- Title Pages
- Dedication
- About this book
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties
- Other Materials
- I The Notion of ‘Targeted Killing’
- II Current Trend towards Legitimization
- III Targeted Killing in Contemporary Legal Doctrine
- IV The Analysis
- V The Paradigm of Law Enforcement
- VI Law Enforcement and the Conventional Human Right to Life
- VII Law Enforcement and the Protection of Life under International Humanitarian Law
- VIII Law Enforcement and the Non-Conventional Human Right to Life
- IX Permissibility of Targeted Killing as a Method of Law Enforcement
- X The Paradigm of Hostilities
- XI The Principle of Distinction under International Humanitarian Law
- XII Means and Methods in the Conduct of Hostilities
- XIII Human Rights Law and the Paradigm of Hostilities
- XIV Permissibility of Targeted Killing as a Method of Conducting Hostilities
- XV Comparative Conclusions
- XVI Epilogue: Targeted Killing and the Rule of Law
- Appendix Selected Case Descriptions
- Bibliography
- Index
The Paradigm of Hostilities
The Paradigm of Hostilities
- Chapter:
- (p.243) X The Paradigm of Hostilities
- Source:
- Targeted Killing in International Law
- Author(s):
Nils Melzer
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter begins by introducing the concepts of ‘armed conflict’, ‘hostilities’, and ‘military necessity’, each of which is intrinsically linked to the paradigm of hostilities. It then identifies the normative frameworks from which that paradigm is derived. The various conditions and modalities governing the use of lethal force during the conduct of hostilities, and the influence of human rights law on these conditions and modalities are examined. The results obtained shall provide the basis for a concluding analysis of the international permissibility of targeted killing as a method of conducting hostilities.
Keywords: armed conflict, military necessity, war on terrorism, law on hostilities, military advantage, military operations, normative framework, hostilities
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- About this book
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties
- Other Materials
- I The Notion of ‘Targeted Killing’
- II Current Trend towards Legitimization
- III Targeted Killing in Contemporary Legal Doctrine
- IV The Analysis
- V The Paradigm of Law Enforcement
- VI Law Enforcement and the Conventional Human Right to Life
- VII Law Enforcement and the Protection of Life under International Humanitarian Law
- VIII Law Enforcement and the Non-Conventional Human Right to Life
- IX Permissibility of Targeted Killing as a Method of Law Enforcement
- X The Paradigm of Hostilities
- XI The Principle of Distinction under International Humanitarian Law
- XII Means and Methods in the Conduct of Hostilities
- XIII Human Rights Law and the Paradigm of Hostilities
- XIV Permissibility of Targeted Killing as a Method of Conducting Hostilities
- XV Comparative Conclusions
- XVI Epilogue: Targeted Killing and the Rule of Law
- Appendix Selected Case Descriptions
- Bibliography
- Index