* Please note that the reading list will be amended * Latest update 30 August. JAMR20 Humanitarian Law 2018 Reading list

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1 * Please note that the reading list will be amended * Latest update 30 August JAMR20 Humanitarian Law 2018 Reading list Textbook Emily Crawford & Alison Pert, International Humanitarian Law, 2015, Cambridge University Press. Available for purchase at online bookstores. Copies are also available at the RWI library and the Law Faculty library. 3 September: Theorizing IHL Textbook: chapters 1.1-9, 2.2 and 10. Frédéric Mégret, Theorizing the Laws of War, In Orford and Hoffman (eds), Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law, Oxford University Press September: Key Principles of IHL Textbook: chapter 2 After having read the textbook chapter read the following text and try to figure out the different ways in which Human Rights Watch uses the principles of IHL in dealing with the situation. What guidance and directions do they give to Hamas and Israel based on the Key principles of IHL? 1

2 Human Rights Watch Q & A: 2014 Hostilities between Israel and Hamas available at 6 September: IHL for Human Rights Lawyers, Lecture Marko Milanovic, 2013, A Norm Conflict Perspective on the Relationship between International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law, Journal of Conflict & Security Law. 7 September: Humanitarian Law for Human Rights Lawyers, Seminar (2 groups) Read all three texts filed under today s date on the course webpage. Read them in the following order: 1. Excerpts from Hassan v. UK; 2. Clearing the fog of law ; 3. Koskenniemi Hegemonic Regimes. Each student is expected to be prepared to give an account of the way in which each text construe the relation between IHL and IHRL and also be prepared to discuss the texts in relation to one another. 11 September: IHL Triggers and the Distinction between IACs and NIACs, Lecture Textbook: Chapter 2 (p ) chapter 3 12 September: IHL Triggers and the Distinction between IACs and NIACs, Seminar 13 September: Hague Law Overview (Means & Methods of Warfare) Textbook: chapters 4, 7 and 8 2

3 14 September: Geneva Law Overview (Rules of Protection) Textbook: chapters 4, 5 17 September: The Laws of Occupation Textbook: Chapter 6 18 September: Humans in Armed Conflict: Questions of IHL status and of rights Textbook: chapter 2.4 (p ), chapter 4 19 September: Geneva/Hague law/occupation law problem solving 21 September: Challenges arising from the Expanding Mandate of Humanitarian organisations Oxford Guidance on the Law Relating to Humanitarian Relief Operations in Situations of Armed Conflict, Dapo Akande and Emanuela-Chiara Gillard, September: IHL Monitoring and Enforcement Textbook: chapter 9 Partial Award on Ethiopia's Claims 4 - POW (1 July 2003). Offers an insight into the role of the ICRC in times of armed conflict and the work of a judicial body in the determination of violations of IHL. 3

4 25 September: Individual Criminal Responsibility for War Crimes Textbook: chapters 1 (p ), 9 ICTY, AC Decision on the Defense Motion for Interlocutory Appeal on Jurisdiction (2 Oct 1995). This decision sets down and gives reasons for why IHL violations amount to war crimes in NIACs, not just in IACs. Read paras September: IHL and The War on Terrorism Textbook: Chapter 3 (p ), Chapter 8 (p ) Mégret battlefield piece. 28 September Seminar: Mitigating or Legitimizing Violence? (2 groups) Chris af Jochnick & Roger Normand, The Legitimation of Violence: A Critical History of the Laws of War, 35, no 1 Harvard International Law Journal, 1994 Chris af Jochnick & Roger Normand, The Legitimation of Violence: A Critical Analysis of the Gulf War, 35, no 2 Harvard International Law Journal, 1994 Additional, non-obligatory, reading: Chase Madar, What the Laws of War Allow Additional readings and resources 4

5 Kolb, Robert, Advanced Introduction to International Humanitarian Law, Cheltenham: Edvard Elgar Publishing. Pictet, Jean S., Commentary to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, Volumes I-IV, , Second reprint, ICRC, Geneva, 2006 On line for each Convention and Protocol: Henckaerts, Jean-Marie & Doswald-Beck, Louise, Customary International Humanitarian Law, Volume I-II (Part I & 2), ICRC, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005 The rules in Volume I: State practice in Volume II, Part I & 2: Treaty Collections ICRC on line compilation of IHL treaties and instruments, available at: In printed form: Roberts, Adam and Richard Guelff (Eds.), Documents on the Laws of War, 3rd edn., Oxford University Press, Oxford,