Testing the Boundaries of International Humanitarian Law

by Breau, Susan C; Jachec-Neale, Agnieszka

• ISBN13: 9780903067997
• ISBN10: 0903067994
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: British Institute of International

Summary

This collection of essays comes as the first British Institute of International and Comparative Law publication in the field of international humanitarian law in over a dozen years. This new book explores the important and topical subject of 21st century conflict and the implications for international humanitarian law. The areas covered include in-depth analysis of topical issues such as terrorism and complex security situations, legal fault-lines, contemporary warfare, post-conflict management, and in problems relative to occupation, interrelations between humanitarian law, and human rights. A special section is dedicated to the creation and role of the Iraqi Special Tribunal.

Table of Contents

Humanitarian law and 21st-century conflict : three block wars, terrorism, and complex security situations	p. 1
The relations between human rights law and international humanitarian law : a historical overview	p. 49
The new war on terror : legal implications under international humanitarian law	p. 85
The Iraqi Special Tribunal : the rule of law and human rights synergy	p. 113
The statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal : a commentary	p. 155
The humanitarian law implications of the advisory opinion on the legal consequences of the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestinian territory	p. 191
International humanitarian law and Polish involvement in stabilizing Iraq	p. 221
The Security Council and international humanitarian law	p. 245
Fault lines in the law of attack	p. 277
Coalition provisional authority : the statute of the Iraqi Special Tribunal	p. 309
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