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The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law, 3rd Edition edited by Fleck, Dieter (29th August 2013)
Preliminary Material
Preface
Contents
Introduction
List of Contributors
Table of Abbreviations
Table of International Instruments
Table of Judgments and Decisions
A Judgments of International and National Courts
International Court of Justice
International Criminal Court
European Court of Justice
European Court of Human Rights
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Inter-American Court on Human Rights
Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission
Special Court for Sierra Leone
Colombia
Germany
Ireland
High Court of Ireland
Israel
Supreme Court of Israel (sitting as the High Court of Justice)
Netherlands
Court of Appeals in The Hague
Singapore
United Kingdom
Court of Appeal
House of Lords
Privy Council
United States
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
U.S. Supreme Court
B Decisions of Intergovernmental and Other Organizations
UN Security Council
UN General Assembly
UN Secretary-General
UN Human Rights Committee
Other UN Documents
European Union
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
International Law Association (ILA)
Main Text
1 Historical Development and Legal Basis
I Definition of the Term ‘Humanitarian Law’
II Historical Development
III Legal Sources
IV Humanitarian Requirements and Military Necessity
V Binding Effect of International Law for the Soldier
VI Tasks of the Legal Adviser
2 Scope of Application of International Humanitarian Law
I Material Scope
II Personal Scope
III Geographical Scope
IV Temporal Scope
1 Parlementaires and Protecting Powers
2 Ceasefire and Armistice
3 Capitulation
4 Conclusion of Peace
V Relevance of Other Fields of International Law
1 Peacetime Rules
2 Human Rights
3 International Criminal Law
VI Relevance of International Humanitarian Law in Peacetime and Post-Conflict Military Operations
3 Combatants and Non-combatants
Introductory Remarks
I General Rules
II Combatants
III Non-combatants
IV Persons Accompanying the Armed Forces
V Civilian Contractors
VI Special Forces
VII Spies
VIII Special Aspects of Aerial and Naval Warfare
4 Methods and Means of Combat
Introductory Remarks
I General Rules
II Means of Combat
1 Certain Conventional Weapons
2 Weapons of Mass Destruction
a Nuclear weapons
b Chemical weapons
c Bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons
III Methods of Combat
1 Military Objectives
2 Protection of Civilian Objects
3 Protection of the Natural Environment
4 Protection of Works and Installations Containing Dangerous Forces
5 Aerial Blockade
6 Ruses of War and the Prohibition against Perfidy
7 Psychological Warfare
8 Reprisals
5 Protection of the Civilian Population
I General Rules
Introductory Remarks
a)
b)
c)
d)
1
2
3
II Civil Defence
Introductory Remarks
‘(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
(xi)
(xii)
(xiii)
(xiv)
(xv)
III Humanitarian Assistance
IV Belligerent Occupation
Introductory Remarks
1 General Provisions
‘(1)
(2)
2 Legal Status of the Population
3 Rights and Duties of the Occupying Power
4 Requisition of Civilian Resources by the Occupying Power
5 Supply Activities in Occupied Territory
6 Penal Responsibility in Case of Violation of International Humanitarian Law
V Aliens in the Territory of a Party to the Conflict
Introductory Remarks
VI Internment of Civilians
Introductory Remarks
6 Protection of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked
Introductory Remarks
I Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Persons
II The Dead and Missing
Introductory Remarks
III Medical Units and Transport
IV Medical Personnel
V Medical Aircraft
VI Hospital and Safety Zones and Localities; Neutralized Zones
Preliminary Remarks
VII The Distinctive Emblem
7 Protection of Prisoners in Armed Conflict
I General
Introductory Remarks
II Beginning of Captivity
III Conditions of Captivity
IV Escape of Prisoners of War
V Termination of Captivity
8 Protection of Religious Personnel
Introductory Remarks
I General Rules
II Protection of Religious Personnel
III Legal Status of Religious Personnel Retained by a Foreign Power
9 Protection of Cultural Property
Introductory Remarks
I Definition of ‘Cultural Property’
II Respect for Cultural Property
1 General Rules
2 Special Protection
3 Enhanced Protection
III Safeguarding of Cultural Property
IV Protection of Cultural Property during Occupation
V Transport of Cultural Property
VI Personnel Engaged in the Protection of Cultural Property
VII Distinctive Marking of Cultural Property
10 The Law of Armed Conflict at Sea
Introductory Remarks
I General
1 Definitions
2 Scope of Application
3 Acts of Naval Warfare, Competences, and Principles
II Military Objectives and Protected Objects in Armed Conflicts at Sea
1 Enemy Warships and Military Aircraft
2 Enemy Merchant Ships, their Cargo, Passengers, and Crew
a Enemy merchant ships
b Cargo of enemy merchant ships
c Crews and passengers of enemy merchant ships
3 Protected Enemy Vessels (Except Hospital Ships and Ships Under Similar Protection)
4 Protected Enemy Aircraft (Except Medical Aircraft)
5 Other Protected Objects
6 Targets on Land
III Special Provisions Concerning Methods of Naval Warfare
1 Mine Warfare
Introductory remarks
a Types of mine warfare: principles
b Minelaying prior to the beginning of an armed conflict
c Minelaying during armed conflicts
d Duties after the cessation of hostilities
2 Torpedoes
3 Missiles
4 Submarine Warfare
5 Maritime Exclusion Zones
6 Blockade
IV Hospital Ships
1 General
2 Conditions for Protection and Identification
3 Rights and Obligations
4 Discontinuance of Protection
5 Personnel and Crew
11 The Law of Neutrality
I General
II The Rights and Duties of Neutral States
1 General Provisions
2 War on Land
3 Naval Warfare
a General
b Innocent passage through territorial sea and archipelagic waters; transit passage
c Control by the parties to the conflict
d Protection of neutral merchant shipping
4 Aerial Warfare
5 Military Uses of Outer Space
12 The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict
I General
II Applicable Law
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
III Legal Distinction between International and Non-International Armed Conflicts
IV Compliance
V Termination of Hostilities
13 The Law of International Peace Operations
I General
II Applicable Law
III Mandates
IV Rules of Engagement (ROE)
V Search, Apprehension, and Detention
VI Child Soldiers
VII Humanitarian Assistance by Armed Forces
14 Implementation And Enforcement Of International Humanitarian Law
Introductory Remarks
I General
II Public Opinion
III Reciprocal Interests of the Parties to the Conflict
IV Maintenance of Discipline
V Reprisals
VI Command Responsibility
VII Penal and Disciplinary Measures
1 War Crimes at National Courts
2 War Crimes at International Courts
3 Disciplinary Action
VIII Reparation
IX Protecting Powers and their Substitutes
X International Fact-Finding
XI The International Committee of the Red Cross
XII Implementation Roles of the UN
XIII The Security Council and International Humanitarian Law
XIV Diplomatic Activities
XV The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations
XVI National Implementing Measures
XVII Dissemination of Humanitarian Law
XVIII Personal Responsibility of the Individual
Further Material
Annex Distinctive Emblems
Index
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Table of International Instruments
Edited By: Dieter Fleck
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The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law (3rd Edition)
Edited By: Dieter Fleck
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Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Published in print:
29 August 2013
ISBN:
9780199658800
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