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Edited By: Andrew Clapham, Paola Gaeta, Marco Sassòli

From: The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary

Edited By: Andrew Clapham, Paola Gaeta, Marco Sassòli

Content type: Book content

Product: Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Series: Oxford Commentaries on International Law
Published in print: 15 October 2015
ISBN: 9780199675449

Table of Cases xvii

Table of Legislation xxxix

List of Abbreviations lxxxvii

List of Contributors xcv

Part I Cross-Cutting Issues and Common Provisions

A. Cross-Cutting Issues
1. The Concept of International Armed Conflict 3
(Andrew Clapham)
2. The Applicability of the Conventions to ‘Transnational’ and
‘Mixed’ Conflicts 27
(Marko Milanovic)
3. The Temporal Scope of Application of the Conventions 51
(Gabriella Venturini)
4. The Geographical Scope of Application of the Conventions 67
(Katja Schöberl)
5. Rights, Powers, and Obligations of Neutral Powers under
the Conventions 85
(Yves Sandoz)

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 B. Common Provisions

1. General
6. The Obligation to Respect and to Ensure Respect for the
Conventions 111
(Robin Geiß)
7. Special Agreements in International Armed Conflicts 135
(Stuart Casey-Maslen)
8. Non-Renunciation of the Rights Provided by the
Conventions 155
(Pierre d’Argent)
9. Final Provisions, Including the Martens Clause 145
(Giovanni Distefano and Etienne Henry)

2. Special Rules
10. The Principle of Non-Discrimination 191
(Gabor Rona and Robert J. McGuire)
11. Hospitals 207
(Elżbieta Mikos-Skuza)
12. Humanitarian Assistance 231
(Flavia Lattanzi)
13. Search for Missing Persons 257
(Anna Petrig)
14. The Dead 277
(Daniela Gavshon)
15. Taking of Hostages 297
(David Tuck)
(p. xiv) 16. Torture, Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment 317
(Manfred Nowak and Ralph Janik)
17. Rape and Other Sexual Violence 343
(Patricia Viseur Sellers and Indira Rosenthal)
18. Protected Areas 369
(Natalino Ronzitti)

3. Common Article 3
19. The Concept of Non-International Armed Conflict 391
(Lindsay Moir)
20. The Addressees of Common Article 3 415
(Sandesh Sivakumaran)

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 21. The Beneficiaries of the Rights Stemming from Common
Article 3 433
(Jann K. Kleffner)
22. Murder in Common Article 3 449
(Sarah Knuckey)
23. Judicial Guarantees under Common Article 3 469
(Louise Doswald-Beck)
24. The Right of Initiative of the ICRC and Other Impartial
Humanitarian Bodies 495
(Nishat Nishat)
25. Applicability of the Conventions by Means of Ad Hoc
Agreements 509
(Luisa Vierucci)

C. Ensuring Compliance with the Conventions

26. The Role of the International Committee of the Red Cross 525
(Rotem Giladi and Steven Ratner)
27. Protecting Powers 549
(Robert Kolb)
28. Good Offices, Conciliation, and Enquiry 561
(Théo Boutruche)
29. Prohibition of Reprisals 575
(Jérôme de Hemptinne)
30. Dissemination of the Conventions, Including in Time of
Armed Conflict 597
(Elżbieta Mikos-Skuza)
31. Grave Breaches of the Geneva Conventions 615
(Paola Gaeta)
32. Domestic Implementation 647
(Andreas R. Ziegler and Stefan Wehrenberg)

D. The Geneva Conventions in Context

33. The Universality of the Geneva Conventions 669
(Frédéric Mégret)
34. Relationship with Prior and Subsequent Treaties and
Conventions 689
(Paolo Benvenuti)
35. The Complex Relationship Between the Geneva
Conventions and International Human Rights Law 701
(Andrew Clapham)

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 36. The Interplay Between the Geneva Conventions and
International Criminal Law 737
(Paola Gaeta)

Part II Specific Issues and Regimes

A. Geneva Conventions I and II

37. Who Is Wounded and Sick? 757
(Annyssa Bellal)
(p. xv) 38. Who is Shipwrecked? 767
(Steven Haines)
39. The Obligations to Respect, Protect, Collect, and Care for
the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked 781
(Gilles Giacca)
40. The Status, Rights, and Obligations of Medical and
Religious Personnel 807
(Stuart Casey-Maslen)
41. Buildings, Material, and Transports 825
(Katja Schöberl)
42. Loss of Protection 839
(Tom Haeck)
43. The Use of the Emblem 855
(Antoine A. Bouvier)

B. Geneva Convention III

44. Who Is a Prisoner of War? 889
(Sean Watts)
45. Status and Treatment of Those Who Do Not Fulfil the
Conditions for Status as Prisoners of War 911
(Laura M. Olson)
46. Determination of Prisoner of War Status 939
(Marie-Louise Tougas)
47. Evacuation and Transfer of Prisoners of War 957
(Keiichiro Okimoto)
48. Treatment of Prisoners of War 977
(Silvia Sanna)
49. Relations with the Outside World 1013
(Sharon Weill)
50. Penal or Disciplinary Proceedings Brought against a
Prisoner of War 1025
(Peter Rowe)

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 51. Release, Accommodation in Neutral Countries, and
Repatriation of Prisoners of War 1039
(Marco Sassòli)

C. Geneva Convention IV

1. General
52. The Structure of Geneva Convention IV and the Resulting
Gaps in that Convention 1069
(Nishat Nishat)
53. Maintenance and Re-establishment of Family Links and
Transmission of Information 1089
(Heike Spieker)
54. The Derogation Clause 1123
(Anne-Laurence Graf-Brugère)

2. Civilians in the Hands of the Enemy: General Protection

55. Who is a Protected Civilian? 1135
(Elizabeth Salmón)
56. The Prohibition of Collective Punishment 1155
(Shane Darcy)
57. The Right to Leave 1173
(Pamela Anne Hylton)
58. The Transfer and Deportation of Civilians 1185
(Vincent Chetail)
59. Judicial Guarantees 1215
(Payam Akhavan)
60. Other Issues Relating to the Treatment of Civilians in
Enemy Hands 1241
(Iris van der Heijden)

3. Specific Protection
61. Special Rules on Women 1271
(Noëlle Quénivet)
62. Special Rules on Children 1293
(Hans-Joachim Heintze and Charlotte Lülf)
(p. xvi) 63. Special Rules on Refugees 1313
(Bethany Hastie and François Crépeau)

4. Internment
64. Admissibility of and Procedures for Internment 1327
(Laura M. Olson)

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 65. Treatment of Internees 1349
(Bruce Oswald and Lucrezia Iapichino)
66. End of Internment 1373
(Bruce Oswald)

5. Occupied territories
67. The Concept and the Beginning of Occupation 1389
(Marco Sassòli)
68. Law-Making and the Judicial Guarantees in Occupied
Territories 1421
(Yutaka Arai-Takahashi)
69. The Administration of Occupied Territory 1455
(Michael Bothe)
70. Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in Occupied
Territories 1485
(Gilles Giacca)
71. Protection of Private Property 1515
(Yutaka Arai-Takahashi)
72. Protection of Public Property 1535
(Anicée Van Engeland)
73. Prohibition of Settlements 1551
(Christian Tomuschat)
74. The Geneva Conventions and the End of Occupation 1575
(Julia Grignon)

Index 1597

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