The Conduct of Hostilities under the law of International Armed Conflict
- Third
- UK Cambridge 2016
- xxix, 341 index
The general framework Lawful combatancy Prohibited weapons Lawful targets of attack Protection from attack of civilians and civilian objects Measures of special protection from attack Protection of the environment Specific methods of warfare War crimes, orders, command responsibility and defences
Focusing on recent issues arising in the course of hostilities between States, it explores the dividing line between lawful and unlawful combatants, the meaning of war crimes and command responsibility, the range of prohibited weapons, the distinction between combatants and civilians, the parameters of targeting and proportionality, the loss of protection from attack (including 'direct participation in hostilities') and special protection (granted, pre-eminently, to the environment and to cultural property)
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Aggression (International law) Agression (Droit international) War (International law) Guerre (Droit international)