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13 - Has the Traditional Focus Been Lost?

Part I – Laws of War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2024

David P. Forsythe
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
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This chapter continues to examine the critics’ complaint that the modern ICRC has become distracted from its previous areas of expertise through its expanded activities in “other violence,” arguably neglecting in relative terms international humanitarian law and political prisoners. This chapter addresses the organization in the context of IHL. The chapter’s original contribution, beyond the way the background information is presented, is to analyze recent ICRC activity on two IHL subjects: customary IHL; and cyber warfare. On the first, the author finds the ICRC study on customary IHL absolutely central to recent developments, which fits with other third parties who find the ICRC “authoritative” in this legal domain. On the second, cyber warfare, the author finds the ICRC active, involved, and very much au courant about emerging developments. Neither aspect of IHL has been ignored or forgotten.

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The Contemporary International Committee of the Red Cross
Challenges, Changes, Controversies
, pp. 266 - 295
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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