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Oxford The Handbook of the Law of Visiting Forces 2018 Edition by Dieter Fleck
The legal position of visiting forces transcends domestic and international law and is of growing importance in our increasingly globalized and insecure world. 'In area' and 'out of area' operations, both for the purpose of establishing and maintaining peace and in connection with the conduct of other military operations and training, are likely to become more frequent for a variety of reasons. Finding where the applicable law places the balance between theinterests, sensitivities and needs of the host state and the requirements, often practical in nature, of the visiting force is a key objective in ensuring that the relationship between hosts and 'guests' is and remains harmonious. All of this must be achieved in an increasingly complex legal environment.This fully updated second edition of The Handbook of the Law of Visiting Forces addresses the issues surrounding visiting forces and provides a full overview of the legal framework in which they operate. Through an analysis of jurisprudence and historical developments, it offers a comparative commentary to the UN, NATO, and other SOFA rules. The Handbook then continues its analysis through cases studies of visiting forces in key countries, including a fully updated chapter onAfghanistan that considers the various stages of the conflict , before offering conclusions on the current state of the law and its likely future development. Table of contents : - PART I. GENERAL FRAMEWORK1: Dieter Fleck: Introduction2: Peter Rowe: Historical Developments Influencing the Present Law of Visiting Forces3: Dieter Fleck, Katarina Grenfell, and Michael A. Newton: Multinational Military Operations4: Michael Bothe: UN Peace Operations5: Dieter Fleck: The Immunity of Visiting Forces and their HeadquartersPART II. COMMENTARIES TO TYPICAL SOFA RULES6: Dieter Fleck: General Overview7: Andres Munos- Mosquera: Respect for the Law of the Receiving State8: Mette Prasse Hartov: Members of Visiting Forces9: Andres Munoz-Mosquera and Nikoleta Chalanouli: Civilian Components10: Joop Voetelink: Contractor Personnel11: Mette Prasse Hartov: Dependents12: Dieter Fleck: Entry and Departure13: Paul J. Conderman: Permits and Licenses14: Paul J. Conderman: Vehicles15: Dieter Fleck: Uniform16: Vladimir Atanasov and Paul J. Conderman: Communications17: Jonathan L. Black-Branch: Premises18: Jonathan L. Black-Branch: Travel and Transport19: Jarin Nijhof: Arms20: Paul J. Conderman and Aurel Sari: Jurisdiction21: Joop Voetelink: Military Law Enforcement22: Jody M. Prescott: Claims23: Eduardo Martinez Llarena: Logistic Support24: Katarina Grenfell: Deceased Members25: Paul J. Conderman and Nikoleta Chalanouli: Tax and Customs Exemptions26: Nikoleta Chalanouli: Foreign Exchange Regulations28: Donald A. Timm: The 'Joint Commission' Liaison Mechanism29: Donald A. Timm: Supplemental Arrangements30: Frank Burkhardt: Settlement of Disputes31: Frank Burkhardt: Territorial Applicability32: Frank Burkhardt: Revision33: Frank Burkhardt: Termination34: Dieter Fleck: Applicability During Crisis and WarPART III. HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENTS35: Steven Hill and Federica Favuzza: Legal Issues Related to International Military Headquarters36: Ben F. Klappe: United Nations Headquarters in the Field37: Andres Munoz-Mosquera and Mette Prasee Hartov: NATO Military Headquarters38: Other Military Headquarters38.I: Daniel Rezene Mekonnen: African Union38.II: Thierry Tardy: Military Headquarters for EU Operations38.III: Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov: From the Commonwealth of Independent States to the Collective Security Treaty OrganizationPART IV. THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT MOVEMENT39: Jean-Philippe Lavoyer and Sylvain Vite: The International Committee of the Red Cross: Legal Status, Privileges and Immunities40: Heike Spieker: Rights and Obligations of Foreign National Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesPART V. CASE STUDIES41: Dieter Fleck: The Law of Stationing Forces in Germany: Six Decades of Multilateral Cooperation42: Junya Kawai, Dale Sonnenberg and Donald A. Timm: The Japan Experience with Visiting Forces: An Evolving Perspective43: Hyun Kim and Donald A. Timm: Visiting Forces in Korea44: Jody M. Prescott and Jane M. Male: Afghanistan45: Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov: Russian Forces in the Former USSR and Beyond46: Gunter Filippucci: Alternative Approaches to Certain Deployments: Agreements Conferring Status of Administrative and Technical Staff of Embassies (A&T Agreements)PART VI. CONCLUSIONS FOR THE PLANNING OF MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS47: Dieter Fleck and Ben F. Klappe: Visiting Forces in an Operational ContextIndex