International Inquiry (Fact Finding Mission) : Its Role and Purpose in Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes.

• Project/Area Number: 20730034
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: International law
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University
• Principal Investigator: IWATSUKI Naoki Rikkyo University, 法学部, 准教授 (50345112)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
• Keywords: 事実審査 / 平和的紛争解決 / 友好的紛争処理 / 国際安全保障 / 国際紛争の平和的解決 / 事実調査 / 真実和解委員会

Research Abstract

International inquiry was introduced as a means of peaceful settlement of international disputes as early as at the end of the 19th century. Though, it had been scarcely resorted to by disputing States nor developed in practice as well as in academic literature. However, the United Nations recently came to employ it actively. The aim of this research is to research into actual examples of employment of international inquiry, or fact finding mission as is sometimes called, by disputing States and International Organizations, and to examine its role and purposes in the process of peaceful settlement of international dispute.