based upon arrangements already in existence or provided for by a treaty.