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International Humanitarian Law

The guide provides sources related to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and additional resources that attempt to limit the effect of armed conflicts via international law and norms.

Periodicals

International Yearbook on Humanitarian Law

Selected Articles on Humanitarian Law

The Updated Commentary on the First Geneva Convention -- A New Tool for Generating Respect for International Humanitarian Law
93 Int'l L. Stud. 147 (2017)
The North and South Divide in the Practice of International Humanitarian Law...
11 J. Pol. & L. 79 (2018)
Eric Pomes, Technological Innovations and International Humanitarian Law: Challenges and Tensions
46 Polish Pol. Sci. Y.B. 205 (2017)
Henok Ashagrey Kremte, Minimizing Human Suffering and Protecting Persons Affected by Conflict: A Critical Appraisal of the Compliance System of International Humanitarian Law
8 Beijing L. Rev. 440 (2017)
Stephen Townley, Indiscriminate Attacks and the Past, Present, and Future of the Rules/Standards and Objective/Subjective Debates of International Humanitarian Law
40 Vanderbilt J. Transnational L. 1223 (2017)
The Conduct of Hostilities and International Humanitarian Law: Challenges of 21st Century Warfare
93 Int'l L. Stud. 322 (2017)
Amanda Alexander, International Humanitarian Law, Postcolonialism, and the 1977 Geneva Protocol I
17 Melb. J. Int'l L 15 (2016)
Yishai Beer, Military Strategy: The Blind Spot of International Humanitarian Law
8 Harv. National Security Journal 333 (2017)
Deborah N. Pearlstein, Armed Conflict at the Threshold?
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Va. J. Int'l L (forthcoming); posted on SSRN in 2018
Dapo Akande, Classification of Armed Conflicts: Relevant Legal Concepts (2012)
Marco Roscini, The United Nations Security Council and the Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law
43 Israel L. Rev. 330 (2010, rev. 2015)
Natasha T. Balendra, Defining Armed Conflict
Cardozo L. Rev. forthcoming; posted on SSRN in 2007 (rev., 2008)
The Role of the ICRC in the Enforcement of the Geneva Conventions
posted on SSRN in 2015
Jens David Ohlin, Recapturing the Concept of Necessity
posted on SSRN in 2013 (rev. 2014)
The Laws of War: Regulating the Use of Force
posted on SSRN in 2012 (revised 2013)