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.

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