The Change in Function and the Scope of Application of the Law of Armed Conflict in the 21Century ; An Examination on Interpretation and Application of the Basic Conventions

该项目的11名成员中的每一个都被分配到一个关于国际人道主义法的各种问题中的特定专题，例如使用武力的权利、基本原则和国际人道主义法的适用性。国际法、国内武装冲突、联合国和平行动、武装冲突期间的人权、敌对行动、武器、海战和空中行动、保护战争受害者（战俘和平民）和财产、执行国际人道主义法（国际/国内/混合法院和法庭对战争罪犯的惩罚、实况调查、对受害者的赔偿），我们收集了200多份文件，如国际协议，（包括单方面保留）、声明、国际/国内法院的裁决、联合国决议、其他有关文件，和日本关于国际人道主义法的法律我们极其谨慎和精确地翻译了所有这些文件的近一半，因为它们还没有正式翻译成日语。我们还列出了每项多边公约的缔约国名单，并就所涉问题提出了书面评论。这项任务是在十名合作者的帮助下完成的，为期四年。我们还与红十字国际委员会合作举办了一次国际研讨会，并出版了一本关于国际刑事法院的书。目前还没有完全可靠的日文版国际人道法文献汇编，但对日本公民来说，掌握准确的法律知识是非常重要的。我们的研究成果不仅将成为大学生和研究人员的方便指南，也将成为负责国际人道法实践的专业律师和政府官员的方便指南。我们的研究成果预计在今年年底前发表。

Each of the eleven members of the project has been assigned to a specific topic among a variety of issues on international humanitarian law, such as the right to use force, basic principles and the applicability of the. law, internal armed conflict, United Nations peace operations, human rights in time of armed conflict, conduct of hostilities, weapons, maritime warfare and air operations, protection of war victims PoW, and of Civilians)and properties, implementation of international humanitarian law (punishment of war criminals by international/domestic/mixed courts and tribunals, fact-finding, reparation for victims), law of neutrality and the Japanese attitude toward the Law of Armed Conflict.We have collected over two hundred documents such as international agreements (including unilateral reservations), declarations, decision of international / domestic courts, UN resolutions, other related documents, and the Japanese laws on international humanitarian lawWe have translated with utmost care and precision almost half of all these documents collected as they have not been officially translated into Japanese. We have also made the list of State Parties to each multilateral convention and written commentaries on the issues involved. The task was done with the aide of ten collaborators through the four year period of the project. We also held an international seminar in collaboration with the ICRC, and published a book on International Criminal Court.There has not yet been a fully reliable compilation of documents on the International Humanitarian Law in Japanese, while it is extremely important for Japanese citizens in general to have an accurate knowledge on the law. Our research result will be a convenient guidebook not only for university students and researchers, but also for professional lawyers and government officials who are in charge of practicing international humanitarian law. Our research result is scheduled for publication before the end of this year.