Preface

Acknowledgments

1 The Foundations of International Law

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1.1 Charter of the United Nations (1945)

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1.2 Statute of the International Court of Justice (1945)

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1.3 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961)

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1.4 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969)

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2 International Law and the Use of Force

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2.1 The Caroline Case

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2.2 Resolution Authorizing the Gulf War: Security Council Resolution 678 (1990)

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2.3 The "Cease-Fire Resolution": Security Council Resolution 687 (1991)

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2.4 ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Nuclear Weapons (1996)

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2.5 Self-Defence and Afghanistan: Security Council Resolution 1368 (2001)

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2.6 The US National Security Strategy (2002)

104

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2.7 Resolution Preceding the 2003 Invasion of Iraq: Security Council Resolution 1441 (2002)

106

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2.8 UK Explanation of Its Vote on Security Council Resolution 1441 (2002)

112

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3 Arms Control

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3.1 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (1968)

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3.2 Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems (Anti-Ballistic Missile, or ABM, Treaty) (1972)

123

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3.3 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (Biological Weapons Convention or BWC) (1972)

129

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3.4 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (Chemical Weapons Convention or CWC) (1993)

134

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3.5 Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) (1996)

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3.6 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Ottawa or Landmines Convention) (1997)

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3.7 Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions (SORT or The Moscow Treaty) (2002)

211

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3.8 Resolution on the Non-Transfer of WMD to Non-State Actors: Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)

213

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4 International Criminal Law

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4.1 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948)

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4.2 Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) (1984)

225

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4.3 International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (1997)

238

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4.4 The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998)

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4.5 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (1999)

315

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4.6 Establishing the Counter-Terrorism Committee: Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001)

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5 International Human Rights Law

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5.1 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) (1948)

335

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5.2 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951)

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Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (1967)

355

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5.3 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) (1965)

359

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5.4 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (1966)

371

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First) Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)

388

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Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1989)

392

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5.5 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) (1966)

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5.6 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (1979)

406

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5.7 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC) (1989)

418

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6 International Humanitarian Law

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6.1 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Third Geneva Convention) (1949)

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6.2 Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Fourth Geneva Convention) (1949)

489

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6.3 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (1977)

518

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6.4 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (1977)

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7 International Law and the Environment

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7.1 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (1989)

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7.2 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1991)

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Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1997)

620

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7.3 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (1992)

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Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (2002)

661

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7.4 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (2001)

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8 The Global Commons

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8.1 The Antarctic Treaty (1959)

705

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8.2 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty) (1967)

711

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8.3 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) (1982)

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8.4 Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 (1994)

806

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List of Acronyms

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Glossary