The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law, 4th Edition

International Law

The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law, 4th Edition

By Dieter Fleck
Oxford University Press November 2024

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9780198945826
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
November 2024
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Paperback
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International ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law sets out a black letter text of international humanitarian law accompanied by case analysis and extensive explanatory commentary by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts.

This is the fourth edition of this influential and comprehensive handbook. It has been extensively updated and revised, taking into account recent legal developments, such as the 2017 Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty, as well as the ongoing debate on many old and new issues. Areas covered by the book include the notion of direct participation in hostilities; air and missile warfare; military operations in outer space; military cyber operations; belligerent occupation; operational detention; and the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflict. The continuing need to consider borderline issues of the law of armed conflict as well as the interplay of international humanitarian law, human rights law, and other branches of international law is highlighted.

This Handbook provides an in-depth understanding of the development and current problems of the law of armed conflicts. It considers legal and policy issues both from the views of academics and military and diplomatic practitioners. Finally - and most importantly - it offers a complete account of activities that should be taken to improve the implementation and enforcement of international humanitarian law.

Table of Contents

Dieter Fleck: Introduction
1: Mary Ellen O'Connell: Historical Development and Legal Basis
2: Jann K. Kleffner: Scope of Application of International Humanitarian Law
3: Knut Ipsen: Combatants and Non-Combatants
4: Stefan Oeter: Means and Methods of Combat
5: Knut Dörmann and Hans-Peter Gasser: Protection of the Civilian Population
6: Jann K. Kleffner and Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg: Protection of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked
7: Horst Fischer: Protection of Prisoners in Armed Conflict
8: Nilendra Kumar: Protection of Religious Personnel
9: Roger O'Keefe: Protection of Cultural Property
10: Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg: The Law of Armed Conflict at Sea
11: Michael Bothe: The Law of Neutrality
12: Dieter Fleck: The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict
13: Ben F. Klappe: The Law of International Peace Operations
14: Silja Vöneky: Implementation and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law

About the Author

Dieter Fleck, Dr.iur. (Cologne), is the Former Director International Agreements and Policy, Federal Ministry of Defence, Germany; Honorary President of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War; Member of the Advisory Board of the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL); former Chairman of the Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament Law of the International Law Association, and Rapporteur of its new Committee on Nuclear Weapons, Non-proliferation and Contemporary International Law. He is the author of publications on the law of peace and security, international humanitarian law, and the law of visiting forces.

 

Contributors: 
Professor Michael Bothe -Universität Frankfurt 
Dr Knut Dörmann - International Committee of the Red Cross
Professor Horst Fischer - Leiden University, Academic Director of the Institut für riedenssicherungsrecht und Humanitäres Völkerrecht, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Dr Hans-Peter Gasser - formerly Senior Legal Advisor of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Editor of the International Review of the Red Cross 
Professor Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg - Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder) 
Professor Knut Ipsen - , Ruhr-Universität Bochum, former President of the German Red Cross 
Ben F. Klappe - Military Judge in the District Court, Arnhem
Dr Jann K. Kleffner - Swedish National Defence College 
Major General Nilendra Kumar, AVSM, VSM - Judge Advocate General of the Army, Integrated Headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, New Delhi 
Professor Mary Ellen O'Connell - University of Notre Dame
Dr Roger O'Keefe - Cambridge University
Professor Stefan Oeter - Direktor des Instituts für Internationale Angelegenheiten, Universität Hamburg 
Professor Silja Vöneky - Institut für Staatswissenschaft und Rechtsphilosophie, Universität Freiburg

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