PLSC 380F Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Jus Ad Bellum, Booby Trap, Hugo Grotius
6 Jul 2017
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Scope of the law of war in conventions and treaties. Amelioriation of the condition of wounded and sick. Amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick at sea. Convention of rights to the child involvement in armed con icts. Prohibition of environmental modi cation defoliation, making it impossible for people to grow food. Convention on prohitibion of bacterial/biological weapons and their destructs. 19th century wars were so di erent. medicine had not kept up rise of photography and journalism new communication people knew what was going on. Founding of international committee of the red cross neutral is good and bad, knows much but doesn"t say a word legal minds. Kellogg briant people were willing to be more civiol. Article 2 and 51 are two articles that that are really important. outlawing of aggression exception of self-defense. Alberto gonzalez: the geneva conventions are quaint, but not applicable anymore people in guantanamo are not prisoners of war,
