Sirus Project, The: Towards a Determination of Which Weapons Cause ‘Superfluous Injury or Unnecessary Suffering’

Synopsis: The SirUS Project relates to the part of international humanitarian law that governs the means and methods of warfare. The project proposes that the well-documented effects of legitimate and conventional weapons should be used as a yardstick to determine what is not ‘superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering’. Four criteria are proposed, by which the effects of any weapon can be compared to those of conventional weapons. These criteria can then be used to determine which weapons cause ‘superfluous injury of unnecessary suffering’.
Language: English
Country: Switzerland
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 8 min.
Year of production: 1998
Availability: Hire
Sale; 2000 sale: Sfr20.00 (+p&p)
Subjects: Law; Medical sciences
Keywords: international law; military weaponry; war injuries

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