Publications – KNVIR

In the fall of each year three papers (preadviezen) on a current topic of international law are published in the Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Internationaal Recht.

Until 2007 the “Mededelingen” were published twice a year: firstly, the papers themselves and then, separately, the proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society, including the discussion of the papers and internal matters concerning the Society, such as the annual reports of the Secretary and the Treasurer.

As from 2008 only the papers appear in printed form. They are published by T.M.C. Asser Press in The Hague (www.asserpress.nl). The proceedings of the Annual Meeting are published on this website.

Occasionally, the Society will arrange for special publications, such as:

Netherlands International Law Review One Hundred Years, November 2010;
Arthur Eyffinger, T.M.C Asser (1838-1913) Founder of The Hague Tradition, 2011, to commemorate the Nobel Prize being awarded to Asser in 1911.

T.M.C. Asser (1838 – 1913) – Founder of The Hague Tradition

Author: dr. Arthur Eyffinger, JUDICAP

Abstract

The Learned Guide of our Nation’ Tobias Asser was coined upon his demise by the then Dutch Foreign Minister, as this dignitary solemnly pledged his country over the open grave: ‘We will not forget’. Fairly few though are the Dutch these days who will recall Tobias Asser’s exceptional talents and the crucial role this gifted Amsterdam scholar of Jewish descent played in putting The Hague back in touch with the world and have it emerge as a centre of international law and diplomacy. In retrospect, reviewing that is in the perspective of a full century of international adjudication and with The Hague Tradition of International Law firmly established, it is hard to imagine the unlikely beginnings of the current claims of our proud Legal Capital and the critical bearing of Tobias Asser’s visionary, daring views on a remarkable process that turned history around. This year we celebrate the centenary of Asser’s unique status in The Netherlands as the nation’s single Nobel Peace laureate, along with the assignment of the designation ‘Royal’ to the Dutch Association of International Law [the oldest national branch of the ILA], to which Tobias Asser stood godfather a full hundred years ago. It makes for a fitting moment to step back from the hectic and briefly pause and ponder: Siste Viator!

dr. Arthur Eyffinger [1947, The Hague] is classicist and legal historian.

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Every two years, the ILA publishes its Reports containing the reports of the biennial ILA conferences. In addition to the reports and the resolutions of the Committees and the Study Groups each Report contains a survey of the ILA’s activities, the text of the Constitution, and the names of the officers of the ILA, the members of the Committees and Study Groups and the members of the boards of the national Branches. A list of the names and addresses of all members of the national Branches may be found on the ILA website. ILA members also receive the “ILA Newsletter” via e-mail several times a year.

There are special ILA publications as well, for example the “Liber Amicorum for Lord Wilberforce” (former Chairman of the ILA).

Liber Amicorum for Lord Wilberforce

Edited by Maarten Bos, Chichele Professor of International Law, University of Oxford, and Fellow of All Souls College, and Ian Brownlie, CBE, QC, FBA, former Professor of Law, University of Utrecht, former President of the International Law Association.

Not only a glowing tribute to the man, but gives various insights into his vast intellect and commonsense. It is a book that any lawyer will be proud to have on his bookshelf…

A glowing example of how lucky we are to have had such a man amongst us. It is delightful reading and at the end one feels that as a reader one has penetrated the inner sanctum.

A fitting tribute to a great man who has made a most distinguished contribution to the laws of the United Kingdom as well as to international law.

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