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25. International humanitarian law
2017This chapter examines international humanitarian law, the principal body of international law which applies in times of armed conflict, and which seeks to balance the violence inherent in an armed conflict with the dictates of humanity. International humanitarian law protects the civilian population from the ravages of conflict, and establishes ...
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Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law
2009International humanitarian law forms part of international criminal law. The international criminal law of war crimes in turn forms part of international humanitarian law. International criminal law and its application through international criminal tribunals (international criminal justice) are increasingly important for the implementation of ...
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2018
This chapter explores European influence on Ottoman captivity in the 1850s–1870s, through the humanitarian movement, including the Red Cross, and the codified law it spawned: the Geneva Convention and the Brussels Convention. Humanitarianism, during the Crimean War, led the Porte to end the wartime enslavement of civilians.
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This chapter explores European influence on Ottoman captivity in the 1850s–1870s, through the humanitarian movement, including the Red Cross, and the codified law it spawned: the Geneva Convention and the Brussels Convention. Humanitarianism, during the Crimean War, led the Porte to end the wartime enslavement of civilians.
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2014
Valuing diverse perspectives is a key feature of critical pedagogy and global citizenship. Exploring tools, methods, and partnerships that foster dialogue, critical thinking, and respect for diversity in relation to teaching and learning is the topic of this research.
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Valuing diverse perspectives is a key feature of critical pedagogy and global citizenship. Exploring tools, methods, and partnerships that foster dialogue, critical thinking, and respect for diversity in relation to teaching and learning is the topic of this research.
Mary Jane Harkins +3 more
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International Humanitarian Law
1987International humanitarian law applicable in armed conflict has been codified in two parallel streams known, somewhat confusingly, as the law of Geneva and the law of the Hague. The law of Geneva was designed to ensure respect, protection, and humane treatment of those who are taking no direct part in the fighting (wounded, sick, or shipwrecked ...
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Humanitarian Law, International
2000International humanitarian law emerged after the Second World War in the framework of the law of armed conflicts. At the request of the 26th International Conference on the Red Cross and the Red Crescent movement in December 1995, the ICRC undertook a study on customary international humanitarian law. The main objective of the study was to fill some of
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International humanitarian law
2008In addition to prescribing laws governing resort to force ( jus ad bellum ), international law also seeks to regulate the conduct of hostilities ( jus in bello ). These principles cover, for example, the treatment of prisoners of war, civilians in occupied territory, sick and wounded personnel, prohibited methods of warfare and human rights in ...
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