HPCR Manual on International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare
Cambridge University Press, 7/8/2013
EAN 9781107034198, ISBN10: 1107034191
Hardcover, 504 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Language: English
The HPCR Manual on International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare provides an up-to-date restatement of existing international law applicable to the conduct of air and missile warfare. The HPCR Manual and its associated rule-by-rule Commentary are the results of a six-year endeavor led by the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University, during which it convened an international group of renowned legal experts and practitioners to reflect on the current legal framework regulating air and missile warfare from various sources of international law. Through the publication of the HPCR Manual and its associated Commentary, HPCR hopes that legal advisors and military officers will benefit from an in-depth presentation - and interpretation - of international law applicable to military operations involving air and missile warfare. As a result, it is expected that a greater clarity of the law will enhance the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
Section A. Definitions
Section B. General framework
Section C. Weapons
Section D. Attacks
Section E. Military objectives
Section F. Direct participation in hostilities
Section G. Precautions in attacks
Section H. Precautions by the belligerent party subject to attack
Section I. Protection of civilian aircraft
Section J. Protection of particular types of aircraft
Section K. Specific protection of medical and religious personnel, medical units and transports
Section L. Specific protection of medical aircraft
Section M. Specific protection of the natural environment
Section N. Specific protection of other persons and objects
Section O. Humanitarian aid
Section P. 'Exclusion zones' and no-fly zones
Section Q. Deception, ruses of war and perfidy
Section R. Espionage
Section S. Surrender
Section T. Parachutists from an aircraft in distress
Section U. Contraband, interception, inspection and capture
Section V. Aerial blockade
Section W. Combined operations
Section X. Neutrality.