Nils Melzer

Targeted Killing in International Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive analysis into the lawfulness of state-sponsored targeted killings under international human rights and humanitarian law, this book examines treaties, custom and general principles of law to determine the normative paradigms which govern the intentional use of lethal force against selected individuals in law enforcement and the conduct of hostilities. Through an exhaustive analysis of recent state practice and jurisprudence, the book establishes when targeted killing may be considered lawful, and what legal restraints are imposed on the practice in times of war and peace.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 166mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 890g
• ISBN-13: 9780199533169
• ISBN-10: 0199533164
• Artikelnr.: 23164613

Autorenporträt

Nils Melzer is a Legal Adviser for the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Inhaltsangabe

* A. State Practice and Legal Doctrine
* 1: The Notion of 'Targeted Killing'
* 2: Current Trend towards Legitimization
* 3: Targeted Killing in Contemporary Legal Doctrine
* 4: The Analysis
* B. Law Enforcement
* 5: The Paradigm of Law Enforcement
* 6: Law Enforcement and the Conventional Human Right to Life
* 7: Law Enforcement and the Protection of Life under International
Humanitarian Law
* 8: Law Enforcement and the Non-Conventional Human Right to Life
* 9: Permissibility of Targeted Killing as a Method of Law Enforcement
* C. Hostilities
* 10: The Paradigm of Hostilities
* 11: The Principle of Distinction under International Humanitarian Law
* 12: Means and Methods in the Conduct of Hostilities
* 13: Human Rights Law and the Paradigm of Hostilities
* 14: Permissibility of Targeted Killing as a Method of Conducting
Hostilities
* D. Conclusions
* 15: Comparative Conclusions
* 16: Epilogue: Targeted Killing and the Rule of Law