Searching for a 'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cooper, Camilla Guldahl (Author), Larsen, Kjetil Mujezinovic , 1976- (Author), Nystuen, Gro (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge New York, NY : Cambridge University Press , c2013
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245 0 0 |a Searching for a 'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law   |c editors Kjetil Mujezinovic Larsen, Camilla Guldahl Cooper and Gro Nystuen 
260 |a Cambridge   |a New York, NY :   |b Cambridge University Press ,   |c c2013 
300 |a xii, 365 p. ;   |c 24 cm. 
500 |a Includes index 
505 0 |a 1. Introduction by the editors: is there a 'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law? -- 2. The main epochs of modern international humanitarian law since 1864 and their related dominant legal constructions -- 3. The principle of proportionality -- 4. The Geneva conventions and the dichotomy between international and non-international armed conflict: curse or blessing for the 'principle of humanity'? -- 5. A 'principle of humanity' or a 'principle of human-rightism'? -- 6. The principle of humanity in the development of "special protection" for children in armed conflict: 60 years beyond the geneva conventions and 20 years beyond the convention on the rights of the child -- 7. Military occupation of eastern Karelia by Finland in 1941-1944: was international law pushed aside? -- 8. The occupied and the occupant: the case of Norway -- 9. Multinational peace operations forces involved in armed conflict: who are the parties? -- 10. Security detention in UN peace operations -- 11. Humanity and the discourse of legality -- 12. Implementation in practice: 60 years of dissemination and other implementation efforts from a Norwegian perspective -- 13. Conclusions: is there a 'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law? 
650 0 |a Humanitarian law 
700 1 |a Cooper, Camilla Guldahl ,   |e author 
700 1 |a Larsen, Kjetil Mujezinovic ,   |d 1976- ,   |e author 
700 1 |a Nystuen, Gro ,   |e author 
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