Schindler, Dietrich Keywords: Armed conflicts | International humanitarian law | National liberation waGeneva Conventions (1949) | Protocols | Mots clefs: Conflits armés | Droit humanitaire international | Guerres de libération nationale | ABSTRACT The Course of Dietrich Schindler, Professor at the University of Zurich, deals with four types of armed conflict distinguished by 1949 Geneva Conventions and two 1977 protocols: international armed conflicts, wars of national liberation, non-international armed conflicts under Articl…

Thürer, Daniel Keywords: International humanitarian law | Mots clefs: Droit humanitaire international | ABSTRACT Daniel Thurer, Professor at the University of Zurich, dedicates his course to international humanitarian law or "law of armed conflict" or "law of war". He studies the ways by which international law tries to "humanize" organized violence. But Daniel Thurer`s ambitions are not limited to the battlefield. In his study, he explores the complexity of the ways and means that the law uses to regulate th…

E. Nahlik, Stanisław Keywords: Combatants and non-combatants | International humanitarian law | Prisoners of war | Geneva Conventions (1949) | Protocols | Mots clefs: Combattants et non-combattants | Droit humanitaire international | Prisonniers de guerre | Conventions de Genève | Protocoles | ABSTRACT Among the problems faced in attempting to regulate the law of war, the fate of people in power of the enemy, prisoners of war, has been a subject of an interesting development. In the past, the prisoners were killed. Then, they were sent t…

Gab Park, Ki Keywords: DisasteNatural disasteInternational crises | Humanitarian assistance | Armed conflicts | Victims | International protection | International humanitarian law | Responsibility to protect | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The notion of disaster, in the context of this course, is taken in a broad sense, taking the definitions proposed by the Institute of International Law and by the Research Centre for International Law in The Hague. The course is divided into two themes of study, disasters in peacetime and disasters…

Ronzitti, Natalino Keywords: Naval warfare | International humanitarian law | Mots clefs: Guerre maritime | Droit humanitaire | ABSTRACT In this course, Natalino Ronzitti, Professor at the University of Pisa, draws up a very complete picture of humanitarian law applicable to maritime armed conflicts. In his introduction, Professor Ronzitti presents the sources of law applicable to armed conflicts at sea and the autonomous status of naval conflicts compared to war on land or in the air. The author then focuses on t…

Swinarski, Christophe Keywords: Human rights | International humanitarian law | International protection | Individuals ABSTRACT In this course, Christophe Swinarski begins by examining the meaning of the term “individual” and shows how the concept of individual’s protection be profiled from now on to accommodate the legal world hitherto reserved to the States? The author presents an overview of the synergies between international humanitarian law and international human rights law and discusses the concept of …

Draper, G.I.A.D. Keywords: International humanitarian law | Geneva Conventions (1949) | Protocols | Enforcement | Mots clefs: Droit humanitaire international | ABSTRACT G.I.A.D. Draper dedicates this course to the Implementation and Application of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and to the Additional Protocols of 1978. In the chapter dealing with the implementation of these instruments, the author speaks about protective power, dissemination and instruction, legal advisors in armed forces, use of qualified persons, im…

Aga Khan, Sadruddin Keywords: International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission | International humanitarian law | Mots clefs: Commission indépendante sur les questions humanitaires internationales | ABSTRACT Sadruddin Aga Khan, Chairman of the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues, recalls in this lecture on the ethical foundations for law and society that the role of the commission for which he is the chairman to recall the basic elements of an ethics whose spiritual significance is that evoked…

Oriol, Casanovas Keywords: Refugees | Armed conflicts | International humanitarian law | Internally displaced persons | Mots clefs: Réfugiés | Conflits armés | Droit humanitaire international | Personnes déplacées dans leur propre pays | ABSTRACT In his course, Professor Oriol Casanovas undertakes a tripartite analysis of the international protection of refugees and displaced persons in armed conflicts. In the first part, Professor Casanovas presents the different elements of the international regulation for protection while depl…

Momtaz, Djamchid Keywords: Non-international armed conflicts | International humanitarian law | Mots clefs: Conflits armés non internationaux | Droit humanitaire international | ABSTRACT Djamchid Momtaz, Professor at the University of Teheran, reminds us that with the end of the cold war, non-international armed conflicts of ethnic or religious origin have become widespread. These are conflicts with an enemy that is less abstract: he is known and one bears a grudge against him because he belongs to a certain social gr…