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Revisiting the Geneva Conventions, 1949-2019 / edited by Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Borhan Uddin Khan.

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Publisher's description: Revisiting the Geneva Conventions, 1949-2019 provides an overview of the development, meaning, and nature of international humanitarian law (IHL). It presents a critical review of the protection of the injured, sick and shipwrecked, prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians...

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Other Authors: Bhuiyan, Jahid Hossain (Editor), Khan, Borhan Uddin (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2020]
Subjects:
Geneva Conventions > (1949 August 12)
War (International law)
War > Relief of sick and wounded.
Prisoners of war > Legal status, laws, etc.
War > Protection of civilians.
Geneva Conventions (1949 August 12)
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Raul C. Pangalangan
  • Preface
  • International legal protection of persons affected by war : challenges and the way forward / Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, Borhan Uddin Khan
  • The development of the Geneva Conventions / Borhan Uddin Khan, Mohammad Nazmuzzaman Bhuian
  • The legal status and protection of the rights of prisoners of war / Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan
  • The prohibition of deportation and forcible transfer of civilian populations in the Fourth Geneva Convention and beyond / Etienne Henry
  • Persons aboard medical aircraft who fall into the hands of a neutral power : the scope of their liability to detention under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Additional Protocol I / Yutaka Arai-Takahashi
  • Forced transfer of aliens during armed conflict / Pablo Antonio Fernández Sánchez
  • The Geneva Conventions and non-international armed conflicts / Noelle Higgins
  • Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 : a third world view / Srinivas Burra
  • Criminalising rape and sexual violence in armed conflicts : evolving criminality and culpability from the Geneva Conventions to the Bangladesh international crimes trial / M. Rafiqul Islam
  • Principles of distinction, proportionality and precautions under the Geneva Conventions : the perspective of Islamic law / Mohd Hisham Mohd Kamal
  • Implementation of international humanitarian law and the current challenges / Borhan Uddin Khan, Nakib M. Nasrullah
  • The Geneva Conventions and enforcement of international humanitarian law / Derek Jinks.

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