The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary

PART I Cross-Cutting Issues and Common Provisions Section A - Cross-Cutting Issues 1: Andrew Clapham: The Concept of International Armed Conflict 2: Marko Milanovic: The Applicability of the Conventions to Transnational and Mixed Conflicts 3: Gabriella Venturini: The Temporal Scope of Application of the Conventions 4: Katja Schoberl: The Geographical Scope of Application of the Conventions 5: Yves Sandoz: Rights, Powers and Obligations of Neutral Powers under the Conventions Section B - Common Provisions Sub-Section 1 - General 6: Robin Geiss: The Obligation to Respect and to Ensure Respect for the Conventions 7: Stuart Casey-Maslen: Special Agreements in International Armed Conflicts 8: Pierre d'Argent: Non Renunciation of the Rights Provided by the Conventions 9: Giovanni Distefano & Etienne Henry: Final Provisions, Including the Martens Clause Sub-Section 2 - Special Rules 10: Gabor Rona & Robert J. McGuire: The Principle of Non-Discrimination 11: Elzbieta Mikos-Skuza: Hospitals 12: Flavia Lattanzi: Humanitarian Assistance 13: Anna Petrig: Search for Missing Persons 14: Daniela Gavshon: The Dead 15: David Tuck: Taking of Hostages 16: Manfred Nowak & Ralph Janik: Torture, Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 17: Patricia Viseur Sellers and Indira Rosenthal: Rape and Other Sexual Violence 18: Natalino Ronzitti: Protected Areas Sub-Section 3 - Common Article 3 19: Lindsay Moir: The Concept of Non-International Armed Conflict 20: Sandesh Sivakumaran: The Addressees of Common Article 3 21: Jann K. Kleffner: The Beneficiaries of the Rights Stemming from Common Article 3 22: Sarah Knuckey: Murder in Common Article 3 23: Louise Doswald-Beck: Judicial Guarantees 24: Nishat Nishat: The Right of Initiative of the International Committee of the Red Cross 25: Luisa Vierucci: Applicability of the Conventions by means of Ad Hoc Agreements Section C - Ensuring Compliance with the Conventions 26: Steven R. Ratner & Rotem Giladi: The Role of the International Committee of the Red Cross 27: Robert Kolb: Protecting Powers 28: Theo Boutruche: Good Offices, Conciliation, and Enquiry 29: Jerome de Hemptinne: Prohibition of Reprisals 30: Elzbieta Mikos-Skuza: Dissemination of the Conventions, Including in Time of Armed Conflict 31: Paola Gaeta: Grave Breaches of the Geneva Conventions 32: Andreas R. Ziegler & Stefan Wehrenberg: Domestic Implementation Section D - The Geneva Conventions in Context 33: Frederic Megret: The Universality of the Geneva Conventions 34: Paolo Benvenuti: Relationship with Prior and Subsequent Treaties and Conventions 35: Andrew Clapham: The Complex Relationship between the 1949 Geneva Conventions and International Human Rights Law 36: Paola Gaeta: The Interplay Between the Geneva Conventions and International Criminal Law PART II - Specific Issues and Regimes Section A - Geneva Conventions I and II 37: Annyssa Bellal: Who is Wounded and Sick? 38: Steven Haines: Who is Shipwrecked? 39: Gilles Giacca: The Obligations to Respect, Protect, Collect and Care for the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked 40: Stuart Casey-Maslen: The Status, Rights, and Obligations of Medical and Religious Personnel 41: Katja Schoeberl: Buildings, Material and Transports 42: Tom Haeck: Loss of Protection 43: Antoine A. Bouvier: The Use of the Emblem Section B - Geneva Convention III 44: Sean Watts: Who is a Prisoner of War? 45: Laura M. Olson: Status and Treatment of Those Who Do Not Fulfill the Conditions for Prisoner of War Status 46: Marie-Louise Tougas: Determination of Prisoner of War Status 47: Keiichiro Okimoto: Evacuation and Transfer of Prisoners of War 48: Silvia Sanna: Treatment of Prisoners of War 49: Sharon Weill: Relations with the Outside World 50: Peter Rowe: Penal or Diciplinary Proceedings Brought against a Prisoner of War 51: Marco Sassoli: Release, Accommodation in Neutral Countries, and Repatriation of Prisoners of War Section C - Geneva Convention IV Sub-Section 1 - General 52: Nishat Nishat: The Structure of Geneva Convention IV and the Resulting Gaps in that Convention 53: Heike Spieker: Maintenance and Re-establishment of Family Links and Transmission of Information 54: Anne-Laurence Graf-Brugere: The Derogation Clause Sub-Section 2 - Civilians in the Hands of the Enemy: General Protection 55: Elizabeth Salmon: Who is a Protected Civilian? 56: Shane Darcy: The Prohibition of Collective Punishment 57: Pamela Anne Hylton: The Right to Leave 58: Vincent Chetail: The Transfer and Deportation of Civilians 59: Payam Akhavan: Judicial Guarantees 60: Iris van der Heijden: Other Issues Relating to the Treatment of Civilians in Enemy Hands Sub-Section 3 - Specific Protection 61: Noelle Quenivet: Special Rules on Women 62: Hans-Joachim Heintze and Charlotte Lulf: Special Rules on Children 63: Francois Crepeau & Bethany Hastie: Special Rules on Refugees Sub-Section 4 - Internment 64: Laura M. Olson: Admissibility of and Procedures for Internment 65: Bruce Oswald and Lucrezia Iapichino: Treatment of Internees 66: Bruce Oswald: End of Internment Sub-Section 5 - Occupied Territories 67: Marco Sassoli: The Concept and the Beginning of Occupation 68: Yutaka Arai-Takahashi: Law-Making and the Judicial Guarantees in Occupied Territories 69: Michael Bothe: The Administration of Occupied Territory 70: Gilles Giacca: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Occupied Territories 71: Yutaka Arai-Takahashi: Protection of Private Property 72: Anicee Van Engeland: Protection of Public Property 73: Christian Tomuschat: Prohibition of Settlements 74: Julia Grignon: The Geneva Conventions and the End of Occupation