19-02-2008 Report International humanitarian law and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts Official working document of the 30th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, 26 to 30 November 2007. About Acrobat PDF files Table of Contents
I. Introduction II. IHL and terrorism III. Procedural principles and safeguards for internment or administrative detention IV. The conduct of hostilities 1. General issues, in particular asymmetric warfare 2. The notion of "direct participation in hostilities" 3. Regulating the use of cluster munitions VI. Regulating private military and security companies VII. Occupation and other forms of administration of foreign territory VIII. Increasing respect for IHL: The role of sanctions Annexes: 1) Procedural Principles and Safeguards for Internment / Administrative Detention in Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Violence 2) Agenda of the 30th San Remo Round Table on "The Conduct of Hostilities: Revisiting the Law of Armed Conflict 100 Years after the 1907 Hague Conventions and 30 Years after the 1977 Additional Protocols" 3) Increasing Respect for International Humanitarian Law in Non-International Armed Conflicts |