Huynh, Huong, T. 1987. Bibliography of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts. Geneva: ICRC & Henry Dunant Institute, 605 pp., SF. 30
| Date | 01 September 1987 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002234338702400316 |
| Published date | 01 September 1987 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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conflicts,
the
authors
struggle
with
certain
con-
ceptual
and
classification
problems
(e.g.
how
did
Nicaragua
end
up
as
a
’civil
war’
when
Angola
and
Mozambique
are
’internationalized
civil
wars’
in
the
1986
edition?).
The
’World
of
Conflicts’
yearbooks
do,
however,
deserve
a
much
larger
audience
than
they
will
get
in
their
present
Danish
language
versions.
JEG
Abi-Saab,
Rosemary
1986.
Droit
humanitaire et
conflits
internes -
Origines
et
évolution
de
la
régle-
mentation
internationale.
Genève,
Paris:
Henry
Dunant
Institute,
Editions
Pedone,
280
pp.,
FF.120
(in
French).
This
book
traces
the
origin
and
development
of
legal
provisions
relative
to
internal
conflicts.
After
dealing
with
the
inception
and
evolution
of
such
legislation
from
the
19th
century
to
the
Diplomatic
Conference
of
1949,
the
author
skil-
fully
shows
how,
through
action
taken
by
humanitarian
organizations
such
as
the
Red
Cross,
the
principle
of
extending
humanitarian
protection
to
the
victims
of
internal
conflicts
was
gradually
accepted
by
the
governments
and
eventually
became
embodied
in
Article 3
com-
mon
to
the
1949
Geneva
Conventions.
The
increase
in
the
number
of
new
conflict
situations
and
the
necessity
of
having
the
Parties’
consent
before
being
able
to
implement
humanitarian
law
in
internal
conflicts
made
it
imperative
to
enact
new
legislation
granting
greater
protection.
This
humanitarian
campaign
was
to
lead
to
the
adoption
of
Protocol
II
in
1977.
The
author
manages
to
unravel
the
intri-
cacies
of
the
history
of
Protocol
II,
before
and
during
the
1974-77
Diplomatic
Conference.
She
presents
the
third
world
representatives
and
national
liberation
movements
and
draws
atten-
tion
to
the
political
standpoints
of
the
various
protagonists.
She
then
tackles
the
substance
of
Protocol
II,
analyzing
the
definition
of
non-
international
conflict,
the
material
and
personal
fields
of
application,
general
and
specific
protection
and
measures
of
enforcement.
The
author
explains
the
progress
made:
more
exten-
sive
protection
granted
to
the
civilian
population
and
to
the
medical
services,
ban
on
inflicting
collective
punishment
on
persons
belonging
to
the
adverse
party
etc.
But
Proto-
col
II
did
not
retain
the
prohibition
of
unnecessary
suffering,
of
treacherous
conduct
and
did
not
grant
protection
to
the
enemy
placed
hors
de
combat.
The
author
explains
why
in
the
political
context
of
the
1970s
no
ambitious
project
had
any
chance
of
being
adopted:
the
new
States
which
had
just
broad-
ened
the
international
community
were
certainly
open
to
the
ideas
of
humanitarian
law
and
its
progress,
but
their
internal
fragility
forced
them
to
tread
cautiously.
As
a
consequence
the
bastion
of
State
sovereignty
proved
to
be
just
as
impregnable
as
in
1949.
The
history
of
legislation
relative
to
internal
conflicts
is
domi-
nated
by
the
interaction
of
two
major
tendencies:
a
progressive
one.
represented
by
the
Interna-
tional
Conferences
of
the
Red
Cross,
which
encourage
the
ICRC
to
persevere
in
its
efforts
to
provide
greater
protection
to
the
victims,
as
well
as
by
the
ICRC
itself
through
its
practical
work;
the
other,
a
conservative
tendency,
is
that
of
the
Diplomatic
Conferences
and
the
majority
of
States
whose
reticence
can
be
explained
by
con-
siderations
of
national
sovereignty.
It
is
a
good
thing
that
this
curb
seems
to
be
loosening.
In
short,
this
book
is
equally
fascinating
for
his-
torians
and
for
jurists;
it
has
a
rich
bibliography,
a
detailed
index
and
useful
diagrams
illustrating
the
legislative
history
of the
various
provisions
of
Protocol
II.
JM
Huynh,
Huong,
T.
1987.
Bibliography
of
International
Humanitarian
Law
Applicable
in
Armed
Conflicts.
Geneva:
ICRC
&
Henry
Dunant
Institute,
605
pp.,
SF.
30.
The
present
bibliography
is
a
revised
and
updated
version
of
the
first
edition
which
appeared
in
1980.
It
is
the
most
comprehensive
bibliography
yet
prepared
on
international
humanitarian
law,
extending
from
the
end
of
the
17th
century
up
to
the
middle
of
1986.
The
book
consists
of
five
parts
which
list
works
on
the
following
matters:
humanitarian
law
in
gen-
eral,
the
Red
Cross,
the
rules
of
international
armed
conflicts
and
internal
armed
conflicts,
and
the
implementation
of
international
humanitarian
law
as
well
as
a
part
on
relevant
treaties
and
their
preparatory
works.
The
last-
mentioned
part
covers
a
chapter
on
the
1977
Protocols
Additional
to
the
Geneva
Conventions,
which
is
much
more
extensive
than
in
the
first
edition,
thus
showing
the
tremendous
repercussions
of
their
adoption.
The
bibliography
contains
6,640
separate
titles
of
monographs
and
articles
in
their
original
lan-
guages
and
provides
a
titles
index
and
an
authors
index.
The
titles
index
is
an
innovation
and
a
most
important
feature,
for
it
reveals
the
full
scope
of
this
branch
of
law.
The
book
is
an
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