The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law

Fourth Edition

Edited by Dieter Fleck

This highly influential book covers all aspects of international humanitarian law in international and non-international armed conflict situations
Provides extensive explanatory commentary and case analysis by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts
Offers a complete account of activities that should be taken to improve implementation and enforcement of international humanitarian law
Explores international humanitarian law's interaction with human rights law and other areas of international law

New to this Edition:

Includes fully updated discussion of legal and policy arguments relevant for the application of international humanitarian law in land, air, and sea warfare, military cyber operations, and military uses of outer space
Topics such as the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts, humanitarian assistance, and human rights in armed conflict have been made more visible in separate chapters
Takes into account significant recent legal developments, such as the 2017 Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty

The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law

Fourth Edition

Edited by Dieter Fleck

Description

The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law sets out a black letter text of international humanitarian law accompanied by case analysis and extensive explanatory commentary by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts. This is the fourth edition of this influential and comprehensive handbook. It has been extensively updated and revised, taking into account recent legal developments, such as the 2017 Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty, as well as the ongoing debate on many old and new issues.

Areas covered by the book include the notion of direct participation in hostilities; air and missile warfare; military operations in outer space; military cyber operations; belligerent occupation; operational detention; and the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflict. The continuing need to consider borderline issues of the law of armed conflict as well as the interplay of international humanitarian law, human rights law, and other branches of international law is highlighted.

This Handbook provides an in-depth understanding of the development and current problems of the law of armed conflicts. It considers legal and policy issues both from the views of academics and military and diplomatic practitioners. Finally - and most importantly - it offers a complete account of activities that should be taken to improve the implementation and enforcement of international humanitarian law.

The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law

Fourth Edition

Edited by Dieter Fleck

1:Introduction, Dieter Fleck
2:Historical Developments and Legal Basis, Mary Ellen O'Connell
3:Scope of Application of International Humanitarian Law, Jann K. Kleffner
4:General Principles of International Humanitarian Law, Nobuo Hayashi
5:Combatants and Non-Combatants, Knut Ipsen
6:Means of Combat, Marco Longobardo and Dieter Fleck
7:Methods of Combat, Stefan Oeter
8:Protection of Civilians, Knut Dörmann
9:Occupation, Knut Dörmann and Sylvain Vité
10:Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts, Michael Bothe
11:Humanitarian Assistance, Knut Dörmann and Tristan Ferraro
12:Protection of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked, Jann K. Kleffner with Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
13:Protection of Prisoners in Armed Conflict, Sandra Krähenmann
14:Human Rights in Armed Conflct, Jann K. Kleffner
15:Protection of Religious Personnel, Nilendra Kumar
16:Protection of Cultural Property, Roger O'Keefe
17:The Law of Armed Conflict at Sea, Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
18:The Law of Neutrality, Michael Bothe
19:The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict, Dieter Fleck
20:The Law of International Peace Operations, Ben F. Klappe
21:Implementation and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law, Silja Vöneky
Annex: Distinctive Emblems

The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law

Fourth Edition

Edited by Dieter Fleck

Author Information

Edited by Dieter Fleck, Honorary President of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War, Member of the Advisory Board of the Amsterdam Center of International Law, and former Director, International Agreements & Policy, German Federal Ministry of Defence

Dr Dieter Fleck is Honorary President of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War, Member of the Advisory Board of the Amsterdam Center of International Law, and former Director, International Agreements & Policy, of the German Federal Ministry of Defence.

Contributors:

Professor (em.) Dr. Michael Bothe, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt/Main

Dr Knut Dörmann, Head of the ICRC Delegation to the EU, NATO and the Kingdom of Belgium;
formerly Chief Legal Officer and Head of the Legal Division, ICRC

Dr. Tristan Ferraro, Senior Legal Adviser at the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Dr. Dieter Fleck, Honorary President of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War; Member of the Advisory Board, Amsterdam Center of International Law; formerly Director, International Agreements and Policy, German Ministry of Defence

Dr. Nobuo Hayashi, Associate Senior Lecturer, Swedish Defence University; Visiting Lecturer, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute; Visiting Professor, University for Peace

Professor Dr. Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg, Chair of Public Law, in particular Public International Law, European Law and Foreign Constitutional Law, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder; President of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War

Professor (em.) Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Knut Ipsen, formerly President of the German Red Cross; founding Rector of the University of Bochum; founding Rector of the Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder

Colonel Ben F. Klappe, Senior Legal Adviser, HQ Army Staff, and Visiting Judge, Criminal Court of Gelderland, The Netherlands; formerly Senior Military Expert, United Nations Secretariat

Professor Dr. Jann K. Kleffner, LL.M., Professor of International Law
Swedish Defence University, Stockholm; Extraordinary Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria

Dr. Sandra Krähenmann, Thematic Legal Adviser, Geneva Call; formerly Assistant Professor, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Major General (ret.) Nilendra Kumar, Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Director, Lex Consilium Foundation; President, Akhil Bhartiya Vidhi Pradhyapak Sangam; formerly Judge Advocate General, Army

Dr Marco Longobardo, Lecturer (Public International Law), University of Westminster

Professor Mary Ellen O'Connell, JD, PhD, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame, Indiana

Professor Dr. Roger O'Keefe, Professor of International Law, Bocconi University, Milan, and Honorary Professor of Law, University College London

Professor Dr. Stefan Oeter, Director of the Institute of International Affairs, University of Hamburg

Dr. Sylvain Vité, Member of the Legal Division, International Committee of the Red Cross

Professor Dr. Silja Voeneky, Institute of Public International Law, University of Freiburg