Includes bibliographical references and index.

On the relationships between ius in bello and ius ad bellum : can a notion of international humanitarian law to influence in the determination of the legality of the use of force? / José Antonio Pastor-Ridruejo -- Terrorist acts, armed conflicts and international humanitarian law / José Ruis Rodríquez-Villasante -- Ways out of the world disorder? / Peter Leuprecht -- From Kosovo to Iraq, a new right of pro-human rights intervention? / Claribel de Castro-Sánchez -- New weaponry technologies and international humanitarian law : their consequences on the human being and the environment / Rosario Domínguez-Matés -- The legal situation of foreigners in armed conflicts / Pablo Antonio Fernández-Sanchez -- The protection of journalists in armed conflicts / Claudio Zanghi -- Sexual violence as war crimes / Elisabeth Odio-Benito -- From Bagdad to Guantanamo : legal statue and treatment given to the detainees in the "War against Terrorism" / Ruth Abril-Stoffels -- Combatants and armed elements as refugees : the interplay between international humanitarian law and international refugee law / Nuria Arenas-Hidalgo -- The refugees : from the international humanitarian law to the European constitution : good intentions but less than it looks / José Manuel Peláez Marón -- The new challenges and the role of the International Court of Justice / Rosalyn Higgins -- The role of the international criminal tribunals in the implementation of humanitarian law and the maintenance of peace / Theodor Meron -- The principle of universal jurisdiction and the punishable crimes under articles 609-614 of the 1995 Spanish penal code / José B. Acosta-Estévez -- The obstacles to the International Criminal Court : impediments to the enforcement of international humanitarian law / Carmen Quesada-Alcalá -- The victims of human rights violations in armed conflicts : the right to justice, to truth and compensation / Ana Salado-Osuna.