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International humanitarian law : answers to your questions / International Committee of the Red Cross

Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : ICRC c2014 Description: 96 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cmSubject(s): Humanitarian lawDDC classification: 341.67 INT
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Contents include:

1. What is IHL?

2. What are jus ad bellum and jus in bello?

3. What are the origins of IHL?

4. What treaties make up IHL? What is customary IHL?

5. When does IHL apply?

6. What are the Geneva Conventions and their Addition Protocols?


7. Whom does IHL protect?

8. Who is bound by IHL?

9. What is the difference between IHL and human rights law?

10. What does IHL say about deprivation of liberty?

11. What are the main IHL rules governing hostilities?

12. How does IHL regulate the means and methods of warfare?

13. What are the provisions of IHL governing the use and protection of the emblem?

14. What does IHL say about missing persons and the restoration of family links?

15. What does IHL provide for in terms of humanitarian access and assistance?

16. How does IHL protect refugees and internally displaced persons?

17. What objects are specially protected under IHL?

18. What does IHL say about terrorism?

19. How is IHL implemented?

20. What is the ICRC's role in developing and ensuring respect for IHL?

21. How are suspected war criminals prosecuted under international law?

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