International Dimensions of Humanitarian Law /

International Dimensions of Humanitarian Law /

Commissioned by UNESCO from the Henry Dunant Institute, this volume of essays lays the foundation for an international programme for the teaching of international humanitarian law within the framework of UNESCO's plan for the development of the teaching of human rights. Parts I and II deal with...

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 1988.

Series: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law - Book Archive pre-2000.

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War (International law)
War victims > Legal status, laws, etc.

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Call Number: JX5136

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Preliminary Material
  • Foreword
  • Preface /
  • Alexandre Hay
  • Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction /
  • Jean Pictet
  • Introduction /
  • Jean Pictet
  • Chapter I The African Concept /
  • Adamou Ndam Njoya
  • Chapter II The Asian Concept /
  • Sumio Adachi
  • Chapter III The Concept of the Socialist States /
  • Géza Herczegh
  • Chapter IV The Islamic Concept /
  • Hamed Sultan
  • Chapter V The Latin American Concept of Humanitarian Law /
  • José Maria Ruda
  • Chapter VI The Western Concept /
  • Karl Joseph Partsch
  • Chapter VII The Development of International Humanitarian Law /
  • G.I.A.D. Draper
  • Chapter VIII The Duties of Combatants and the Conduct of Hostilities (Law of the Hague) /
  • Richard R. Baxter
  • Chapter IX Means and Methods of Combat /
  • Hans Blix
  • Chapter X Protection of the Victims of Armed Conflicts I - Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Persons /
  • José Francisco Rezek
  • Chapter XI Protection of the Victims of Armed Conflicts II - Prisoners of War /
  • Claude Pilloud
  • Chapter XII Protection of the Victims of Armed Conflicts III - Civilian Population /
  • Oji Umozurike
  • Chapter XIII Protection of Cultural Property /
  • Stanislaw-Edward Nahlik
  • Chapter XIV Non-International Armed Conflicts /
  • Georges Abi-Saab
  • Chapter XV Internal Disturbances and Tensions /
  • Asbjörn Eide
  • Chapter XVI Implementing International Humanitarian Law /
  • Yves Sandoz
  • Chapter XVII Responsibility in Breaches of International Humanitarian Law /
  • Igor P. Blishchenko
  • Conclusions /
  • Karel Vasak
  • Back Matter
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index.