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The additional protocols to the Geneva Conventions in context / Annyssa Bellal and Stuart Casey-Maslen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bellal, Annyssa, 1973- author.
- Casey-Maslen, Stuart, author.
- Series:
- Oxford public international law.
- Oxford public international law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War (International law).
- War victims--Legal status, laws, etc.
- War victims.
- Prisoners of war--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Prisoners of war.
- Geneva Conventions (1949 August 12)--Protocols, etc.
- Geneva Conventions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (365 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- The 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions remain a landmark in the development of international humanitarian law. This book interprets key rules in the Additional Protocols in light of state practice and the decisions of international criminal tribunals, illuminating some of the most complex areas of the law.
- Contents:
- Introduction. The development and significance of the additional protocols
- The scope of application of the three additional protocols
- Fundamental guarantees
- The protection of women
- The protection of children
- Protection of detainees and prisoner-of-war status
- Relief operations
- The distinctive emblems
- The rule of distinction (objects)
- The rule of distinction (persons)
- The rule of proportionality
- Precautions in attack and defence
- Prohibited weapons
- Terrorism and acts of terror
- Starvation and sieges
- Reprisals
- National implementation
- Application and implementation by armed non-state actors
- Application of international humanitarian law to United Nations operations
- International criminal law
- The role of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 8, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bellal, Annyssa The Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions in Context
- ISBN:
- 0-19-196493-X
- 0-19-269544-4
- 0-19-269543-6
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