By Dieter Fleck

Description

• Sets out an international manual of humanitarian law in armed conflicts accompanied by extensive explanatory commentary and case analysis
• New chapters examining the increasingly important issues of international peace operations, the law of non-international armed conflicts, and of enforcement through trials for war crimes in national and international courts
• Examines the impact on humanitarian law of decisions in the US courts on Guantanamo Bay

New to this edition

• Sets out an international manual of humanitarian law in armed conflicts accompanied by extensive explanatory commentary
• New discussions of humanitarian law and the war on terror, and of the role of the UN security council
• Exploration of humanitarian laws interaction with human rights law and international criminal law
• New examination of the relevance of International Humanitarian Law in peacetime and post-conflict military operations and a new chapter covering international peace operations
• New chapter examining the law of non-international armed conflicts
• New discussion of enforcement through trials for war crimes in national and international courts

This fully updated second edition the work previously known as The Handbook of Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts sets out an international manual of humanitarian law in armed conflicts accompanied by case analysis and extensive explanatory commentary by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts.

Topics examined include the historical development, legal basis, and scope of application of international humanitarian law; methods and means of combat; protection of the civilian population, and of the wounded, sick or shipwrecked, and of prisoners of war; the protection of cultural property; the law of neutrality; and the enforcement of international humanitarian law.

This edition also incorporates new chapters covering the law of non-international armed conflicts and international peace operations. Highly topical issues including the role of the UN security council, the relevance of International Humanitarian Law in peacetime and post-conflict military operations, and enforcement through trials for war crimes in national and international courts are also discussed.

Readership: Practising lawyers and academics with an interest in international humanitarian law, civil servants, legal staff and military personnel instructing armed forces

Authors, editors, and contributors

Edited by Dieter Fleck, Formerly Director for International Agreements & Policy, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany; Honorary President, International Society for Military Law and the Law of War

Published Year: 2008 Format: Hard Back ISBN: 978-0-19-923250-5 Publisher: Oxford University Press No of Pages: 812 Our Price: £ 95.00 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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