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Debating The Issues, Kenneth Roth, Robert F. Turner
Debating The Issues, Kenneth Roth, Robert F. Turner
International Law Studies
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Military Commissions - Kangaroo Courts?, Charles H.B. Garraway
Military Commissions - Kangaroo Courts?, Charles H.B. Garraway
International Law Studies
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Iraq's Transformation And International Law, Ruth Wedgwood
Iraq's Transformation And International Law, Ruth Wedgwood
International Law Studies
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Iraq And The Law Of Armed Conflict, Thomas M. Franck
Iraq And The Law Of Armed Conflict, Thomas M. Franck
International Law Studies
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International Law And The 2003 Campaign Against Iraq, Nicholas Rostow
International Law And The 2003 Campaign Against Iraq, Nicholas Rostow
International Law Studies
No abstract provided.
Legal And Tactical Dilemmas Inherit In Fighting Terror: Experience Of The Israeli Army In Jenin And Bethlehem (April-May 2002), Alan Baker
International Law Studies
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Full Volume 80: Issues In International Law And Military Operations
Full Volume 80: Issues In International Law And Military Operations
International Law Studies
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Jus In Bello Issues Arising In The Hostilities In Iraq In 2003, Yoram Dinstein
Jus In Bello Issues Arising In The Hostilities In Iraq In 2003, Yoram Dinstein
International Law Studies
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International Humanitarian Law: Should It Be Reaffirmed, Clarified, Or Developed?, Jean-Phillippe Lavoyer
International Humanitarian Law: Should It Be Reaffirmed, Clarified, Or Developed?, Jean-Phillippe Lavoyer
International Law Studies
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Coaltion Operations And The Law, M.H. Macdougall
Coaltion Operations And The Law, M.H. Macdougall
International Law Studies
No abstract provided.
Special Forces' Wear Of Non-Standard Uniforms, W. Hays Park
Special Forces' Wear Of Non-Standard Uniforms, W. Hays Park
International Law Studies
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Litigating Child Recruitment Before The Special Court For Sierra Leone, Noah B. Novogrodsky
Litigating Child Recruitment Before The Special Court For Sierra Leone, Noah B. Novogrodsky
San Diego International Law Journal
In May 2004, the Special Court for Sierra Leone issued a landmark decision finding that an individual may be held criminally responsible for the offense of recruiting child soldiers into armed conflict. As a hybrid tribunal established by the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone to try those who "bear the greatest responsibility" for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during the country's civil war after November 1996, the Special Court is the first international criminal body to indict a person for the crime of recruiting and employing children in war. The decision in the case of …
Brief Of The University Of Toronto International Human Rights Clinic As Amicus Curiae To The Special Court For Sierra Leone, Noah B. Novogrodsky
Brief Of The University Of Toronto International Human Rights Clinic As Amicus Curiae To The Special Court For Sierra Leone, Noah B. Novogrodsky
San Diego International Law Journal
This brief addresses three questions: 1) the illegality of recruiting child soldiers into armed conflict; 2) the application of penal sanctions in international humanitarian law; and 3) the proper application of the principle of nullum crimen sine lege. Part I of our argument will establish that the recruitment of children into armed conflict is and was unquestionably a violation of international humanitarian law at the time the alleged offences took place. Part II will explain when international law permits prosecution of violations of international humanitarian law irrespective of whether penal sanctions are attached. Amici conclude that such prosecutions are permitted …
Human Dignity In The Line Of Fire: The Application Of International Human Rights Law During Armed Conflict, Occupation, And Peace Operations, John Cerone
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
One of the most controversial and politically charged issues in current human rights discourse is whether and to what extent states are bound by human rights obligations with respect to the conduct of their armed forces abroad in armed conflict, occupation, and peace operations. Underlying the controversy are a number of complex legal questions, several of which have eluded definitive resolution. Chief among these questions is whether individuals affected by the conflict are among those whose rights states are obliged to secure. Answering these questions is further complicated in situations of collective action, giving rise to such questions as whether …