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Armed Conflict and International Law: In Search of the Human Face Liber Amicorum in Memory of Avril McDonald Mariëlle Matthee Brigit Toebes Marcel Brus Editors Armed Conflict and International Law: In Search of the Human Face Mariëlle Matthee Brigit Toebes • Marcel Brus Editors Armed Conflict and International Law: In Search of the Human Face Liber Amicorum in Memory of Avril McDonald 123 Editors Mariëlle Matthee BrigitToebes The Hague MarcelBrus The Netherlands Faculty ofLaw Universityof Groningen Groningen The Netherlands ISBN 978-90-6704-917-7 ISBN 978-90-6704-918-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-90-6704-918-4 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2013938160 (cid:2)T.M.C.ASSERPRESS,TheHague,TheNetherlands,andtheauthors2013 PublishedbyT.M.C.ASSERPRESS,TheHague,TheNetherlandswww.asserpress.nl ProducedanddistributedforT.M.C.ASSERPRESSbySpringer-VerlagBerlinHeidelberg Nopartofthisworkmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedinanyformorby anymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,microfilming,recordingorotherwise,withoutwritten permissionfromthePublisher,withtheexceptionofanymaterialsuppliedspecificallyforthepurpose ofbeingenteredandexecutedonacomputersystem,forexclusiveusebythepurchaserofthework. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publicationdoesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexempt fromtherelevantprotectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse. Printedonacid-freepaper SpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com) Foreword By the time this book is published it will be about three years ago that Avril McDonald suddenly passed away, at the age of 44, on 13 April 2010. She left behind a large group of friends and colleagues and a lot of unfinished projects. There was so much that she had wished to achieve and that she was passionate about: her friendships, her research projects, her students. Avril lived an intense lifeinwhichshe demanded muchofherself andofothers, including herstudents, inordertorealisethebestachievableresults. Shecouldbeverycriticalofherself andcouldbeverystraightforwardtoothers,butherenthusiasmandhumourmade it acceptable to everyone. Avril had worked very hard to reach the position which she had attained in 2010.InMay2009shewasappointedasRosalindFranklinFellowinInternational LawandContemporaryConflictattheUniversityofGroningenintheNetherlands andin2010shewouldhavebecomeadjunctprofessorandentitledtousethetitle of professor. In this professorship she would have combined her expertise in international humanitarian law (IHL) with questions related to the use offorce in international law, in particular on the role of non-state actors in international conflict. Avril graduated in law in 1987 at Trinity College, Dublin. However, the firstyearsofhercareerwerenotdedicatedtolawbuttojournalismassheobtained a graduate diploma in journalism in 1988 and worked for various journals and magazines in Ireland, Australia and the USA, mainly in New York. In 1995 she had returned to the study of law and obtained an LLM in Human Rights and Emergency Law from Queens University in Belfast. Combining her skills as a journalist and her knowledge of international law she worked at the International CriminalTribunalfortheFormerYugoslaviaasaLegalAssistantinthePressand InformationOfficein1996and1997.Herscholarlyambitiondidnotstopthereand she started working on a Ph.D. thesis at Queen’s University Belfast which she completed in 2002, while at the same time working in The Hague and at the T.M.C. Asser Institute as managing editor of the Yearbook of International HumanitarianLaw(1997–2007)andasHeadoftheinternationalhumanitarianlaw section at the Asser Institute. Her increasing academic contributions were com- bined with various teaching posts at various universities in the Netherlands, includinginGroningen,whereshesucceededProfessorFritsKalshovenin2004as the lecturer on the course in international humanitarian law. v vi Foreword Avril was a remarkable teacher, capable of making a 7-week course in IHL, only a half-semester course, to one of the most intense, valuable and also most liked courses in the curriculum for students specialising in international law. In theselecturesshereallytriedtosharewiththestudentsherpassionforthisareaof thelaw.Withherenergeticpresentations,herhumour,hersometimesprovocative style,sheleftagreatimpressiononmanygroupsofstudentsandarousedalasting interest in IHL for many. Avril used all her talents in her teaching, but she also workedveryhardtopreparefullyforeachclassandforgivingstudentsallshehad. Shecouldbeverydemandingandcritical,butatthesametimeshe wouldalways be there for students to help them to learn from her critique. In about 10–20 years Avril was able to become an expert in the field of internationalhumanitarianlawasisevidentfromhergrowinglistofpublications, herparticipationintrainingprogrammesandsummerschoolsinvariouscountries and for audiences ranging from the academic to the military, her active involve- mentasanorganiser,thechairandmostoftenaspeakerindozensofconferences and seminars in many places around the world. With her new appointment as the RosalindFranklinFellowatGroningenUniversityshewasabouttoreapthefruits ofallherwork.Shehadworkedonabookonprivatemilitarycontractorsinarmed conflict, a project she had hoped to conclude soon, and was active in developing her Rosalind Franklin project in which she would focus on various aspects of the useofarmedforcebynon-stateactorsandtheconsequencesthereofforthefurther developmentofthelawofpeace andsecurityandinternationalhumanitarianlaw. With this project she would investigate and comment on international legal developmentsonthebasisofanunderstandingofthechangednatureofconflictsin theworldandtheinvolvementofnotonlystatesandtheirarmies,butavarietyof armed groups, terrorists and criminal organisations not under the control of state authorities. Avril’s motivation and inspiration was in essence a humanitarian one; interna- tionalhumanrightsandtheapplicationoftheconceptofhumanitytointernational andinternalconflictwereherdrivingforce.Armedconflictandinternationallaw,in searchofthehumanfaceisthereforeaveryfittingtitleforthisbookdedicatedtoher. This book is a tribute to Avril from her friends and colleagues. There were many otherswhowouldhavelikedtocontributebuthadtobedeclinedforvariousreasons. Avril loved books. Her apartment in The Hague was famous for the large collection of books she had built up, including a huge number of (international) law books. Her collection of law books has been donated by her family to the University of Groningen and has been incorporated in the collection of the Universitylibraryandcannowbeusedbyhercolleaguesandstudents.Thisbook ispublishedwiththehelpoftheAvrilMcDonaldMemorialFund,afundsetupby her colleague Roseland Franklin Fellows and for which activities are organised every year to replenish the fund. The fund is intended to support talented young scholars in realising their academic dreams. The book would not have seen the light of day without the relentless efforts of Brigit Toebes and in particular Foreword vii MariëlleMatthee.IntheeditorialphaseMathildeBoshasassistedveryeffectively in the preparation of this book for publication. Weareconfidentthatthisbookwillnotonlyberegardedasatributefromthose who have contributed, but will also help everyone to remember Avril McDonald for the very special person she was. Groningen, Spring 2013 Marcel Brus Professor of Public International Law University of Groningen Contents Part I In Search of Humanitarian Principles 1 Fighting by the Principles: Principles as a Source of International Humanitarian Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Jeroen C. van den Boogaard 2 Chivalry: A Principle of the Law of Armed Conflict? . . . . . . . . . 33 Terry Gill 3 Military Robots and the Principle of Humanity: Distorting the Human Face of the Law? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Hanna Brollowski 4 Some Reflections on Self-defence as an Element in Rules of Engagement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Frits Kalshoven and Thyla Fontein 5 The Current Relevance of the Recognition of Belligerency. . . . . . 115 Sasha Radin Part II The Human Face by Topic 6 In Search of a Human Face in the Middle East: Addressing Israeli Impunity for War Crimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Jeff Handmaker 7 Doctors in Arms: Exploring the Legal and Ethical Position of Military Medical Personnel in Armed Conflicts. . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Brigit Toebes ix x Contents 8 Saving the Past, Present and Future. Thoughts on Mobilising International Protection for Cultural Property During Armed Conflict. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Pita J. C. Schimmelpenninck van der Oije 9 Watching the Human Rights Watchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Roelof Haveman Part III Making it Real: In Search of Ways to Apply Justice 10 Armed Conflict and Law Enforcement: Is There a Legal Divide? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Charles Garraway 11 Friend or Foe? On the Protective Reach of the Law of Armed Conflict. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Jann K. Kleffner 12 Seeking the Truth About Serious International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Violations: The Various Facets of a Cardinal Notion of Transitional Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Théo Boutruche 13 La responsabilité pénale des autorités politiques pour des crimes de droit international humanitair (DIH). . . . . . . . . . . 327 Eric David 14 Discrepancies Between International Humanitarian Law on the Battlefield and in the Courtroom: The Challenges of Applying International Humanitarian Law During International Criminal Trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Rogier Bartels Abbreviations AFRC Armed Forces Revolutionary Council AMIS African Union Mission to Sudan ANCBS Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield BMA British Medical Association CCW Certain Conventional Weapons CDF Civil Defence Forces CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights CETC (F) Chambre de la Cour suprême du Cambodge CPI (F) Cour pénale internationale DARPA American Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DIH (F) Droit international humanitaire DoD Department of Defense of the United States DRC Democratic Republic of Congo DRTF Disaster Relieffor Museums Task Force ECCC Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia ECHR European Convention for the protection of Human Rights ECOMOG Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group FDLR (F) Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda GHF Global Heritage Fund HRL Human Rights Law HRW Human Rights Watch IAC International Armed Conflict ICA International Council of Archives ICBS International Committee of the Blue Shield ICC International Criminal Court ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ICJ International Court of Justice ICL International Criminal Law ICOM International Council of Museums ICOMOS International Council of Monuments and Sites xi

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This book is written in memory of Avril McDonald, who passed away in April 2010. Avril was an inspired and passionate scholar in the fields of international humanitarian law, international criminal law, human rights law and law in the field of arms control and disarmament. What in particular made Av
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