The most comprehensive study of the 1998-2000 War between Eritrea and Ethiopia

The critical focus lies on the work of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission and the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission

Provides a profound study of the background to and context of the war

This study provides a broad disciplinary perspective including historical, geographical, anthropological, and the points of view of political science and sociology

Analyses the 1998-2000 War between Eritrea and Ethiopia in the light of the jus ad bellum, the jus in bello and also in terms of the jus post bellum

Examines in a wider than a legal perspective the development of relations between Eritrea and Ethiopia since before the War until recent times

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 inthe 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.