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Title Searching for a 'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law / editors Kjetil Mujezinovic Larsen, Camilla Guldahl Cooper & Gro Nystuen
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Contents Introduction by the editors : is there a 'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law? -- Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen, Camilla G. Guldahl, Gro Nystuen -- The main epochs of modern international humanitarian law since 1864 and their related dominant legal constructions / Robert Kolb -- The principle of proportionality / Yoram Dinstein -- The Geneva conventions and the dichotomy between international and non-international armed conflict : curse or blessing for the 'principle of humanity'? / Cecilie Hellestveit -- A 'principle of humanity' or a 'principle of human-rightism'? / Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen -- The principle of humanity in the development of "special protection" for children in armed conflict : 60 years beyond the geneva conventions and 20 years beyond the convention on the rights of the child / Katarina Månsson -- Military occupation of eastern Carelia by Finland in 1941-44 : was international law pushed aside? / Lauri Hannikainen -- The occupied and the occupant : the case of Norway / Sigrid Redse Johansen -- Multinational peace operations forces involved in armed conflict : who are the parties? / Ola Engdahl -- Security detention in un peace operations / Peter Vedel Kessing -- Humanity and the discourse of legality / Rikke Ishøy -- Implementation in practice : 60 years of dissemination and other implementation efforts from a norwegian perspective / Arne-Willy Dahl and Camilla G. Guldahl -- Conclusions : is there a "principle of humanity" in international humanitarian law? / Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen and Camilla G. Guldahl
Summary The legal norms of International Humanitarian Law are the product of a compromise between humanitarian considerations and the demands of military necessity. In Searching for a 'Principle of Humanity' in International Humanitarian Law, international legal scholars consider whether humanitarian considerations have an independent legal impact on IHL beyond the formation of these norms. They ask whether a 'principle of humanity' can be said to have legal force in its own right. Moreover, the book investigates whether regional or national differences are emerging regarding the import and emphasis placed on humanitarian considerations. For instance, do states which are not directly affected by armed conflict attach a greater weight to humanitarian considerations when interpreting and applying IHL than those states which are more directly involved in armed conflicts? Specifically, this book examines whether a particular 'Nordic perspective' can be identified, owing to those states' involvement in armed conflicts outside their own territories in the post- Second World War era
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Humanitarian law.
LAW -- International.
Humanitarian law
Form Electronic book
Author Larsen, Kjetil Mujezinović, 1976-
Cooper, Camilla Guldahl
Nystuen, Gro
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