The Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflict
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- Author: Yoram Dinstein, Tel-Aviv University
- Date Published: May 2006
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A companion volume to the author's seminal textbook War, Aggression and Self-Defence, Third Edition, Cambridge (2001), this book focuses on issues arising in the course of hostilities between States, with an emphasis on the most recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The main themes considered by Yoram Dinstein are lawful and unlawful combatants, war crimes, including command responsibility and defences, prohibited weapons, the distinction between combatants and civilians, legitimate military objectives, and the protection of the environment and cultural property. Numerous specific topics that have attracted much interest in recent hostilities are addressed, such as human shields, feigned surrenders, collateral damage and proportionality, belligerent reprisals and weapons of mass destruction.
Read more- A companion volume to the author's seminal textbook War, Aggression and Self-Defence, Third Edition, Cambridge (2001)
- Examines the legal/illegal means and methods of warfare and legal/illegal targets for attack in warfare
- Considers what are the consequences of illegal actions (as above) by individuals
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' … a thorough and careful analysis of the rules governing the conduct of hostilities in international armed conflict … Dinstein's new textbook is not only a learned treatise but also a useful tool with a wealth of references to practice. The author's writing is also very accessible for its numerous qualities, this new textbook is expected to become a classic on the law governing the conduct of hostilities in international armed conflict.' Italian Yearbook of International Law
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- Date Published: May 2006
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511189593
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgement
Introduction
Table of cases
Table of treaties
List of abbreviations
Part I. The General Framework:
1. The sources
2. The semantics
3. Inter-state armed conflicts
4. Military necessity and humanitarian considerations
5. Humanitarian law and human rights
6. Dissemination
Part II. Lawful Combatancy:
7. Combatants and civilians
8. Lawful and unlawful combatants
9. The entitlement to prisoners of war status under customary international law
10. The Legal Position under Protocol I of 1977
11. A case study: the war in Afghanistan
12. Mercenaries
13. Armed merchant vessels
Part III. Prohibited Weapons:
14. Introduction
15. The principle prohibiting unnecessary suffering
16. Explicit prohibitions and restrictions of certain weapons
17. The status of nuclear weapons
18. Development of new weapons
Part IV. Legitimate Military Objectives:
19. The principle of distinction and military objectives
20. The definition of military objectives by nature, location, purpose and use
21. General problems relating to the scope of military objectives
22. Defended and undefended localities in land warfare
23. Special problems relating to sea warfare
24. Special problems relating to air warfare
Part V. The Protection of Civilians and Civilian Objects from Attack:
25. Definitions
26. Direct attacks against civilians
27. Indiscriminate attacks
28. The principle of proportionality
29. Legitimate collateral damage
30. Precautions in attack
31. Cessation of protection and 'human shields'
32. Starvation of civilians
Part VI. Measures of Special Protection:
33. Persons entitled to special protection
34. Cultural property and places of worship
35. Medical units
36. Works and installations containing dangerous forces
Part VII. Protection of the Environment:
37. Introduction
38. The international legal texts
39. The dissimilarities between the ENMOD convention and protocol I
40. A case study: setting fire to oil wells in the Gulf War
41. Conclusion
Part VIII. Other Methods and Means of Warfare:
42. Perfidy and ruses of war
43. Espionage
44. Seizure and destruction of enemy property
45. Belligerent reprisals
46. War crimes, command responsibility and defences
47. The definition of war crimes
48. The Distinction between war criminals and unlawful combatants
49. Command responsibility
50. Admissible and inadmissible defences
General conclusions
Index.
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