Conflict without casualties … a note of caution

Non-lethal weapons and international humanitarian law

Bibliographic Data

ID17797482
AuthorsEve Massingham (0000-0001-8411-2429, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume94
Issue886
Pages673-685
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review of the Red Cross (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1607-5889 • E-ISSN: 1816-3831
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1816383112000720
OpenAlexW2123085639
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

In the last decade considerable expense has been invested in non-lethal weapons development programmes, including by the United States military and other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and members of the European Working Group Non-Lethal Weapons. This paper acknowledges the potential suitability of non-lethal weapons for specific situations arising on the battlefield, but cautions against those who advocate for any weakening of existing international humanitarian law frameworks to provide for greater employment of non-lethal technologies

Alliance · Armed conflict · Battlefield · Biology · International humanitarian law · International law · Lethality · North Atlantic Treaty · Political science · Treaty · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Military and Defense Studies

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