Contents
Acknowledgements;
Preface, Jean Pictet; Preface, Jan J. Van Der Weel;
Biographical note of Frits Kalshoven;
Principal publications of Frits Kalshoven;
Abbreviation; I. Humanitarian Law in general:
The restraint of war in historical and philosophical perspective / Geoffrey Best --
Pertinence et permanence du droit international humanitaire / Yves Sandoz --
Quelques considérations générales sur l'évolution du droit international humanitaire / René-Jean Wilhelm --
L'action humanitaire / René J. Dupuy --
Negotiating the 1977 Additional Protocols : was it a waste of time? / Hans-Peter Gasser --
Customary law status of the 1977 Additional Protocols / Christopher Greenwood --
The 1977 Additional Protocols and general international law : some preliminary reflections / Georges Abi-Saab --
Why the United States of America should ratify Additional Protocol I / George H. Aldrich --
Siege warfare and the starvation of civilians / Yoram Dinstein --
Legal protection of child-combatants after the Protocols : reaffirmation, development or a step backwards? / Astrid J.M. Delissen --
From reprisals to individual penal responsibility / Stanislaw E. Nahlik --
The system of repression of breaches of Additional Protocol I / Julian J.E. Schutte --
The suppression of war crimes under Additional Protocol I / Christine van den Wyngaert --
Humanitarian law and internal conflicts : the evolution of legal concern / Rosemary Abi-Saab --
In the shadowland between civil war and civil strife : some reflections on the standard-setting process / Peter H. Kooijmans --
Internal strife : applicable norms and a proposed instrument / Theodor Meron --
What one may do in combat --
then and now / Leslie C. Green --
Les armes nucléaires et le droit de la guerre / Henri Meyrowitz --
The changing role of international law in the nuclear age : from freedom of the high seas to nuclear-free zones / Hisakazu Fujita --
Implementation measures and international law of arms control / Bernhard Graefrath --
Transformations in the law of neutrality since 1945 / Dietrich Schindler --
Neutrality in naval warfare : what is left of traditional international law? / Michael Bothe --
Topical approaches towards developing the laws of armed conflict at sea / Dieter Fleck --
The merchant vessel as legitimate target in the law of naval warfare / William J. Fenrick --
The treatment of rebels in conflicts of a disputed character : the Anglo-Boer War and the 'ANC-Boer War' compared / John Dugard --
Subscribing to the 'Law of Geneva' as a manifestation of self-determination : the case of Palestine / Paul J.I.M. de Waart --
Reliance on norms of humanitarian law by United Nations' organs / Theo C. Van Boven --
International humanitarian law and the security council resolutions on the 1990-1991 Gulf Conflict / Erik Suy --
De la guerre d'octobre 1973 au conflit du Golfe 1991 : les appels du CICR pour la protection de la population civile / Michel Veuthey --
Reporting mechanism for supervision of national legislation implementing international humanitarian law / Krzysztof Drzewicki --
How much humanity do terrorists deserve? Torsten Stein --
The obligation to intervene in the domestic affairs of states / Henry G. Schermers --
Jus ad bellum and jus cogens : is immortality illegal? / Alfred P. Rubin --
Slavery: the past and the present / Manfred Lachs.
Appendices;
List of Contributors;
Selected bibliography;
Index.