This volume commemorates the centenary of the First World War (1914-2014) and aims to capture 100 years of warfare evolution. Among the main issues addressed are the changing nature of means and methods of warfare, the law of weaponry, and challenges to humanitarian assistance and protection of the civilian population affected by armed conflict. Specific topics include the legal regime governing nuclear weapons, the prohibition of chemical weapons and arms control, the evolution of naval warfare, asymmetric conflicts, the law of occupation and cultural property. A comprehensive Year in Review also describes the most important events and legal developments that took place in 2014. The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law is the world's only annual publication devoted to the study of the laws governing armed conflict. It provides a truly international forum for high-quality, peer-reviewed academic articles focusing on this crucial branch of international law. Distinguished by contemporary relevance, the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law bridges the gap between theory and practice and serves as a useful reference tool for scholars, practitioners, military personnel, civil servants, diplomats, human rights workers and students.

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The Evolution in the Legal Protection of Victims of Armed Conflict.- One Hundred Years of Chemical Warfare and Disarmament: Then and Now.- Warfare 1914-2014: The Most Violent Century in Human History.- The Prohibition to Use Chemical Weapons.- The Evolution of Legal Approaches to Controlling Nuclear and Radiological Weapons and Combating the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism.- The Development of the Law of Naval Warfare from the 19th to the 21st Century Some Select Issues.- From Inter-State and Symmetric to Intra-State and Asymmetric: Changing Methods of Warfare and the Law of Armed Conflict in the 100 Years since World War One.- Humanitarian Activities Carried Out Across Borders in Times of Armed Conflict in the Light of State Sovereignty and International Humanitarian Law.- Legal Challenges in the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance: The Case of Non-International Armed Conflicts.- A Century of the Law of Occupation.- Casualties of Armed Conflict: Protecting Cultural Property.- Year in Review 2014.- Military Advantage: A Matter of Value, Strategy and Tactics.