<p>Kalshoven's 1987 work for the International Committee of the Red Cross examines the laws of armed conflict that protect non-combatants and, in some cases, those directly involved in war. He describes the events that led to the Protocols of 1977. He then examines the contents of the protocols and their implications to The Hague (the means and method</p>

Constraints on the Waging of War

Kalshoven, Frits

Foreign & International Law

International Committee of the Red Cross

Constraints on the Waging of War: An Introduction to International Humanitarian Law

<p>This fully revised fourth edition of Constraints on the Waging of War considers the development of the principal rules of international humanitarian law from their origins to the present day. Of particular focus are the rules governing weapons and the legal instruments through which respect for the law can be enforced. Combining theory and actual practice, this book appeals to specialists as well as to students turning to the subject for the first time.</p>

Zegveld, Liesbeth

Cambridge University Press

The papers collected in this volume span a 35-year period of active involvement in the 'reaffirmation and development of international humanitarian law'. A process under that name started in 1971 and ended in 1977 with the adoption of two Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, one for international and one for internal armed conflicts. Subsequent developments brought a narrowing of this gap between international and internal armed conflicts, as well as growing recognition of the interplay between the law of armed conflict and human rights, the rediscovery of individual criminal liability for violations of international humanitarian law, the introduction of further prohibitions or restrictions on the use of specified weapons, and so on.In contrast with these positive developments, the period was negatively characterised by increasing disrespect, not only for some or other minor rule (such as what to do with cash taken from a prisoner of war at the time of his capture) but for the very principles underlying the entire body of the law of armed conflict: respect for the other as a human being and, hence, humane treatment of prisoners of war and other detainees, protection of civilians...Throughout the period, the author's activities ranged from participation in lawmaking and law interpreting exercises, through attempts at explaining the law of armed conflict in its historical context and making propaganda for its faithful implementation, to critical or even bewildered observance of actual events. The papers brought together here reflect these diverse angles.

Reflections on the Law of War: Collected Essays (International Humanitarian Law)

Brill Nijhoff

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Constraints on the Waging of War

Constraints on the Waging of War: An Introduction to International Humanitarian Law

Constraints on the Waging of War: An Introduction to International Humanitarian Law

Reflections on the Law of War: Collected Essays (International Humanitarian Law)