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Empirical assessment in IHL education and training : better protection for civilians and detainees in armed conflict / Jody M. Prescott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prescott, Jody M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humanitarian law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (168 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England ; New York, New York : Anthem Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- The book charts the use of empirical assessment over the last 20 years to make IHL training more effective and links it with recent research that emphasizes the role of military leaders in building a values-oriented culture of IHL compliance with their soldiers..
- Contents:
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter Int-null
- Introduction
- Treaties of Protection and Their Impacts
- Less Fruitful Efforts
- The International Criminal Court
- The Responsibility to Protect
- IHL Education and Training and the Effects of IHL Violations
- Outline of the Chapters
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Conclusion
- Chapter 1 ICRC's Evolving Approach to IHL Training
- A Holistic Worldwide Assessment: The First "People on War" Report
- Why do troops attack or hurt civilians?
- The origin of the norm of civilian protection
- An Empirical Assessment of the Sources of Behavior in Armed Conflict
- The conflict between legal norms and attitudes shaped by military authority
- Assessing the study's conclusions
- The ICRC's New "Culture of Restraint" Approach
- "The Roots of Restraint in War" study
- Different armies
- different leadership influence realities
- Features of a holistic and systematic IHL training program
- Analysis
- Summary
- Chapter 2 Command &
- General Staff College Class of 2002
- Survey Parameters
- Survey Respondent Demographics
- Leadership experience
- Training experience
- Operational experience
- Frequency and Length of IHL and IHL-Related Training
- Delivery of IHL and IHL-Related Training
- The Relationships of IHL and IHL-Related Training to Mission Objectives, Training Objectives, and Performance Deficiencies
- The Value of Role Players in Situational Training Exercises
- The Purpose of Complying with IHL
- Improving IHL and IHL-Related Training
- Challenges in Future IHL and IHL-Related Training
- Nature of the conflict
- Training scenario relevance
- Training scenario realism
- Distinguishing those not in combat and the role of ROE.
- Special Forces
- STX lanes and role players
- Seminar- or discussion-format IHL training
- Reciprocity in IHL compliance
- Distinction between combatants and civilians
- Chapter 3 Battlefield IHL Compliance Assessment
- The MHAT V Reports
- General Mental Health
- Unethical Behaviors
- Unethical Behaviors and Mental Health
- Reporting Violators
- Adequacy of Training
- Mental Health Risk Factors Possibly Related to IHL Compliance
- Mental Health Protective Factors
- Accuracy of the data
- Risk factors
- Protective factors
- Chapter 4 Battlefield Ethics Training in Iraq
- Battlefield Ethics Training Program Design
- Training Program Content
- Training Results
- Mental health issues
- Changes in attitudes and behaviors
- Soldiers' assessment of the training
- The significance of combat exposure
- The impact of leadership
- The US Army Approach to IHL Training
- The principle of honor and the professional ethos
- The professional ethos and IHL
- IHL training as set out in regulation
- American Legal Scholarship on Empiricism and IHL Compliance
- The holistic use of data related to disciplinary proceedings and mental health
- Military attorneys as compliance officers
- The battlefield ethics training program
- The US Army approach to IHL training
- American legal scholarship on empirical assessment of IHL training
- Chapter 5 Education and Training Case Studies
- The Impact of Sleep Deprivation on Moral Decision-Making Skills
- Military Ethics and Moral Decision-Making Training
- Basic IHL Training in a Challenging Training Environment
- IHL Training as Part of Leadership Development
- Incorporating IHL Training in War Video Game Play
- Queen's University School of Law
- Osaka University of Economics and Law
- Analysis.
- Resiliency in moral reasoning
- Realism and risk in developing IHL decision-making skills
- Austere conditions do not preclude careful crafting and data collection
- Leader development, emotional stress, and nationality of case studies
- Rewards and challenges posed by the use of war video games
- Change Does Not Come Easy
- The Components of a Path Forward, and the Challenges
- Who are they? How do they change?
- Internalizing IHL principles as part of an honorable professionalism
- The role of the leader and growing leaders as instructors
- Multidisciplinary support to leaders
- Embracing technology in instruction
- The development and maintenance of meaningful data
- International and multinational IHL education and training
- The bottom line
- End Matter
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781785279492
- 1785279491
- 9781785279508
- 1785279505
- OCLC:
- 1257075742
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