The Oxford Guide to International Humanitarian Law,BEN SAUL AND DAPO AKANDE

-Résumé

This Oxford Guide to International Humanitarian Law is intended  ( IHL) as a practical yet sophisticated overview of the subject for professionals who are not necessarily IHL experts, but who work in fields where IHL may be relevant. These may include government officials (lawyers and decision- or policy-makers in defence, foreign affairs, foreign aid and development, policing, human rights, or other areas); military officers (such as military lawyers,

judges, planners, or commanders); civilian judges, prosecutors, and defence lawyers in national or international courts; United Nations entities; peacekeepers; humanitarians; development actors; the human rights community; investors or corporations; and civil society

(including media, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and think tanks), as well as

university students and researchers.)as a practical yet sophisticated overview of the subject for professionals who are not necessarily IHL experts,
but who work in fields where IHL may be relevant. These may include government officials
(lawyers and decision- or policy-makers in defence, foreign affairs, foreign aid and development, policing, human rights, or other areas); military officers (such as military lawyers,
judges, planners, or commanders); civilian judges, prosecutors, and defence lawyers in national or international courts; United Nations entities; peacekeepers; humanitarians; development actors; the human rights community; investors or corporations; and civil society
(including media, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and think tanks), as well as
university students and researchers.

The Handbook covers all of the classical IHL topics: history and sources; classification
of conflicts (international—including occupation—and non-international), and their temporal and geographical scope; the different domains of warfare (air, land, and sea, and potentially outer space and the cyber domain); how IHL categorizes actors (fighters, civilians,
and others) and what general and special protections apply to them (from humanitarian
aid to detention and trial); the conduct of hostilities (including basic principles such as humanity, necessity and proportionality, and the means and methods of warfare, including weapons); humanitarian relief operations; and implementation and enforcement (including war crimes liabilities).
Along the way, the chapters discuss contemporary challenges and controversies in IHL, including, among others, the interaction of IHL with human rights, with terrorism and counter-terrorism, and with United Nations Security Council measures; new technologies (such as cyber operations and autonomous weapons); how to classify conflicts involving non-state armed groups on the territory of more than one state; the targeting of civilians taking a direct part in hostilities; and the lawfulness of detention in non-international armed conflict.

Many of these issues remain unsettled, and the Handbook deftly charts their contours, so that interested professionals can readily grasp and seek to navigate through them

-Contents
Table of Cases xi
Table of Legislation xvii
1. History and Sources                                                                                              1
  Jean-Marie Henckaerts
2. Classification of Armed Conflicts                                                                      29
  Dapo Akande
3. The Temporal and Geographic Reach of International Humanitarian Law    57
  Emily Crawford
4. Domains of Warfare                                                                                             77
  Sarah McCosker
5. Persons Covered by International Humanitarian Law: Main Categories       99
  Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne
6. Fundamental Guarantees                                                                                 125
  Robert McLaughlin
7. International Humanitarian Law and the Conduct of Hostilities                   147
  Michael N Schmitt
8. Specifically Protected Persons and Objects                                                  175
  Robin Geiß and Christophe Paulussen
9. Protection of the Natural Environment                                                           205
  Cymie R Payne
10. Methods of Warfare                                                                                         235
  Gloria Gaggioli and Nils Melzer
11. Weapons                                                                                                           261
  Stuart Casey-Maslen
12. Detention in Armed Conflict                                                                           277
  Jelena Pejic
13. Occupation                                                                                                      299
  Sylvain Vité
14. Humanitarian Relief Operations 319
  Eve Massingham and Kelisiana Thynne
15. War Crimes 339
  Robert Cryer

16. Implementation of International Humanitarian Law                                     359
  David Turns
17. International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law      381
  Marco Sassòli
18. Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and International Humanitarian Law          403
  Ben Saul
Index                                                                                                                       425

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Date de parution : 7 Mai 2020

Publisher : OUP Oxford

N.de pages : 476 pages

ASIN : B087XC9TVD

Language:  English