International Humanitarian Law: Activities to Date

The launch of this initiative is being marked by the first BIICL publication to address International Humanitarian Law in over a dozen years, Testing the Boundaries of International Humanitarian Law.

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law is proud to present the innovative collection of essays in the international humanitarian law. This publication was inspired by extensive work of Lady Hazel Fox CMG QC and Michael Meyer's from British Red Cross as well as the Institute's Discussion Group in area of International Humanitarian Law, which resulted in the two books in this field in 1989 and 1993. The association between the Institute and the British Red Cross is longstanding and we are pleased that Mr Michael Meyer provided an introduction to this third book.

Contributors to this volume are Professors Charles Garraway, Leslie C. Green, Michael Newton and Michael N. Schmitt, as well as Col. Kenneth Watkin, Dr Roberta Arnold and Dr Robert Cryer. We are particularly honoured that Professor Leslie Green agreed to contribute an essay to this volume, which provides an important contribution to the literature on the relationship between international humanitarian law, human rights and international criminal law. The book has been co-edited by Susan Breau and Agnieszka Jachec-Neale, Institute's IHL team, who both also contributed chapters to the book.

This new book explores the important and topical subject of 21st conflict and the implications for International Humanitarian Law. Areas covered include in-depth analyses of such topical issues as terrorism and complex security situations, legal fault- lines contemporary warfare, post conflict management and in particular problems relative to occupation, interrelations between humanitarian law and human rights and the Security Council use of IHL. A special part is dedicated to the creation and role of the Iraqi Special Tribunal (Iraqi High Criminal Court).