1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787757203321

Titolo

Bulletin of WHO . Vol. 91 No. 05 2013. / / by World Health Organization

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : World Health Organization, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

92-4-068989-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (80 pages)

Disciplina

610.82

Soggetti

Public health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION -  MAY 2013 -- MASTHEAD -- In this month's Bulletin -- Editorials -- Globally consistent coding systems for medical products of human origin -- Policy coherence for improved medical innovation and access -- News -- Public health round-up -- Gabon gets everyone under one social health insurance roof -- Rocky road from the Semashko to a new health model -- Research -- Breastfeeding rates in central and western China in 2010: implications for child and population health -- Trends in smoking and lung cancer mortality in Japan, by birth cohort, 1949-2010 -- Determinants of reduced child stunting in Cambodia: analysis of pooled data from three Demographic and Health Surveys -- Episiotomy rate in Vietnamese-born women in Australia: support for a change in obstetric practice in Viet Nam -- Recurrence of adverse perinatal outcomes in developing countries -- Entry and exit screening of airline travellers during the A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic: a retrospective evaluation -- Systematic reviews -- Viral suppression after 12 months of antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review -- Perspectives -- Health systems and services: the role of acute care -- JUST PUBLISHED! -- Back cover.

Sommario/riassunto

The Bulletin of the World Health Organization is an international journal of public health with a special focus on developing countries. Since it was first published in 1948 the Bulletin has become one of the world's leading public health journals. As the flagship periodical of the World



Health Organization (WHO) the Bulletin draws on WHO experts as editorial advisers reviewers and authors as well as on external collaborators. In this month's issue: Globally consistent coding systems for medical products of human origin; Policy coherence for improved medical innovation and access; Breastfeeding rates in central and western China in 2010: implications for child and population health; Trends in smoking and lung cancer mortality in Japan by birth cohort 1949-2010; Determinants of reduced child stunting in Cambodia: analysis of pooled data from three Demographic and Health Surveys; Episiotomy rate in Vietnamese-born women in Australia: support for a change in obstetric practice in Viet Nam; Recurrence of adverse perinatal outcomes in developing countries; Entry and exit screening of airline travellers during the A(H1N1) 2009 pandemic: a retrospective evaluation; Viral suppression after 12 months of antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review; Health systems and services: the role of acute care.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974722603321

Titolo

International humanitarian law and the changing technology of war / / edited by Dan Saxon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013

ISBN

90-04-22949-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Collana

International humanitarian law series, , 1389-6776 ; ; volume 41

Altri autori (Persone)

SaxonDan <1958->

Disciplina

341.6/7

Soggetti

Humanitarian law

Military weapons

Weapons systems

Dret humanitari

Armament

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Professor Michael N. Schmitt -- Introduction International Humanitarian Law and the Changing Technology of War / Dan Saxon -- Chapter 1 Methodology of Law-Making: Customary International Law and New Military Technologies / Robert Heinsch -- Chapter 2 How Far Will the Law Allow Unmanned Targeting to Go? / Bill Boothby -- Chapter 3 The Illegality of Offensive Lethal Autonomy / David Akerson -- Chapter 4 Autonomy in the Battlespace: Independently Operating Weapon Systems and the Law of Armed Conflict / Markus Wagner -- Chapter 5 The Use of Autonomous Weapons and the Role of the Legal Advisor / Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Bolt -- Chapter 6 Great Resources Mean Great Responsibility: A Framework of Analysis for Assessing Compliance with API Obligations in the Information Age / Kimberly Trapp -- Chapter 7 Maximising Compliance with IHL and the Utility of Data in an Age of Unlimited Information: Operational Issues / Darren Stewart -- Chapter 8 The Application of Superior Responsibility in an Era of Unlimited Information / Charles Garraway -- Chapter 9 Cyber War and the Concept of ‘Attack’ in International Humanitarian Law / David Turns -- Chapter 10 Proportionality and Precautions in Cyber Attacks / Michael A Newton -- Chapter 11 Participants in Conflict – Cyber Warriors, Patriotic Hackers and the Laws of War / Heather Harrison Dinniss -- Chapter 12 New Weapons: Legal and Policy Issues Associated with Weapons Described as ‘Non-lethal’ / Neil Davison -- Chapter 13 The Path to Less Lethal and Destructive War? Technological and Doctrinal Developments and International Humanitarian Law after Iraq and Afghanistan / David P. Fidler -- Conclusions International Humanitarian Law and the Challenges of the Changing Technology of War / Dan Saxon -- Acknowledgments / Dan Saxon -- Index / Dan Saxon.

Sommario/riassunto

Increasingly, war is and will be fought by machines – and virtual networks linking machines - which, to varying degrees, are controlled by humans. This book explores the legal challenges for armed forces resulting from the development and use of new military technologies – automated and autonomous weapon systems, cyber weapons, “non-lethal” weapons and advanced communications - for the conduct of warfare. The contributions, each written by scholars and military officers with expertise in International Humanitarian Law (IHL), provide analysis and recommendations for armed forces as to how these new technologies may be used in accordance with international law. Moreover, the chapters provide suggestions for military doctrine to ensure continued compliance with IHL during this ever-more-rapid evolution of technology.