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Introduction © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI: 10.1163/157180309X399609 Th e Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 7 (2008) 265–268 Introduction Sir Michael Wood Chairman, CAHDI In welcoming the participants to Lancaster House, I recalled that Queen Victoria, not noted for her sense of humour, upon coming across the road as a guest, is said to have remarked to her hostess: ‘I have come from my House to your Palace.’ I noted that many constitutional conferences had taken place here, for example the 1979 ‘Lancaster House Conference’ which led to the independence of Zimbabwe. Lancaster House had also been the scene of at least one important international arbitration, the Palena arbitration (between Argentina and Chile). Th e present Conference, on ‘International Courts and Tribunals – Th e Challenges Ahead’, was organised under the Swedish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, in conjunction with the 36th meeting of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI). 1 Th e CAHDI brings together, twice a year, the Legal Advisers of the 47 member States of the Council of Europe and a signifi cant number of observer States and organizations. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals Brill

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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1569-1853
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10.1163/157180309X399609
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 DOI: 10.1163/157180309X399609 Th e Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 7 (2008) 265–268 Introduction Sir Michael Wood Chairman, CAHDI In welcoming the participants to Lancaster House, I recalled that Queen Victoria, not noted for her sense of humour, upon coming across the road as a guest, is said to have remarked to her hostess: ‘I have come from my House to your Palace.’ I noted that many constitutional conferences had taken place here, for example the 1979 ‘Lancaster House Conference’ which led to the independence of Zimbabwe. Lancaster House had also been the scene of at least one important international arbitration, the Palena arbitration (between Argentina and Chile). Th e present Conference, on ‘International Courts and Tribunals – Th e Challenges Ahead’, was organised under the Swedish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, in conjunction with the 36th meeting of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI). 1 Th e CAHDI brings together, twice a year, the Legal Advisers of the 47 member States of the Council of Europe and a signifi cant number of observer States and organizations.

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