International humanitarian law (also known as the law of armed conflict or the law of war), is the primary body of international law that regulates armed conflicts. This bundle will briefly consider the historical background of this body of law, as well as the fundamental principles on which it is ...
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In this summary, we will explore the possibilities for the enforcement of international humanitarian law. We will consider criminal enforcement through war crimes law as well as a variety of non-criminal alternatives, including the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Committee, Protecting Powers...
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Add to cartIn this summary, we will explore the possibilities for the enforcement of international humanitarian law. We will consider criminal enforcement through war crimes law as well as a variety of non-criminal alternatives, including the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Committee, Protecting Powers...
In this summary, we will consider some difficulties with the application of certain of those rules in non-international armed conflicts. We will pay particular attention to one of the principal differences between international armed conflicts and their non-international counterparts, namely the inv...
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Add to cartIn this summary, we will consider some difficulties with the application of certain of those rules in non-international armed conflicts. We will pay particular attention to one of the principal differences between international armed conflicts and their non-international counterparts, namely the inv...
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In this summary, we will examine the relationship between humanitarian law and human rights law, both of which are applicable in time of armed conflict. Humanitarian law and human rights law have very different origins. Humanitarian law has been part of international law from its beginning; human ri...
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Add to cartIn this summary, we will examine the relationship between humanitarian law and human rights law, both of which are applicable in time of armed conflict. Humanitarian law and human rights law have very different origins. Humanitarian law has been part of international law from its beginning; human ri...
This summary considers the means and methods of combat. We will consider the approaches taken by international humanitarian law to these issues, paying due attention to the principles of distinction and unnecessary suffering.
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Add to cartThis summary considers the means and methods of combat. We will consider the approaches taken by international humanitarian law to these issues, paying due attention to the principles of distinction and unnecessary suffering.
In this seminar, we shall begin to investigate the protections afforded to civilians by international humanitarian law. Our concern will not be with civilian protection during belligerent occupation, but, rather, the protections given to civilians when their state is not under occupation. This quest...
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Add to cartIn this seminar, we shall begin to investigate the protections afforded to civilians by international humanitarian law. Our concern will not be with civilian protection during belligerent occupation, but, rather, the protections given to civilians when their state is not under occupation. This quest...
In this seminar, we will consider (1) the fundamental guarantees afforded to persons hors de combat as well as the protections afforded to particular classes of persons. The classes of persons we shall consider are (2) the wounded and sick; (3) prisoners of war; and (4) women and children.
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Add to cartIn this seminar, we will consider (1) the fundamental guarantees afforded to persons hors de combat as well as the protections afforded to particular classes of persons. The classes of persons we shall consider are (2) the wounded and sick; (3) prisoners of war; and (4) women and children.
Once we have identified the concept of an (international) armed conflict, we can then turn to the vexed question of the rules that govern the classification of combatants—that is the process which determines which combatants are privileged or unprivileged as a matter of international humanitarian ...
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Add to cartOnce we have identified the concept of an (international) armed conflict, we can then turn to the vexed question of the rules that govern the classification of combatants—that is the process which determines which combatants are privileged or unprivileged as a matter of international humanitarian ...
In this summary, we shall turn our attention to the situations in which international humanitarian law applies. We will explore the historical notion of ‘war’, as distinct from today’s notion of an armed conflict. We will also consider the distinction that the law draws between an internationa...
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Add to cartIn this summary, we shall turn our attention to the situations in which international humanitarian law applies. We will explore the historical notion of ‘war’, as distinct from today’s notion of an armed conflict. We will also consider the distinction that the law draws between an internationa...
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The purpose of this summary is two-fold: first and foremost, it is to set the scene of the kind of proposition involved by international humanitarian law—of the very idea of a regulation of hostilities and some of its key principles. We shall then attend to the second purpose of this summary—an...
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Add to cartThe purpose of this summary is two-fold: first and foremost, it is to set the scene of the kind of proposition involved by international humanitarian law—of the very idea of a regulation of hostilities and some of its key principles. We shall then attend to the second purpose of this summary—an...
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