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Department of Defense law of war manual / Department of Defense.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Department of Defense. Office of General Counsel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Defense--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- United States.
- United States. Department of Defense.
- War (International law)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- War (International law).
- Military law--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Military law.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- handbooks.
- Handbooks and manuals
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 1166 pages)
- Edition:
- Updated May 2016.
- Other Title:
- Law of war manual
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Office of General Counsel, Department of Defense, 2016.
- Summary:
- The manual is a guide for DoD personnel responsible for implementing the law of war and executing military operations. The current manual was released in June 2015 after a multi-year effort by military and civilian lawyers from across the Defense Department to develop a department-wide resource for military commanders, legal practitioners, and other military and civilian personnel on the international law principles governing armed conflict. The updated manual released today contains a substantial revision to the section on journalists as well as minor updates to other sections. The journalism changes reflect input provided by the news media.
- Contents:
- General background
- Principles
- Application of the law of war
- Classes of persons
- The conduct of hostilities
- Weapons
- Wounded, sick, shipwrecked, dead, and the medical services
- Detention : overview and baseline rules
- Prisoners of war (POWs)
- Civilians in the hands of a party to the conflict
- Military occupation
- Non-hostile relations between belligerents
- Naval warfare
- Air and space warfare
- The law of neutrality
- Cyber-operations
- Non-international armed conflict (NIAC)
- Implementation and enforcement of the Law of war
- Documentary appendix. Notes on treaties and other relevant documents.
- Notes:
- "June 2015 (Updated May 2016)."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource (DOD, HeinOnline, viewed November 19, 2021).
- OCLC:
- 953877027
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