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CASES
- Romania, Voluntary Report
- ECtHR, Milanović v. Croatia
- ICRC/Geneva Call, Dissemination of IHL using I.T.
- Australia/Afghanistan, Inquiry into the Conduct of Australian Defence Forces
- Libya, Report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2014/15)
- United Kingdom, The Case of Serdar Mohammed (Court of Appeal and Supreme Court Judgments)
- USA, Al-Shimari v. CACI Premier Technology, Inc.
- USA, Guantánamo, End of "Active Hostilities" in Afghanistan
- USA, Jawad v. Gates
- Central African Republic, Report of the UN Independent Expert, July 2016
- Afghanistan, Bombing of a Civilian Truck
- ICRC, Statement - War in Cities ; What is at Stake?
- Colombia Peace Agreement
- UN/Colombia, Human Rights Committee Clarifications and Concluding Observations (2016)
- Germany, Aerial Drone Attack in Mir Ali/Pakistan
- Eastern Ukraine, OHCHR Report on the Situation: November 2016 - February 2017
- UN, Working Group on the use of Mercenaries: Preliminary Findings of Mission to Ukraine
- United States of America, Military Commissions Trial Judiciary, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: United States of America v. Khalid Shaikh Mohammad et al.
- Syria, Syrian rebels treat captured Filipino soldiers as 'guests'
- Central African Republic/Democratic Republic of Congo/Uganda, LRA attacks
- Central African Republic, Coup d'Etat
- Iraq, Crimes by Militia Groups
- Africa, The AfCHPR on the interplay between human rights and IHL
- South Sudan, Activities of Oil Companies
- UN Security Council, Resolution 2664 on Humanitarian Exemptions to UN Sanctions Regime
- Colombia, Special Jurisdiction for Peace, Extrajudicial Executions in Casanare
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES
SUGGESTED READING:
BOTHE Michael, MACALISTER-SMITH Peter & KURZIDEM Thomas (eds), National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, Dordrecht/Boston/London, M. Nijhoff, 1990, 286 pp.
DJIBRIL Ly, “La mise en oeuvre du droit international humanitaire: les obligations étatiques”, in Études internationales, Vol. 72/3, 1999, pp. 113-130.
DOSWALD-BECK Louise, “Implementation of International Humanitarian Law in Future Wars”, in International Law Studies, US Naval War College, Vol. 71, 1998, pp. 39-75.
DRAPER Gerald I.A.D., “The Implementation and Enforcement of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and of the Two
Additional Protocols of 1977”, in Collected Courses, Vol. 164, 1979, pp. 5-54.
FLECK Dieter, “Implementing International Humanitarian Law: Problems and Priorities”, in IRRC, No. 281, March-April 1991, 13 pp.
GREEN Leslie C., “Enforcement of the Law in International and Non-International Conflicts – The Way Ahead”, in DenverJournal of International Law and Policy, Vol. 24, 1996, pp. 285-320.
Law in Humanitarian Crises: How Can International Humanitarian Law Be Made Effective in Armed Conflicts?, Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1995.
ICRC, Integrating the Law, Geneva, ICRC, May 2007, 43 pp.
ICRC, Increasing Respect for International Humanitarian Law in Non-International Armed Conflicts, Geneva, ICRC, February 2008, 32 pp.
PFANNER Toni, “Various Mechanisms and Approaches for Implementing International Humanitarian Law and Protecting and Assisting War Victims”, in IRRC, Vol. 91, No. 874, June 2009, pp. 279-328.
SANDOZ Yves, Implementing International Humanitarian Law, Geneva, Henry-Dunant Institute, 1995, 28 pp.
SANDOZ Yves, “Implementing International Humanitarian Law”, in International Dimensions of Humanitarian Law, Geneva, Henry-Dunant Institute/UNESCO, 1986, pp. 259-282.
SASSÒLI Marco, “The Implementation of International Humanitarian Law: Current and Inherent Challenges”, YIHL, Vol. 10 (2007), 2009, pp. 45-73.
FURTHER READING:
BACHMANN Sascha-Dominik, BOWRING Bill & HANKEL Gerd, “Implementation of International Humanitarian Law”, in QUENIVET Noëlle & SHAH-DAVIS Shilan (eds), International Law and Armed Conflict: Challenges in the 21st Century, The Hague, T.M.C. Asser Press, 2010, pp. 287-315.
BASSIOUNI Cherif M., “The New Wars and the Crisis of Compliance with the Law of Armed Conflict by Non-State Actors”, in Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 98, No. 3, 2008, pp. 711-810.
DUTLI Maria Teresa, “Implementation of International Humanitarian Law – National Measures”, in IRRC, No. 302, September-October 1994, pp. 464-518.
GREEN Leslie C., “Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law and Threats to National Sovereignty”, in Journal of Conflict and Security Law, Vol. 8/1, pp. 101-131.
HARLAND Christopher B., “Domestic Reception of International Humanitarian Law: UK and Canadian Implementing Legislation”, in WATERS Christopher P. M., British and Canadian Perspectives on International Law, Leiden, Boston, M. Nijhoff, 2006, pp. 29-51.
ICRC, The Domestic Implementation of International Humanitarian Law. A Manual, Geneva, ICRC, May 2010,
397 pp.
KALSHOVEN Frits & SANDOZ Yves (eds), Implementation of International Humanitarian Law Research Papers by Participants in the 1986 Session of the Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations of the Hague Academy of International Law, Dordrecht, London, M. Nijhoff, 1989, 472 pp.
LA ROSA Anne-Marie, “Sanctions as a Means of Obtaining Greater Respect for Humanitarian Law: a Review of their Effectiveness”, in IRRC, Vol. 90, No. 870, June 2008, pp. 221-247.
National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law – 2002-2003 Biennial Report, Geneva, ICRC, 2004, 40 pp.
NIYUNGEKO Gérard, “The Implementation of International Humanitarian Law and the Principle of State Sovereignty”, in IRRC, No. 281, March-April 1991, pp. 105-133.
OSWALD Bruce, “Accountability for the Treatment of Civilian Detainees During Military Operations: Developing
Principled Practice”, in New Zealand Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 5, 2007-2008, pp. 131-162.
RAMCHARAN B.G., “The Role of International Bodies in the Implementation and Enforcement of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law in Non-International Armed Conflicts”, in American University Law Review, Vol. 33/1, 1983, pp. 99-115.
ROBERTS Adam, “The Laws of War: Problems of Implementation in Contemporary Conflicts”, in Law in Humanitarian Crises: How Can International Humanitarian Law Be Made Effective in Armed Conflicts?, Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1995, pp. 13-82.
SASSÒLI Marco, “Possible Legal Mechanisms to Improve Compliance by Armed Groups with International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law”, 2003, Armed Groups Project.