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12 - Veterinary Personnel

from Part II - The Protection of Animals in International and Non-international Armed Conflicts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2022

By
Katharine Fortin
Edited by
Anne Peters ,
Jérôme de Hemptinne  and
Robert Kolb
Anne Peters
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
Jérôme de Hemptinne
Affiliation:
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Robert Kolb
Affiliation:
Université de Genève
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Summary

This chapter analyses the international humanitarian rules on veterinary personnel. It distinguishes between international armed conflicts and non-international armed conflicts and examines the legal consequences of violations. The chapter also reflects on the anthropocentric nature of international humanitarian law and discusses how this body of law might take better account of the interdependency of the fate of the human race with the fate of the other animal and plant species with which it shares the planet. It finally recommends lines of investigations on the legal protection of veterinary personnel.

Keywords

animals in warveterinary personneldiseasemedical personnelveterinary hospitals and unitsact harmful to the enemyarmed groupsdirect participation in hostilitiesanthropocentrichumanity
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Animals in the International Law of Armed Conflict , pp. 200 - 214
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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