Includes bibliographical references and index.

An introduction to Michael Bothe's writings on legal restraints on the use of military force / Thilo Marahun -- Legal and non-legal norms : a meaningful distinction international relations -- Les limites des pouvoirs du Conseil de Sécurité -- Security Council's targeted sanctions against presumed terrorists : the need to comply with human rights standards -- Limits to the use of force imposed by international law current problems -- Will current international crises result in structural shifts in international law? -- Terrorism and the legality of pre-emptive force -- Peacekeeping and international humanitarian law : friends or foes? -- Obligations and protection of individuals -- Verification of disarmament treaties -- Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction : treaty regimes between efficiency and discrimination -- Le droit de la guerre et les Nations Unies : a propos des incidents armés au Congo -- The historical evolution of international humanitarian law, international human rights law, refugee law and international criminal law -- Multiculturalism and the development of international humanitarian law -- Setting the scene : new technologies-new challenges for IHL? -- De facto control of land or sea areas : its relevance under the law of armed conflict, in particular air and missile warfare -- The International Committee of the Red Cross and the additional protocols of 1977 -- Protection of the environment in times of armed conflict -- Legal restraints on targeting : protection of civilian population and the changing faces of modern conflict -- The ethics, principles and objectives of protection of the environment in times of armed conflict -- The ILC special rapporteur's preliminary report on the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts : an important step in the right direction -- Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts : a preliminary comment on the work of the International Law Commission -- Le sort des blessés et malades : un but fondamental de la Croix-Rouge -- Relief actions : the position of the recipient state -- Human rights law and international humanitarian law as limits of Security Council action -- Beginning and end of occupation -- Limits of the right of expropriation (requisition) and of movement restrictions in occupied territory -- Cutting off electricity and water supply for the Gaza strip : limits under international law -- The right to provide and receive humanitarian assistance in occupied territories -- Neutrality in naval warfare : what is left of traditional international law? -- Conflits armés internes et droit international humanitaire -- Fact-finding as a means of ensuring respect for international humanitarian law -- Remedies of victims of war crimes and crimes against humanities : some critical remarks on the ICJ's judgment on the jurisdictional immunity of states -- Prevention and repression of breaches of international humanitarian law -- Complementarity : ensuring compliance with international law through criminal prosecutions-whose responsibility? -- The role of national law in the implementation of international humanitarian law.

In English, with some chapters in French.