Richard Burchill, Nigel D. White, Justin Morris0521845319, 9780521845311, 9780511126321
Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Half-title……Page 3
Title……Page 5
Copyright……Page 6
Contents……Page 7
The Reverend Professor Hilaire McCoubrey 1953–2000……Page 11
McCoubrey Centre for International Law……Page 12
Contributors……Page 13
Foreword: There are men too gentle to live among wolves……Page 18
Abbreviations……Page 21
Introduction……Page 23
Law and war: the theory of constraint……Page 26
The logic of formal limitations upon armed force……Page 27
Philosophies and wars……Page 28
The viability of constraints upon the conduct of hostilities……Page 31
Transgressions of the laws of armed conflict……Page 36
Laws of armed conflict and human rights……Page 39
Conclusion……Page 40
Introduction……Page 43
The Cold War period……Page 44
Falklands War……Page 45
1970–1980……Page 46
1990–1991 Gulf War……Page 47
The Balkans……Page 49
The present position……Page 51
An operational law branch……Page 52
Conclusion……Page 53
Introduction……Page 54
The duty to educate……Page 55
Mistake of law in the Rome Statute……Page 59
Objections to and evasions of the existing position in respect of mistake of law under the Rome Statute……Page 62
Mistakes of law under the Rome Statute in theoretical perspective……Page 65
Conclusion……Page 68
Introduction……Page 71
The history of the defence……Page 72
What is the purpose of the superior orders defence?……Page 74
Superior orders and other defences……Page 77
Article 33: a flawed formulation?……Page 81
Conclusion……Page 89
The trials and tribulations of command……Page 90
The First World War: civil or criminal responsibility……Page 92
Yamashita: did he know?……Page 93
Post 1945 developments……Page 96
Celebici……Page 98
International Criminal Court……Page 101
Bringing the threads together……Page 104
Introduction……Page 106
The emblem issue……Page 108
Identifying sign for protection……Page 109
Close connection between the Geneva Conventions and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement……Page 110
Why a red cross on a white background?……Page 111
Not a religious symbol, but………Page 113
Involvement of the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies……Page 115
Main current problems and the proposed solution……Page 116
Draft Third Additional Protocol……Page 119
Current situation……Page 125
Way forward……Page 126
Article 2 Indicative use of the third Protocol emblem……Page 129
Introduction……Page 130
Traditional dichotomy in international humanitarian law……Page 131
Eroding the dichotomy……Page 135
The protection of victims……Page 137
The conduct of hostilities……Page 138
Statute of the International Criminal Court……Page 141
The problem with unification……Page 147
Future prospects……Page 149
Introduction……Page 151
Terrorism: at the vanishing point of international law……Page 153
Regulating extra-legal violence: a paradox?……Page 160
International armed conflict……Page 162
Non-international armed conflict……Page 168
Limits of humanitarian law……Page 173
Humanitarian law and its relationship to other anti-terrorist rules……Page 176
Concluding thoughts……Page 179
Military objectives……Page 182
1990–1991 Gulf War……Page 183
1999 Kosovo Air Campaign……Page 184
Targets attacked……Page 185
Dual-use facilities……Page 186
Targeting results……Page 187
Incidental effects……Page 188
Military utility……Page 191
Anticipatory attacks……Page 192
Hostages……Page 194
Mobile targets……Page 195
Chinese embassy……Page 196
Armed civilians……Page 197
Special police……Page 198
Electrical installations……Page 201
Industry……Page 202
Economic targets……Page 203
Military objectives……Page 204
Objects protected from attack……Page 205
Introduction……Page 207
Limits of the term ‘within their jurisdiction’ when armed forces are acting outside national territory……Page 211
Where a state imposes ‘effective control’ over an area outside its national territory……Page 217
Where a state does not have effective control of an area outside its national territory……Page 218
Where the ECHR state is taking part in a UN peace support operation……Page 219
Role of national law……Page 220
Application of the ECHR during an international armed conflict……Page 221
Killing during an international armed conflict……Page 222
Prohibition against torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment……Page 223
Rights when detained……Page 224
Right to a fair trial……Page 226
Conclusion……Page 229
Postscript……Page 230
11: Regional organizations and the promotion and protection of democracy as a contribution to international peace and security……Page 231
Regionalism and international law……Page 232
Regional arrangements and the United Nations……Page 235
Organization of American States……Page 242
The OSCE and the High Commissioner on National Minorities……Page 248
Conclusion……Page 255
Introduction……Page 257
Pre-emptive defence……Page 258
Military actions……Page 262
The Security Council and the use of force……Page 264
Self-defence……Page 275
Threat of force……Page 280
Conclusion……Page 284
Introduction……Page 287
Characteristics of contemporary maritime violence……Page 288
Piracy……Page 292
Armed robbery against ships……Page 296
Terrorism……Page 297
Jurisdictional barriers: problems and solutions……Page 299
Concluding remarks……Page 305
Introduction……Page 308
Realism, the English School and international law……Page 309
Power and responsibility……Page 320
International society in a unipolar world……Page 330
Conclusion……Page 335
Articles……Page 336
Other papers……Page 338
Index……Page 339
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