The multifaceted nature of peace operations today and the increasingly violent
environments in which their personnel operate increase the likelihood of their being called …

This article discusses some of the challenges related to the beginning of application of
international humanitarian law (IHL). It concludes that IHL pertaining to international armed …

The applicability of international humanitarian law (IHL) to United Nations (UN) forces has
long generated discussion. When peacekeepers have become engaged in hostilities of …

Since ancient times, war has been regulated by certain rules and rituals. Modern restraints
date back to the emergence of centralized states with standing armies. In the international …

In this thoroughly updated second edition of what has quickly become the definitive text in
the field of international humanitarian law (IHL), leading expert Marco Sassòli evaluates the …

This article provides an overview of the rules governing the end of application of
international humanitarian law (IHL), or the law of armed conflict. It articulates the general …

The application of international humanitarian law to United Nations military operations is a
subject that has attracted considerable interest almost from the inception of the United …

Although for many years the United Nations has been reluctant to formally recognize the
applicability of international humanitarian law (IHL) to UN peacekeeping operations, the …

This book makes the case for eliminating the distinction between types of armed conflict
under international humanitarian law (IHL), specifically as they apply to persons taking a …

Human rights and humanitarian law have different historical and doctrinal origins. The status
of a United Nations or similar force depends on the underlying authority upon which the …