The Geneva Conventions and the normative tenor of international relations / Sonia Cardenas -- The history and status of the Geneva Conventions / Wade Mansell and Karen Openshaw -- The principle of proportionality in the law of armed conflict / Françoise Hampson -- Civilian protection : what's left of the norm? / Stuart Gordon -- The protection of detainees in international humanitarian law / Keiichiro Okimoto -- Non-lethal weapons : a rose by any other name / Nick Lewer -- From 'total war' to 'total operations' : contemporary doctrine and adherence to IHL / Björn Müller-Wille -- The paradox of value discourses / Helen Dexter -- Freeing force from legal constraint / Jim Whitman -- Undermining international humanitarian law and the politics of liberal democracies / Sarah Perrigo
Summary
Outrages committed during violent conflict and as part of the war on terror are not only an affront to human dignity -- they also violate the Geneva Conventions. This book examines recent high-profile cases of repeated and open abuse of theConvention