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What's new in law and case law around the world?

Biannual update on national implementation of international humanitarian law* July–December 2014

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2015

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International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 97 , Issue 897-898: Principles guiding humanitarian action , June 2015 , pp. 453 - 468
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This selection of national legislation and case law has been prepared by Lucie Boitard, legal intern at the ICRC Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law, with the collaboration of regional legal advisers.

References

1 In order to assist States, the ICRC Advisory Service proposes a multiplicity of tools, including thematic fact sheets, ratification kits and model laws, all available on the unit's web page at: www.icrc.org/en/war-and-law/ihl-domestic-law (all internet references were accessed in December 2014).

2 See: www.icrc.org/en/document/geneva-conventions-150-years-later-still-relevant.

3 See Chérif Atlam and Mohamed Radwan Bin Khadraa, Seventh Annual Report on the Implementation of the International Humanitarian Law at the level of Arab States, 2012–2014, ICRC, p. 25, available at: www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/publications/icrc-002-t2014-0210.pdf.

4 To view the full list of IHL-related treaties, please visit the ICRC treaty database. ICRC, Treaties and States Parties to Such Treaties, available at: www.icrc.org/ihl.

5 Article 22(1) of the ATT reads as follows: “This Treaty shall enter into force ninety days following the date of the deposit of the fiftieth instrument of ratification, acceptance or approval with the Depositary.”

6 ICRC, IHL: National Implementation Database, available at: www.icrc.org/ihl-nat.

7 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=FFA5BEECCB01E19DC1257EB9002737B2&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=AM&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU7& from=state.

8 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=1FBCA1207A77DCD5C1257EB900290127&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=AT&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state.

9 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=F8BAEC70AE6F70B9C1257EB90029B1F4&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=TD&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU8&from=state.

10 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=B023ABA2EE691E69C1257E960030ABF3&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=DO&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU8&from=state.

11 For further information regarding this law, please consult “What's New in Law and Case Law Across the World? Biannual Update on National Legislation Implementing Humanitarian Law and Relevant Case Law, July–December 2007”, International Review of the Red Cross, Vol. 90, No. 871, 2008, p. 779Google Scholar, available at: www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/irrc-871-national-imp-jul-dec-ihl.pdf.

12 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=FAF85075E1D7A327C1257EB9002C5D8B&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=PE&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BUA&from=state.

13 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=18973C1A4A9F3A8FC1257EB9002F0F6A&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=RS&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BUP&from=state.

14 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=54D03ED187950D88C1257EB90030EF59&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=ES&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BUA&from=state.

15 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=DACF6A2B3A6EC963C1257EB900333419&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=CH&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BUP&from=state.

16 Ordinance No. 514-511 of 25 February 1998 on War Material (as of 1 January 2013), Art. 5(2)c.

17 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=871B29F229BE3A55C1257EB900336986&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=CH&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU7&from=state.

18 For further information regarding this law, please consult “What's New in Law and Case Law around the World? Biannual Update on National implementation of International Humanitarian Law, January–June 2014”, International Review of the Red Cross, Vol. 96, No. 895/896, 2014Google Scholar.

19 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=CADD922EF4026E2AC1257EB90033CC5A&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=TN&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state.

20 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=E65641E6572650FAC1257D2D0056813E&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=TN&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BUG&from=state&SessionID=DNYUTHMTFW.

21 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/caseLaw.xsp?documentId=19B0BCFA4FD773A9C1257EBB002A1315&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=IT&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BUA&from=state.

22 Available at: www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/143/16883.pdf.

23 The Court recalled in this judgment (Constitutional Court of Italy, Case No. 238/2014, Judgment, 22 October 2014, para. 3.4) that: “The first [Article 2] is the substantive provision, in the fundamental principles of the Constitutional Charter, that safeguards the inviolability of fundamental human rights, including – this is crucial in the present case – human dignity. The second [Article 24] is a safeguard of human dignity as well, as it protects the right of access to justice for individuals in order to invoke their inviolable right[s].”

24 Constitutional Court of Italy, Case No. 238/2014, Judgment, 22 October 2014, para. 4.1.

25 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/caseLaw.xsp?documentId=DA2A60D91013C49AC1257E930049C0FA&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=ZA&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state&SessionID=E4X03EOS8M.

26 For further information regarding this decision, please consult “What's New in Law and Case Law across the World? Biannual Update on National Legislation Implementing Humanitarian Law and Relevant Case Law, January–June 2012”, International Review of the Red Cross, Vol. 84, No. 887, 2012, p. 1160, available at: www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/review/2012/irrc-887-national-implementation.pdf.

27 For further information regarding this decision, please consult “What's New in Law and Case Law around the World? Biannual Update on National Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, July–December 2013”, International Review of the Red Cross, Vol. 96, No. 893, 2014, p. 391Google Scholar, available at: www.icrc.org/en/international-review/article/whats-new-law-and-case-law-around-world-0.

28 Available at: www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl-nat.nsf/implementingLaws.xsp?documentId=BA5EFD75C6814503C1256E37004D89D8&action=openDocument&xp_countrySelected=ZA&xp_topicSelected=GVAL-992BU6&from=state.

29 Constitutional Court of South Africa, National Commissioner of the South African Police Service v. Southern African Human Rights Litigation Centre and Another, Case No. CCT 02/14, Judgment, 30 October 2014, para. 78.

30 Ibid.

31 Available at: http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2014/10/statement-on-prince-nasser-of-bahrain-and-immunity-from-prosecution.html.

32 House of Lords, R v. Bow Street Magistrate and Ors, Ex Parte Pinochet Ugarte (3), [2001] 1 AC 147, Judgment, 24 March 1999.