POKOJNÉ ŘEŠENÍ SPORŮ V MEZINÁRODNÍM PRÁVU

CHAPTER 3 What even theWW II did not destroy: the liquidation of the League of Nations and transfer of its assets Emil Ruffer The League of Nations (League), established in 1919 on the basis of the Paris Peace Conference, was the first global attempt to reduce use of force in international rela- tions and to create a system of collective security and peaceful settlement of disputes. Unfortunately it failed in its ambitious endeavours and could not prevent the outbreak of the WW II. Nevertheless, the League continued its activities, albeit significantly reduced, under the management of the Irish Secretary General Séan Lester (appoint- ed in 1940) at its seat in Geneva throughout the war until 1946, when the United Nations Organization (UN) rose out of the League’s ashes. The last Assembly of the League took place on 18 April 1946 and adopted a resolution, which stated the dis- solution of the League as of 19 April 1946, with the exception of a 9-member Board of Liquidation, which then worked for another 13 months with the UN representatives on the liquidation and transfer of all assets to the UN, and concluded its mandate on 31 July 1947. The closing event of the League’s existence was a lavish cocktail party, held for the remaining League officials and the staff of the UN Geneva headquarters. CHAPTER 4 Rules on the settlement of disputes in codification projects of the International Law Commission Pavel Šturma The results of the ILC‘s work show a relatively mixed picture of the dispute settle- ment provisions. In fact, in the past, the Commission has focused on substantive rules and has mostly left the elaboration of dispute settlement clauses to States represented in the UN General Assembly or at a diplomatic conference. A notable exception is the Model Rules on Arbitral Procedure. In recent years, however, the Commission has shown a growing interest in the procedural aspects of some of its topics. One explana- tion may be the fact that most of the outcomes of her work do not end up as con- ventions, but in other forms. This trend seems to be confirmed not only by the draft conclusions on peremptory norms of general international law (jus cogens), but also by the ongoing debate on procedural rules and guarantees in the topic „Immunities of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction“.

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