The Law of Internal Armed Conflict

There is considerable writing on the laws designed to regulate war, but most of this material is devoted to international wars between different states. Lindsay Moir here examines the laws which exist to protect civilians caught up in armed conflicts within a single state. The book traces the development of international law from the nineteenth century, up to events arising from the conflicts in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia; how human rights can offer protection during armed conflict; and how effectively (and by whom) the relevant rules can be enforced.

1. The historical regulation of internal armed conflict
2. Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions
3. Additional Protocol II of 1977
4. Customary international law and internal armed conflict
5. Human rights during internal armed conflict
6. Implementation and enforcement of the laws of internal armed conflict