International humanitarian law Part 17

 

National implementation of International humanitarian law Biannual update on national legislation and case law, July – December 2004
International Review of the Red Cross
Volume 87, Number 857, March 2005 p.217

International Humanitarian Law , War Criminality and Child Recruitment: The Special Court for Sierra Leone’s Decision in Prosecutor v. Samuel Hinga Norman
MATTHEW HAPPOLD
Leiden Journal of International Law
Volume 18, Number 2, June 2005 p.283-297

Key Developments Affecting the Scope of Internal Armed Conflict in International Humanitarian Law
Anthony Cullen
Military Law Review
Volume 183, Spring 2005 p.66

The Status of Mercenaries and Other Illegal Combatants Under International humanitarian law
Alexander Behnsen
German Yearbook of International Law
Volume 46, 2003 p.494

Humiliating and Degrading Treatment Under International humanitarian law : Criminal Accountability, State Responsibility, and Cultural Considerations
Captain Stephen Erickkson
Air Force Law Review
Volume 55, 2004 p.269

The liability of civilians under international humanitarian law’s war crimes provisions
Roberta Arnold
Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law
Volume 5, 2002 p.344

Teaching international humanitarian law in universities: the contribution of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Antoine A Bouvier and Katie E. Sams
Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law
Volume 5, 2002 p.381

A guide to state practice concerning International Humanitarian Law
With commentaries by: Roberta Arnold, Clara Bosco, David Boyle, Giovanni Carlo Bruno, Burrus M. Carnahan, Santiago Castellá, José Consigli, Anna Danieli, Eric David, Valentina Della Fina, Thomas Desch, Rosa Dinuzzi, Treasa Dunworth, Valeria Eboli, Khadija Elmadmad, Ola Engdahl, Ornella Ferrajolo, José A. Guevara, Michael E. Hartmann, Jan Hladik, Peter Hostettler, Seigo Iwamoto, Hideyuki Kasutani, Nico Keijzer, Phenyo Keiseng Rakate, Abderrahim Kounda, Péter Kovács, Nilenadra Kumar, Peter Kustor, Sebastián Lopéz Escarcena, Mustafa Mari, Tim McCormack, Avril McDonald, Ray Murphy, Maria Nybondas, Peter Otken, Antoni Pigrau, Rafael A. Prieto Sanjuán, René Provost, A.P.V. Rogers, Sascha Rolf Lüder, Hernán Salinas Burgos, Rytis Satkauskas, Gregor Schotten, Yuval Shany, Miodrag Starèeviæ, Paul Tavernier, Gabriel Valladares, Dana Zhandayeva
Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law
Volume 5, 2002 p.423

International Responsibility of Individuals for Breaches of Humanitarian Law
ELZBIETA SOCHA
Polish Yearbook of International Law
Volume 26, 2002-2003 p.67

Book Review: Reading Humanitarian Intervention: Human Rights and the Use of Force in International Law
Doris Buss
Social & Legal Studies
Volume 14, Number 2, June 2005 p.307-310

Bantekas, Ilias: Principles of Direct and Superior Responsibility in International Humanitarian Law
British Year Book of International Law
Volume 74, 2003 p.437

Lepard, Brian D.: Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention: A Fresh Legal Approach Based on Fundamental Ethical Principles in International Law and World Religions
British Year Book of International Law
Volume 74, 2003 p.452

Prevost, Rene: International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
British Year Book of International Law
Volume 74, 2003 p.456

The Advisory Opinion: The Light Treatment of International Humanitarian Law
David Kretzmer
American Journal of International Law
Volume 99, Number 1, January 2005 p.88

Critical Reflections on the International Humanitarian Law Aspects of the ICJ Wall Advisory Opinion
Ardi Imseis
American Journal of International Law
Volume 99, Number 1, January 2005 p.102

The Applicability of International Humanitarian Law to the “War against Terrorism”
FAIZA PATEL KING AND OLIVIA SWAAK-GOLDMAN
Hague Yearbook of International Law
Volume 15, 2002 p.39

INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE PROSECUTION OF PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW COMMITTED THE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA SINCE 1991 – Ninth Annual Report
Hague Yearbook of International Law
Volume 15, 2002 p.179

Neighbours as human shields? The Israel Defense Forces’ “Early Warning Procedure”and international humanitarian law
ROLAND OTTO
International Review of the Red Cross
Volume 86, Number 856, December 2004

On the relationship between human rights law protection and international humanitarian taw
HANS-JOACHIM HEINTZE
International Review of the Red Cross
Volume 86, Number 856, December 2004

Legality of amnesties in international humanitarian law. The Lomé Amnesty Decision of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
SIMON M. MEISENBERG
International Review of the Red Cross
Volume 86, Number 856, December 2004

ANNE ORFORD, READING HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION: HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE USE OF FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
Lisa Danish
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
Volume 10, 2004

[Articles] The Exception as the Rule: Lawmaking on Force and Human Rights by the UN Security Council
Osterdahl, I.
Journal of Conflict and Security Law
Volume 10, Number 1, Spring 2005

When the UN Security Council began authorising humanitarian interventions, its decisions were circumscribed by references to the unique and exceptional character of every situation dealt with. From the point of view of lawmaking, whether the Security Council claims that every situation is unique is of no significance as long as there is a consistent practice to the contrary. Even though the practice may in many respects be labelled ‘ad-hocish’, this article argues that there exists nevertheless a repeated if not consistent practice on the part of the Security Council on humanitarian intervention. The practice of the Security Council outweighs the words of the Council aiming to circumscribe the legal effects of its action. The immediate legal effect of the authorisations to use force to protect human rights relates to the mandate of the Security Council under the UN Charter. Indirectly, the practice of the Security Council on humanitarian intervention may also have an impact on general international law on the use of force. Perhaps, the repeated practice of the Security Council has paved the way for unilateral action in cases where the Council still cannot agree. All the decisions of the Security Council on humanitarian intervention are gone through in the article, which finds that in time the scrupulous circumscription of the authorisations to use force to protect human rights has disappeared from the resolutions of the Security Council. Then it becomes even easier to argue that the practice of the Security Council, although still ‘ad-hocish’, does make law.

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