Tuesday, June 23, 2009

New Issue: International Review of the Red Cross

The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross (Vol. 90, no. 872, December 2008) is out. The theme is Direct Participation in Hostilities. Contents include:
  • Interview with Sergio Jaramillo Caro
  • Andreas Wenger & Simon J. A. Mason, The civilianization of armed conflict: trends and implications
  • Emily Camins, The past as prologue: the development of the ‘direct participation’ exception to civilian immunity
  • Stéphanie Bouchié de Belle, Chained to cannons or wearing targets on their T-shirts: human shields in international humanitarian law
  • Carolin Wuerzner, Mission impossible? Bringing charges for the crime of attacking civilians or civilian objects before international criminal tribunals
  • Adam Roberts, The equal application of the laws of war: a principle under pressure
  • Jasmine Moussa, Can jus ad bellum override jus in bello? Reaffirming the separation of the two bodies of law