Description
| Product ID: | 9781138378650 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Library of Essays in International Humanitarian Law |
| Title: | The Implementation and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law |
| Authors: | Author: Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Michael N. Schmitt |
| Page Count: | 536 |
| Subjects: | Armed conflict, Armed conflict, Jurisprudence and general issues, Public international law: human rights, Jurisprudence & general issues, International human rights law |
| Description: | 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'. 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. Measures of self-help that used to play a key role in past international armed conflicts, especially reprisals, have increasingly been outlawed, and thus the enforcement of international humanitarian law has now to be achieved by other means, including criminal proceedings against those who have seriously (or gravely) committed war crimes. Accordingly, the concept of grave breaches, the universality principle and international criminal law are dealt with extensively in this collection. Finally, the volume includes an examination of the practice of ''lawfare'' (an abuse of international humanitarian law for military or political purposes) which has proven increasingly effective in contemporary armed conflict. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-06-12 |
