Searching for a 'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press ,
c2013
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Table of Contents:
- 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?