International Humanitarian Law Facing New Challenges (eBook) von Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg

Confronting New Challenges Knut Ipsen and International Humanitarian Law.- Asymmetries with regard to Methods and Means of Warfare.- Asymmetrical Warfare and International Humanitarian Law.- The end justifies the means Should this be the philosophy?.- Comment: Is the Principle of Distinction Outdated?.- Asymmetries and the Identification of Legitimate Military Objectives.- Asymmetries and the Identification of Legitimate Military Objectives.- Targeting Hearts and Minds: National Will and Other Legitimate Military Objectives of Modern War.- The United Kingdom and Legitimate Military Objectives: Current Practice ... and Future Trends?.- The System of Status Groups.- The System of Status Groups in International Humanitarian Law.- Collateral Damage, Proportionality and Individual International Criminal Responsibility.- Do Non-State Actors Challenge International Humanitarian Law?.- The Relationship between Individual and State Responsibility.- Individual and State Responsibility for Violations of the Ius in Bello: An Imperfect Balance.- Some Comments on the International Responsibility of States.- Comment: Responsibility for Violations of International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law and Human Rights Law Synergy and Conflict?.- Dissemination and Monitoring Compliance.- Dissemination and Monitoring Compliance of International Humanitarian Law.- Fact-finding as a means of ensuring respect for international humanitarian law.- Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Their Potential Role in Monitoring.

This book features the contributions of a distinguished group of experts in the field of the law of armed conflicts that gathered in Berlin in June 2005. The goal of the colloquium, which marked the 70th birthday of Knut Ipsen, was to find operable solutions for problems and challenges that confront the contemporary law of armed conflict.