Abstract
Colonel Carnahan of the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has reviewed some of the practical military problems with Protocol I. I would like to spend a little time on what might be called the philosophical - or broader political - problems. In particular, I would like to discuss the diplomatic conference that produced the protocol and how it demonstrated the links among law, politics, and terrorism.
When you get 126 countries together, as occurred at the diplomatic conference, there is a lot of politics. That is to say, Protocol I is not simply a legal matter than can be grasped using purely legal terms. I propose to examine the main results as reflections of the diplomatic goals of the Soviet bloc, the "Third World," and the Western countries.
Recommended Citation
Feith, Douglas J.
(1986)
"Protocol I: Moving Humanitarian Law Backwards,"
Akron Law Review: Vol. 19:
Iss.
4, Article 3.
Available at:
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/akronlawreview/vol19/iss4/3