Interactive Outline Of The Law Of War

 

 

1. Introduction

1.1 What Is War?

1.2 Purposes And Uses Of The Law Of War

1.3 Distinctions Among Types Of Armed Combat

1.4 How And When Hostilities Commence

1.5 The Legal Effects Of War

1.6 Legitimate Use Of Armed Force

bulletSelf-Defense
bulletTreaty Obligation
bulletHumanitarian Intervention

 

2. General Principles And Sources Of The Law Of War

2.1 The Role Of History In Establishing General Principles

2.2 Sources: Treaties, Custom, Decisions, Commentators & Treatises

2.3 The Central Role Of The U.N. Charter, The Geneva And Hague Conventions

 

3. Means And Conduct Of Hostilities

3.1 Regulated And Forbidden Conduct

3.2 Limits On Weapons

    3.2.1 Conventional Weapons

    3.2.2 Gas & Biological Warfare

    3.2.3 Nuclear Weapons

3.3 Limits On Methods Of Warfare

    3.3.1 Land Warfare

    3.3.2 Naval Warfare

    3.3.3 Aerial Warfare

3.4 Limits on Places Of Warfare

    3.4.1 Outer Space

    3.4.2 Environmental Warfare

3.5 What The Future Holds

 

4. Decision Making In War

    4.1 Command Responsibility

    4.2 Liability For War Crimes

    4.3 Rules Of Engagement

    4.4 The Reality Of Combat

 

5 Protected Persons

    5.1 Prisoners Of War

     5.1.1 Entitlement to Treatment as a Prisoner of War

     5.1.2 Interrogation of Prisoners of War

     5.1.3 Torture

    5.2 Civilians

    5.3 Other Protected Persons

        5.3.1 Aliens And Internees

        5.3.2 The Sick And Wounded

 

6 Protected Property

    6.1 Civilian Zones

    6.2 Specifically Protected Property

         6.2.1 Real Property

         6.2.2 Personal Property

    6.3 Excepted Military Property

 

7   Belligerent Occupation

7.1 The Legal Status of Occupied Territory

7.2 Treatment Of The Populace

7.3 Treatment Of Property

        7.3.1 Private Property

        7.3.2  Public Property

7.4 Right To Administer Occupied Territory

 

8 International Organizations

    8.1 The Role Of International Organizations In War

    8.2 The Paramount Role Of The United Nations

    8.3 Warfare By International Organizations

        8.3.1The NATO Example...Kosevo

        8.3.2 The Warsaw Pact...Czechoslovakia

        8.3.2 The U.N. Example...Korea

    8.4 Non-Governmental Organizations

 

9. Neutrality

9.1 Rules Governing Neutrality

9.2 The Role Of Neutrals

9.3 Trade And Passage By Neutrals

9.4 The Effects Of War On Neutrals

 

10. Ending Hostilities

10.1 Relations Among Belligerents

10.2 The Role Of Peace Making Bodies

10.3 War Crimes Tribunals

    10.3.1 Procedural Issues Before International Tribunals

    10.3.2 Substantive Issues Before International Tribunals

 

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Revised: March 07, 2006