An Introduction to the International Law of Armed Conflicts

This book provides a modern and basic introduction to a branch of international law constantly gaining in importance in international life, namely international humanitarian law (the law of armed conflict). It is constructed in a way suitable for self-study.

The subject-matters are discussed in self-contained chapters, allowing each to be studied independently of the others. Among the subject-matters discussed are, inter alia:-

• the Relationship between jus ad bellum / jus in bello;
• Historical Evolution of IHL;
• Basic Principles and Sources of IHL;
• Martens Clause;
• International and Non-International Armed Conflicts;
• Material, Spatial, Personal and Temporal Scope of Application of IHL;
• Special Agreements under IHL;
• Role of the ICRC;
• Targeting;
• Objects Specifically Protected against Attack;
• Prohibited Weapons;
• Perfidy;
• Reprisals;
• Assistance of the Wounded and Sick;
• Definition of Combatants;
• Protection of Prisoners of War;
• Protection of Civilians;
• Occupied Territories;
• Protective Emblems;
• Sea Warfare;
• Neutrality;
• Implementation of IHL.