The Handbook of Humanitarian Law in Armed ConflictsThis book offers the most authoritative commentary and analysis of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflict available. It is based upon the Joint Service Regulation for the German Ministry of Defence, augmented with extensive international references, and accompanied bycommentary by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts. Whilst the past decades have seen consistent development of international law applicable in armed conflict, culminating in a series of International Covenants and Protocols, world events in recent years have made reassessment of the law both a timely and topical concern. This Handbook available for the first time in paperback will serve as an indispensable reference source for practising lawyers and academics working in the field of international humanitarian law and for military personnel worldwide. |
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This is without a doubt, the standard work on international humanitarian law. It helps the reader to resolve some of the recent debates about the status and protection to which combatants are entitled under the The Hague and Geneva Laws. Those seeking to know whether there is a status such as 'enemy combatants' or 'unlawful combatants' will not be disappointed.
This is a book of essays by experts dealing with specific aspects of the law of armed conflict. The contributors have writtee with unsual clarity and erudition on their relevant subject matter. Anyone seeking information about the treatment of prisoners of war and the application of the Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols will not be disappointed. Dieter and his colleagues are to be congratulated for work executed so superbly.
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Contents
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEGAL BASIS | 1 |
Tasks of the Legal Adviser | 38 |
Acts of | 49 |
COMBATANTS AND NONCOMBATANTS | 65 |
Special Forces | 95 |
Peculiarities of Aerial and Naval Warfare | 101 |
RELIGIOUS PERSONNEL | 191 |
PROTECTION OF THE CIVILIAN POPULATION | 209 |
Control by Parties to the Conflict 11381146 | 506 |
Protection of Neutral Merchant Shipping 11471148 | 510 |
Aerial Warfare 11491155 | 512 |
ENFORCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW Rüdiger Wolfrum 12011224 | 517 |
General 12011202 | 524 |
Public Opinion 1203 | 527 |
Reprisals 1206 | 528 |
Compensation 1214 | 542 |
PROTECTION OF THE WOUNDED SICK | 293 |
PROTECTION OF PRISONERS OF | 321 |
Legal Status of Chaplains Retained by a Foreign Power 821840 | 372 |
Distinctive Marking of Cultural Property 929936 | 401 |
Hospital Ships 10541064 | 474 |
Conditions of Protection and Identification 10551056 | 476 |
Rights and Obligations 10571061 | 478 |
Discontinuance of Protection 1062 | 482 |
Personnel and Crew 10631064 | 483 |
THE LAW OF NEUTRALITY Michael Bothe 11011155 | 485 |
The Rights and Duties of Neutrals 11081155 | 494 |
War on Land 11151117 | 499 |
Naval Warfare 11181148 | 501 |
Protecting Powers and their Substitutes 12151217 | 543 |
International Fact Finding 12181219 | 545 |
The International Committee of the Red Cross 1220 | 547 |
Diplomatic Activities 1221 | 548 |
National Implementing Efforts 1222 | 549 |
ANNEX Appendix 1 List of International Instruments | 551 |
Distinctive Emblems | 553 |
Military and Red Cross Manuals on International Humanitarian Law | 555 |
Select Bibliography | 565 |
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| Title | The Handbook of Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts |
| Editors | Dieter Fleck, Michael Bothe |
| Contributor | Michael Bothe |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0198298676, 9780198298670 |
| Length | 589 pages |
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