An enquiry must be opened, on application by one of the parties to an armed conflict, into any alleged violation of the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
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LEGAL SOURCE
DOCUMENTS
Switzerland Acting as Protecting Power in World War II
United Kingdom/Germany, Sinking of the Tübingen in the Adriatic
CASES
Australia/Afghanistan, Inquiry into the Conduct of Australian Defence Forces
Israel/Gaza, Operation Cast Lead (Part II.)
Israel, The Targeted Killings Case (Para. 40)
Israel, Human Rights Committee’s Report on Beit Hanoun (Paras. 67-75)
Israel, Report of the Winograd Commission (Para. 46)
Case Study, Armed Conflicts in the former Yugoslavia (Para. 25)
UN, Request for an Investigation on War Crimes
ECHR, Isayeva v. Russia (Paras. 30-98, 168, 182)
Georgia/Russia, Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in South Ossetia (Paras. 140-148)
UN, Statement of a Special Rapporteur on Drone Attacks
Afghanistan, Attack on Kunduz Trauma Centre
Libya, Report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2014/15)
UN, Security Council Resolution 2286 on Attacks on Hospitals
Afghanistan, Bombing of a Civilian Truck
Italy, Use of force against ambulances in Iraq
Germany, Aerial Drone Attack in Mir Ali/Pakistan
Central African Republic, Coup d'Etat
South Sudan, AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan
United States, The US Plan to Mitigate Civilian Harm in Armed Conflicts
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES
Suggested readings:
VITÉ Sylvain, Les procédures internationales d’établissement des faits dans la mise en oeuvre du droit international humanitaire, Brussels, Bruylant, 1999, 485 pp. STEWART James G., “The UN Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon: A Legal Appraisal”, in Journal of International Criminal Justice, Vol. 5, No. 5, November 2007, pp. 1039-1059. WALDMAN Adir, Arbitrating Armed Conflict, Decisions of the Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group, Huntington N.Y., Juris, 2003, 320 pp.