... challenges, providing a legal and normative template upon which more successful regulation can be built for the future. weapons control international law history and International Relations Since formal regulation of the battlefield began, states and civil society actors have grappled with a basic tension...

...Weapons control was born of necessity to reduce the existential threats of weapons technologies following the last century’s world wars. In a dangerous and anarchic world, security can be enhanced by substituting multilateral agreements for unconstrained procurement, deployment, and transfer...

... of environmental remediation processes. Arms control International criminal law Weapons control Disarmament This chapter defines and describes the different components within arms control and disarmament law treaties, specifically development and testing, production, stockpiling, transfer, and use...

... of the United Nations (UN) and the use of the atomic bomb. It recounts the adoption of the Partial Test-Ban Treaty in 1963, which helped to calm tensions following the Cuban missile crisis. Arms control Weapons control UN Charter Disarmament This final chapter summarizes some of the trends and lessons...

... Century Watts Sean international cybertorts definition of Weapons Weapons control Armed conflict When confronted with a new weapons technology, international law scholars, military lawyers, and civil society activists regularly raise two questions: Are new regulations needed? ²...

... for the Former Yugoslavia ICTY Nuremberg Tribunals Rendulic Rule legitimacy of military operations transparency of military operations United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Summary or Arbitrary Executions Armed conflict Weapons Weapons control Armed attack A unit of soldiers is disabled...

...Military necessity Armed conflict Proportionality Principle of distinction Weapons Weapons control Where States openly resort to the method of targeted killing, they generally argue that the targeted individuals are legitimate military objectives in an armed conflict and, thereby, seek...

... International co-operation Weapons control The purpose of this Protocol is to promote, facilitate and strengthen cooperation among States Parties in order to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts and components and ammunition. Trafficking...

... crime International co-operation Aiding and abetting Weapons control 1. Each State Party shall adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to establish as criminal offences the following conduct, when committed intentionally: (a) Illicit manufacturing of firearms...

... crime International co-operation Weapons control Relationship between international and domestic law 1. Without prejudice to article 12 of the Convention, States Parties shall adopt, to the greatest extent possible within their domestic legal systems, such measures as may be necessary to enable...

... Weapons control Evidence 1. For the purpose of identifying and tracing each firearm, States Parties shall: (a) At the time of manufacture of each firearm, either require unique marking providing the name of the manufacturer, the country or place of manufacture and the serial number, or maintain...

... relating to the Firearms Protocol. Organized crime International co-operation International trade Weapons control 1. States Parties shall cooperate at the bilateral, regional and international levels to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms...

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...This chapter presents three case studies that analyze the interplay between hard and soft law in the area of multilateral arms control, from nuclear weapons to land mines. The first study looks at the various key decisions taken by weapons control supplier groups to restrict transfers of specific...

... that apply to weapons procurement and use when a situation falls below the armed conflict threshold. Military assistance Armed conflict Weapons control Weapons, nuclear Peace treaties Military matters Armed attack International peace and security This chapter addresses the law of military operations...

... will depend on the development of State practice and how the international community responds to the particular circumstances of an IO attack, usually in the cyberspace domain. Special missions Terrorism Countermeasures Military assistance Weapons control Peace treaties Military matters International...