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JUSINBELLGIUM A Century of Pioneering Case-Law. A Digital Database of Belgian Precedents of International Justice, 1914-2014 Ornella Rovetta (ULB) – Pieter Lagrou (ULB) – Delphine Lauwers (State Archives of Belgium) – Hendrik Vandekerckhove (KU Leuven) – Wolfgang Form (ICWC, Philipps-Universität) Axis 3: Cultural, historical and scientific heritage Project BR/143/A3/JUSINBELLGIUM- A Century of Pioneering Case-Law. NETWORK PROJECT JUSINBELLGIUM A Century of Pioneering Case-Law. A Digital Database of Belgian Precedents of International Justice, 1914-2014 Contract - BR/143/A3 FINAL REPORT COORDINATOR : Pieter Lagrou (Université libre de Bruxelles, Av. F. Roosevelt, 50, 1050 Brussels) PARTNERS : - Sébastien Dubois (State Archives of Belgium, Rue du Chéra, 79, 4000 Liège) - Jan Wouters (KU Leuven, House De Dorlodot - Deberiotstraat 34 - 3000 Leuven) - Wolfgang Form (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Universitätsstraße 7, D-35032 Marburg), international partner RESEARCHERS: - Ornella Rovetta (Université libre de Bruxelles, Av. F. Roosevelt, 50, 1050 Brussels), post-doctoral researcher and co-coordinator - Delphine Lauwers (State Archives of Belgium, Av. du Houblon, 26-28, 1000 Brussels), post-doctoral researcher - Hendrik Vandekerckhove (KU Leuven, House De Dorlodot - Deberiotstraat 34 - 3000 Leuven), PhD researcher - Marie-Anne Weisers (Université libre de Bruxelles, Av. F. Roosevelt, 50, 1050 Brussels), associated researcher - Paul Drossens (State Archives of Belgium, Bagattenstraat 43, 9000 Gent), associated archivist BRAIN-be (Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks) 2 Project BR/143/A3/JUSINBELLGIUM- A Century of Pioneering Case-Law. Published in 2020 by the Belgian Science Policy Office WTC III Simon Bolivarlaan 30 bus 7 Boulevard Simon Bolivar 30 bte 7 B-1000 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32 (0)2 238 34 11 http://www.belspo.be http://www.belspo.be/brain-be Contact person: Helena CALVO DEL CASTILLO Tel: +32 (0)2 238 36 15 Neither the Belgian Science Policy Office nor any person acting on behalf of the Belgian Science Policy Office is responsible for the use which might be made of the following information. The authors are responsible for the content. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT 6 CONTEXT ........................................................................................................................................................................6 OBJECTIVES .....................................................................................................................................................................6 CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................................................6 KEYWORDS .....................................................................................................................................................................6 THE PROJECT IN IMAGES ....................................................................................................................................................7 1. INTRODUCTION 8 2. STATE OF THE ART AND OBJECTIVES 10 2.1 OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................................................................. 10 2.2 STATE OF THE ART .................................................................................................................................................... 11 3. METHODOLOGY 15 3.1 GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF DATA ....................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2 MATERIAL CHALLENGES ............................................................................................................................................. 16 3.3 INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGES ........................................................................................................................................ 19 3.4 TECHNICAL CHALLENGES AND DIGITISATION SETTINGS ...................................................................................................... 24 4. SCIENTIFIC RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 27 4.1 A TOPICAL ISSUE ....................................................................................................................................................... 27 4.2 AN EXPORTABLE METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................. 28 4.3 DATA AND CASE-LAW ................................................................................................................................................ 30 4.4 PHD DISSERTATION ................................................................................................................................................... 41 4.5 RELATED RESULTS ..................................................................................................................................................... 44 4.6 POLICY PROCESSES .................................................................................................................................................... 45 BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................................................................................... 46 5. DISSEMINATION AND VALORISATION 48 5.1 ONLINE DATABASE ................................................................................................................................................... 48 5.2 PROJECT BLOG ......................................................................................................................................................... 48 5.3 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................................ 48 5.4 OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC DEBATE ....................................................................................................... 54 6. PUBLICATIONS 56 6.1 SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO THE PROJECT AND PROJECT’S TOPIC ........................................................................... 56 6.2 OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLIC DEBATE .................................................................................................................... 58 6.3 PARTICIPATION IN PHD DISSERTATION PANELS ON RELATED TOPICS .................................................................................... 59 7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 62 ANNEXES 63 BRAIN-be (Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks) 4 Project BR/143/A3/JUSINBELLGIUM- A Century of Pioneering Case-Law. LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1 GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE CASES INCLUDED IN THE DIGITISATION PROGRAMME ....................................................... 15 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1 TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT ................................................................................................................................ 9 FIGURE 2 EXAMPLE OF A REDACTED RECORD, BODEN TRIAL, CLOSED SESSION HEARING............................................................ 20 FIGURE 3 EXAMPLE OF STANDARD ONLINE METADATA IN THE LEGAL TOOLS DATABASE (EXCERPT) ............................................. 21 FIGURE 4 PRINT SCREEN OF DATABASE STRUCTURE FOR NATIONAL JURISDICTIONS – BELGIUM (LEGAL TOOLS DATABASE).............. 23 FIGURE 5 TRANSCRIPTION OF ORIGINAL INVENTORY WITH CORRESPONDING PDF (KRUMKAMP CASE) ........................................ 25 FIGURE 6 BOOKMARKED PDF-FILE OF WWI RECORD ....................................................................................................... 26 FIGURE 7 PROJECT MAPPING ....................................................................................................................................... 27 FIGURE 8 IDENTIFICATION SHEET OF A WWII CASE ........................................................................................................... 29 FIGURE 9 FIRST WORLD WAR COLLECTION. CONVICTIONS AND ACQUITTALS BY DEFENDANT (FIRST INSTANCE) ............................. 37 FIGURE 10 SECOND WORLD WAR COLLECTION. CONVICTIONS AND ACQUITTALS BY DEFENDANT (FIRST INSTANCE) ....................... 37 FIGURE 11 FIRST WORLD WAR COLLECTION. CONVICTIONS AND ACQUITTALS BY DEFENDANT (FIRST INSTANCE)........................... 38 FIGURE 12 FIRST WORLD WAR COLLECTION. CONVICTIONS AND ACQUITTALS BY DEFENDANT (FIRST INSTANCE)........................... 38 FIGURE 13 FIRST WORLD WAR COLLECTION. DISTRIBUTION OF THE NUMBER OF GERMAN WAR CRIMINALS JUDGED IN ABSENTIA BY MILITARY COURTS (CONSEILS DE GUERRE) ............................................................................................................. 39 FIGURE 14 SECOND WORLD WAR COLLECTION.