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An Introduction to the International Law of Armed Conflicts (eBook)

Robert Kolb, Richard Hyde

ISBN13: 9781847317032

Published: September 2008

Publisher: Hart Publishing

Country of Publication: UK

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This book provides a modern and basic introduction to a branch of international law constantly gaining in importance in international life, namely international humanitarian law (the law of armed conflict). It is constructed in a way suitable for self-study.

The subject-matters are discussed in self-contained chapters, allowing each to be studied independently of the others. Among the subject-matters discussed are, inter alia:-

the Relationship between jus ad bellum / jus in bello;
Historical Evolution of IHL;
Basic Principles and Sources of IHL;
Martens Clause;
International and Non-International Armed Conflicts;
Material, Spatial, Personal and Temporal Scope of Application of IHL;
Special Agreements under IHL;
Role of the ICRC;
Targeting;
Objects Specifically Protected against Attack;
Prohibited Weapons;
Perfidy;
Reprisals;
Assistance of the Wounded and Sick;
Definition of Combatants;
Protection of Prisoners of War;
Protection of Civilians;
Occupied Territories;
Protective Emblems;
Sea Warfare;
Neutrality;
Implementation of IHL.

Subjects:: Public International Law, International Criminal Law, eBooks

Contents:: Part I Introduction; 1. The Law of Armed Conflict as a Branch of Public International Law; 2. Jus Ad Bellum: Main Components 9; 3. Jus In Bello: Main Components; 4. The Separation Between Jus Ad Bellum and Jus In Bello in Modern International Law: Equality of the Belligerents and Just War; 5. Total War and Limited War; Part II The Law of Armed Conflicts; 6. Historical Evolution of the LOAC; 7. Basic Principles of the LOAC; 8. Main Sources of the LOAC; 9. The Martens Clause; 10. International and Non-International Armed Conflicts; 11. Applicability of the LOAC: Material Scope of Applicability; 12. Applicability of the LOAC: Personal Scope of Applicability; 13. Applicability of the LOAC: Spatial Scope of Applicability; 14. Applicability of the LOAC: Temporal Scope of Applicability; 15. Applicability of the LOAC by Special Agreements; 16. The Role of the International Committee of the Red Cross; 17. Targeting: the Principle of Distinction Between Civilian and Military Objectives; 18. Other Objectives Specifically Protected Against Attack; 19. Prohibited Weapons; 20. Perfidy and Ruses; 21. Some Other Prohibited Means and Methods of Warfare; 22. Belligerent Reprisals 173; 23. Command Responsibility; 24. Assistance, Respect and Protection of Wounded and Sick Military Persons; 25. The Definition of Combatants; 26. Protection of Prisoners of War; 27. General Protection of Civilians; 28. Occupied Territories (Belligerent Occupation); 29. The ‘Intangible’ Nature of the LOAC Rights; 30. Protective Emblems; 31. Sea Warfare; 32. Non-International Armed Conflicts in Particular; 33. The Relationship Between the LOAC and Human Rights Law; 34. Neutrality; 35. The Implementation of the LOAC