Contents: Preface 1 International claims commissions: learning from the past, looking at the future Chiara Giorgetti, Patrick W. Pearsall and Hélène Ruiz-Fabri 1 PART I CLAIMS COMMISSIONS IN CONTEXT 2 Historical overview of international claims commissions 17 Makane Moïse Mbengue 3 The US–Mexico Mixed Claims Commissions 55 Frédéric Mégret and Nicole Maylor 4 The Iran–US Claims Tribunal 75 Bruno Simma and Jan Ortgies 5 The United Nations Compensation Commission 90 Norbert Wühler 6 The first mass settlement of real property claims: the CRPC for Bosnia 113 Hans van Houtte 7 The Eritrea–Ethiopia Claims Commission 127 Namira Negm PART II CLAIMS COMMISSIONS AS DISPUTE RESOLUTION TOOLS 8 Institutional design: how states create claims commissions and why 150 Timothy J. Feighery and Jason Rotstein 9 The multiple roles of States in international claims commissions 176 Jeremy K. Sharpe 10 The role of secretariats 200 Dirk Pulkowski and Scott Falls 11 Mass claims processes: institutional design issues 222 John R. Crook 12 Sovereign authority to establish international claims commissions: issues related to international legal personality, diplomatic protection, and domestic liability 239 Lee M. Caplan and Yateesh Begoorevii 13 Procedural issues: remedies and enforcement—ensuring the effective enforcement of mass claims 257 Aloysius P. Llamzon and Diana A. A. Reisman PART III CLAIMS COMMISSIONS FOR THE NEXT CENTURY 14 The United Nations Register of Damage Caused by the Construction of the Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 277 Ronald J. Bettauer 15 Creating an international compensation mechanism for Ukraine 292 Chiara Giorgetti and Patrick W. Pearsall 16 Claims commissions and the resolution of international environmental law disputes 309 Natalie Klein 17 Claims commissions and investment obligations 330 Angeline Welsh Index 340

‘International claims commissions rank among the most important and effective, but least well-understood, international dispute resolution mechanisms. They vary widely across history, based on political context, practical necessities, and compensatory needs of the claimant populations. This comprehensive and useful Research Handbook, authored by knowledgeable authors and edited by a trio of talented expert practitioners, assesses past claims commissions in search of specific institutional features that will aid future policymakers to design the right commission for the next global crisis.’