Ensuring respect for international humanitarian law / ed. by Eve Massingham and Annabel McConnachie

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Document type:

Book

Title:

Ensuring respect for international humanitarian law

Author zone:

ed. by Eve Massingham and Annabel McConnachie

Editor:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2020

Physical description:

XVI, 278 p.

Series:

Routledge research in the law of armed conflict

ISBN:

978-0-367-18689-0

Languages:

English

General Note:

Bibliographies. Index

Abstract:

This book explores the nature and scope of the provision requiring States to ‘ensure respect’ for international humanitarian law (IHL) contained within Common Article 1 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. It examines the interpretation and application of this provision in a range of contexts, both thematic and country-specific. Accepting the clearly articulated notion of ‘respect’ for IHL, it builds on the existing literature studying the meaning of ‘ensure respect’ and outlines an understanding of the concept in situations such as enacting implementing legislation, diplomatic interactions, regulating private actors, targeting, detaining persons under IHL in non-international armed conflict, protecting civilians (including internally displaced populations) and prosecuting war crimes. It also considers topical issues such as counter-terrorism and foreign fighting.

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