Prisoners of war in contemporary conflict / Michael N. Schmitt and Christopher J. Koschnitzky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmitt, Michael N., author.

Series:

Lieber Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners of war--Legal status, laws, etc.

Prisoners of war.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

This volume examines the rules governing the designation and treatment of POWs in contemporary conflict. Each chapter examines specific topics around POWs that the contributors identify as unsettled, operationally problematic, or inadequately addressed in existing literature.

Contents:

Prisoners of War (POWs) in proxy warfare : the application of Geneva Convention III to organized armed groups detaining POWs of territorial states or detained as POWs by territorial states / Marco Sassòli & Eugénie Duss

The application of the Third Geneva Convention in fluid conflicts / Laurie R. Blank

The regular armed forces, uniforms, and prisoner of war status / Michael N. Schmitt & Christopher J. Koschnitzky

"Accompanying the force" in modern armed conflict / Eric Talbot Jensen

Levée en Masse in 21st century armed conflict / Winston S. Williams & Robert Lawless

Prisoner of war status in the context of naval warfare : on the status of masters and crews of neutral merchant vessels / Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg

Prisoners of war in space? / Rob McLaughlin

Protecting prisoners of war in contemporary conflicts / Derek Jinks

Military assimilation and the 1949 Third Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War / Sean Watts

The use of force against prisoners of war : operationalizing Article 42 / Chris Hanna & Bruce "Ossie" Oswald

Parole of prisoners of war under Article 21 of the Third Geneva Convention : past, present, and future / Emily Crawford

Detention of suspected terrorists in connection with armed conflict : a focus on release and repatriation / Pavle Kilibarda & Gloria Gaggioli

The Lieber Code and prisoners of war : a legacy of practical humanitarianism / David Wallace & Shane Reeves

The role of judge advocates in prisoner of war and detention operations in the U.S. Army : a short history / Fred L. Borch III

The updated ICRC commentary on the Third Geneva Convention : a new tool to protect prisoners of war in the twenty-first century / Jemma Arman, Jean-Marie Henckaerts, Heleen Hiemstra & Kvitoslava Krotiuk

ICRC perspectives on the interpretation of the Third Geneva Convention more than seventy years after its adoption / Jean-Marie Henckaerts, Kubo Mačák, Mikhail Orkin & Ellen Policinski

A perspective on the updated Third Geneva Convention commentary from a United States practitioner / Michael W. Meier.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Schmitt, Michael N. Prisoners of War in Contemporary Conflict

ISBN:

0-19-766330-3

0-19-766331-1

0-19-766329-X