The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198945825 ISBN 13: 9780198945826

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2025

Synopsis

The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law sets out a Black Letter text of international humanitarian law accompanied by case analysis and extensive explanatory commentary by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts.

This updated and revised fourth edition, first published in 2021, takes account of the latest legal developments, such as the 2017 Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty, as well as the ongoing debate on many old and new issues including the notion of direct participation in hostilities; air and missile warfare; military operations in outer space; military cyber operations; belligerent occupation; operational detention; and the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflict. The continuing need to consider borderline issues of the law of armed conflict as well as the interplay of international humanitarian law, human rights law, and other branches of international law is highlighted. Certain topics, such as the law of occupation, protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts, humanitarian assistance, and human rights in armed conflict have been made more visible in separate chapters.

About this title

About the Author

Dieter Fleck, Honorary President, The International Society for Military Law and the Law of War

Dr Dieter Fleck is Honorary President of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War, and former Director, International Agreements & Policy, of the German Federal Ministry of Defence.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198945825
• ISBN 13: 9780198945826
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 816
• Editor: Fleck Dieter