New rules for victims of armed conflicts : commentary on the two 1977 protocols additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 / by Michael Bothe, Karl Josef Partsch, Waldemar A. Solf ; with the collaboration of Martin Eaton.

Online resource (EBSCO, viewed June 25, 2014).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. General provisions -- part II. Wounded, sick and shipwrecked ; section I. General protection ; section II. Medical transportation ; section III. Missing and dead persons -- part III. Methods and means of warfare combatant and prisoner-of-war status ; section I. Methods and means of warfare ; section II. Combatant and prisoner-of-war status -- part IV. Civilian population ; section I. General protection against effects of hostilities ; section II. Reflief in favour of the civilian population ; section III. Treatment of persons in the power of a party to the conflict -- part V. Execution of the conventions and of this protocol ; section I. General provisions ; section II. Repression of breaches of the conventions and of this protocol -- part VI. Final provisions -- part I. Scope of this protocol -- part II. Humane treatment -- part III. Wounded, sick and shipwrecked -- part IV. Civilian population -- part V. Final provisions.

The two Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions are a cornerstone of the current law regulating armed conflict. The authors, who took part in their negotiation, explain the origin and the meaning of the text and provide, thus, and important help for their understanding and application. The current volume is a revised reprint, with new introductory materials, of the original text published in 1982.

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