TY - BOOK ED - Great Britain. Ministry of Defence TI - The manual of the law of armed conflict SN - 0199287287 (pbk) : PY - 2005/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - BRITAIN KW - LAW OF ARMED CONFLICT KW - LAWS OF WAR N2 - A description of the law of armed conflict at 1st July 2004. The work follows Britain's ratification of the Additional Protocols of the Geneva Convention, the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunals for former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. There are chapters on: history, basic principles, applicability, belligerent forces, conduct of hostilities, weapons, wounded, prisoners of war, protection of civilians, negotiations, occupied territory, air operations, maritime warfare, law of conflict during peace support operations, internal armed conflict, enforcement of law of armed conflict. There is an extensive and detailed index pp.493-611 ER -