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- M. Sassòli, Legislation and Maintenance of Public Order and Civil Life by Occupying Powers, in European Journal of International Law, 2005, pp. 694-718.

 

- P. De Sena, F. De Vittor, State Immunity and Human Rights: The Italian Supreme Court Decision in the Ferrini Case, in European Journal of International Law, 2005, pp. 89-112.

 

- T. Meron, Judicial Independence and Impartiality in Interrnational Criminal Tribunals, in American Journal of International Law, 2005, p. 359 ff.

 

- M.N. Schmitt, Humanitarian law and direct participation in hostilities by private contractors or civilian employees, in Chicago Journal of International Law, 2005, p. 511 ff. 

 

- I. Scobbie, "Words my mother taught me" - in defense of the International Court, in American Journal of International Law, 2005, p. 76 ff.

 


 

 

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Highlights - Recent Books

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- J.-M. Henckaerts, L. Doswald-Beck, Customary International Humanitarian Law, Cambridge, 2005.

Vol. I - Rules - Analysis of customary rules of international humanitarian law applicable in international/non-international armed conflicts

Vol. II (Parts 1, 2) - Practice - Summary of relevant treaty law and state practice for each aspect of international humanitarian law

- N. Ronzitti (ed.), Current Issues in the International Humanitarian Law of Air Warfare, Utrecht, 2005.

- R. Arnold (ed.), International Humanitarian Law and the 21st Century's Conflicts, Lausanne, 2005.

- G. Mettreaux, International Crimes and the Ad Hoc Tribunals, Oxford, 2005.

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Selected Bibliography in International Humanitarian Law

 

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Selected Bibliography in International Humanitarian Law - General Minimize

C. Greenwood, The Law of War (International Humanitarian Law), in M.D. Evans, International Law, Oxford, 2003, pp. 789-823.

E. David, Principes de droit des conflits armés, Bruxelles, 2002.

T. Meron, The Continuing Role of Custom in the Formation of International Humanitarian Law, in American Journal of International Law, 1996, p. 238 ff.

D. Fleck, The Handbook of Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts, Oxford, 1995.

A.J.M Delissen, G.J. Tanja (eds), Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflict - Challenges Ahead: Essays in Honour of Frits Kaltshoven, Dordrecht,1991. 

Y. Sandoz, C. Swinarski, B. Zimmermann, Commentaire des Protocoles additionnels aux Conventions de Genève de 1949, Genève,1986.

G. Abi-Saab, The Specifities of Humanitarian Law, in Études et essais sur le droit international humanitaire et sur les principes de la Croix-Rouge en l'honneur de Jean Pictet, 1984, pp. 265-280.

C. Swinarski (ed.), Studies and Essays on International Humanitarian Law and Red Cross Principles in Honour of Jean Pictet, Geneva, 1984.

J. Pictet (ed.), Commentary on the IV Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Geneva, 1958.

H. Lauterpacht, The Problem of Revision of the Law of War, in British Yearbook of International Law, 1952, p. 382 ff.


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The Conduct of Hostilities Minimize

Y. Dinstein, The Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflict, Cambridge, 2004.

Y. Dinstein, Legitimate Military Objectives under the Current Jus in Bello, in Israel Yearbook on Human Rights, 2002, pp. 1-38.

A. Rogers, Law on the Battlefield, Manchester, 1996.


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(...) CoH: The Conduct of Hostilities at Sea Minimize

L. Doswald-Beck, San Remo Manual on International Law applicable to Armed Conflict at Sea, in N. Sanajaoba (ed.), A Manual of International Humanitarian Laws, New Delhi, 2004, pp. 124-135.


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(...) CoH: Weapons Minimize

 L. Boisson de Chazournes, P. Sands (eds), International Law, the International Court of Justice and Nuclear Weapons, Cambridge, 1999.

M. Kohen, L'avis consultatif de la CIJ sur la licéité de la menace ou de l'emploi d'armes nucléaires et la fonction judiciaire, in European Journal of International Law, 1997, pp. 336-362.


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(...) CoH: Prisoners of War Minimize

H.S. Levie, Prisoners of War in International Conflict, Newport, 1979.


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(...) CoH: Private Contractors Minimize

A. Behnsen, The Status of Mercenaries and other Illegal Combatants under International Humanitarian Law, in German Yearbook of International Law, 2003, pp. 494-536.

F.J. Hampson, Mercenaries: Diagnosis before Proscription, in Netherlands Yearbook of International Law, 1991, pp. 3-38.

E. Kwakwa, The Current Status of Mercenaries in the Law of Armed Conflict, in Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 1990, pp. 67-92.

C.M. Peters, Mercenaries and International Humanitarian Law, in Indian Journal of International Law, 1984, pp. 373-392.

A. Cassese, Mercenaries: Lawful Combatants or War Criminals?, in Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, 1980, pp. 1-30.

H.C. Burmester, The Recruitement and Use of Mercenaries in Armed Conflicts, in American Journal of International Law, 1978, pp. 37-56.

L.C. Green, The Status of Mercenaries under International Law, in Israel Yearbook of Human Rights, 1978, pp. 9-62.

G. Schwarzenberger, Terrorists, Guerrilleros, and Mercenaries, in Toledo Law Review, 1971, pp. 71-88.


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Internal Armed Conflicts Minimize

L. Moir, The Law of Internal Armed Conflicts, Cambridge, 2002.


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The Law of Occupation Minimize

M.J. Kelly, Iraq and the Law of Occupation: New Tests for an Old Law, in Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, 2003, pp. 128-165.

A. Roberts, The End of Occupation: Iraq 2004, in International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 2005, pp. 27-48

E. Benvenisti, The International Law of Occupation, Princeton and Oxford, 1993.

E. Playfair (ed.), International Law and the Administration of Occupied Territories, Oxford, 1989.

-, What is a Military Occupation?, in British Yearbook of International Law, 1984, pp.249-305.

G. Von Glahn, The Occupation of Enemy Territory - A Commentary on the Law and Practice of Belligerent Occupation, Minneapolis, 1957


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IHL and the Protection of the Environment Minimize

K. Bannelier, La protection de l'environnement en temps de conflit armé, Paris, 2001.

Y. Dinstein, Protection of the Environment in International Armed Conflict, in Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, 2001, pp. 523-549.

J.A. Austin (ed.), The Environmental Consequences of War, Cambridge, 2000.

A. Roberts, The Law of War and Environmental Damage, in J.A. Austin(ed.), The Environmental Consequences of War, Cambridge, 2000, pp. 47-86.

A. Bouvier; La protection de l’environnement naturel en période de conflit armé, in Revue internationale de la Croix Rouge, novembre- décembre 1991, p. 599 ff.

D. Momtaz, Les règles relatives à la protection de l’environnement aux cours des conflits armés à l’épreuve du conflit entre l’Irak et le Koweit, in Annuaire Français de Droit International, 1991, p. 203 ff.



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Humanitarian Law / Human Rights (relationship) Minimize

L. Doswald-Beck, Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law: Are there some Individual Bereft of All Legal Protection?, in Proceedings of the American Society of International Law, 2004, pp. 353-358.

H-J. Heintze, On the Relationship between Human Rights Law Protection and International Humanitarian Law, in International Review of the Red Cross, 2004, pp. 789-813.

D. Weissbrodt, P.L. Hicks, Implementation of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in Situations of Armed Conflict, in N. Sanajaoba (ed.), A Manual of International Humanitarian Laws, New Delhi, 2004, pp. 325-347.

R. Provost, International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Cmabridge, 2002.

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Grave Breaches, War Crimes, and the Enforcement of IHL Minimize

G. Abi Saab, The Concept of "War Crimes", in S. Yee, W. Tieya (eds), International Law in the post-Cold War: Essays in Memory of Li Haopei, London, 2001, pp. 99-118.

L. Boisson de Chazournes, L. Condorelli, Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions Revisited: Protecting Collective Interests, in Revue internationale de la Croix Rouge , 2000, pp. 67-87.

F. Kalshoven, The Undertaking to Respect and Ensure Respect in All Circumstances: From Tiny Seed to Ripening Fruit, in Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, 1999, p. 1 ff.

Y. Dinstein, M. Tabory (eds), War Crimes in International Law, The Hague, 1996.

F. Kaltshoven, Quelques remarques sur l’obligation des États de ‘respecter et faire respecter’ le droit international humanitaire ‘en toute circumstance’, in Swinarski (ed.), Studies and Essays on International Humanitarian Law and Red Cross Principles in Honour of Jean Pictet, Geneva, 1984, p. 17 ff.

Kessler, The Duty to ‘Ensure Respect’ Under Common Article 1 of the Geneva Conventions: Its Implications on International and Non-International Armed Conflicts, in German Yearbook of International Law, 2001, p. 498 ff.

P. Benvenuti, Ensuring Observance of International Humanitarian Law, in Yearbook of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, 1989-1990, p. 27 ff.



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IHL, History, Religion, and Literature Minimize

H. Lauterpacht, Some Biblical Problems of the Law of War, in E. Lauterpacht (ed.), Hersch Lauterpacht - International Law, Collected Papers, Cambridge, 2004, pp. 715-727.

E. Morgan, Slaughterhouse-Six: Updating the Law  of  War, in German Law Journal, Vol. 5, No. 5.

T. Meron, Crimes and Accountability in Shakespeare,  in American Journal of International Law, 1998, pp.  1-40. 

Id., Francis Lieber's  code and principles of humanity, in Politics, values,  and functions, 1997, pp. 249-260.

Id., On Custom and the Antecedents of the Martens  Clause in  Medieval and Renaissance Ordinances of War, in U.  Beyerlin  (ed.), Recht zwischen Umbruch und Bewahrung,  1995, pp. 173-186.

Id., Henry's Wars and Shakespeare's  Laws, Oxford, 1993.


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