Sunday, November 1, 2020

New Volume: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law

The latest volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law (Vol. 22, 2019) is out. Contents include:
  • 70th Anniversary of the Geneva Conventions
    • Agnieszka Szpak, Evolution of the International Humanitarian Law Provisions on Sieges
    • Harmen van der Wilt, Towards a Better Understanding of the Concept of ‘Indiscriminate Attack’—How International Criminal Law Can Be of Assistance
    • Marten Zwanenburg, Double Trouble: The ‘Cumulative Approach’ and the ‘Support-Based Approach’ in the Relationship Between Non-State Armed Groups
    • Joshua Joseph Niyo, The Rebel with the Magnifying Glass: Armed Non-State Actors, the Right to Life and the Requirement to Investigate in Armed Conflict
    • Jann K. Kleffner, A Bird’s-Eye View on Compliance with the Law of Armed Conflict 70 Years After the Adoption of the Geneva Conventions
    • Ioana Cismas & Ezequiel Heffes, Not the Usual Suspects: Religious Leaders as Influencers of International Humanitarian Law Compliance
  • Other Articles
    • Aniel de Beer & Martha Bradley, Appellate Deference Versus the De Novo Analysis of Evidence: The Decision of the Appeals Chamber in Prosecutor v Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo
    • Kilian Roithmaier, Taylor Woodcock, & Eve Dima, Year in Review 2019