Searching for a'principle of humanity' in international humanitarian law / editors, Kjetil Mujezinovic Larsen, Camilla Guldahl Cooper and Gro Nystuen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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