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

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• 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

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.