Development of International Humanitarian Law By the International - Criminal Tribunal

The United Nations' ad hoc criminal tribunals interpret and apply international humanitarian law in their rulings. This book critically analyses how they have done this, identifying from their judgments a 'common core' of humanitarian law norms applicable to all armed conflicts, and assessing their impact on other international institutions.

List of contents

1 International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, and International Human Rights Law: Congruence and Dissonance; 2 The Applicability of IHL, Material, Personal, Territorial, and Temporal; 3 International and Non-International Armed Conflicts and the 'Common Core' of Law Applicable to All Armed Conflicts; 4 The Wounded, Sick, Dead, Prisoners of War, and Civilians, their Identification and Treatment; 5 Means and Methods of Warfare; 6 Implementation and Enforcement Issues, Criminal and Non-Criminal; 7 The Influence of the ad hoc Tribunals on IHL; 8 Conclusions

About the author

Robert Cryer is Professor of International and Criminal Law at Birmingham Law School. Professor Cryer's expertise is in international and criminal law. He has lectured and spoken widely at both national and international level, primarily on international criminal law and public international law more generally.

Summary

The United Nations' ad hoc criminal tribunals interpret and apply international humanitarian law in their rulings. This book critically analyses how they have done this, identifying from their judgments a 'common core' of humanitarian law norms applicable to all armed conflicts, and assessing their impact on other international institutions.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Cryer, Cryer Robert
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.04.2014
• EAN: 9780199652129
• ISBN: 978-0-19-965212-9
• No. of pages: 322
• Series: Oxford Monographs in International Humanitarian & Criminal Law; Oxford Monographs in Internati; Oxford Monographs in International Humanitarian and Criminal Law
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / Courts, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Criminal Law, Public international law: criminal law, International humanitarian law, Public international law: humanitarian law, International law: courts and procedures, International courts & procedures