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Law and International Humanitarianism

2023
Abstract Chapter 14 explores the interactions between law and international humanitarianism. First, it outlines the main processes of international law-making. Second, it introduces the main bodies of international law with salience for humanitarian action and outcomes: international humanitarian law (IHL), international refugee law (IRL)
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Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law

2009
International 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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Chinese Humanitarian Law and International Humanitarian Law

2012
The development of international humanitarian law is traditionally associated with the awakening of a humanitarian consciousness in Europe and North America. The history of Ancient China is a veritable catalogue of bloodshed and conflict. Violations of international humanitarian law are largely punished in international criminal courts and tribunals ...
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Terrorism and international humanitarian law

2008
This chapter focuses on the threshold issue when international humanitarian law (IHL) applies to violence involving terrorism or terrorist groups, in the context of international or non-international armed conflicts. It discusses the particularly complex problem of ‘transnational’ violence and the geographical and temporal scope of hostilities. It then
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25. International humanitarian law

2017
This 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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Advanced Introduction to International Humanitarian Law

, 2015
Contents: Foreword 1. The Main Epochs of Modern International Humanitarian Law and their Related Legal Constructions 2. International Armed Conflict and Non-International Armed Conflict 3.
R. Kolb
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Humanitarian Law, International

2000
International 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

1987
International 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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Water as a Weapon and Casualty of Conflict: Freshwater and International Humanitarian Law

Water resources management, 2019
P. Gleick
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International humanitarian law

2008
In 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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