Documents on the Laws of War

Note on Third Edition vi Acknowledgements viii Principal Abbreviations xv Introduction By the Editors 1(46) Documents 1856 Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law 47(6) 1868 St. Petersburg Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Explosive Projectiles Under 400 Grammes Weight 53(6) 1899 Hague Declaration 2 Concerning Asphyxiating Gases 59(4) 1899 Hague Declaration 3 Concerning Expanding Bullets 63(4) 1907 Hague Convention IV Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land 67(18) Annex to the Convention: Regulations Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land 73(12) 1907 Hague Convention V Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land 85(10) 1907 Hague Convention VII Relating to the Conversion of Merchant Ships into Warships 95(8) 1907 Hague Convention VIII Relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines 103(8) 1907 Hague Convention IX Concerning Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War 111(8) 1907 Hague Convention XI Relative to Certain Restrictions with Regard to the Exercise of the Right of Capture in Naval War 119(8) 1907 Hague Convention XIII Concerning the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War 127(12) 1923 Hague Rules of Aerial Warfare 139(16) 1925 Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare 155(14) 1936 London Proces-Verbal Relating to the Rules of Submarine Warfare Set Forth in Part IV of the Treaty of London of 22 April 1930 169(6) 1946 Judgment of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg: Extracts on Crimes Against International law 175(4) 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 179(16) 1949 Geneva Convention I for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field 195(26) 1949 Geneva Convention II for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea 221(22) 1949 Geneva Convention III Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 243(56) 1949 Geneva Convention IV Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 299(72) 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 371(26) Regulations for the Execution of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 387(10) 1954 First Hague Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 397(10) 1976 UN Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques 407(12) 1977 Geneva Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts 419(62) 1977 Geneva Protocol II Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts 481(32) 1978 Red Cross Fundamental Rules of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts 513(2) 1980 UN Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects 515(46) 1980 Protocol I on Non-Detectable Fragments 527(1) 1980 Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices 528(5) 1980 Protocol III on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons 533(2) 1995 Protocl IV on Blinding Laser Weapons 535(1) 1996 Amended Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices 536(25) 1991 Operation Desert Storm, US Rules of Engagement: Pocket Card 561(4) 1993 Staute of International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia: Extracts 565(8) 1994 San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea 573(34) 1994 ICRC/UNGA Guidelines for Military Manuals and Instructions on the Protection of the Environment in Times of Armed Conflict 607(8) 1994 Statute of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: Extracts 615(8) 1994 UN Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel 623(16) 1996 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons: Extract 639(6) 1997 Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction 645(22) 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Extracts 667(32) 1999 Second Hague Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 699(22) 1999 UN Secretary-General's Bulletin on Observance by United Nations Forces of International Humanitarian Law 721(10) Appendix I: Emblems and Signs 731(2) Appendix II: Electronic Media 733(2) Select Bibliography on the Laws of War 735(12) Index 747