Customary international humanitarian law

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Customary international humanitarian law
2005, Cambridge University Press
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Table of 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 civilians 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.

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Description based on PDF title page (viewed Apr. 22, 2010).

Vol 1: "Reprinted with corrections 2009"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cambridge, New York

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KZ6471

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1 online resource (2 v. in 3)

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OL25269599M
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2011525486
OCLC/WorldCat
608540507

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