The second edition of this handbook offers authoritative commentary and analysis of the international law of military operations, encompassing self-defence, peace operations, and other uses of force, based on best-practice rules of global importance.

• General Issues


• 1: Terry D. Gill and Dieter Fleck: Concept and Sources of the International Law of Military Operations


• 2: William K. Lietzau and Joseph A. Rutigliano Jr: History and Development of the International Law of Military Operations


• 3: Jann K. Kleffner: Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law: General Issues


• 4: Nils Melzer and Gloria Gaggioli Gasteyger: Conceptual Distinction and Overlaps Between Law Enforcement and the Conduct of Hostilities


• Military Operations within the Context of the UN Collective Security System


• 5: Enforcement and Peace Enforcement Operations


• 5.1: Terry D. Gill: Legal Characterization and Basis for Enforcement Operations and Peace Enforcement Operations Under the Charter


• 5.2: Dieter Fleck: Status of Forces in Enforcement and Peace Enforcement Operations


• 5.3: Terry D. Gill: Legal Parameters for the Use of Force in the Context of the UN Collective Security System


• 5.4: Blaise Cathcart: Force Application in Enforcement and Peace Enforcement Operations


• 5.5: Charles H.B. Garraway and Jann K. Kleffner: Applicability and Application of International Humanitarian Law to Enforcement and Peace Enforcement Operations


• 6: Peace Operations


• 6.1: Terry D. Gill: Characterization and Legal Basis for Peace Operations


• 6.2: Dieter Fleck: Status of Forces in Peace Operations


• 6.3: Terry D. Gill: Legal Parameters for the Use of Force within the Context of Peace Operations


• 6.4: Patrick C. Cammaert and Ben F. Klappe: Application of Force and Rules of Engagement in Peace Operations


• 6.5: Patrick C. Cammaert and Ben F. Klappe: Authority, Command, and Control in United Nations-Led Peace Operations


• 7: Eric P.J. Myjer and Nigel D. White: Peace Operations Conducted by Regional Organizations and Arrangements


• Military Operations within the Context of the Right of Self-Defence and Other Possible Legal Bases for the Use of Force


• 8: Terry D. Gill: Legal Basis of the Right of Self-Defence Under the UN Charter and Under Customary International Law


• 9: Dieter Fleck: Status of Forces in Self-Defence Operations


• 10: Blaise Cathcart: Application of Force and Rules of Engagement in Self-Defence Operations


• 11: Charles H.B. Garraway and Jann K. Kleffner: International Humanitarian Law in Self-Defence Operations


• 12: Terry D. Gill and Paul A. L. Ducheine: Rescue of Nationals


• 13: Terry D. Gill: Humanitarian Intervention


• 14: Terry D. Gill: Military Intervention with the Consent or at the Invitation of a Government


• Capita Selecta of International Military Operational Law


• 15: Blaise Cathcart: Command and Control in Military Operations


• 16: Michael N. Schmitt: Targeting in Operational Law


• 17: Nils Melzer: Targeted Killings in Operational Law Perspective


• 18: William H. Boothby: Weapons and Operational Law


• 19: Michael N. Schmitt: Air Law and Military Operations


• 20: Wolff Heintschel Von Heinegg: The Law of Military Operations at Sea


• 21: Wolff Heintschel Von Heinegg and Martin D. Fink: Maritime Interception/Interdiction Operations


• 22: Blaise Cathcart: Legal Dimensions Of Special Operations and Information Operations


• 23: Paul Ducheine: Military Cyber Operations


• 24: Hans F.R. Boddens Hosang: Force Protection, Unit Self-Defence and Personal Self-Defence: Their Relationship to Rules of Engagement


• 25: Timothy Mccormack and Bruce M. Oswald: The Maintenance of Law and Order in Military Operations


• 26: Jann K. Kleffner: Operational Detention and the Treatment of Detainees


• 27: Ben F. Klappe: Civil-Military Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance


• 28: Terry D. Gill and Dieter Fleck: Private Contractors and Security Companies


• 29: William J. Fenrick: The Prosecution of International Crimes in Relation to the Conduct of Military Operations


• 30: Boris Kondoch and Marten Zwanenburg: International Responsibility and Military Operations


• Synthesis and Conclusion


• 31: A.P.V. Rogers and Darren Stewart: The Role Of The Military Legal Advisor


• 32: Dieter Fleck and Terry D. Gill: Conclusions


• The Manual on International Law of Military Operations


• Glossary of Terms

Terry Gill is Professor of Military Law at the University of Amsterdam and the Netherlands Defence Academy. Previously, he was first Assistant and later Associate Professor of Public International Law at Utrecht University from 1985-2012, where he received his doctorate (cum laude) in 1989. He was a member of the expert group convened by the ICRC to provide guidelines on the notion of direct participation in hostilities and of the expert group which prepared the Tallinn Manual on Cyber Warfare. He is a member of the Advisory Council on Matters of Public International Law to the Dutch Government and Parliament and Editor in Chief of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law.
Dieter Fleck served as legal advisor in the Bundeswehr, the German Ministry of Defence and the Federal Chancellor's Office. He was a member of several expert groups convened by the ICRC and ended his active service as Director International Agreements & Policy of the Ministry of Defence. He is Honorary President, International Society for Military Law and the Law of War; Member of the Advisory Board of the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL); and Rapporteur of the ILA Committee on Nuclear Weapons, Non-Proliferation and Contemporary International Law.