Contents
Preface.
I. The law and conventions
1. The historical foundations of humanitarian action/Jean Guillermand.
2. Significance of the Geneva conventions for the contemporary world/Dietrich Schindler.
3. 1949 and 1999 making the Geneva conventions relevant after the Cold War/David Forsythe.
4. The 1977 protocols a landmark in the development of International Humanitarian Law/Rene Kosirnik.
5. Essentials of the law of war/F. De Mulinen.
6. The law of air warfare/Javier Guisandez Gomez.
7. San Remo manual on International Law applicable to armed conflict at sea/Louise Doswald Beck.
8. International Humanitarian Law and irregular warfare Latin America/Joaquin Cuadra Lacayo.
9. The law of internal crisis and conflict/Tom Hadden and Colin Harvey.
10. Refugees and internally displaced persons International Humanitarian Law and the role of the ICRC/Jean Philippe Lavoyer.
11. International Humanitarian Law and the protection of the environment in time of armed conflict/Philippe Antoine.
12. International Humanitarian Law/Hans peter Gasser.
13. The Martens Clause and the laws of armed conflict/Rupert Ticehurst.
II. Enforcement and accountability
1. Implementation of human rights and Humanitarian Law in situations of armed conflict/David Weissbrodt and Peggy L. Hicks. 2. Implementing International Humanitarian Law problems and priorities/Dieter Fleck. 3. Training the armed forces to respect International Humanitarian Law the perspective of the ICRC delegate to the armed and security forces of South Asia/David Lloyd Roberts. 4. Implementation of International Humanitarian Law problems and prospects/Umesh Kadam. 5. The penal repression of violations of International Humanitarian Law applicable in non international armed conflicts/Denise Platnner. 6. The evolution of individual criminal responsibility under International Law/Edoardo Greppi. 7. Accountability for international crimes from conjecture to reality/Jelena Pejic. 8. The experience of the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda/Paul Tavernier. 9. Complementary jurisdiction and International Criminal Justice/Oscar Solera. 10. The International Criminal Court/Naorem Sanajaoba. III. Perspectives 1. Acts of terror terrorism and International Humanitarian Law/Hans Peter Gasser. 2. New wars new weapons the obligation of states of assess the legality of means and methods of warfare/Isabelle Daoust Robin Coupland and Rikke Ishoey. 3. Wired warfare computer network attack and Jus in Bello/Michael N. Schmitt. 4. Landmines and measures to eliminate them/Jody Williams. 5. The advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of Nuclear Weapons/Hisakazu Fujita. 6. Is there a droit d ingerence in the sphere of information the right to information from the standpoint of International Humanitarian Law/Yves Sandoz. 7. The international fact finding commission article 90 of protocol I additional to the 1949 Geneva conventions/J. Ashley Roach. 8. The international committee of the red cross and humanitarian assistance a policy analysis/David P. Forsythe. 9. The ICRC and civil military relations in armed conflict/Meinrad Studer. 10. Conflict prevention and conflict resolution limits of multilateralism Fred Tanner. 11. International Humanitarian Law an Indo Asian perspective/V.S. Mani. 12. The wars of the 21 century/Herfried Munkler. Index