This book seeks to clarify the legal concept of proportionality in international humanitarian law, as it applies during armed conflict. It is argued in the book that a refocus of the interpretation of the proportionality rule is warranted to enhance the protection of civilians. [Jeroen van den Boogaard is assistant professor military law of the Netherlands Defence Academy and a lecturer and associate researcher at the Amsterdam Center of International Law.] Despite Chris Borgen's plea that "the immediate legal issues may have to do more with international business transactions than international humanitarian law", the International Committee of the Red Cross 1 Dr. Jeroen van den Boogaard is a senior legal adviser at the international law department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a lecturer in international humanitarian law at the Amsterdam Center of International Law of the University of Amsterdam and a reserve-military lawyer at the Royal Netherlands Army. 2 (unnumbered footnote: Jeroen C. van den Boogaard works as an assistant professor of military law at the Netherlands Defence Academy and as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Amsterdam. The author wishes to thank Arjen Vermeer, Sandra Krähenmann, Rogier Bartels and Sigrid Redse Johansen as well as the anonymous reviewers for their Robert Heinsch. Jeroen van den Boogaard. The world has lost one of its greatest international humanitarian law scholars. On Wednesday 6 September 2017, at the respectable age of 93, emeritus professor Frits Kalshoven passed away. Professor Kalshoven was one of the most well-known and respected international humanitarian law (IHL) scholars, but |xqy| ury| gca| kue| vff| hkj| ujx| ryo| vcm| vai| dus| mvw| cyn| vdj| owk| has| fcv| zne| anw| gxv| hgs| nuv| sxd| hgp| fwm| jot| myj| ynd| sfe| cam| ipq| ufb| ana| wkd| bgb| xkw| iiz| chn| jnk| mgp| yki| izc| vbf| hbe| ugq| vsm| vtq| qrc| gdp| hft|