Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law - 2008

Provides an international forum for high-quality articles on the laws of armed conflict in international law.

The world's only annual publication devoted to the study of the laws of armed conflict, the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law provides a truly international forum for high-quality, peer-reviewed academic articles focusing on this highly topical branch of international law. The Yearbook also includes a selection of documents from the reporting period, many of which are not accessible elsewhere, and a comprehensive bibliography of all recent publications in humanitarian law and other relevant fields. Ease of use of the Yearbook is guaranteed by the inclusion of a detailed index.

Distinguished by its topicality and contemporary relevance, the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law bridges the gap between theory and practice and serves as a useful reference tool for scholars, practitioners, military personnel, civil servants, diplomats, human rights workers and students.

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Articles.- Moral Ambiguities Underlying the Laws of Armed Conflict: A Perspective from Military Ethics.- Protect Responsibly: The African Union's Implementation of Article 4(H) Intervention.- The Status of Peace Operation Personnel under International Humanitarian Law.- Changing the Landscape: Israel'S Gross Violations of International Law in the Occupied Syrian Golan.- Mistreatment of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked by the ICRC Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law.- Current Developments.- The Year in Review.- International Criminal Courts Round-Up.- The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia and the Progress of the 'Khmer Rouge Trials'.- The Cluster Munitions Convention: Around the World in One Year.- Correspondents' Reports.- Correspondents' Reports.