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Linklist: legal framework
This page contains a list of links to other websites about the legal framework for military medical ethics.
Introductory literature
Nils Melzer/ ICRC:
International Humanitarian Law: A Comprehensive Introduction
https://shop.icrc.org/international-humanitarian-law-a-comprehensive-introduction-2402.html
Frits Kalshoven:
Constraints on the Waging of War: An Introduction to International Humanitarian Law.
https://www.icrc.org/en/publication/0793-constraints-waging-war-introduction-international-humanitarian-law
ICRC:
Summary of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols
https://shop.icrc.org/summary-of-the-geneva-conventions-of-12-august-1949-and-their-additional-protocols-126.html
Directly download English PDF
ICRC:
International humanitarian law: Answers to your questions
Introductory booklet (PDF, ed. by ICRC)
https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/icrc-002-0703.pdf
ICRC: "10 things the rules of war do"
https://www.icrc.org/en/document/10-things-rules-of-war-Geneva-Conventions
"How does Law Protect in War" – Casebook
https://casebook.icrc.org/casebook/
International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Treaties & Documents
Geneva Conventions and their Commentary
http://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/vwTreaties1949.xsp?redirect=0
Index of International Humanitarian Law
(PDF, ed. by ICRC)
PDF download
Customary International Law
(PDF, ed. by ICRC)
Volume 1 (Rules)
http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/customary-international-humanitarian-law-i-icrc-eng.pdf
Volume 2 (Practice)
http://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/customary-international-humanitarian-law-ii-icrc-eng.pdf
Customary IHL Database
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/home
Observance by United Nations forces of international humanitarian law
Secretary General's Bulletin on the applicability of IHL during UN mandated military missions
PDF
International Human Rights Law Treaties & Documents
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
http://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ccpr.aspx
International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (1966)
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx
European Convention On Human Rights
http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Convention_ENG.pdf
African Convention On Human and People’s Rights
http://www.achpr.org/instruments/achpr/
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