LEGITIMACY OF PURPOSE AND LEGALITY OF MEANS IN CURRENT MILITARY CONFLICTS (IV)
LEGITIMACY OF PURPOSE AND LEGALITY OF MEANS IN CURRENT MILITARY CONFLICTS (IV)
Author(s): Ionel HorneaContributor(s): Diana Cristiana Lupu (Translator)
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: methods of warfare; ICRC; combatant; weapon control;
Summary/Abstract: In 2006, the International Committee of the Red Cross drew up A Guide to the Legal Review of New Weapons, Means and Methods of Warfare, which was prepared in consultation with nearly thirty military and international law experts, including governmental experts, from ten countries. The guide advises on substantive and procedural questions that are to be considered in related actions. In this case, the new state, party to the Ottawa Convention, would be required to revise its mine arsenal in order to make sure that neither one “is designed to be exploded by the presence, proximity or contact of a person”, as anti-personnel mines are defined by Article 2 (1) of the Convention. In the author’s opinion, a new weapon – which is a proposal for a new means of warfare – cannot be examined without considering the way it will be used, therefore, without taking into account the method of warfare associated with it.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 105-121
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English