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The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary
This Oxford Commentary is the first book in fifty years to provide a detailed commentary on the four 1949 Gevena Conventions, the building blocks of international humanitarian law. It takes a thematic approach to take account of the changes in international law since 1949, in particular the growth of international criminal and human rights law.
| Author(s) | Edited by Andrew Clapham (Professor of Public International Law and Director, Professor of Public International Law and Director, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights), Paola Gaeta (Director, Director, Geneva Academy of Intern |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 1760 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 15 Mar 2018 |
| Availability | Available |
This Oxford Commentary is the first book in fifty years to provide a detailed commentary on the four 1949 Gevena Conventions, the building blocks of international humanitarian law. It takes a thematic approach to take account of the changes in international law since 1949, in particular the growth of international criminal and human rights law.
PART I Cross-Cutting Issues and Common Provisions Section A - Cross-Cutting Issues 1: Andrew Clapham: The Concept of International Armed Conflict 2: Marko Milanovic: The Applicability of the Conventions to Transnational and Mixed Conflicts 3
Andrew Clapham is Professor of Public International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Before he joined the GIIS in 1997, he was the Representative of Amnesty International to the United Nations in New York. Hi
