Contributors

Contributors

Professor Anthony D' Amato is the Judd and Mary Morris Leighton Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law, a position he has held since 1990. An active litigator in international human rights, he was the first American lawyer to argue (and win) a case before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Professor D'Amato also litigated the only court of appeals victory against the government in a military service case during the Vietnam era. He is the author of over 20 books and over 110 articles, including ANALYTIC JURISPRUDENCE ANTHOLOGY and INTRODUCTION TO LAw AND LEGAL THINKING.

Professor Yoram Dinstein is the President and Professor ofInternational Law at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He is a member of the Institut de Droit International and the author of many books, including WAR, AGGRESSION AND SELF. DEFENCE, and over 100 articles. Dr. Dinstein is the editor of the ISRAEL YEARBOOK OF HUMAN RIGHTS and has been a visiting professor at New York University and the University of Toronto. He has also served as Consul of Israel in New York.

Ms.

Louise Doswald-Beck is the Head of the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross. A former lecturerin international law at the University of London, she has published widely on many humanitarian law and international law issues. Ms. Doswald-Beck was among a group of international lawyers and naval experts that produced the SAN REMO MANUAL ON INTERNATIONAL LAw

APPLICABLE TO ARMED CONFLICTS AT SEA, for which she served as editor.

Mr. William Fenrick is the Senior Legal Advisor and head of the Legal Advisory Section in the Office of the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. As such, he is responsible for advising the Office of the Prosecutor on all law of armed conflict matters. Previously, he was a member of the Commission of Experts appointed under Security Council Resolution 780 to investigate allegations of serious violations of international humanitarian law and served as rapporteur for legal issues and for on-site investigations. Mr. Fenrick retired from the Canadian military in 1994. During his military career, he specialized in and published several articles on the law of armed conflict.

International Law Studies - Volume 71 The Law of Armed Conflict:

Into the Next Millennium

Doctor Dieter Fleck is the Director, International Agreements and Policy, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany. Dr. Fleck's previous positions were as Director, International Legal Affairs, Federal Ministry of Defense; Assistant Head of Section in the Federal Chancellor's Office; and Legal Advisor in the Federal Armed Forces. He is a member of the Council, International Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo; Vice President, International Society of Military Law and the Law of War, Brussels; and Rapporteur, Committee of Arms Control and Disarmament Law of the International Law Association. He has written and edited numerous publications including THE HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IN ARMED CONFLICTS.

Professor leslie Green is the Charles H. Stockton Professor ofInternational Law at the Naval War College. After serving in the British Army during World War II, he held university appointments at the University of London; University of Singapore; University of Alberta, where he is University Professor Emeritus; Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea; University of Colorado; and University of Denver. Professor Green's many government appointments include Member and Legal Advisor to the Canadian delegation to the Geneva Conference on Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflict (1975-77) and special consultant to the Judge Advocate General, National Defence Headquarters. In the latter capacity, he wrote the Canadian Manual on Armed Conflict Law. Professor Green is the author of numerous books, including THE CONTEMPORARY LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT, and over 320 individual papers and articles.

Professor Christopher Greenwood is Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a Barrister, practicing from Essex Court Chambers in London, and has represented the United Kingdom before the International Court of Justice in the

Nuclear Weapons

and

Lockerbie

cases, as well as appearing regularly in the English courts. Professor Greenwood was formerly a Fellow and Lecturer at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and has been a visiting professor at universities in the United States and Germany. He is a regular lecturer at military colleges, has published a number of articles on international law, and is the author of a forthcoming book on the law of armed conflict.

part as a lecturer in the military courses on the law of armed conflicts organized by the Inrernationaiinstitute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo and as a resource person for UNHCR courses for delegates in the field. Dean Hampson represented two NGOs at the Preparatory Committees and first session of the Review Conference of the

1980

Certain Conventional Weapons Convention. She has taken part in NGO missions in situations of conflict, including the former Yugoslavia. Her publications are mainly in the field of the law of armed conflicts and human rights law.

Professor John Hattendorf is the Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History and Director of the Advanced Research Department at the Naval War College. He has earned degrees in history at Kenyon College, Brown University, and the University of Oxford, where he received his doctorate in Modern History. In addition, Kenyon College has awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. As an officer in the U.S. Navy for eight years, he served at sea on destroyers and ashore at the Naval Historical Center. Associated with the Naval War College since

1970,

he is the author, co-author, or editor of more than

20

books, including SAILORS AND SCHOLARS: THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE; MARITIME STRATEGY AND THE BALANCE OF POWER: BRITAIN AND AMERICA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; THE LIMITATIONS OF MILITARY SEAPOWER; BRITISH NAVAL DOCUMENTS,

1204-1960;

and AMERICA AND THE SEA.

Doctor Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg is Professor at the University of Augsburg, Germany. The Rapporteur of the ILA Committee on Maritime Neutrality and the Vice-President of the German Society of Military Law and the Law of War, Dr. Heintschel von Heinegg was among a group of international lawyers and naval experts that produced the SAN REMO MANUAL ON INTERNATIONAL LAW APPLICABLE TO ARMED CONFLICTS AT SEA. He is a Widely published author of articles and books on the law of the sea and naval warfare.

Judge Geza Herczegh currently serves as a member of the International Court of Justice. Formerly a Professor ofInternational Law at the University of Pees (Hungary) and a Judge of the Constitutional Court of Hungary, he participated as a legal advisor for the Diplomatic Conference on Humanitarian Law in Geneva. Judge Herczegh is the author of the book DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW and of several articles on this subject.

PROTECTION OFW AR VICTIMS. He has also authored many articles and book reviews. DUring 1971,72, he served as the Charles H. Stockton Professor ofInternational Law at the Naval War College, where he has also served as an Adjunct Professor of International Law since 1991. The HowardS. Levie Military Chair of Operational Law at the Naval War College is named in his honor.

Professor Theodor Meron received his legal education in the University ofJerusalem, Harvard University and Cambridge. Since 1978 he has been Professor ofInternational Law at New York University School of Law, specializing in human rights, humanitarian law, international criminal law, and law and literature. Between 1991 and 1995 he was also Professor ofInternational Law at the Graduate Institute ofInternational Studies in Geneva. In 1994 he was named to the Charles

L.

Denison Chair at the NYU Law School. He was Editor,in,Chief of the American Journal of International Law (1993-98) and is a member of the Board of Editors, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, of the American, and French Societies ofInternational Law and of the Bar of the State of New York. He serves on a member of the United States Delegation to the Rome conference on the establishment of an International Criminal Court. He has lectured extensively around the world, and published Widely, including seven books and numberous articles. Professor Meron is an acknowledged expert on the law of war in the Elizabethan age.

Professor Ved Nanda is the Thompson B. Marsh Professor of Law and Director of the International Legal Studies Program at the University of Denver College of Law. Since 1992 he has served as the John Evans University Professor, and since 1994, as Vice Provost for Internationalization. Currently he is President of the World Jurist Association, honorary vice president of the American Society of International Law, and a member of the advisory council of the United Sates Institute of Human Rights. He is the United States Delegate to the World Federation of the United Nations Associations, Geneva, Vice Chair and Member of the Executive Committee. In Beijing, China, he was presented with the "World Legal Scholar" Award by the World Jurist Association, and an honorary doctorate has been conferred upon him by Soka University in Tokyo. He is widely published in law journals and national magazines, has authored or co,authored 16 books in the various fields of international law, and has been a Distinguished Visiting Professor/ Scholar at a number of universities.

Professor Adam Roberts is the Montague Burton Professor ofInternational Relations at Oxford University and a Fellow of Balliol College. He has been a lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Alastair Buchan Reader in International Relations and Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford. He is the author of numerous articles and books including NATIONS

Lieutenant Colonel Michael Schmitt, USAF, is Professor of Law and Deputy Department Head, Department of Law, United States Air Force Academy. Before assuming this position, he served as Professor of International Law and Assistant Director for Air and Space Operations in the Naval War College's Oceans Law and Policy Department. During 1997-98, he was a Visiting Scholar at Yale Law School. Previous operational law assignments include tours as Staff Judge Advocate for the Operations PROVIDE COMFORT (air component) and NORTHERN WATCH. Colonel Schmitt is editor of LEVIE ON THE LAw OF WAR and THE LAw OF MILITARY OPERATIONS, and has authored numerous articles on international law and military operations.

Professor Ivan Shearer is the Challis Professor ofInternational Law at the University of Sydney. He was formerly Professor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales, where he was awarded Emeritus status in 1993. He has been a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and held visiting appointments at universities in Germany and Greece. Professor Shearer is the Vice President of the International Law Association (Australian branch), and on the editorial board of three professional journals. He is a member of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, San Remo, and was among a group of international lawyers and naval experts that produced the SAN REMO MANUAL ON INTERNATIONAL LAw APPLICABLE TO ARMED CONFLICfS AT SEA. He holds the rank of Captain in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, and in that capacity gives advice within the Department of Defence and frequent lectures on the law of the sea and international law to various service bodies.

Professor Paul Szasz is a Visiting Professor at the University of Georgia School of Law and Adjunct Professor at the Center for International Studies, New York University School of Law. Since 1958 he has been a member of the legal offices of the International Atomic Energy Agency; the World Bank; and the United Nations, retiring as the Deputy to the Legal Counsel. After retirement he served as Legal Advisor of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group in Namibia and the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia. Professor Szasz has been a participant in numerous international legal conferences and symposia and has authored over 100 studies in the areas of safeguards of the IAEA, peacekeeping operations of the United Nations, the settlement of international disputes, and related topics.

Association (American branch). She has written and lectured widely on Security Council politics, United Nations peacekeeping, war crimes, and U.N. reform. She is a former law clerk to Judge Henry Friendly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Justice Harry Blackmun of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Executive Editor of the Yale Law Journal. Professor Wedgewood served as amicus curiae in the case of Prosecutor v. Blaskic at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.