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. This fully updated second edition the work previously known as The Handbook of Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts sets out an international 'manual' ofhumanitarian 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 scopeof 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.
- ISBN: 978-0-19-923250-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 812
- Fecha Publicación: 24/01/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés