02-04-2008 - 16:19

The role of conferences in disputes settlements

The principal features  in international litigation were that for each new problem a conference must be be convened afresh (on the initiative of the state or states concerned), which generally meant delay and complexity in dealing with the problem; the conferences were used as platforms for rendering state policy rather than as fora for discussion and resolution, as, for example, are the organs of the UN now in regalo mamma