ECH 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: International Humanitarian Law, Genocide Convention, Bashar Al-Assad

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 1100
• Professor: Jean- Francois Ratelle

Document Summary

What can and cannot be done in war. Jus ad bellum: the right to go to war (the un) Jus in bello: right to conduct in war (geneva conventions and the. The geneva conventions and the additional protocols. Exists in the breakout of a conflict. War crimes: can only be committed during wartime i. e torture, willful killing, slave of a pow, hostage taking. Crimes against humanity occur in peace and in war: appear as a concept in the nuremberg trials, can be committed against a population, expand in icty and ictr. Crimes against humanity: did not appear in the geneva convention. It was an idea developed in the nuremberg and tokyo trials (costmary law: occur in peace and in war, can be committed only against a population. Challenges basic human rights like right to life and free circulation. The soldiers and the civilian are well distinguished.