Hans van Houtte is Professor of Law at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and president of the Eritrea Ethiopia Claims Commission in The Hague. In the past he has served as a member of the Commission for Real Property Claims in Bosnia Herzegovina, a member of United Nations Compensation Commission, and an arbitrator and senior judge at the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Dormant Accounts.
Volume I Historical background: from tributes to indemnities and reparations
Part I. International Claims Resolution Programmes: 1. Traditional claims resolution mechanisms
2. Overview of the international mass claims programmes
Part II. Institutional and Structural Analysis: 3. Winning the parties' hearts and minds
4. Viability of the compensation programme
5. Accessibility
6. Institutional effectiveness and efficiency
Part III. Substantive Law: 7. International rules protecting property
8. International liability
9. Restitution
10. Compensation in lieu of restitution. Volume II 1. General Introduction
Part I. The Conceptual and Analytical Framework: 2. International Mass Claims Programmes: An Overview
3. The Conceptual Framework
4. A Study in Diversity
Part II. Evidentiary Techniques in International Mass Claims Adjudication: 5. The Need for Special Rules of Evidence
6. The Burden of Proof
7. The Standards of Evidence
8. Presumptions and Inferences
Part III. Mass Claims Resolution Techniques: 9. Precedent-Setting and Common Issue Determination
10. Computerised Data Matching
11. Adjudication by Sampling
12. Regression Analysis
Part IV. General Conclusions: 13. New Prospects for the International Justice System.
