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Humanizing the laws of war : the Red Cross and the development of international humanitarian law /

"Over the past 150 years, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been one of the main drivers of progressive development in international humanitarian law, whilst assuming various roles in the humanization of the laws of war. With select contributions from international experts...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Geiss, Robin (Editor ), Zimmermann, Andreas (Editor ), Haumer, Stefanie, 1978- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement and the development of international humanitarian law / Stefanie Haumer, Robin Geiss and Andreas Zimmermann
  • The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions of 1949 / Robert Heinsch
  • The International Committee of the Red Cross and the additional protocols of 1977 / Michael Bothe
  • The International Committee of the Red Cross and the clarification of customary international humanitarian law / Jean-Marie Henckaerts
  • The International Committee of the Red Cross' "interpretive guidance on the notion of direct participation in hostilities": see a little light / Robert Cryer
  • Development of treaties limiting or prohibiting the use of certain weapons : the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross / Kathleen Lawand and Isabel Robinson
  • Between "constructive engagement", "collusion" and "critical distance" : the International Committee of the Red Cross and the development of international criminal law / Carsten Stahn
  • The International Committee of the Red Cross : a unique actor in the field of international humanitarian law creation and progressive development / Robin Geiss and Andreas Zimmermann.