Applying International Humanitarian Law in Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introducing International Humanitarian Law to Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Bodies

   • Derek Jinks, Jackson Nyamuya Maogoto, Solon Solomon

   Pages 1-27

3. The Judicial Factual Expansion of International Humanitarian Law

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29

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   2. Applicability Test of Additional Protocol II and Common Article 3 for Crimes in Internal Armed Conflict

      • Noëlle Quénivet

      Pages 31-60

   3. The Role of the U.S. Judicial Branch During the Long War: Drone Courts, Damage Suits, and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests

      • Lesley Wexler

      Pages 61-102

   4. International Humanitarian Law in the Maritime Context: Conflict Characterization in Judicial and Quasi-Judicial Contexts

      • Rob McLaughlin, Dale Stephens

      Pages 103-132

   5. Domestic Humanitarian Law: Developing the Law of War in Domestic Courts

      • Ashley Deeks

      Pages 133-164

   6. The Interaction of the International Terrorism Suppression Regime and IHL in Domestic Criminal Prosecutions: The UK Experience

      • Kimberley N. Trapp

      Pages 165-182

4. The Thematic Expansion of International Humanitarian Law

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183

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   2. Beyond Life and Limb: Exploring Incidental Mental Harm Under International Humanitarian Law

      • Eliav Lieblich

      Pages 185-218

   3. Armed Conflict and the Inter-American Human Rights System: Application or Interpretation of International Humanitarian Law?

      • Shana Tabak

      Pages 219-256

   4. The European Court of Human Right’s Engagement with International Humanitarian Law

      • Samuel Hartridge

      Pages 257-287

   5. The Interaction Between Domestic Law and International Humanitarian Law at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

      • Patricia Hobbs

      Pages 289-314

5. The Institutional Expansion: Applying International Humanitarian Law In Domestic Jurisdictions and Quasi-Judicial Bodies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 315-315

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   2. Applying the Laws of Armed Conflict in Swiss Courts

      • Roberta Arnold

      Pages 317-333

   3. International Humanitarian Law in the Courts of Australia

      • Emily Crawford

      Pages 335-353

   4. Aut Deportare Aut Judicare: Current Topics in International Humanitarian Law in Canada

      • James Yap

      Pages 355-387

   5. International Humanitarian Law in Indian Courts: Application, Misapplication and Non-application

      • Chintan Chandrachud

      Pages 389-413

   6. Interpretations of IHL in Tribunals of the United States

      • Michael W. Lewis, Peter Margulies

      Pages 415-449

   7. The International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur and the Application of International Humanitarian Norms

      • Makane Moïse Mbengue, Brian McGarry

      Pages 451-478

The work analyzes the impact and implementation of international humanitarian law in judicial and quasi judicial bodies. Moreover, acknowledging the high impact domestic jurisdictions have in the configuration of international law, the book does not rest only in an analysis of the international jurisprudence, but delves also into the question of how domestic courts relate to international humanitarian law issues.

• Domestic Law
• Human Rights Law
• International Criminal Law
• International Humanitarian Law
• Quasi Judicial Bodies

• School of Law, University of Texas, Austin, USA

  Derek Jinks

• Law, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

  Jackson N. Maogoto

• Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

  Solon Solomon

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