The War Report 2012

Stuart Casey-Maslen, Head of Research, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Dr Stuart Casey-Maslen is Head of Research at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. His research concerns international weapons law, international law and armed groups, and the qualification of armed conflicts. He has consulted and published widely on the international law of armed conflict, including Commentaries on Arms Control Treaties (OUP, 2005) and The Convention on Cluster Munitions: A Commentary (OUP, 2010).

Foreword, Elizabeth Wilmshurst
Part I: Overview
Summary
What is an armed conflict?
Part II: Individual Conflicts in 2012
Armed conflict between South Sudan and Sudan
Armed conflict between Pakistan and the USA
Military occupation of Azerbaijan by Armenia
Military occupation of Cyprus by Turkey
Military occupation of Eritrea by Ethiopia
Military occupation of Georgia by Russia
Military occupation of Lebanon by Israel
Military occupation of Moldova by Russia
Military occupation of Palestine by Israel
Military occupation of Syria by Israel
Military occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco
Armed conflict in Afghanistan
Armed conflict in Central African Republic
Armed conflict in Colombia
Armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Armed conflict in Gaza
Armed conflict in Mali
Armed conflict in Mexico
Armed conflict in Myanmar
Armed conflict in the Philippines
Armed conflict in Somalia
Armed conflict in Sudan
Armed conflict in Syria
Armed conflict in Thailand
Armed conflict in Turkey
Armed conflict in Yemen
Part III: Key Themes
Section A: Weapons
1. Drone strikes in Afghanistan, Gaza, Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen in 2012, Alice Priddy and Stuart Casey-Maslen
2. The use of explosive weapons in populated areas in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria in 2012, Maya Brehm
3. Small arms and light weapons, the United Nations Plan of Action, and armed conflict, Sarah Parker and Mireille Widmer
Section B: Methods of warfare
4. Forced displacement of civilians by parties to armed conflicts in 2012, Kate Halff and Stuart Casey-Maslen
Section C: Detention
5. A decade of detention at Guantanamo Bay 2002-2012, Silvia Suteu
Section D: Armed non-state actors and international norms
6. Armed non-state actors and jus in bello in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya, Mali, and Syria, Marina Mattirolo
Section E: The protection of vulnerable groups
7. Education as a 'battleground' in armed conflicts in 2012, Gilles Giacca and Tahmina Karimova
Section F: Judicial enforcement of international criminal and humanitarian law
8. National case law on international humanitarian and criminal law in 2012, Sharon Weill
9. Jurisprudence in the ad hoc international criminal tribunals in 2012, Damien Scalia
10. The implications of the Lubanga case for international law, Annyssa Bellal