San Remo manual on international law applicable to armed conflicts at sea
The San Remo Manual combines a restatement of the law - the first since 1913 - applicable to armed conflicts at sea, with an explanation commenting on the legal basis for the provisions adopted. Compiled by international legal and naval experts, it indicates how States may behave in armed conflict r...
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Cambridge, UK
Cambridge University Press
1995
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Table of Contents:
- The Manual: Part I. General Provisions: 1. Scope of application of the law; 2. Armed conflicts and the law of self-defence; 3. Armed conflicts in which the Security Council has taken action; 4. Areas of naval warfare; 5. Definitions. Part II. Regions of Operations: 1. Internal waters, territorial sea and archipelagic waters; 2. International straits and archipelagic sea lanes; 3. Exclusive economic zone and continental shelf; 4. High seas and sea-bed beyond national jurisdiction; Part III. Basic Rules and Target Discrimination: 1. Basic rules; 2. Precautions in attack; 3. Enemy vessels and aircraft exempt from attack; 4. Other enemy vessels and aircraft; 5. Neutral merchant vessels and civil aircraft; 6. Precautions regarding civil aircraft; Part IV. Methods and Means of Warfare at Sea: 1. Means of warfare; 2. Methods of warfare; 3. Deception, ruses of war and perfidy; Part V. Measures Short of Attack: Interception, Visit, Search, Diversion, and Capture: 1. Determination of enemy character of vessels and aircraft; 2. Visit and search of merchant vessels; 3. Interception, visit and search of civil aircraft; 4. Capture of enemy vessels and goods; 5. Capture of enemy civil aircraft and goods; 6. Capture of neutral merchant vessels and goods; 7. Capture of neutral civil aircraft and goods; Part VI. Protected Persons, Medical Transports, and Medical Aircraft: General rules: 1. Protected persons; 2. Medical transports; 3. Medical aircraft; Annex. The Explanation: Follows exactly same headings as above