Targeted killing in international law / Nils Melzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melzer, Nils, author.

Series:

Oxford monographs in international law.

Oxford Monographs in International Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Targeted killing.

Human rights.

Law enforcement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1350 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive analysis into the lawfulness of state-sponsored targeted killings under international human rights and humanitarian law, this book examines treaties, custom and general principles of law to determine the normative paradigms which govern the intentional use of lethal force against selected individuals in law enforcement and the conduct of hostilities. It alse addresses the relevance of the law of interstate force to targeted killings, and the interrelation of thevarious normative frameworks which may simultaneously apply to operations involving the use of lethal force. Through a

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Foreword; Introduction; Footnotes; Acknowledgements; Contents-Summary; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Tablecase; Table of Treaties; Other Material; Part A: State Practice and Legal Doctrine; I. The Notion of 'Targeted Killing'; II. Current Trend towards Legitimization; III. Targeted Killing in Contemporary Legal Doctrine; IV. The Analysis; Part B: Law Enforcement; V. The Paradigm of Law Enforcement; VI. Law Enforcement and the Conventional Human Right to Life

VII. Law Enforcement and the Protection of Life under International Humanitarian LawVIII. Law Enforcement and the Non-Conventional Human Right to Life; IX. Permissibility of Targeted Killing as a Method of Law Enforcement; Part C: Hostilities; X. The Paradigm of Hostilities; XI. The Principle of Distinction under International Humanitarian Law; XII. Means and Methods in the Conduct of Hostilities; XIII. Human Rights Law and the Paradigm of Hostilities; XIV. Permissibility of Targeted Killing as a Method of Conducting Hostilities; Part D: Conclusions; XV. Comparative Conclusions

XVI. Epilogue: Targeted Killing and the Rule of LawAppendix: Selected Case Descriptions; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-171451-8

0-19-102987-4

1-283-58029-2

9786613892744

0-19-155980-6