Chinese Journal of International Law Advance Access originally published online on February 12, 2008
Chinese Journal of International Law 2008 7(1):107-113; doi:10.1093/chinesejil/jmm051
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Comments on the 2007 Draft Manual on International Humanitarian Law in Air and Missile Warfare
Although substantial changes have been made to the 2006 Draft Manual on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in Air and Missile Warfare, questions remaining in the 2007 Draft should be clarified from the point of view of IHL, and the fundamental principles and basic concepts of IHL ought to be reaffirmed and respected. Since there are hints of confusion and violations of these principles and concepts, in places such as the definition of terms, the controversial and permitted weapons and the scope of application of the Manual, attention should be paid to them when perfecting the Draft Manual.
* Associate Professor, Xi'an Institute of Politics, China (email: whping888{at}yahoo.com.cn). The author would like to thank Prof. YU Zhengshan for his insightful comments. The article reflects the views of the author alone and not necessarily those of any governmental entity. All errors are the author's. This paper was completed on 18 December 2007.