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Fighting and Victimhood in International Criminal Law book cover

1st Edition

Fighting and Victimhood in International Criminal Law

By Joanna Nicholson Copyright 2018
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

219 Pages
by Routledge
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The act of fighting or being a fighter has certain consequences in international law. The most obvious example can be found in international humanitarian law, where a distinction is drawn between fighters and civilians, with fighters being military objectives and civilians being protected from attack. Another example is from international human rights law, where it has been held that the... Read more

Acknowledgments



Abbreviations





Table of Treaties and Cases





Chapter 1 Introduction





Chapter 2 Untangling Victims of War Crimes from Lawful Casualties of War





Chapter 3 Fighting and War Crimes Involving Prohibited Means and Methods of Warfare





Chapter 4 War Crimes and Persons Hors de Combat





Chapter 5 Members of Non-opposing Forces as Victims of War Crimes





Chapter 6 Child Soldiers





Chapter 7 Peacekeepers





Chapter 8 Crimes against Humanity, Genocide and Fighting





Chapter 9 Conclusion





Bibliography



Index

Biography

Joanna Nicholson is a postdoctoral researcher at PluriCourts: Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order, at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Norway.

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