War Crimes and the Conduct of Hostilities

War Crimes and the Conduct of Hostilities

Challenges to Adjudication and Investigation

Pedrazzi, Marco; Frulli, Micaela; Pocar, Fausto

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

09/2013

416

Dura

Inglês

9781781955918

15 a 20 dias

Most charges for war crimes are brought for violations of the rules on the treatment of protected persons in armed conflict situations.
Contents: Preface PART I: SETTING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK 1. The Criminalization of the Violations of International Humanitarian Law from Nuremberg to the Rome Statute Fausto Pocar 2. Serious Violations of the Law on the Conduct of Hostilities: A Neglected Class of War Crimes? Paola Gaeta 3. To What Extent do the International Rules on Human Rights Matter? Edoardo Greppi PART II: VIOLATIONS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF DISTINCTION, PROPORTIONALITY AND PRECAUTION 4. Direct Attacks on Civilians and Indiscriminate Attacks as War Crimes Francesco Moneta 5. The Criminalization and Prosecution of Attacks Against Cultural Property Andrea Carcano 6. Using Human Shields as a War Crime Marco Pedrazzi PART III: VIOLATIONS OF THE RULES PROTECTING PARTICULAR CATEGORIES OF PERSONS 7. The Enlistment, Conscription and Use of Child Soldiers as War Crimes Alberto Oddenino 8. Criminalizing Rape and Sexual Violence as Means of Warfare Ludovica Poli 9. The Crime of Attacking Peacekeepers Andrea Spagnolo PART IV: VIOLATIONS OF THE RULES ON MEANS OF WARFARE 10. The Use of Prohibited Weapons and War Crimes Andrea Cannone 11. New Weapons, Old Crimes? Marina Castellaneta 12. The Criminalization of the Use of Biological and Chemical Weapons Annita Larissa Sciacovelli 13. Arms Transfer and Complicity in War Crimes Antonio Leandro PART V: THE SPECIAL CASE OF TERRORISM IN ARMED CONFLICTS 14. International Terrorism, the Law of War and the Negotiation of a UN Comprehensive Convention Giuseppe Nesi 15. Terror and Terrorism in Armed Conflicts: Developments in International Criminal Law Julinda Beqiraj 16. Fighting Terror within the Law? Terrorism, Counterterrorism and Military Occupations Marco Pertile 17. The Relevance of International Humanitarian Law in National Case Law on Terrorism Antonino Ali PART VI: INVESTIGATIONS AND FACT FINDING: A(N) (IM)POSSIBLE MISSION? 18. The Challenges of Establishing the Facts in Relation to Hague Law' Violations Stephen Wilkinson 19. UN Fact-Finding Commissions and the Prosecution of War Crimes: An Evolution Towards Justice-Oriented Missions? Micaela Frulli 20. Fact-Finding by International Human Rights Institutions and Criminal Prosecution Simone Vezzani Index
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