Statehood IHL
Statehood IHL
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Acknowledgements 5
List of Contributors 11
Table of Treaties and other Legal Instruments 13
List ofAbbreviations 17
A. Introduction 43
B. What’s in a Name? The Different Denominations of the Jus in
Bello 46
C. The Current Jus in Bello: Its Humanitarian Present and Military
Past 48
D. In Lieu of a Conclusion: Thoughts on the Global War on Terror
and the Search for a New Concept 55
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A. Introduction 59
B. Theoretical Background 64
C. Existence of an International Humanitarian Law-Specific
Approach? 68
D. Conclusion 79
A. Introduction 80
B. The International Law on Jurisdiction 81
C. The International Law on Jurisdiction and International
Humanitarian Law 83
D. Conclusion 84
A. Introduction 89
B. Does International Humanitarian Law Provide a Legal Basis for
Detentions for Security Reasons? 90
C. Human Rights Law Applicable to Detention in Non-Intemational
Armed Conflicts 99
D. Potential Legal Bases for Detentions for Security Reasons in
Situations of Non-Intemational Armed Conflict 106
E. Summary and Conclusions 116
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A. Introduction 124
B. The Legal Personality of Organised Armed Groups and the Risk
of their Legitimisation 127
C. The Argument of Effectiveness 136
D. Provisional Summary 139
E. The International Normative Basis 140
F. The Domestic Argument 151
G. Integrating Organised Armed Groups into the Process of ‘Law-
Making’ 154
H. Accountability 159
I. Conclusion 162
A. Introduction 171
B. The Classification of Assets under Investment Law 174
C. The Classification of Commercial Objects under International
Humanitarian Law 178
D. The Classification of Investments into Protected Civilian Objects
and Permissible Military Targets 184
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A. Introduction 194
B. The Laws of Belligerent Occupation and the Protection of
(Foreign) Investment 195
C. The Role of Investment Law during Belligerent Occupation 208
D. Concluding Remarks 215
A. Introduction 217
B. The Research so far 218
C. The Development of Law in Theory and Practice 220
D. The ‘Nature’ of International Humanitarian Law 224
E. How to Approach Non-State Actors 226
F. States, Courts, Scholars and the Development of International
Humanitarian Law 233
Index 241
Table of Cases 247
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