Searching for a 'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law /

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Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Humanitarian law. Humanitarian law. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11831400

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Other authors / contributors:	Larsen, Kjetil Mujezinović, 1976- Cooper, Camilla Guldahl. Nystuen, Gro.
ISBN:	9781107021846 1107021847 9781283746434 1283746433 9781139134972 1139134973 9781139779708 1139779702 9781139776660 1139776665
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The legal norms of International Humanitarian Law are the product of a compromise between humanitarian considerations and the demands of military necessity. In Searching for a 'Principle of Humanity' in International Humanitarian Law, international legal scholars consider whether humanitarian considerations have an independent legal impact on IHL beyond the formation of these norms. They ask whether a 'principle of humanity' can be said to have legal force in its own right. Moreover, the book investigates whether regional or national differences are emerging regarding the import and emphasis placed on humanitarian considerations. For instance, do states which are not directly affected by armed conflict attach a greater weight to humanitarian considerations when interpreting and applying IHL than those states which are more directly involved in armed conflicts? Specifically, this book examines whether a particular 'Nordic perspective' can be identified, owing to those states' involvement in armed conflicts outside their own territories in the post- Second World War era.
Other form:	Print version: 9781283746434

Table of Contents:

List of tables
Notes on contributors
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction by the editors: is there a 'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law?
Part I. Theoretical perspectives
2. The main epochs of modern international humanitarian law since 1864 and their related dominant legal constructions
3. The principle of proportionality
4. The Geneva Conventions and the dichotomy between international and non-international armed conflict: curse or blessing for the 'principle of humanity'?
5. A 'principle of humanity' or a 'principle of human-rightism'?
6. The principle of humanity in the development of 'special protection' for children in armed conflict: 60 years beyond the Geneva Conventions and 20 years beyond the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Part II. Nordic experiences
7. Military occupation of Eastern Karelia by Finland in 1941-1944: was international law pushed aside?
8. The occupied and the occupier: the case of Norway
9. Multinational peace operations forces involved in armed conflict: who are the parties?
10. Security detention in UN peace operations
11. Humanity and the discourse of legality
12. Implementation in practice: 60 years of dissemination and other implementation efforts from a Norwegian perspective
Part III. Conclusions
13. Conclusions: is there a 'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law?
Index
List of Tables
10.1. Overview of targeting and detention standards in IHL (IAC) and IHRL
10.2. Overview of detention review standards in IHL and IHRL

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