The handbook of international humanitarian law / edited by Dieter Fleck, in collaboration with Michael Bothe [and 9 others].
2013
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Title
The handbook of international humanitarian law / edited by Dieter Fleck, in collaboration with Michael Bothe [and 9 others].
Published
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Call Number
KZ6471 .H36 2013
Edition
Third edition.
ISBN
9780199658800 (hbk.)
0199658803 (hbk.)
0199658803 (hbk.)
Description
lii, 714 pages ; 26 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)820107231
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Handbook of international humanitarian law. Third edition. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2013]. (OCoLC)887844074
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Table of Contents
Introduction Dieter Fleck
xiii
List of Contributors
xxi
Table of Abbreviations
xxiii
Table of International Instruments
xxxi
Table of Judgments and Decisions
xli
1.
Historical Development And Legal Basis / Mazy Ellen O'Connell
1
I.
Definition of the Term `Humanitarian Law'
1
II.
Historical Development
15
III.
Legal Sources
26
IV.
Humanitarian Requirements and Military Necessity
34
V.
Binding Effect of International Law for the Soldier
38
VI.
Tasks of the Legal Adviser
41
2.
Scope of Application of International Humanitarian Law / Jann K. Kleffizer
43
I.
Material Scope
43
II.
Personal Scope
52
III.
Geographical Scope
56
IV.
Temporal Scope
60
1.
Parlementaires and Protecting Powers
62
2.
Ceasefire and Armistice
65
3.
Capitulation
68
4.
Conclusion of Peace
68
V.
Relevance of Other Fields of International Law
70
1.
Peacetime Rules
70
2.
Human Rights
71
3.
International Criminal Law
78
VI.
Relevance of International Humanitarian Law in Peacetime and Post-Conflict Military Operations
78
3.
Combatants And Non-Combatants / Knut Ipsen
79
I.
General Rules
80
II.
Combatants
85
III.
Non-combatants
95
IV.
Persons Accompanying the Armed Forces
104
V.
Civilian Contractors
105
VI.
Special Forces
105
VII.
Spies
107
VIII.
Special Aspects of Aerial and Naval Warfare
110
4.
Methods And Means Of Combat / Stefan Oeter
115
I.
General Rules
121
II.
Means of Combat
132
1.
Certain Conventional Weapons
132
2.
Weapons of Mass Destruction
153
a).
Nuclear weapons
153
b).
Chemical weapons
162
c).
Bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons
165
III.
Methods of Combat
166
1.
Military Objectives
166
2.
Protection of Civilian Objects
187
3.
Protection of the Natural Environment
211
4.
Protection of Works and Installations Containing Dangerous Forces
217
5.
Aerial Blockade
221
6.
Ruses of War and the Prohibition against Perfidy
223
7.
Psychological Warfare
227
8.
Reprisals
228
5.
Protection Of The Civilian Population / Knut Dormann
231
I.
General Rules
231
II.
Civil Defence
257
III.
Humanitarian Assistance
263
IV.
Belligerent Occupation
264
1.
General Provisions
268
2.
Legal Status of the Population
281
3.
Rights and Duties of the Occupying Power
284
4.
Requisition of Civilian Resources by the Occupying Power
290
5.
Supply Activities in Occupied Territory
295
6.
Penal Responsibility in Case of Violation of International Humanitarian Law
300
V.
Aliens in the Territory of a Party to the Conflict
308
VI.
Internment of Civilians
315
6.
Protection Of The Wounded, Sick, And Shipwrecked / Jann K. Kleffiler
323
I.
Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Persons
323
II.
The Dead and Missing
332
III.
Medical Units and Transport
334
IV.
Medical Personnel
338
V.
Medical Aircraft Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
344
VI.
Hospital and Safety Zones and Localities; Neutralized Zones
347
VII.
The Distinctive Emblem
351
7.
Protection of Prisoners In Armed Conflict / Sandra Krahenmann
359
I.
General
359
II.
Beginning of Captivity
377
III.
Conditions of Captivity
392
IV.
Escape of Prisoners of War
404
V.
Termination of Captivity
406
8.
Protection of Religious Personnel / Nilendra Kumar
413
I.
General Rules
414
II.
Protection of Religious Personnel
418
IlI.
Legal Status of Religious Personnel Retained by a Foreign Power
420
9.
Protection of Cultural Property / Roger O'Keefe
425
I.
Definition of `Cultural Property'
428
II.
Respect for Cultural Property
434
1.
General Rules
434
2.
Special Protection
443
3.
Enhanced Protection
446
III.
Safeguarding of Cultural Property
450
IV.
Protection of Cultural Property during Occupation
452
V.
Transport of Cultural Property
456
VI.
Personnel Engaged in the Protection of Cultural Property
457
VII.
Distinctive Marking of Cultural Property
459
10.
The Law of Armed Conflict At Sea / Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
463
1.
General
465
1.
Definitions
465
2.
Scope of Application
470
3.
Acts of Naval Warfare, Competences, and Principles
475
II.
Military Objectives and Protected Objects in Armed Conflicts at Sea
485
1.
Enemy Warships and Military Aircraft
485
2.
Enemy Merchant Ships, their Cargo, Passengers, and Crew
486
a).
Enemy merchant ships
486
b).
Cargo of enemy merchant ships
491
c).
Crews and passengers of enemy merchant ships
494
3.
Protected Enemy Vessels (Except Hospital Ships and Ships Under Similar Protection)
495
4.
Protected Enemy Aircraft (Except Medical Aircraft)
498
5.
Other Protected Objects
499
6.
Targets on Land
500
III.
Special Provisions Concerning Methods of Naval Warfare
501
1.
Mine Warfare
501
a).
Types of mine warfare: principles
505
b).
Minelaying prior to the beginning of an armed conflict
509
c).
Minelaying during armed conflicts
511
d).
Duties after the cessation of hostilities
514
2.
Torpedoes
517
3.
Missiles
517
4.
Submarine Warfare
518
5.
Maritime Exclusion Zones
522
6.
Blockade
532
IV.
Hospital Ships
538
1.
General
538
2.
Conditions for Protection and Identification
540
3.
Rights and Obligations
542
4.
Discontinuance of Protection
546
5.
Personnel and Crew
547
11.
The Law of Neutrality / Michael Bathe
549
I.
General
549
II.
The Rights and Duties of Neutral States
559
1.
General Provisions
559
2.
War on Land
564
3.
Naval Warfare
565
a).
General
565
b).
Innocent passage through territorial sea and archipelagic waters; transit passage
568
c).
Control by the parties to the conflict
571
d).
Protection of neutral merchant shipping
574
4.
Aerial Warfare
576
5.
Military Uses of Outer Space
579
12.
The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict / Dieter Fleck
581
I.
General
581
II.
Applicable Law
597
III.
Legal Distinction between International and Non-International Armed Conflicts
603
IV.
Compliance
605
V.
Termination of Hostilities
609
13.
The Law of International Peace Operations / Ben F. Klappe
611
I.
General
611
II.
Applicable Law
618
III.
Mandates
626
IV.
Rules of Engagement (ROE)
631
V.
Search, Apprehension, and Detention
637
VI.
Child Soldiers
642
VII.
Humanitarian Assistance by Armed Forces
644
14.
Implementation and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law / Silja Voneky
647
I.
General
649
II.
Public Opinion
658
III.
Reciprocal Interests of the Parties to the Conflict
659
IV.
Maintenance of Discipline
659
V.
Reprisals
660
VI.
Command Responsibility
661
VII.
Penal and Disciplinary Measures
661
1.
War Crimes at National Courts
670
2.
War Crimes at International Courts
682
3.
Disciplinary Action
682
VIII.
Reparation
683
IX.
Protecting Powers and their Substitutes
685
X.
International Fact-Finding
688
XL.
The International Committee of the Red Cross
690
XII.
Implementation Roles of the UN
692
XIII.
The Security Council and International Humanitarian Law
694
XIV.
Diplomatic Activities
696
XV.
The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations
697
XVI.
National Implementing Measures
698
XVII.
Dissemination of Humanitarian Law
698
XVIII.
Personal Responsibility of the Individual
699
Annex: Distinctive Emblems
701
Index
703