Russian Contributions to International Humanitarian Law A contrastive analysis of Russia's historical role and its current practice

• Main Author: Riepl, Michael (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Baden-Baden Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2022
• Series: Kölner Schriften zum Friedenssicherungsrecht - Cologne Studies on International Peace and Security Law - Études colonaises sur le droit de la paix et de la sécurité internationale Band 16
• Subjects: LBB; Friedenssicherung, Humanitäres Völkerrecht, Menschenrechte, Russland, StIGH, Vereinte Nationen, Russia, Zar, Czar, Tsar, Sowjetunion, Soviet Union, UdSSR, USSR, humanitäres Völkerrecht, international humanitarian law, hVr, IHL , Krieg, war, Recht der bewaffneten Konflikte, law of armed conflict, Kriegsrecht, laws of war, Haager Konvention, Hague Convention, Petersburger Erklärung, St Petersburg Declaration, Friedrich Martens, Fyodor Martens, Syrien, Syria, Ostukraine, Eastern Ukraine, Tschetschenien, Chechnya, Wagner Group, Kosaken, Cossacks
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Has Russia turned from "Paul to Saul" with regards to international humanitarian law (IHL)? This book aims to answer this question by contrasting the past and the present. Firstly, it offers a comprehensive account of the remarkable Russian contributions to IHL since 1850. Secondly, it ana...