INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

A COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abbreviations………………………………………………………………………………. 6
Foreword……………………………………………………………………………………… 9
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….12
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION TO IHL ………………………………………………………….15
I. Definition and core principles of IHL……………………………….17
II. Sources of IHL………………………………………………………………….21
III. IHL in the international legal order…………………………………..26
IV. A brief history of IHL and some contemporary
challenges…………………………………………………………………………34
CHAPTER 2
SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF IHL……………………………………………..49
I. Relevance and definition of the term “armed conflict”………51
II. Distinction between international and non-international
armed conflict…………………………………………………………………..53
III. International armed conflicts……………………………………………54
IV. Belligerent occupation………………………………………………………60
V. Non-international armed conflicts……………………………………66
VI. Armed conflicts subject to foreign intervention………………..73
CHAPTER 3
THE CONDUCT OF HOSTILITIES …………………………………………….77
I. Protection of the civilian population ………………………………..80
II. Protection of civilian objects, and of certain areas and
institutions ……………………………………………………………………….91
III. Proportionality, precautions and presumptions ………………100
IV. Methods of warfare …………………………………………………………104
V. Means of warfare …………………………………………………………….109
VI. Specific issues arising in non-international armed
conflicts ………………………………………………………………………….125
CHAPTER 4
THE WOUNDED AND SICK AND THE MEDICAL MISSION ……131
I. The wounded, the sick and the shipwrecked……………………134
II. Medical and religious personnel ……………………………………..137
III. Medical units and transports ………………………………………….142
IV. Hospital, safety and neutralized zones…………………………….149
V. The distinctive emblems………………………………………………….151
VI. The missing and the dead………………………………………………..155
VII. Specific issues arising in non-international armed
conflicts ………………………………………………………………………….162
CHAPTER 5
DETENTION AND INTERNMENT……………………………………………169
I. The relevance of “status” in the context of detention ……….171
II. Internment of prisoners of war ……………………………………….178
III. Internment and detention of civilians …………………………….190
IV. Specific issues arising in non-international armed
conflicts ………………………………………………………………………….208
CHAPTER 6
CIVILIANS IN ENEMY-CONTROLLED TERRITORY………………… 219
I. General protection of civilians in the power
of the enemy……………………………………………………………………222
II. Enemy nationals in the territory of a belligerent party…….233
III. Inhabitants of occupied territories…………………………………..237
IV. Humanitarian assistance …………………………………………………250
V. Specific issues arising in non-international armed
conflicts ………………………………………………………………………….255
CHAPTER 7
IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF IHL …………………263
I. Factors influencing compliance with IHL ……………………….265
II. Duty of belligerents “to respect and to ensure respect” ……268
III. Ensuring respect at international level…………………………….274
IV. State responsibility and reparations ………………………………..281
V. Individual criminal responsibility for violations
of IHL …………………………………………………………………………….285
VI. Judicial enforcement……………………………………………………….293
VII. Non-judicial enforcement……………………………………………….298
VIII. Specific issues arising in non-international armed
conflicts ………………………………………………………………………….304
CHAPTER 8
THE SPECIAL ROLE OF THE ICRC…………………………………………..311
I. Purpose and status of the ICRC………………………………………313
II. Legal basis for ICRC action …………………………………………….316
III. The ICRC as the “guardian of IHL”………………………………….322
INDEX……………………………………………………………………………332
REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………352
ICRC learning tools and publications………………………………………..352
ICRC databases…………………………………………………………………………354
ICRC newsletters………………………………………………………………………355

Автор	Nils Melzer Coordinated by Etienne Kuster
Рiк видання	2016
Мова	англійська
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