Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention

Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea
Mitwirkender: International Committee Of The Red Cross

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An article-by-article commentary on the Second Geneva Convention based on the latest practice, case law, academic critique and ICRC experience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 1352
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 177mm x 52mm
• Gewicht: 2044g
• ISBN-13: 9781108436380
• ISBN-10: 1108436382
• Artikelnr.: 48918701

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Preamble
Part I. General Provisions: Article 1: Respect for the Convention
Article 2: Application of the Convention
Article 3: Conflicts not of an international character
Article 4: Field of application
Article 5: Application by neutral Powers
Article 6: Special agreements
Article 7: Non-renunciation of rights
Article 8: Protecting Powers
Article 9: Activities of the ICRC and other impartial humanitarian organizations
Article 10: Substitutes for Protecting Powers
Article 11: Conciliation procedure
Part II. Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked: Article 12: Protection and care of the wounded, sick and shipwrecked
Article 13: Protected persons
Article 14: Handing over of wounded, sick and shipwrecked to a belligerent
Article 15: Wounded, sick and shipwrecked taken on board a neutral warship or neutral military aircraft
Article 16: Status of the wounded, sick and shipwrecked who have fallen into enemy hands
Article 17: Wounded, sick and shipwrecked landed in a neutral port
Article 18: Search for casualties after an engagement
Article 19: Recording and forwarding of information
Article 20: Presriptions regarding the dead
Article 21: Appeals to neutral vessels
Part III. Hospital ships: Article 22: Notification and protection of military hospital ships
Article 23: Protection of medical establishments ashore
Article 24: Hospital ships utilized by relief societies and private persons of Parties to the conflict
Article 25: Hospital ships utilized by relief societies and private persons of neutral countries
Article 26: Tonnage of hospital ships
Article 27: Protection of coastal rescue craft and fixed coastal installations
Article 28: Protection of sick-bays
Article 29: Hospital ships in a port fallen into enemy hands
Article 30: Employment of hospital ships and coastal rescue craft
Article 31: Right of control and search of hospital ships and coastal rescue craft
Article 32: Stay of hospital ships and coastal rescue craft in a neutral port
Article 33: Converted merchant vessels
Article 34: Discontinuance of protection of hospital ships
Article 35: Conditions not depriving hospital ships of protection
Part IV. Personnel: Article 36: Protection of the personnel of hospital ships
Article 37: Protection of medical and religious personnel of other ships
Part V. Medical Transports
Article 38: Ships used for the conveyance of medical equipment
Article 39: Medical aircraft
Article 40: Flight over neutral countries. Landing of the wounded, sick and shipwrecked
Part VI. The distinctive Emblem: Article 41: Use of the emblem
Article 42: Identification of medical and religious personnel
Article 43: Marking of hospital ships and coastal rescue craft
Article 44: Limitation in the use of the distinctive signs
Article 45: Prevention of misuse of the distinctive signs
Part VII. Execution of the Convention: Article 46: Detailed execution. Unforeseen cases
Article 47: Prohibition of reprisals
Article 48: Dissemination of the Convention
Article 49: Translations. Implementing laws and regulations
Part VIII. Repression of Abuses and Infractions: Article 50: Penal sanctions
Article 51: Grave breaches
Article 52: Responsibilities of the Contracting Parties
Article 53: Enquiry procedure
Final provisions: Article 54: Languages
Article 55: Signature
Article 56: Ratification
Article 57: Coming into force
Article 58: Relation to the 1907 Hague Convention
Article 59: Accession
Article 60: Notification of accessions
Article 61: Immediate effect
Article 62: Denunciation
Article 63: Registration with the United Nations
Testimonium and signature clause
Sources
Index.