International humanitarian law Part 5

 

Special Issue – International humanitarian law -Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
Nordic Journal of International Law
Volume 78, Number 4, 2009

Customary International humanitarian law : Taking SLaw Journal / Law Reviewk of the ICRC Study
Jean-Marie Henckaerts
Nordic Journal of International Law
Volume 78, Number 4, 2009 p.435

It Is all in the Process: Reflections on the Relation between International Criminal Trials and International Humanitarian Law
Frederik Harhoff
Nordic Journal of International Law
Volume 78, Number 4, 2009 p.469

Compliance with International Humanitarian Law in Multinational Peace Operations
Ola Engdahl
Nordic Journal of International Law
Volume 78, Number 4, 2009 p.513

From Cold War to Hotspots – The Changing Needs for Dissemination of International humanitarian law in Sweden
Cecilia Hellman, Kristina Lindvall
Nordic Journal of International Law
Volume 78, Number 4, 2009 p.527

The EU Guidelines on Promoting Compliance with International humanitarian law
Pà¥l Wrange
Nordic Journal of International Law
Volume 78, Number 4, 2009 p.541

THE GAZA WAR OF 2009: APPLYING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW TO ISRAEL AND HAMAS
Justus Reid Weiner & Avi Bell
San Diego International Law Journal
Volume 11, Number 1, Fall 2009 p.5

National implementation of international humanitarian law
International Review of the Red Cross
Volume 91, Number 875, September 2009 p.627-642

SYMPOSIUM ON COMPLEMENTING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW: EXPLORING THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL NORMS TO GOVERN CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT SITUATIONS
Israel Law Review
Volume 42, Number 1, 2009

Pragmatism and Principle in International Humanitarian Law
Michael M. Lieberman
Israel Law Review
Volume 42, Number 1, 2009 p.150

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW: CURRENT AND INHERENT CHALLENGES
Marco Sassà²li
Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law
Volume 10, 2007 p.45-73

Elizabeth Wilmshurst and Susan Breau (eds), Perspectives on the ICRC Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law
British Year Book of International Law
Volume 79, 2008 p.371

Dieter Fleck (ed), The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law, Second Edition
British Year Book of International Law
Volume 79, 2008 p.371

European Union Guidelines on Promoting Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
Palestine Yearbook of International Law
Volume 14, 2006/2007 p.311

INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
Sri Lanka Journal of International Law
Volume 20, Number 2, 2008

International humanitarian law
Commonwealth Law Bulletin
Volume 35, Number 4, 2009

International humanitarian law in the Commonwealth
Aldo Zammit Borda
Commonwealth Law Bulletin
Volume 35, Number 4, 2009 p.719

Commonwealth countries’ national legislation on international humanitarian law-Annual update on national legislation-2009
Commonwealth Law Bulletin
Volume 35, Number 4, 2009 p.735-737

Prisoners of War: A Comparative Study of the Principles of International Humanitarian Law and the Islamic Law of War
Murphy, Ray; El Zeidy, Mohamed M.
International Criminal Law Review
Volume 9, Number 4, 2009 p.623-649

Can we prevent doctors being complicit in torture? Breaking the serpent’s egg
Mike O’Connor
Journal of Law and Medicine
Volume 17, Number 3, December 2009 p.426

A significant minority of the tortured prisoners who survive report that a doctor was present during their torture. Yet few medical practitioners are ever criminally prosecuted or even disciplined by their regulatory bodies. Can such gross violations of the Hippocratic Code be so easily ignored or are these doctors carefully shielded from detection and prosecution by a grateful state? Mostly doctors act to vet prisoners for their capacity to withstand the torture or resuscitate them to allow torture and interrogation to continue. However, on occasion, the “healers”may be the actual torturers as happened in Russian psychoprisons in the latter part of the 20th century. This article argues that the de facto immunity which complicit doctors currently appear to enjoy must be stripped away and replaced by effective processes to detect and then prosecute criminal behaviour. This will require widespread reporting of cases and action by international bodies, including non-government organisations. Prevention is clearly preferable and this will require improvements in undergraduate and graduate medical Education about international humanitarian and human rights law. There is evidence that many medical faculties pay scant attention to this Education and their students graduate with serious flaws in their understanding and attitudes towards human rights. Education should target “doctors at risk”in prisons, armed forces and the police. It should address professional behaviour which tolerates or even protects cultures of abuse. A code of professional conduct would assist “doctors at risk”to resist overtures for them to become complicit in torture. Medical Practice Acts should include statements on respecting human rights when defining good professional conduct. Doctors who become complicit in torture betray their profession. Swift action should be taken to stop such abuses and perpetrators should receive strong disciplinary action from regulatory bodies.

Various mechanisms and approaches for implementing international humanitarian law and protecting and assisting war victims
Toni Pfanner
International Review of the Red Cross
Volume 91, Number 874, June 2009 p.279-328

 

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