OUVRAGE : R. Liivoj, T. McCormack (eds.), Routledge Handbook of the Law of Armed Conflict

Rain LIIVOJA, Tim McCORMACK

The law of armed conflict is a key element of the global legal order yet it finds itself in a state of flux created by the changing nature of warfare and the influences of other branches of international law. The Routledge Handbook of the Law of Armed Conflict provides a unique perspective on the field covering all the key aspects of the law as well as identifying developing and often contentious areas of interest.

The handbook will feature original pieces by international experts in the field, including academics, staff of relevant NGOs and (former) members of the armed forces.

Throughout the book, attention is paid to non-international conflicts as well as international conflicts with acknowledgement of the differences. The contributors also consider the relationship between the law of armed conflict and human rights law, looking at how the various rules and principles of human rights law interact with specific rules and principles of international humanitarian law in particular circumstances.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword, Fatou Bensouda

Introduction, Rain Liivoj, Tim McCormack

PART I. FUNDAMENTALS

1. Dino Kritsiotis, War and Armed Conflict: The Parameters of Enquiry
2. Frits Kalshoven, The History of International Humanitarian Law Treaty-Making
3. Caitlin Dwye, Tim McCormack, Conflict Characterisation
4. Jann Kleffner, Sources of the Law of Armed Conflict
5. Nobuo Hayashi, Basic Principles
6. Noam Lubell, Nancie Prud’homme, Impact of Human Rights Law 

PART II. PRINCIPLE OF DISTINCTION

7. Emily Crawford, Combatants
8. David Turns, Military Objectives
9. Emanuela Chiara-Gillard, Protection of Civilians in the Conduct of Hostilities
10. Michelle Lesh, Direct Participation in Hostilities 

PART III. MEANS AND METHODS OF WAREFARE

11. Mirko Sossai, Conventional Weapons
12. Robert J Mathews, Chemical and Biological Weapon
13. Dieter Fleck, Nuclear Weapons in International Law
14. William J Fenrick, Methods of Land Warfare
15. David Letts, Rob McLaughlin, Law of Naval Warfare
16. Ian Henderso, Patrick Keane, Air and Missile Warfare

PART IV. SPECIAL PROTECTION REGIMES 

17. Chris Jenks, Detention under the Law of Armed Conflict
18. James P Benoit, Wounded and Sick, and Medical Services
19. Helen Durha, Eve Massingham, Women and War
20. John Tobi, Elliot Luke, Children and the Law of Armed Conflict: Looking beyond the Protection Paradigm
21. Jadranka Petrovic, Cultural Property
22. Roberta Arnold, The Protection of the Environment
23. Alison Duxbury, The Protection of Humanitarian Relief: The Legal Framework
24. Daphna Shraga, The Applicability of the Laws of Armed Conflict to Peacekeeping Operations
25. Eyal Benvenisti, Occupation and Territorial Administration
26. Elizabeth Chadwick, Neutrality Revisited 

PART V. COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT

27. Kelisiana Thynne, The Role of the International Committee of the Red Cross
28. Shane Darcy, Reciprocity and Reprisals
29. Charles Garraway, State Responsibility
30. Bruce Oswal, Bethany Wellington, Reparations for Violations in Armed Conflict and the Emerging Practice of Making Amends
31. Rob Cryer, Individual Liability in International Law
32. Sasha Radi, Michael N Schmitt, Investigations under International Humanitarian Law
33. Nyamuya Maogoto, Role of International Courts and Tribunals Jackson
34. Luis Benavides, Universal Jurisdiction over War Crimes 

PART VI. SOME CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

35. Rain Liivoja, Kobi-Renée Lein, Tim McCormack, Emerging Technologies of Warfare
36. Nelleke van Amste, Rain Liivoja, Private Military and Security Companies
37. Louise Arimatsu, The Rule of Law in War: A Liberal Project 

Index

Rain LIIVOJA, Tim McCORMACK (eds.), Routledge Handbook of the Law of Armed Conflict, Abingdon, Routledge, 2016 (665 pp.)

Rain Liivoja is a Senior Lecturer and Society in Science – Branco Weiss Fellow at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia, and Affiliated Research Fellow of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Tim McCormack is a Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia, and the Special Adviser on International Humanitarian Law to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, The Hague, the Netherlands.