Part I presents International Humanitarian Law (IHL) carefully and systematically. The important and non-controversial elements of each topic are outlined in Introductory Texts. In addition, readers are given the possibility and indeed encouraged to expand their knowledge on a given subject through references to the pertinent parts of Cases and Documents reproduced in Part II. For each topic, references to articles from the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols and to the Rules of the ICRC Study on Customary IHL are also provided. Finally, a selected bibliography facilitates further study and deeper understanding of each topic. Part II, entitled Cases and Documents, constitutes the main body of the present publication. In this Part, the reader can find all the Cases and Documents in chronological and geographical order. The nature of each Case or Document varies according to the topic: the student or scholar will thus find judgements of national and international tribunals, Security Council resolutions, document excerpts and press releases. Each case and document has been carefully edited according to the specific topic(s) of IHL referred to in Part I. The originality of this section lies in the second part of each case, entitled Discussion, where the reader is asked questions that raise issues in relation to the case at hand. Part III, contained in the CD only, provides advice and recommendations on how to teach IHL and a series of teaching outlines that may be useful for university professors who wish to introduce a course on IHL. The suggested teaching outlines are primarily for law faculties, but they also target faculties of journalism and political science. This Part ends with fourteen course outlines written by experts in IHL and two general exercises on IHL. The electronic version is publicly available, in four parts, under the following links: http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/publications/icrc-0739-part-i.pdf http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/publications/icrc-0739-part-ii-vol-i.pdf http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/publications/icrc-0739-part-ii-vol-ii.pdf http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/publications/icrc-0739-part-iii.pdf

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How does law protect in war

Introduction 1 The methodological debate and the quest for custom 2 Conditions of self-defence 3 The Armed Attack Requirement Ratione Materiae 4 The Armed Attack Requirement Ratione Temporis 5 The Armed Attack Requirement Ratione Personae 6 What future for the armed attack criterion?

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'Armed Attack' and Article 51 of the Un Charter : Evolutions In Customary Law And Practice

As the preferred choice of both teachers and students, this textbook offers an unrivalled combination of expertise, accessibility and comprehensive coverage. The new edition reflects the way the economic crisis has impacted the shape and nature of European Union law. Materials from case law, legislation and academic literature are integrated throughout to expose the student to the broadest range of views. Additional online material on the application of EU law in non member states and on rulings on the Fiscal Compact ensures the material is completely current. The new edition includes a timeline which charts the evolution of the EU project. Written in a way which encourages sophisticated analysis, the book ensures the student's full engagement with sometimes complex material. More importantly, it offers the clarity which is essential to understanding. A required text for all interested in European Union law.

European Union Law: Text and Materials

After clarifying the ideal-typical characteristics of action plans, this contribution shows how the Action Plan on Combating Terrorism emerged out of a hectic process of policy-entrepreneurship by the European Commission and other integration-minded actors. This overloaded the EU's policy-making capacity and fostered policy conflict, while the strategic dimension was neglected.

The Action Plan on Combating Terrorism: A Flawed Instrument of EU Security Governance

Partant de l’intuition que la notion d’Etat en droit international et en droit europeen fait apparaitre des elements tellement epars et desordonnes, on a pu demontrer que cette intuition de depart se reflete tres bien dans la realite. En effet, d’une branche a l’autre, on se rend compte que les ordres juridiques etudies offrent une vision polymorphe de la notion d’Etat, sous la forme d’« une figure a geometrie variable ». En explorant les regles d’imputation, les regles de rattachement et les regles d’expression de la volonte de l’Etat, force est de constater que la notion d’Etat peut etre apprehendee du point de vue organique, du point de vue materiel et du point de vue factuel. Au-dela de cette variabilite, il convient de rechercher l’unite fonctionnelle de la notion d’Etat. On en vient, des lors, a la conclusion selon laquelle : la fonction singuliere de la notion d’Etat est sa propension a etre un outil au service des necessites systemiques de l’ordre juridique international et europeen. La notion d’Etat est en effet mobilisee pour servir un objectif particulier, ce qui rend concevable sa geometrie variable. Ainsi, notre these s’evertue a faire ressortir l’unite dans la variabilite. Elle comporte toutefois en filigrane une proposition theorique, celle de « l’Etat fonctionnel ». Par « Etat fonctionnel », nous entendons toute entite qui n’est pas statutairement un Etat, mais qui neanmoins exerce pleinement et entierement des fonctions de nature etatique, et ceci de facon autonome. On vise par-la certaines entites federees (comme celles de la Belgique et le Quebec) et certaines entites secessionnistes ((comme la RTCN) ou des groupes terroriste (comme l’Etat islamique). La theorie de « l’Etat fonctionnel » ne va pas jusqu’a postuler la reconnaissance de la qualite d’Etat a ces entites, mais seulement de les considerer comme tel, de facon ponctuelle, afin de permettre une application effective et efficace de la norme internationale et/ou europeenne.

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Notion d'Etat en droit international et en droit européen : de l'impossible approche conceptuelle à la nécessaire approche fonctionnelle

The United Nations Security Council and War. The Evolution of Thought and Practice since 1945

Of arrest warrants, terrorist offences and extradition deals: An appraisal of the EU’s main criminal law measures against terrorism after “11 September”

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International Law Aspects of the EU's Security and Defence Policy, with a Particular Focus on the Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights

International Law Aspects of the EU’s Security and Defence Policy, with a Particular Focus on the Law of Armed Conflict

Security (in a broad sense, see infra, II.B) in Europe is the realm of several regional international organisations, mainly the European Union (“EU”), Western European Union (“WEU”), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (“NATO”), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (“OSCE”) and, to a lesser extent, the Council of Europe, creating a patchwork of regional security institutions that is unique in the world. These organisations interact in many ways and claim to be mutually reinforcing. Is that the case? Is there room for improvement?

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Frederik Naert

Papers

The United Nations Security Council and War. The Evolution of Thought and Practice since 1945

Of arrest warrants, terrorist offences and extradition deals: An appraisal of the EU’s main criminal law measures against terrorism after “11 September”

International Law Aspects of the EU's Security and Defence Policy, with a Particular Focus on the Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights

International Law Aspects of the EU’s Security and Defence Policy, with a Particular Focus on the Law of Armed Conflict

How effective is the European security architecture? Lessons from Bosnia and Kosovo