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War crimes and the conduct of hostilities : challenges to adjudication and investigation / edited by Fausto Pocar, Marco Pedrazzi, Micaela Frulli.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War crimes.
- War.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (405 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Most charges for war crimes are brought for violations of the rules on the treatment of protected persons in armed conflict situations. However in certain cases, they are brought for serious breach of international humanitarian law rules governing the conduct of hostilities. This book seeks to address this somewhat neglected area of international criminal law. War Crimes and the Conduct of Hostilities identifies the challenges faced by prosecutors, investigators and courts and tribunals in the definition, investigation and adjudication of war crimes, based on violations of the rules of interna
- Contents:
- part I. Setting the legal framework
- part II. Violations of the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution
- part III. Violations of the rules protecting particular categories of persons
- part IV. Violations of the rules on means of warfare
- part V. The special case of terrorism in armed conflicts
- part VI. Investigations and fact finding: a(n) (im)possible mission?.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78195-592-1
- OCLC:
- 861538307
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