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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jean-Marie Henckaerts; Louise Doswald-Beck; Carolin Alvermann; International Committee of the Red Cross.; et al |
| ISBN: | 0521539250 9780521539258 0521808995 9780521808996 0521005280 9780521005289 052180888X 9780521808880 0521839378 9780521839372 0521831555 9780521831550 |
| OCLC Number: | 58455274 |
| Description: | 2 v. in 3 ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | v. 1. Rules -- v. 2., pt. 1-2. Practice. The principle of distinction. Distinction between civilians and combatants -- Distinction between civilian objects and military objectives -- Indiscriminate attacks -- Proportionality in attack -- Precautions in attack -- Precautions against the effects of attacks -- Specifically protected persons and objects. Medical and religious personnel and objects -- Humanitarian relief personnel and objects -- Personnel and objects involved in a peacekeeping mission -- Journalists -- Protected zones -- Cultural property -- Works and installations containing dangerous forces -- The natural environment -- Specific methods of warfare. Denial of quarter -- Destruction and seizure of property -- Starvation and access to humanitarian relief -- Deception -- Communication with the enemy -- Use of weapons. General principles on the use of weapons -- Poison -- Nuclear Weapons -- Biological weapons -- Chemical weapons -- Expanding bullets -- Exploding bullets -- Weapons primarily injuring by non-detectable fragments -- Booby-traps -- Landmines -- Incendiary weapons -- Blinding laser weapons -- Treatment of protected persons and persons hors de combat. Fundamental guarantees -- Combatants and prisoner-of-war status -- The wounded, sick and shipwrecked -- The dead -- Missing persons -- Persons deprived of their liberty -- Displacement and displaced persons -- Other persons afforded specific protection -- Implementation. Compliance with international humanitarian law -- Enforcement of international humanitarian law -- Responsibility and reparation -- Individual responsibility -- War crimes. Appendices: Treaties -- Status of ratifications -- Other instruments -- Military manuals -- National legislation -- National case-law -- International case-law -- Resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council -- Resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly -- Resolutions adopted by ECOSOC -- Resolutions adopted by the UN Commission on Human Rights -- Resolutions adopted by the UN Sub-commission on Human Rights -- Resolutions adopted by other International Organisations -- Resolutions adopted by the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent -- Resolutions adopted by the Council of Delegates of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement. |
| Responsibility: | International Committee of the Red Cross ; [edited by] Jean-Marie Henckaerts and Louise Doswald-Beck ; with contributions by Carolin Alvermann ... [et al.]. |
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