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Russian Contributions to International Humanitarian Law

A contrastive analysis of Russia’s historical role and its current practice
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 08.02.2022

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Publication year
2022
Publication date
08.02.2022
ISBN-Print
978-3-8487-7307-7
ISBN-Online
978-3-7489-1321-4
Publisher
Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series
Kölner Schriften zum Friedenssicherungsrecht - Cologne Studies on International Peace and Security Law - Études colonaises sur le droit de la paix et de la sécurité internationale
Volume
16
Language
English
Pages
447
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Table of contents

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  1. Titelei/InhaltsverzeichnisPages 1 - 20 Download chapter (PDF)
  2. IntroductionPages 21 - 26 Download chapter (PDF)
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      1. 1. The Crimean War 1853–1856 – the opening salvo? Download chapter (PDF)
      2. 2. The First Geneva Convention 1864 – Russia, the sleeping giant Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 3.1 Proceedings at the conference and the final declaration Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 3.2 Impact of the St Petersburg Declaration on IHL Download chapter (PDF)
        3. 3.3 Russia’s role – a pragmatic idealist? Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 4.1 Thinking big – a comprehensive code of war Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 4.2 The aftermath of the failed convention Download chapter (PDF)
      5. 5. The Russo-Turkish War 1877–1878 – the crucible Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 6.1 Proceedings at the Conference Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 6.2 Influence of the Conference on IHL Download chapter (PDF)
      7. 7. Analysing the bigger picture – why Russia? Download chapter (PDF)
      8. 8. The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905 – a war waged by the books Download chapter (PDF)
      9. 9. The revision of the Geneva Convention 1906 – who is the better humanitarian? Download chapter (PDF)
      10. 10. The Second Hague Peace Conference of 1907 – the calm before the storm Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 11.1 Chlorine gas – a horror made in Germany Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 11.2 Prisoners of war in Russia – lost in the taiga Download chapter (PDF)
      12. 12. Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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      1. 1. Introduction Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 2.1 “Socialist international law” – the fragmentation of international law Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 2.2 Political justifications – renaissance of the just war theory? Download chapter (PDF)
        3. 2.3 The Soviet Union and the Russian Empire – continuity or reset button? Download chapter (PDF)
        4. 2.4 Conclusion – IHL through a Soviet lens Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 3.1 IHL violations by Nazi Germany on the eastern front Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 3.2 IHL violations by the Soviet Union on the eastern front Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 4.1 Run-up to Nuremberg – trial or execution? Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 4.2 The work of the Nuremberg Tribunal Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 5.1 A Soviet boycott Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 5.2 Soviet contributions to the Conference Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 6.1 From Berlin to Zhenbao Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 6.2 Afghanistan 1979–1989 – the Russian Vietnam Download chapter (PDF)
    3. Conclusion Part I: Russia’s Long Way from the “Golden Age” to the “Grey Age” Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 1.1 The APMBC – resisting the regulation of anti-personnel mines Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 1.2 The CCM – resisting the regulation of “de facto mines” Download chapter (PDF)
        3. 1.3 Nuclear weapons – reversing Martens Download chapter (PDF)
        4. 1.4 The Arms Trade Treaty – unchecked exports Download chapter (PDF)
        5. 1.5 Ongoing processes of regulation – no laws for LAWS? Download chapter (PDF)
        6. 1.6 Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 2.1 International criminal law – leaving the ICC Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 2.2 Other compliance mechanisms – three sleeping beauties Download chapter (PDF)
        3. 2.3 The ICRC – behind the veil of confidentiality Download chapter (PDF)
        4. 2.4 The ICRC-Swiss-led compliance initiative – good intentions, bad prospects Download chapter (PDF)
        5. 2.5 Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 3.1 The legal framework of humanitarian relief – examining the care package Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 3.2 Russian humanitarian relief in Syria – aide sans frontières? Download chapter (PDF)
        3. 3.3 Russian humanitarian relief in Ukraine – Trojan aid? Download chapter (PDF)
      4. 4. Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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          1. 1.1.1 Art 15(4)(i) – Russia’s gateway to international law Download chapter (PDF)
          2. 1.1.2 Art 15(4)(ii) – establishing a hierarchy Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 1.2 Art 17(1) – a heart for humanity? Download chapter (PDF)
        3. 1.3 Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 2.1 Criminal law – Russian minimalism Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 2.2 Legislation concerning the armed forces – Russian abundance Download chapter (PDF)
        3. 2.3 Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 3.1 The Chechnya Decision – a wake-up call? Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 3.2 The Law on Cultural Objects – the beginning of a long silence Download chapter (PDF)
        3. 3.3 The Burial Law – thou shalt not mourn Download chapter (PDF)
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          1. 3.4.1 Criminal convictions for Russian wartime crimes – a handful of nothing Download chapter (PDF)
          2. 3.4.2 Ignoring Strasbourg – from silence to defiance Download chapter (PDF)
          3. 3.4.3 Critical assessment – ICL in Russia: a selective application Download chapter (PDF)
      4. 4. Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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      1. 1. The threshold of application – the Achilles’ heel of IHL Download chapter (PDF)
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          1. 2.1.1 The case of Crimea – belligerent occupation or mending a “historical injustice”? Download chapter (PDF)
          2. 2.1.2 The events in Crimea in 2014 – arrival of the “little green men” Download chapter (PDF)
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            1. 2.3.1.1 The element of “substitution of effective control” in Crimea Download chapter (PDF)
            2. 2.3.1.2 The element of “against the will of the sovereign” in Crimea Download chapter (PDF)
          4. 2.1.4 Russian denial – what occupation? Download chapter (PDF)
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          1. 2.2.1 Russia’s influence in Transdniestria, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia Download chapter (PDF)
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            1. 2.2.2.1 The narrow approach – effective control (ICJ standard) Download chapter (PDF)
            2. 2.2.2.2 The broad approach – overall control (ICTY standard) Download chapter (PDF)
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            1. 2.3.2.1 Russia’s attitude towards South Ossetia & Abkhazia – brothers in arms Download chapter (PDF)
            2. 2.3.2.2 Russia’s attitude towards Transdniestria – brothers in denial Download chapter (PDF)
        3. 2.3 Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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          1. 3.1.1 Chronology of a war – four phases Download chapter (PDF)
          2. 3.1.2 Pointillism of war – individual stories painting a bigger picture Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 3.2 The Russian position – denying the obvious Download chapter (PDF)
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          1. 3.3.1 The framework of conflict classification Download chapter (PDF)
          2. 3.3.2 The war in Donbas as an international armed conflict Download chapter (PDF)
        4. 3.4 Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 4.1 The clash in the Kerch Strait (2018) – the art of euphemism Download chapter (PDF)
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          1. 4.2.1 Descent into war – “I will crush you” Download chapter (PDF)
          2. 4.2.2 The correct classification of the Chechen Wars – freedom fighters or terrorists? Download chapter (PDF)
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            1. 4.3.2.1 Russia’s approach to IHL in the First Chechen War (and its consequences) Download chapter (PDF)
            2. 4.3.2.2 Russia’s approach to IHL in the Second Chechen War (and its consequences) Download chapter (PDF)
        3. 4.3 Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 1.1 Defining PMCs – the commodification of armed conflict Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 1.2 PMCs in Russia after 1991 – a late blossom Download chapter (PDF)
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          1. 1.3.1 Offensive missions Download chapter (PDF)
          2. 1.3.2 Under-regulation Download chapter (PDF)
          3. 1.3.3 Denial & deniability Download chapter (PDF)
        4. 1.4 Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 2.1 Historical context – born at the fringes of the Russian Empire Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 2.2 Developments in Russia after 1991 – a Cossack renaissance Download chapter (PDF)
        3. 2.3 Fighting Russian wars – “Cossacks have no borders” Download chapter (PDF)
        4. 2.4 An official order or the call of duty – who sent in the Cossacks? Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 3.1 The Russo-Georgian War – Georgia up in flames Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 3.2 Russia’s control over the SOM – equal allies? Download chapter (PDF)
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          1. 4.1.1 Why State responsibility matters Download chapter (PDF)
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            1. 4.2.1.1 Article 4 ASRIWA Download chapter (PDF)
            2. 4.2.1.2 Article 8 ARSIWA Download chapter (PDF)
            3. 4.2.1.3 Article 5 ARSIWA Download chapter (PDF)
      5. 5. Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 1.1 Russia’s war in Syria – a “Road to Damascus Experience”? Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 1.2 Protection of healthcare – firm rules, feeble respect Download chapter (PDF)
        3. 1.3 Targeting hospitals in Syria – “srabotalo” Download chapter (PDF)
        4. 1.4 Russia’s denial – fake news? Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 2.1 The legality of cluster munitions – barbaric bomblets? Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 2.2 Russia’s use of cluster munitions in Syria and Georgia Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 3.1 The crash of MH17 – a tragic day in July Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 3.2 Finding responsibility – Russia’s barrage of alternative facts Download chapter (PDF)
      4. 4. Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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      1. 1. O tempora, o mores – contrasting Russia’s approach to IHL Download chapter (PDF)
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        1. 2.1 O tempora, o leges – IHL as a victim of its own success? Download chapter (PDF)
        2. 2.2 O tempora, o bella – IHL as a victim of “new wars”? Download chapter (PDF)
        3. 2.3 Do ut des – does IHL lack an incentive for compliance for Russia? Download chapter (PDF)
    1. Final Conclusion Download chapter (PDF)
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    2. Book Chapters Download chapter (PDF)
    3. Journal Articles Download chapter (PDF)
    4. Reports Download chapter (PDF)
    5. Blog Posts Download chapter (PDF)
    6. Selected Newspaper Articles Download chapter (PDF)
    7. Encyclopedia Entries Download chapter (PDF)
    8. Court Decisions Download chapter (PDF)

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