The War Report

Dr Stuart Casey-Maslen is Head of Research at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. His research concerns international weapons law, international law and armed groups, and the qualification of armed conflicts. He has consulted and published widely on the international law of armed conflict, including Commentaries on Arms Control Treaties (OUP, 2005) and The Convention on Cluster Munitions: A Commentary (OUP, 2010).

List of Abbreviations ; Table of Cases ; Table of Treaties ; United Nations Resolutions ; PART I: ARMED CONFLICTS IN 2012 AND THEIR IMPACTS ; PART II: SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT IN 2012 ; PART III: IMPORTANT THEMES IN ARMED CONFLICTS IN 2012 ; SECTION 1: THE USE OF EXPLOSIVE WEAPONS IN POPULATED AREAS IN 2012 ; SECTION 2: DRONE STRIKES IN PAKISTAN IN 2012 ; SECTION 3: INTERNATIONAL NORMS ON SMALL ARMS CONTROL AND THE CASE OF LIBYAN ARMS INTO MALI ; SECTION 4: PERSONS DISPLACED INTERNALLY BY CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE IN 2012 ; SECTION 5: SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN ARMED CONFLICT IN 2012 ; SECTION 6: EDUCATION AS A BATTLEGROUND IN CONFLICTS IN 2012 ; SECTION 7: THE PROTECTION OF JOURNALISTS IN ARMED CONFLICT ; SECTION 8: A LEGAL BLACK HOLE? A DECADE OF DETENTION AT GUANTA NAMO, 2002-12 ; SECTION 9: ARMED NON-STATE ACTORS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ; OF CONGO, LIBYA, MALI, AND SYRIA IN 2012 ; SECTION 10: INVESTIGATION OF TORTURE CLAIMS IN ISRAEL: ANALYSIS OF THE 2012 HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE RULING AND THE TURKEL COMMISSION REPORT ; SECTION 11: COMPLEMENTARITY AND UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION: SOUTH AFRICAS ICC ACT AND THE DOMESTIC INVESTIGATION OF EXTRATERRITORIAL INTERNATIONAL CRIMES ; SECTION 12: JURISPRUDENCE IN THE AD HOC INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS IN 2012: CONTRIBUTIONS AND CONTROVERSY ; SECTION 13: TWO CONTROVERSIES IN THE LUBANGA TRIAL JUDGMENT OF THE ICC: THE NATURE OF CO-PERPETRATIONS COMMON PLAN AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE ARMED CONFLICT ; INDEX