Challenges regarding the protection of animals during warfare / Jérôme de Hemptinne
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Title:
Challenges regarding the protection of animals during warfare
Author zone:
Jérôme de Hemptinne
In:
Studies in global animal law
Editor:
Berlin : Springer, 2020
Physical description:
p. 173-183
Languages:
English
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Bibliography : p. 182. - Source : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-60756-5_14 (last accessed 14.05.2020)
Abstract:
This chapter turns to the treatment of animals in one of the two classical divisions of international law, the laws of war, examining the protection of animals during hostilities. De Hemptinne explains that international humanitarian law (IHL) does not contain explicit rules to mitigate the suffering of animals in armed conflict. However, the overall evolution of law's approach to animals, notably its recognition of them as sentient beings, appears to allow for a progressive interpretation of IHL so as to constrain acts of violence against animals in war. The rules on the protection of civilian objects and on the environement, the proportionality principle, or the options for declaring demilitarized zones could all be activated to this end.
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