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LIST OF MATERIALS


3rd Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot (2005)

(An Inter-University Competition for East & South-East Asia)

 

(March 2005)

 

LIST OF MATERIALS

 

Relevant treaties:

-  Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949.

-  Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, 8 June 1977.

 

Students may also find it helpful to consult the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and the Statutes of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR). The Geneva Conventions are available via the ICRC-website (www.icrc.org). The Documents relating to the ICC can be found via www.un.org/law/icc/index.html.

 

Relevant case law:

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (www.un.org/icty):

 

The Prosecutor – v – Tadic, Judgement, 20 October 1995.

The Prosecutor – v – Zejnil Delalic, Zdravko Mucic, Hazim Delic, Esad Lanzo, Judgement, 16 November 1998 (Celebici judgement)

The Prosecutor – v – Tihomir Blaskic, Judgement, 3 March 2000

The Prosecutor – v – Zejnil Delalic, Zdravko Mucic, Hazim Delic, Esad Lanzo, Appeals Chamber, Judgement, 20 Februar 2001

The Prosecutor – v – Dario Kordic and Mario Cerkez, Judgement, 26 February 2001

The Prosecutor – – Milorad Krnojelac, Judgement, 15 March 2002

 

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (www.ictr.org):

 

The Prosecutor – v – Jean-Paul Akayesu, Judgement, 2 September 1998

The Prosecutor – v – Nahimana, Barayagwiza and Ngeze, Case No. ICTR-99-52-T, Judgement, 3 December 2003

The Prosecutor – v – Kamahunda, 22 January 2004

 

Suggested reading materials:

 

  • Ingrid Detter, The Law Of War, Cambridge 2000
  • William J. Fenrick, Attacking the Enemy Civilian as a Punishable Offense, in: 7 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law, p. 539-569 (available via: www.law.duke.edu/journals/djcil/articles/djcil7p539.htm)
  • Frits Kalshoven/Liesbeth Zegveld, Constraints on the Waging of War: An Introduction to International Humanitarian Law 2001 (available via: www.icrc.org)
  • Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, International Criminal Law, Oxford 2001
  • Hilaire McCoubrey/Nigel D. White, International Law and Armed Conflict, Dartmouth Publishing, Aldershot/Vermont, 1992