Revisiting the Geneva Conventions: 1949-2019

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-37553-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 623 g

The book is designed to provide an overview of the development, meaning, and nature of international humanitarian law (IHL). It presents a critical review of the protection of the injured, sick and shipwrecked, prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians during times of war, the prevention of forcible transfer of civilians, the four Geneva Conventions from a Third World point of view, the ideals of distinction, proportionality and precaution from the point of view of Islamic law and the issues faced in implementing IHL.

This lucidly written and timely book will greatly benefit anyone interested in the protection of victims of armed conflict.

Contents:

Notes on editors; Notes on contributors; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Preface; Foreword;

International Legal Protection of Persons Affected by War: Challenges and the Way Forward, Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Borhan Uddin Khan

1 The Development of the Geneva Conventions, Borhan Uddin Khan and Nazmuzzaman Bhuian

2 The Legal Status and Protection of the Rights of Prisoners of War, Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan

3 The Prohibition of Deportation and Forcible Transfer of Civilian Populations in the Fourth Geneva Convention and Beyond, Etienne Henry

4 Combatants Aboard Medical Aircraft Who Fall into the Hands of a Neutral Power – the Scope of Their Liability to Detention Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Additional Protocol I, Yutaka Arai-Takahashi

5 Forced Transfer of Aliens during Armed Conflicts, Pablo Antonio Fernández Sánchez

6 The Geneva Conventions and Non-International Armed Conflicts, Noelle Higgins

7 Four Geneva Conventions of 1949: A Third World View, Srinivas Burra

8 Criminalising Rape and Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts: Evolving Criminality and Culpability from the Geneva Conventions to the Bangladesh International Crimes Trial, M Rafiqul Islam

9 Principles of Distinction, Proportionality and Precautions under the Geneva Conventions: The Perspective of Islamic Law, Mohd Hisham Mohd Kamal

10 Implementation of International Humanitarian Law and the Current Challenges, Borhan Uddin Khan and Nakib Muhammad Nasrullah

11 The Geneva Conventions and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law, Derek Jinks

Index.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bhuiyan, Md Jahid Hossain

Uddin Khan, Borhan

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Preface

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Notes on Editors

Notes on Contributors

International Legal Protection of Persons Affected by War: Challenges and the Way Forward

Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Borhan Uddin Khan

1 The Development of the Geneva Conventions

Borhan Uddin Khan and Mohammad Nazmuzzaman Bhuian

2 The Legal Status and Protection of the Rights of Prisoners of War

Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan

3 The Prohibition of Deportation and Forcible Transfer of Civilian Populations in the Fourth Geneva Convention and Beyond

Etienne Henry

4 Persons aboard Medical Aircraft Who Fall into the Hands of a Neutral Power – the Scope of Their Liability to Detention under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Additional Protocol i

Yutaka Arai-Takahashi

5 Forced Transfer of Aliens during Armed Conflicts

Pablo Antonio Fernández Sánchez

6 The Geneva Conventions and Non-International Armed Conflicts

Noelle Higgins

7 Four Geneva Conventions of 1949: a Third World View

Srinivas Burra

8 Criminalising Rape and Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts: Evolving Criminality and Culpability from the Geneva Conventions to the Bangladesh International Crimes Trial

M Rafiqul Islam

9 Principles of Distinction, Proportionality and Precautions under the Geneva Conventions: the Perspective of Islamic Law

Mohd Hisham Mohd Kamal

10 Implementation of International Humanitarian Law and the Current Challenges

Borhan Uddin Khan and Nakib M. Nasrullah

11 The Geneva Conventions and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law

Derek Jinks

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, Ph.D. The University of Queensland, Australia, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Law and Justice, Southeast University, Bangladesh. He is co-editor of An Introduction to International Refugee Law (MNP, 2013).

Borhan Uddin Khan, Ph.D. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, is a Professor at the Department of Law, University of Dhaka. He is co-author of Protection of Minorities: Regimes, Norms and Issues in South Asia (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012).