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International Humanitarian Law : Theory, Practice, Context.
This book is about international humanitarian law or - as it is also called - the ""law of armed conflict""or ""law of war"". It emerged from a series of lectures delivered at the Hague Academy of International Law. The author deals with war and the means by w...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Dordrecht :
BRILL,
2011.
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| Colección: | Pocket Books of the Hague Academy of International Law//Les livres de poche de l'Académie de droit international de La Haye.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- COPYRIGHT; Hague aCademy of InternatIonaL Law; International humanitarian law:theory, practice, context; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW :A UNIQUE REGIME; I. Jus ad Bellum and Jus in Bello; II. Origins and Development; A. Formative ideas; B. The Law of Geneva and the Law of The Hague; III. Specific Aspects; IV. Three Fundamental Dichotomies; A. "International" and "non-international" armed conflicts; B. Combatants and non-combatants 49; C. Actors and modes of implementation.
- CHAPTER II CONSTRAINTS OF WAR -HOLDING THE CENTRE 57I. General Remarks and Cardinal Principles; A. General remarks; B. Cardinal principles : the shift from a "horizontal"to a "vertical", or "quasi-constitutional", order; C. Humanity; D. Military necessity; E. Proportionality; (a) General considerations; (b) Environmental protection as a case in point; F. Distinction; (a) General remarks; (b) Direct participation of civilians in hostilities; (c) Summing up and some examples; II. Constraints in the Use of and Ban on Weapons; A. General remarks; B. Banning weapons; (a) An impressive development.
- (B) Most recent example : the ban on cluster bombsC. Constraints on the use of arms ; small arms as a case in point; D. Prohibition of nuclear weapons : relative or absolute?; III. Concluding Remarks : Making the Law Effective; A. New weapons, means and methods of warfare; B. Citizens taking centre stage; CHAPTER III HUMAN VALUES AND THEIR POTENTIAL :TWO WORLDS OR ONE?; I. From the Genius Loci to the Genius Orbis?; II. International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law : Structures and Processes; A. Three theoretical models 176 : predominance of the theory of overlapping circles.
- B. The rule of complementarity and the doctrine of lex specialisC. Symbiosis in living practice : the doctrine of convergence; (a) Non-international armed conflicts as a source of growth for international law; (b) Areas in need of development; (1) Procedural principles and safeguards for internmentand administrative detention in armedconflicts and other situations of violence199; (2) Internally displaced persons; (3) Missing persons; (c) Belligerent occupation 208; III. Accountability : Procedures and Mechanisms; A. Human rights mechanisms 222; B. Individual criminal responsibility.
- (A) Elements of the idea and its first applications(b) A new era : the tribunals for Rwanda and theformer Yugoslavia; (c) The International Criminal Court; (d) Hybrid tribunals : anchoring criminal justicelocally; (e) International and internationalized criminaltribunals : an assessment; C. Truth and reconciliation commissions; IV. Genius Mundi : Globalization and Law; CHAPTER IV RELIGION AND INTERNATIONA LHUMANITARIAN LAW:SUPPORT AND TENSION; I.A Difficult Relationship; II. World Religions and World Views; A. Confucianism; B. Hinduism; C. Buddhism; D. Judaism and Christianity; (a) Judaism.