Inteational Humanitarian Law:Rules, Controversies, and Solutions to Problems Arising in Warfare, Second Edition (Principles of Inteational Law series)

by: Marco Sassòli (Author)

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Edition: 2nd

Publication Date: 2024/2/10

Language: English

Print Length: 796 pages

ISBN-10: 180088690X

ISBN-13: 9781800886902

Book Description

In this thoroughly updated second edition of what has quickly become the definitive text in the field of inteational humanitarian law (IHL), leading expert Marco Sassòli evaluates the application of IHL, the way in which hostilities should be conducted against an adversary, and the pertinence of traditional distinctions, such as that between inteational and non-inteational armed conflicts or civilians and combatants. Drawing on the author’s practical experience to provide unique and invaluable insights, the second edition discusses the rules protecting certain categories of persons, including prisoners of war, as well as goveing different types of conduct of hostilities and the difficulties in determining whether a destruction was unlawful. Significantly, the edition takes the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine into account, discussing what remains of neutrality, defending the strict separation between the prohibition of aggression and the humanitarian rules to be respected by both sides, which must however be nuanced in the field of naval warfare. New sections explore IHL in relation to persons with disabilities, sieges and humanitarian corridors, the role of the media, IHL in outer space, and the concept of meaningful human control over lethal autonomous weapons systems. Structured in a clear and accessible manner, this new edition is essential reading for all students and scholars of inteational humanitarian law, as well as those in human rights, and public inteational law. For military practitioners and NGO lawyers, as well as those working in intergovemental organizations, this is simply a must-have resource.

About the Author

In this thoroughly updated second edition of what has quickly become the definitive text in the field of inteational humanitarian law (IHL), leading expert Marco Sassòli evaluates the application of IHL, the way in which hostilities should be conducted against an adversary, and the pertinence of traditional distinctions, such as that between inteational and non-inteational armed conflicts or civilians and combatants. Drawing on the author’s practical experience to provide unique and invaluable insights, the second edition discusses the rules protecting certain categories of persons, including prisoners of war, as well as goveing different types of conduct of hostilities and the difficulties in determining whether a destruction was unlawful. Significantly, the edition takes the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine into account, discussing what remains of neutrality, defending the strict separation between the prohibition of aggression and the humanitarian rules to be respected by both sides, which must however be nuanced in the field of naval warfare. New sections explore IHL in relation to persons with disabilities, sieges and humanitarian corridors, the role of the media, IHL in outer space, and the concept of meaningful human control over lethal autonomous weapons systems. Structured in a clear and accessible manner, this new edition is essential reading for all students and scholars of inteational humanitarian law, as well as those in human rights, and public inteational law. For military practitioners and NGO lawyers, as well as those working in intergovemental organizations, this is simply a must-have resource.