Cluster Munitions and International Law : Disarmament With a Human Face?

ISBN-13: 9780415668156 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 288 str.

Alexander Breitegger

Opis

This book offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary legal analysis of restraints and prohibitions on the use of cluster munitions under international humanitarian law, human rights law, and international criminal law, as well as the recently adopted Convention on Cluster Munitions.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Factual Evidence in Relation to Cluster Munitions  3. Existing International Humanitarian Law relevant to Cluster Munitions 4. Jurisprudene on IHL in relation to Cluster Munitions Use 5. The Use of Cluster Munitions as a Human Rights Problem  6. Issues related to Cluster Munition Use Before Human Rights Mechanisms 7. The Oslo Process on Cluster Munitions and its Interaction with the CCW 8. The Convention on Cluster Munitions 9. Conclusions

O autorze

Alexander Breitegger is a Legal Adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross. He was a Researcher and Lecturer on international law at the University of Vienna, Austria, and Adviser to CMC-Austria. His previous publications focus on international humanitarian and human rights law.