3rd Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot (2005)
(An Inter-University Competition for East & South-East Asia)
(March 2005)
LIST OF MATERIALS
Relevant treaties:
- Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949.
- Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, 8 June 1977.
Students may also find it helpful to consult the Rome Statute of the International Criminal
Court, and the Statutes of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR). The Geneva Conventions are available via the ICRC-website
(www.icrc.org). The Documents relating to the ICC can be found via
www.un.org/law/icc/index.html.
Relevant case law:
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (www.un.org/icty):
- The Prosecutor – v – Tadic, Judgement, 20 October 1995.
- The Prosecutor – v – Zejnil Delalic, Zdravko Mucic, Hazim Delic, Esad Lanzo,
Judgement, 16 November 1998 (Celebici judgement)
- The Prosecutor – v – Tihomir Blaskic, Judgement, 3 March 2000
- The Prosecutor – v – Zejnil Delalic, Zdravko Mucic, Hazim Delic, Esad Lanzo, Appeals
Chamber, Judgement, 20 Februar 2001
- The Prosecutor – v – Dario Kordic and Mario Cerkez, Judgement, 26 February 2001
- The Prosecutor – v – Milorad Krnojelac, Judgement, 15 March 2002
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (www.ictr.org):
- The Prosecutor – v – Jean-Paul Akayesu, Judgement, 2 September 1998
- The Prosecutor – v – Nahimana, Barayagwiza and Ngeze, Case No. ICTR-99-52-T,
Judgement, 3 December 2003
- The Prosecutor – v – Kamahunda, 22 January 2004
Suggested reading materials:
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Ingrid Detter, The Law Of War, Cambridge 2000
William J. Fenrick, Attacking the Enemy Civilian as a Punishable Offense, in: 7 Duke
Journal of Comparative & International Law, p. 539-569 (available via:
www.law.duke.edu/journals/djcil/articles/djcil7p539.htm)
Frits Kalshoven/Liesbeth Zegveld, Constraints on the Waging of War: An
Introduction to International Humanitarian Law 2001 (available via: www.icrc.org)
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Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, International Criminal Law, Oxford 2001
Hilaire McCoubrey/Nigel D. White, International Law and Armed Conflict,
Dartmouth Publishing, Aldershot/Vermont, 1992