The law of internal armed conflict / electronic resource
Lindsay Moir.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- 1 online resource (xix, 306 pages).
- Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 19 .
- Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 19. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-297) and index.
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Table of cases; Table of treaties and other international instruments; 1 The historical regulation of internal armed conflict; 2 Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions; 3 Additional Protocol II of 1977; 4 Customary international law and internal armed conflict; 5 Human rights during internal armed conflict; 6 Implementation and enforcement of the laws of internal armed conflict; Bibliography; Index.
Moir examines the laws designed to protect civilians in internal armed conflict. He traces the development of international law from the nineteenth century to conflicts in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia; how human rights can protect during armed conflict; and how effectively (and by whom) the rules can be enforced.
Humanitarian law. War victims--Legal status, laws, etc. Civil war--Protection of civilians. Droit international humanitaire. Victimes de guerre--Droit. Guerre civile--Protection des civils. LAW--International. Civil war--Protection of civilians. Humanitarian law. War victims--Legal status, laws, etc. Humanitair oorlogsrecht. Burgeroorlogen. Burgers. Bürgerkrieg Humanitäres Völkerrecht Bewaffneter Konflikt Völkerrecht Innerstaatliches Recht