Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Foreword / Alan D. Gilbert -- Editors’ Preface / Helen Durham -- Acknowledgements / Helen Durham -- Notes on Contributors / Helen Durham -- Overview / Helen Durham -- A Critique of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 / Christopher Greenwood -- Increasing Protection for Victims of Armed Conflict / Helen Durham -- Women: The Forgotten Victims of Armed Conflict? / Christine Chinkin -- Minorities: Their Protection in General International Law and in International Humanitarian Law / Daniel Thürer -- Controlling the Weapons of War / Helen Durham -- The Relationship Between International Humanitarian Law and Arms Control / Robert J. Mathews -- The SIrUS Project: Towards a Determination of Which Weapons Cause ‘Superfluous Injury or Unnecessary Suffering’ / Robin M. Coupland -- Identifying the Law Applicable to Peace Operations / Helen Durham -- Legal Constraints on Military Personnel Deployed on Peacekeeping Operations / Garth J. Cartledge -- Responsibility for Public Security in Peace Operations / Michael J. Kelly -- Enforcing the Rules of International Humanitarian Law / Helen Durham -- National Prosecutions of War Crimes and the Rule of Law / Gillian Triggs -- International Criminal Law and the Ad Hoc Tribunals / Helen Durham -- Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law / Geoffrey J. Skillen -- Index / Helen Durham -- International Humanitarian Law Series / Helen Durham.

It is indisputable that the way armed conflict is conducted has changed dramatically in the last half of the twentieth century. The contributions to this volume accept the reality of these changes and seek to assess the efficacy of certain aspects of international humanitarian law. The volume commences with a critical evaluation of the 1977 Protocols additional to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Subsequent chapters consider increasing protection for women and minorities in armed conflict; efforts to control the weapons of war; identifying the law applicable to peace operations; and current developments in the enforcement of international humanitarian law. One general theme which emerges from a number of chapters is the importance of the relationship between international humanitarian law and other relevant areas of international law. Most of the contributors also applaud recent developments towards effective enforcement of the established principles of this important area of international law.

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