The 1998–2000 Eritrea-Ethiopia War and Its Aftermath in International Legal Perspective

Andrea de Guttry is Full Professor of Public International Law at the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy. Harry H.G. Post is Adjunct Professor in the Faculté Libre de Droit of the Université Catholique de Lille in Lille, France. Gabriella Venturini is Professor Emerita in the Dipartimento di Studi internazionali, giuridici e storico-politici of the Università degli Studi di Milano in Milan, Italy.

Part I. The Historical Background of the Conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia.- Chapter 1 The Lines of Tension in the Horn and the Ethiopia-Eritrea Case.- Chapter 2 The Historical Background of the 1998-2000 War: Some Salient Points.- Chapter 3 Burdened by the Past and Stranded in the Present. The Weight of History in the Relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia.- Part II. The International Legal Framework for the Settlement of the Dispute.- Chapter. 4 The 2000 Algiers Agreements.- Chapter 5 The Involvement of the UN in the Management of the 1998-2000 Crisis and the Role of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).- Chapter 6 Some Remarks on the Nature and Practice of UNMEE.- Part III. The Boundary Dispute.- Chapter 7 The Ethio-Eritrean Boundary Conflict: The Human Border, the Physical Border, and the Scars of History.- Chapter 8. Law and Politics in the Ethiopian-Eritrean Border Dispute, 2002-2019.- Chapter 9 Indigenous Statehood and International Law in Ethiopia and Eritrea.- Chapter 10 The Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission: A Legal Analysis of the Boundary Delimitation Decision of 13 April 2002 and Relevant Subsequent Decisions.- Chapter 11. The Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission: The Aftermath.- Part IV. The Eritrea-Ethiopia Dispute and the Use of Force.- Chapter 12 International Law as to the Use of Force.- Chapter 13 The Crime of Aggression and the Eritrea-Ethiopia Armed Conflict.- Chapter 14 The Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission’s Controversial Ruling on Self-Defence.- Part V. The Eritrea-Ethiopia War and the Law of Armed Conflict.-  Chapter 15 International Humanitarian Law and the Conduct of Hostilities in the Case-Law of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission.- Chapter 16 The Treatment of Protected Persons under the Applicable International Law in the Findings of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission.- Chapter 17 Some Critical Comments on the Approach of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission towards the Treatment of Protected Persons in International Humanitarian Law Persons in International Humanitarian Law.- Chapter 18 The Belligerent Occupation of Territory.- Chapter 19 The Law of Belligerent Occupation: Disputed Territory; the Distinction between Invasion and Occupation.-  Chapter 20 International Economic Relations and Armed Conflict.- Chapter 21 Some Remarks on the Protection of Property Rights in Time of Armed Conflict.- Part VI. Issues in the Jus Post Bellum.- Chapter 22 State Responsibility for Violations of International Humanitarian Law in the Work of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission: A Reappraisal Ten Years On.- Chapter 23 Claims on Behalf of Individuals before the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission.- Chapter 24 Compensation for War Damage Resulting from Breaches of Jus ad Bellum.- Chapter 25 Some Remarks on Compensation for War Damages under Jus ad Bellum.- Chapter 26 The 17 August 2009 Final Awards of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission.- Chapter 27 The Role of Intergovernmental Agencies in the Prevention of Human Rights Risk in the Aftermath of the 1998-2000 Conflict.- Chapter 28 Explosive Remnants of War.- Part VII. From the 2000 Algiers Agreement to the 2018 Agreement on Peace, Friendship and Comprehensive Cooperation.- Chapter 29 Development in the Relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia from 2000 to Nowadays. A First Assessment from an Ethiopian Perspective.- Chapter 30 Development in the Relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia from 2000 to Nowadays. A First Assessment from an Eritrean Perspective.- Chapter 31 Women in Eritrea and Ethiopia between Armed Conflict and Peace.- Chapter 32 The 2018 Peace Treaty between Ethiopia and Eritrea and Its Impact on the Horn of Africa Region.- Appendix.