Articles
The Development and Problems of International Human Rights Protection
Nisuke Ando

International Protection of Women's (Human) Rights-The Main Purpose of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is to Achieve 'de-facto' Equality between Men and Women-
Sayako Kodera

Recent Activities of the Human Rights Committee on Individual Communications
Humio Sato

The Development and the Function of the UN Human Rights System : The thematic Procedures of the Commission on Human Rights
Tadashi Imai

A Reflection on the Judicialization of the System of the European Convention on Human Rights-Through an Analysis of the Abolished Role of the Committee of Ministers-
Kaoru Obata

Human Rights Considerations in Extradition: A Study concerning the Priority of International Human Rights Law over the Extradition Law
Yasuzo Kitamura

The Influence of the Human Rights Conventions upon the Australian Legal System-Practice of the Australian Courts and its Implications-
Masanao Murakami

National Principle in "Horei" and Nationality Law of Unrecognized State
Yasuhiro Okuda

Britain and the Formation of Regionalism in South-East Asia, 1941-1965
Junko Tomaru

The Creation of the International Criminal Court-A Critical Analysis
Hisashi Owada

Réflecxions sur le projet d'établir une Cour Pénale International - le Statut de Rome de la CPI
Hisakazu Fujita

A Reflection on the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
Izumi Okada

War Crimes within the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court
Akira Mayama

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in its Criminal Aspect: An Inquiry concerning the Provisions for the General Part of Criminal Law
Masahiro Aichi

The OSCE's Security Community-Building and the Preventive Diplomacy
Gen Kikkawa

Revaluation of Decisions Ordering the Duty to Negotiate by the International Court of Justice (2)
Shigeki Sakamoto


Notes
Consular Relations and Non-recognition in International Law
Eiichi Usuki

Les principes du droit international privé sur le droit d'auteur et la Convention de Berne
Yasuto Komada


Materials
International Court of Justice: Request for an Examination of the Situation in Accordance with Paragraph 63 of the Court's Judgment of 20 December 1974 in the Nuclear Tests (New Zealand v, France) Case
Study Group on Decisions of the International Court of Justice

International Court of Justice: Case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovia v. Yugoslavia) ()Preliminary Objections)
Study Group on Decisions of the International Court of Justice

Decisions of Japanese Courts relating to International Law (13)-1996-
Study Group on Decisions of Japanese Courts relating to International Law

Report on the Work of the Fifty-first session of the International Law Commission
Chusei Yamada


Book Reviews
Mikio Matsuda (ed.) The Law of Running International Society (in Japanese)
Shigeki Miyazaki

Matsuo Maruoka, Gesammelte Schriften zum Internationalen Privatrecht, Band 1-3
Koresuke Yamaguchi

Yasuko Yamashita, Studies on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (in Japanese)
Kimio Yakushiji

Jun Yokoyama, Studies on International Family Law (in Japanese)
Akihiko Kunitomo

Maurizio Ragazzi, The Concept of International Obligations Erga Omnes
Tomoharu Nakagawa

C. N. Brower ＆ J. D. Brueschke, The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal
Takuhei Yamada

Kanae Taijudo, International Law of Attribution of Territory (in Japanese, partly in English)
Hisashi Uchida

Emmanuelle Jouannet, Emer de Vattel et l'émergence doctrinale du driot international classique
Hisakazu Fujita

Kazuko Hirose, Theory of Sociology of International Law: International Relations as a Complex System
Yoshinobu Yamamoto


Miscellaneous
Bibliography of International Law, Private International Law, International Politics and Diplomacy (1998)