Law in Humanitarian Crises Volume I : How Can International Humanitarian Law Be Made Effective in Armed Conflicts? (European Commission Humanitarian Office): Abbreviations

Law in Humanitarian Crises Volume I : How Can International Humanitarian Law Be Made Effective in Armed Conflicts? (European Commission Humanitarian Office)

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Introduction

The Laws of War: Problems of Implementation in Contemporary Conflicts

I. Introduction

II. Implementation Provisions and Mechanisms

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1. From 1899 to the Second World War

2. The Post-Second World War Trials

3. The Post-1945 Conventions: General

4. The Post-1945 Conventions: Humanitarian, Monitoring and Fact-Pinding Tasks

5. The Post-1945 Conventions: Punishment and Compensation

6. Other Mechanisms of Implementation

7. The Involvement of the United Nations

8. The International Court of Justice

III. Problems of Implementation in Wars since 1980

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1. Iran-Iraq War 1980-88

2. The 1990-91 Gulf Conflict

3. The Wars in the Former Yugoslavia since 1991

4. Civil War and Humanitarian Intervention in Somalia 1992-95

5. International Conference, Geneva, August-September 1993

6. Rwanda 1994

IV. General Issues

1. Woodrow Wilson's Dilemma in 1914

2. Successors' Responses to illegal Acts of Previous Regimes

3. One Alternative Vision

V. Summary and Conclusions

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1. Realist and Idealist Images of the Laws of War

2. Still a World of States

3. Humanitarianism as a Substitute for Policy

4. Application to Non-International Conflicts

5. Mines

6. Limits of Compliance Provisions

7. Trials

8. International Criminal Court

9. Reparations

10. The United Nations

11. Barbarians?

12. A Set of Professional Military Standards?

13. Need to Keep Our Own Houses in Order

14. The Relation between Ius in Bello and Ius ad Bellum

15. Taking Implementation Seriously

The Implementation of International Humanitarian Law in the Framework of United Nations Peace-keeping Operations

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I. The United Nations and Humanitarian Law

II. The failure of the UN in Constituting Enforcement Instruments and the Practice of the Security Council of Authorizing Enforcement Action by States

III. The Law of International Armed Conflicts and UN Enforcement Operations Under Chapter VII

IV. The Alternative Experience of Peace-keeping Operations

V. The 1994 Convention on the Safety of United Nations Personnel as an Instrument Proscribing Attacks Against United Nations Missions in the Framework of Ius ad Bellum and the Contextual Recognition of the Applicability of Ius in Bello

VI. The Applicability of International Humanitarian Law to Peace-keeping Operations in the Light of General Instruments of International Law

VII. The Practice of Specific Instruments Concerning the Applicability of International Humanitarian Law in Peace-keeping Operations

VIII. A Conclusion in the Light of the 1994 Convention on the Safety of United Nations Personnel

International Humanitarian Law and the Law of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

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I. Introduction

II. The Inadequacy of International Refugee Law in Situations of Armed Conflict

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1. The Need for Reconsidering the Refugee Definitions in International Law

2. The Need for Improving the Substantive Rights of Refugees in Situations of Armed Conflict

3. The Need for Improving International Co-operation with Regard to Refugees from Situations of Armed Conflict

4. The Need for Further Consideration of International Action in Favour of Refugees from Situations of Armed Conflict

III. The Inadequacy of International Law in Respect of Internally Displaced Persons

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1. Existing Norms of International Law Applying to Internally Displaced Persons

2. The Lacunae of International Law in Respect of Internally Displaced Persons

3. Possible Ways of Improving the Legal Situation of Internally Displaced Persons

4. The Need for Further Consideration of International Action in Favour of Internally Displaced Persons

IV. The Need for Comprehensive Approaches

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1. Overcoming the Differentiation Between Externally Displaced Persons (Refugees) and Internally Displaced Persons

2. Overcoming the Still Existing Differentiation in International Law as Regards Norms Applicable Before, During and After Situations of Armed Conflicts Resulting in Forced Movements of Persons

V. Conclusions and Recommendations

Notes on the Contributors

Abbreviations

Abbreviations

ACDI	Agence Canadienne pour le dloppement
ACR	Agence centrale de recherches
AFDI	Annuaire francais de droit international
AG	Assemblgrale
AJIL	American Journal of International Law
APRONUC	Autoritrovisoire des Nations Unies au Cambodge
BPEAR	Bureau of Placement and Education of African Refugees
CDI	Commission de droit international des Nations Unies
CG	Convention de Gen
CICR	Comitnternational de la Croix-Rouge
CIJ	Cour internationale de Justice / Commission internationale de juristes
CIMA	Centre pour l'indndance des magistrate et des avocets
CS	Conseil de srit/TD>
CSCE	Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe / Confnce pour la sritt la cooption en Europe
DIDH	Droit international des Droits de l'Homme
DIH	Droit international humanitaire
EC	European Community
ECHO	European Community Humanitarian Office
ECOSOC	Economic and Social Council
EJIL	European Journal of International Law
ENMOD	Convention Environmental Modification Convention
EXCOM	Execut Committee
FIDH	Fration Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme
FMLN	Frente Farabundo Marti pare la Liberaciacional
FORPRONU	Force de protection des Nations Unies
GC	Geneva Convention
HCR	Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les rgi
ICJ	International Court of Justice
ICRC	International Committee of the Red Cross
IHD	Association des Droits de l'Homme de Turquie
ILA	International Law Association
ILC	International Law Commission
MICIVIH	UN-OAS International Civilian Mission to Haiti
MINUAH	Mission des Nations Unies en Haiti
MINUGUA	Mission de vfication des Nations Unies des Droits de l'Homme au Guatemala
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NU	Nations Unies
OAS	Organization of American States
OAU	Organization of African Unity
ODA	Overseas Development Agency
OEA	Organisation des Etats amcains
OMS	Organisation mondiale de la sant/TD>
ONG	Organisation(s) non gouvernementale(s)
ONU	Organisation des Nations Unies
ONUC	Option des Nations Unies pour le rblissement de la confiance en Croatie
ONUSAL	United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador
ONUSOM	Option des Nations Unies en Somalie
OSCE	Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe / Organisation pour la sritt la cooption en Europe
OTAN	Organisation du traite l'Atlantique du Nord
OUA	Organisation de l'unitfricaine
PAM	Programme alimentaire mondial
PNUD	Programme des Nations Unies pour le dloppement
POW	Prisoner of War
RBDI	Revue beige de droit international
RGDIP	Revue grale de droit international public
RICR	Revue internationale de la Croix-Rouge
SIDA	Swedish International Development Agency
SOFA	Model Status of Forces Agreement
TPI	Tribunal Pl International
UE	Union europne
UK	United Kingdom
UN	United Nations
UNAMIR	United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
UNAVEM	United Nations Angola Verification Mission
UNCIVAFF	United Nations Civil Affairs
UNCIVPOL	United Nations Civilian Police
UNCRO	United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia
UNEF	United Nations Emergency Force
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFICYP	United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus
UNHCR	United Nations High Commissoner for Refugees
UNICEF	United Nations Children's Fund
UNIFIL	United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UNMIH	United Nations Mission in Haiti
UNMOT	United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan
UNO	United Nations Organization
UNOMIL	United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia
UNOSOM	United Nations Operation in Somalia
UNPROFOR	United Nations Protection Force
UNTSO	United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
URSS	Union des Rbliques Socialistiques Soviques
USA	United States of America
USAID	United States Agency for International Development
VJIL	Virginia Journal of International Law

European Commission
Commission europne

Law in humanitarian crises
Volume I: How can international humanitarian law be made effective in armed conflicts?

Le droit face aux crises humanitaires
Volume I: De l'efficacitu droit international humanitaire dans les conflits arm

Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
Luxembourg: Office des publications officielles des Communauteuropnes

1995—384 p. - 16.2 x 22.9 cm

Vol. I: ISBN 92-827-533X-7
Vol. I to/I: 92-827-5337-9

Price (excluding VAT) in Luxembourg - Prix au Luxembourg (TVA exclue):
Vol. I: ECU 10
Vol. I to/I: ECU 18