Humanitarian and Refugee Law

Unit 1 — Historical Development of International Humanitarian Law

Henri Dunant and the Battle of Solferino · 1864 Geneva Convention · Lieber Code 1863 · 1868 St Petersburg Declaration · 1868 Additional Articles · 1874 Brussels Declaration · 1880 Oxford Manual · 1899 and 1907 Hague Conventions · 1949 Geneva Conventions · 1977 Additional Protocols · Other IHL instruments · Development of international criminal law · the ICTY and ICTR · the ICC · and the hybrid and ad hoc courts and tribunals

Unit 2 — Fundamental principles of the law of armed conflict

Fundamental principles of the law of armed conflict · The principle of distinction · Military necessity · The principle of proportionality · The prohibition on causing unnecessary suffering and superfluous injury · The principle of neutrality · The principle of humanity · Types of armed conflicts: International armed conflicts: Non-international armed conflicts · Internationalised armed conflicts · Transnational armed conflicts

Unit 3 — Fundamental Principles of International Humanitarian Law

Principle of Humanity · Principle of Prohibition against Causing Unnecessary Sufferings · Principle of Proportionality · Principle of Distinction · Principle of Neutrality · Principle of Military Necessity · Martens Clause. Role of the Indian Judiciary to Implement International Humanitarian Law

Unit 5 — Individual status in armed conflict

Individual status in armed conflict · Protection of the wounded, sick and shipwrecked · Means and Methods of Warfare · Accountability through international criminal law

Unit 4 — Evolution of Refugee law

Evolution of Refugee law · Structure of entitlement under the Refugee Convention

• Human Security –Asylum seekers, Migrants and Refugees, the differences
• Human Rights: LGBT, Refugees and Aliens

Unit 5 — Rights of Refugees

Rights of Refugees · Durable Solutions

• Human Security –Asylum seekers, Migrants and Refugees, the differences
• Human Rights: LGBT, Refugees and Aliens

Unit 6 — Stateless persons

Stateless persons · Internally displaced persons · The above issues are to be studied with special reference to the relevant treaties and relevant case laws on the subject.