Searching for a 'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law [electronic resource] / editors, Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen, Camilla Guldahl Cooper and Gro Nystuen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction by the editors : is there a 'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law? -- Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen, Camilla G. Guldahl, Gro Nystuen -- The main epochs of modern international humanitarian law since 1864 and their related dominant legal constructions / Robert Kolb -- The principle of proportionality / Yoram Dinstein -- The Geneva conventions and the dichotomy between international and non-international armed conflict : curse or blessing for the 'principle of humanity'? / Cecilie Hellestveit -- A 'principle of humanity' or a 'principle of human-rightism'? / Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen -- The principle of humanity in the development of "special protection" for children in armed conflict : 60 years beyond the geneva conventions and 20 years beyond the convention on the rights of the child / Katarina Månsson -- Military occupation of eastern Carelia by Finland in 1941-44 : was international law pushed aside? / Lauri Hannikainen -- The occupied and the occupant : the case of Norway / Sigrid Redse Johansen -- Multinational peace operations forces involved in armed conflict : who are the parties? / Ola Engdahl -- Security detention in un peace operations / Peter Vedel Kessing -- Humanity and the discourse of legality / Rikke Ishøy -- Implementation in practice : 60 years of dissemination and other implementation efforts from a norwegian perspective / Arne-Willy Dahl and Camilla G. Guldahl -- Conclusions : is there a "principle of humanity" in international humanitarian law? / Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen and Camilla G. Guldahl.

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