Book contents
- Animals in the International Law of Armed Conflict
- Animals in the International Law of Armed Conflict
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Forewords
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I The Need for Protecting Animals in Wartime
- Part II The Protection of Animals in International and Non-international Armed Conflicts
- 5 Animals as Property and as Objects
- 6 Animals as Specially Protected Objects
- 7 Animals as Part of the Environment
- 8 Animals as Endangered Species
- 9 Animals as War Weapons
- 10 Animals as Combatants and as Prisoners of War?
- 11 Animals as Means of Medical Transportation, Search and Rescue
- 12 Veterinary Personnel
- Part III The Protection of Animals in Specific Situations
- Part IV Enforcement Regimes for the Protection of Animals in Wartime
- Part V Towards Better Protection of Animals in Wartime
- Index
- References
6 - Animals as Specially Protected Objects
from Part II - The Protection of Animals in International and Non-international Armed Conflicts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 October 2022
Book contents
- Animals in the International Law of Armed Conflict
- Animals in the International Law of Armed Conflict
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Forewords
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I The Need for Protecting Animals in Wartime
- Part II The Protection of Animals in International and Non-international Armed Conflicts
- 5 Animals as Property and as Objects
- 6 Animals as Specially Protected Objects
- 7 Animals as Part of the Environment
- 8 Animals as Endangered Species
- 9 Animals as War Weapons
- 10 Animals as Combatants and as Prisoners of War?
- 11 Animals as Means of Medical Transportation, Search and Rescue
- 12 Veterinary Personnel
- Part III The Protection of Animals in Specific Situations
- Part IV Enforcement Regimes for the Protection of Animals in Wartime
- Part V Towards Better Protection of Animals in Wartime
- Index
- References
Summary
International humanitarian law provides special protection in armed conflict to particular categories of objects, granting them additional layers of protection and providing for some restriction on their use for military purposes. This chapter explores how animals could benefit from such special protection under two headings. First, it analyses whether and with which consequences animals could be safeguarded as cultural property. Second, the chapter addresses the protection of animals as objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population. It concludes with some recommendations on how the category of specially protected objects could be dynamically used to enhance the protection of animals against the effects of warfare.
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- Animals in the International Law of Armed Conflict , pp. 92 - 108Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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