War crimes and the conduct of hostilities : challenges to adjudication and investigation /
edited by Fausto Pocar, Marco Pedrazzi, Micaela Frulli ; with cooperation of Andrea Cannone, Paola Gaeta, Edoardo Greppi and Giuseppe Nesi.
- xxi, 383 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The criminalization of the violations of international humanitarian law from Nuremberg to the Rome Statute / Fausto Pocar -- Serious violations of the law on the conduct of hostilities : A neglected class of war crimes? / Paola Gaeta -- To what extent do the international rules on human rights matter? / Edoardo Greppi -- Direct attacks on civilians and indiscriminate attacks as war crimes / Francesco Moneta -- The criminalization and prosecution of attacks against cultural property / Andrea Carcano -- Using human shields as a war crime / Marco Pedrazzi -- The enlistment, conscription and use of child soldiers as war crimes / Alberto Oddenino -- Criminalizing rape and sexual violence as methods of warfare / Ludovica Poli -- The crime of attacking peacekeepers / Andrea Spagnolo -- The use of prohibited weapons and war crimes / Andrea Cannone -- New weapons, old crimes? / Marina Castellaneta -- The criminalization of the use of biological and chemical weapons / Annita Larissa Sciacovelli -- Arms transfer and complicity in war crimes / Antonio Leandro -- International terrorism, the law of war and the negotiation of a UN comprehensive convention / Giuseppe Nesi -- Terror and terrorism in armed conflicts : Developments in international criminal law / Julinda Beqiraj -- Fighting terror within the law? : Terrorism, counterterrorism and military occupations / Marco Pertile -- The relevance of international humanitarian law in national case law on terrorism / Antonino Ali -- The challenges of establishing the facts in relation to'Hague law' violations / Stephen Wilkinson -- UN fact-finding commissions and the prosecution of war crimes : An evolution towards justice-oriented missions? / Micaela Frulli -- Fact-finding by international human rights institutions and criminal prosecution / Simone Vezzani