Unlawful Attacks in Combat Situations
Subtitle: From the IctyÆs Case Law to the Rome Statute (International Humanitarian Law)
Publisher: Hotei Publishing; Brill - Nijhoff; Brill Nijhoff; Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Published: November 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9789004162006
Subjects: International Law; International humanitarian law; International; Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession
Description: "Death and destruction are unavoidable effects of war and combat situations. The fact that people have been killed or injured or property has been destroyed should not encourage anyone to rush to the conclusion that war crimes have been committed. On the contrary, before reaching such a conclusion, it is necessary to carefully analyze the conduct of the person causing death, injury or damage in order to ascertain whether such conduct is consistent with international humanitarian law."

"Unlawful Attacks in Combat Situations focuses on the manner in which unlawful attacks launched during the conduct of hostilities have been dealt with in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the international treaty which, to date, deals most comprehensively with war crimes committed in international and non-international armed conflicts, and in the case law of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the first international judicial body that has investigated and prosecuted crimes committed during the conduct of hostilities since World War II."--Jacket.