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The soldier and his golf clubs / Frits Kalshoven

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Document type:
Chapter
Title:
The soldier and his golf clubs
Author zone:
Frits Kalshoven
In:
Etudes et essais sur le droit international humanitaire et sur les principes de la Croix-Rouge : en l'honneur de Jean Pictet = Studies and essays on international humanitarian law and Red Cross principles : in honour of Jean Pictet
Editor:
Genève : CICR ; La Haye : Nijhoff, 1984
Physical description:
p. 369-385
Languages:
English
Abstract:
The author begins by arguing that the St. Petersburg Declaration of 1868 was the first articulation of the need to balance the principle of military necessity with the principle of humanity during war. The paper then traces the development of these principles to the years leading up to the introduction of Additional Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions. At the time of introduction, Jean Pictet argued that when combatants had access to a variety of weapons and each weapon had equal capacity to overcome the enemy, the weapon expected to cause the least injury should be employed. The author argues that this idea of choice has led to very few prohibitions of weapon system based on undue suffering because the principle of military necessity has most often been determinative of the legality of a particular weapons system. Further, the impracticality of equipping soldiers with many different types of weapons means that sometimes combatants will be unable to avoid inflicting more suffering than is required to place his enemy hors de combat. However, despite these difficulties, the author concludes that Pictet’s fundamental idea that humanitarian principles must play a role in weapons selection remains relevant in the context of authorities who select a military forces. [Summary by students at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law (IHRP)].
Authors:
Kalshoven, Frits
Keyword in English:
MEANS OF COMBAT
IHL (INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW)
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAW
WEAPON CAUSING SUPERFLUOUS INJURY OR UNNECESSARY SUFFERING
USE OF ARMS
Keyword in French:
MOYEN DE COMBAT
DIH
DEVELOPPEMENT DU DROIT
ARME CAUSANT DES MAUX SUPERFLUS
EMPLOI DES ARMES
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  • Etudes et essais sur le droit international humanitaire et sur les principes de la Croix-Rouge : en l'honneur de Jean Pictet = Studies and essays on international humanitarian law and Red Cross principles : in honour of Jean Pictet / Christophe Swina

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