National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law

Dt. Komitee zum Humanitären Völkerrecht

doi:10.5771/9783748921103

Summary

This report aims to compile information about relevant measures employed in the implementation of IHL in Germany, without being exhaustive. It therefore addresses the status of IHL in the German legal system, the status and control of the German armed forces as well as measures concerning, inter alia, the protection of civilians and civilian property, and the dissemination and enforcement of IHL.

The report will appeal to anyone with an interest in IHL, including government officials, parliamentarians, the staff of non-governmental organisations, academics, journalists and the general public both in and outside Germany.

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Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-7717-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-2110-3
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 74
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 8 Download chapter (PDF)
I. IntroductionPages 9 - 10 Download chapter (PDF)
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1. 1. Status of relevant IHL Treaties
2. 2. Status of Customary International Law
III. Status and Control of the German Armed ForcesPages 13 - 14 Download chapter (PDF)
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1. 1. a. Distinction between Civilian Objects and Military Objectives
  2. b. Protection of the Civilian Population against Indiscriminate Attacks
  3. c. Prohibition of Excessive Civilian Damage or Loss of Civilian Life
  4. d. Protection of Schools as Civilian Objects
2. 1. a. Prisoners of War, Internees and Detainees
  2. b. The Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked as well as the Medical Service
  3. c. Civil Protection / Civil Defence Units and Personnel
  4. d. Religious Personnel Attached to the German Armed Forces
3. 3. Relief Actions / Humanitarian Assistance
4. 4. Protection of Cultural Property
5. 5. Protection of the Environment
6. 6. Tracing Missing Persons and the Reunification of Families
7. 1. 1. i. Chemical Weapons
    2. ii. Biological Weapons
    3. iii. Certain Conventional Weapons
    4. iv. Mines
    5. v. Cluster Munitions
    6. vi. Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
    7. vii. Cyber Weapons and Means of Warfare
  2. b. Weapon Reviews
8. 8. German Red Cross and other Voluntary Aid Societies – Recognition and Status
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1. 1. a. Legal Advisers in the German Armed Forces
  2. b. Legal Advisers as Teachers of Law
  3. c. LOAC Manual and Internal Service Regulations
  4. d. Soldier’s Cards
2. 1. a. Legal Basis
  2. 1. i. Meaning of Dissemination
    2. ii. Federal Structure
    3. iii. Dissemination Activities
3. 3. German Committee on International Humanitarian Law
4. 4. Dissemination, Education and other Actors at the Federal Level
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1. 1. Internal System to Monitor Observance of IHL by the German Armed Forces and Command Responsibility
2. 2. Securing Enforcement through Disciplinary Action
3. 3. Securing Enforcement through Criminal Law
4. 4. Securing Enforcement through the Rome Statute and the Code of Crimes against International Law (CCAIL)
5. 5. Entitlement of an Individual Victim of IHL Violations to claim Compensation and Civil Proceedings
AnnexesPages 55 - 56 Download chapter (PDF)
Annex 1: List of treaties of IHL and other selected treaties signed / ratified by GermanyPages 57 - 62 Download chapter (PDF)
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1. Part 1 General provisions
2. Part 2 Crimes against International Law
3. Chapter 1 Genocide and crimes against humanity
4. Chapter 2 War crimes
5. Chapter 4 Other crimes