The Rule of Law in Crisis and Conflict Grey Zones

Michael John-Hopkins has worked with the United Nations ICTY, the UK Refugee Council and a private legal practice in France. He has also worked as a Tutor in Law at Aberystwyth University and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Law at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He teaches tort law, land law, human rights law and humanitarian law.

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

Table of Cases

Table of International Treaties, Statutes and Protocols

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Avoiding The Strategic Costs of Civilian Harm Through the Effective Use Of Force

Chapter 1

The Contemporary Theatre of Operations

Chapter 2

A General Critique of IHL Targeting And Weaponry Norms and Institutions

Chapter 3

Reconceptualising the Regulation of the Use Of Force in Situations of Crisis and Unconventional Conflict: Enhanced contextual status determination

Chapter 4

Reconceptualising the Regulation of the Use Of Force in Situations of Crisis and Unconventional Conflict: Individual status determination

Chapter 5

Towards a clearer framework for distinguishing those who participate directly in hostilities from those who are to be protected as civilians: extrapolating models of accessorial liability and co-perpetration in the commission of harmful acts

Chapter 6

Reconceptualising Targeting and Weaponry Law for the Unconventional Theatre of Operations

Chapter 7

Weaponry law: Emerging Approaches to the Regulation of Means of Warfare and Law Enforcement

Chapter 8

Regulating Military Operations Abroad: the Extraterritorial Effect of Human Rights and the potential Modalities of Parallel Application of the Right to Life under Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law

Chapter 9

Conclusions : Grey Zones of War and Peace in Our Globally Networked Information Environment

Bibliography

Index