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The Implementation and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law
The essays selected for this volume explore the entire range of issues related to the question of how to implement and enforce international humanitarian law. Topics covered include the use of criminal proceedings against those who have seriously (or gravely) committed war crimes; the concept of grave breaches; the universality principle and the practice of 'lawfare'.
| Author(s) | By Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg. Edited by, Michael N. Schmitt. |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 530 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 28 Jul 2012 |
| Availability | Available |
The essays selected for this volume explore the entire range of issues related to the question of how to implement and enforce international humanitarian law. Topics covered include the use of criminal proceedings against those who have seriously (or gravely) committed war crimes; the concept of grave breaches; the universality principle and the practice of 'lawfare'.
Contents: Introduction, Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg; War reprisals in the war crimes trials and in the Geneva Conventions of 1949, A.R. Albrecht; Belligerent reprisals revisited, F. Kalshoven; The implementation and enforcement of the Geneva Conventions
Michael N. Schmitt, Professor, United States Naval War College and Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Professor, European University Viadrina Frankfurt, Germany.
