Searching for a'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law /
editors, Kjetil Mujezinovic Larsen, Camilla Guldahl Cooper and Gro Nystuen.
- xii, 365 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The main epochs of modern international humanitarian law since 1864 and their related dominant legal constructions / The principle of proportionality / The Geneva conventions and the dichotomy between international and non-international armed conflict : curse or blessing for the'principle of humanity'? / A'principle of humanity' or a'principle of human-rightism'? / The principle of humanity in the development of'special protection' for children in armed conflict : 60 years beyond the geneva conventions and 20 years beyond the convention on the rights of the child / Military occupation of eastern Karelia by Finland in 1941-1944 : was international law pushed aside? / The occupied and the occupant: the case of Norway / Multinational peace operations forces involved in armed conflict : who are the parties? / Security detention in UN peace operations / Humanity and the discourse of legality / Implementation in practice : 60 years of dissemination and other implementation efforts from a Norwegian perspective / Robert Kolb -- Yoram Dinstein -- Cecilie Hellestveit -- Kjetil Mujezinovic Larsen -- Katarina Mansson -- Lauri Hannikainen -- Sigrid Redse Johansen -- Ola Engdahl -- Peter Vedel Kessing -- Rikke Ishy -- Arne-Willy Dahl and Camilla G. Guldahl Cooper.