Michael N. Schmitt Dekan und Dozent für Völkerrecht Institut für Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
Michael N. Schmitt trat im September 2008 die Stelle des Dekans am Institut für Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik an.
Dekan Schmitt kam 1999 als Dozent für Völkerrecht ans Marshall Center. Daneben wurde er Leiter des Forums für Führungskräfte und des Programms für „Senior Fellows“ und war einer der Gründerväter des Forums für Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik. 2007/2008 war er Inhaber der “Charles H. Stockton Visiting Chair”-Gastdozentur für Völkerrecht am US-Naval War College, einer der ältesten und angesehensten Dozenturen am College. Schmitt war der „Sir Ninian Stephen Visiting Scholar“- Gastdozent des Jahres 2006 an der Universität von Melbourne und 1997/98 Gastdozent an der juristischen Fakultät der Universität Yale. Vor seinem Antritt am Marshall Center hatte er 20 Jahre bei der US-Luftwaffe als Experte für Operational Law und Völkerrecht gedient.
Dekan Schmitt hat zahlreiche Fachbeiträge zu Rechts- und Militärangelegenheiten in Belgien, Chile, Deutschland, Israel, Italien, den Niederlanden, Norwegen, Peru, Schweden, der Schweiz, den USA und dem Vereinigten Königreich publiziert. Er schreibt Leitartikel für die International Review of the Red Cross, International Peacekeeping, das Journal of Military Ethics, das Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law und die International Humanitarian Law Series (Martinus Nijhoff), und ist Mitherausgeber des juristischen Teils der zweiten Auflage von Crimes of War.
Dekan Schmitt wird regelmäßig in internationale Sachverständigenräte und Expertengruppen für juristische Fragen zu Themen berufen wie z.B. dem Handbuch zum Recht des nicht-internationalen bewaffneten Konflikts (International Institute on Humanitarian Law), dem Handbuch zum Gesetz des Luftkriegs und des Kriegs mit Flugkörpern (Harvard Program on Conflict Research) und der direkten Beteiligung von Zivilisten an Kampfhandlungen (ICRC). Als häufig geladener Redner zum Thema Kriegsrecht hat er die „Waldemar A. Solf“- Vorlesung des Jahres 2003 an der US Army's Judge Advocate General's School (2003) und die „Hilaire McCoubrey“- Vorlesung des Jahres 2008 vor der juristischen Fakultät der Universität Hull gehalten.
Veröffentlichungen
Bücher:
Contributing editor with Pejic, J. International Law and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 2007.
Legal editor, Crimes of War (2nd ed.). Gutman, R., et. al., eds. New York: Norton, 2007.
Contributing editor with Beruto, G.L. Terrorism and International Law. Italy: Edizioni Nagard, Dragan European Foundation, 2003.
Contributing editor with O’Donnell, B.T. Computer Network Attack and International Law. In Naval War College International Law Studies (vol. 76), 2002.
Contributing editor. International Law Across the Spectrum of Conflict. In Naval War College International Law Studies (vol. 75), 2000.
Contributing editor. The Law of Military Operations. In Naval War College International Law Studies (vol. 72), 1998.
Contributing editor with Green, L. The Law of Armed Conflict: Into the Next Millennium. In Naval War College International Law Studies (vol. 72), 1998.
Editor with Green, L. Levie on the Law of War. In Naval War College International Law Studies (vol. 70), 1998.
Artikel:
“Human Shields and International Humanitarian Law.” Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. Awaiting publication.
“Change Direction 2006: Israeli Operations in Lebanon and the International Law of Self-Defense.” Michigan Journal of International Law. Awaiting publication.
With Michael Kramer. “Lawyers on Horseback? Thoughts on Judge Advocates and Civil-Military Relations.” UCLA Law Review, 55(1407), 2008.
“Targeted Killings in International Law: Law Enforcement, Self-Defense and Armed Conflict.” In Arnold, R. & Quenivert, N., eds., International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law: Towards a New Merger in International Law (pp. 525-54). Transnational/Brill, 2008.
“Proportionate and Discriminate Use of Weapons: Challenges for a Military Commander.” Collegium, 37, 53-63, 2008. Reprinted as “The Principle of Distinction and Weapons Systems on the Battlefield.” Connections, II(1), 46-56, 2008.
“Contemporary ‘Methods’ of Warfare and International Humanitarian Law.” In Criminal Jurisdiction 100 Years after the 1907 Hague Peace Conference, proceedings of the 8th Joint Conference of the American Society of International Law and Netherlands Society of International Law (2007). Awaiting publication.
“Human Shields from an Attacker’s Perspective.” Proceedings of the 30th Round Table of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (San Remo, 2007). Awaiting publication.
“21st Century Conflict: Can the Law Survive?” Melbourne Journal of International Law, 8(2), 443-476, 2007.
“The United States Supreme Court and Detainees in the War on Terror.” Israel Yearbook on Human Rights, 37, 33-84, 2007.
“A symmetrical Warfare and International Humanitarian Law.” In Heintschel von Heinegg, W. & Epping, V., eds., International Humanitarian Law Facing New Challenges (pp. 11-48). Berlin: Springer, 2007.
“Targeting.” In Breau, S. & Wilmshurst, E., eds., Perspectives on the ICRC Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law (pp. 131-68). Cambridge University Press, 2007.
“Responding to Transnational Terrorism under the Jus ad Bellum: A Normative Framework.” In Schmitt, M. & Pejic, J., eds., International Law and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines (pp. 57-95). Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 2007. Reprinted in Naval Law Review, 56, 1-42, 2008.
“Contractors on the Battlefield: The US Approach.” Militar Rechtelijk Tijdschrift (Military Law Review, Netherlands), 264-280. July-August 2007.
“Effects Based Operations and the Law of Aerial Warfare.” Washington University Global Studies Law Review, 5, 265-293, 2006.
With Dinstein, Y. & Garraway, C. The Manual on the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict: With Commentary. San Remo: International Institute of Humanitarian Law, 2006. Reprinted in Israel Yearbook on Human Rights, 36, special supplement, 71 pp. 2006.
“International Law and Military Operations in Space.” Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, 10, 89-126, 2006.
“Fault Lines in the Law of Attack.” In Breau, S. & Jachec-Neale, A., eds., Testing the Boundaries of International Humanitarian Law (pp. 277-307). London:British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2006.
“The Conduct of Hostilities During Operational Iraqi Freedom: An International Humanitarian Law Assessment.” Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, 6, 73-109, 2003, released 2006.
“War, Technology, and International Humanitarian Law.” Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research Occasional Paper #4, Winter 2005. Reprinted in Helm, A., ed., The Law of War in the 20th Century: Weaponry and the Use of Force (pp. 137-82), 2006.
“Precision Attack and International Humanitarian Law.” International Review of the Red Cross, 87(859), 445-466, 2005.
“Humanitarian Law and Direct Participation in Hostilities by Private Contractors or Civilian Employees.” Chicago Journal of International Law, 5, 511-546, 2005.
“The Case of Iraq: Jus ad Bellum.” In From Peace to Justice: Proceedings of the 1st Conference by the Hague Academic Coalition, 30-38, 42-50. T.M.C. Asser Press, 2004.
“US Security Strategies: A Legal Assessment.” Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, 27, 737-763, 2004.
“CNA and the Jus in Bello: An Introduction.” In Bystrom, K., ed., Computer Network Attacks and the Applicability of International Humanitarian Law, (pp. 101-125). Stockholm: Swedish NDC, 2004.
With Charles H.B. Garraway. “Occupation Policy in Iraq and International Law.” International Peacekeeping: The Yearbook of International Peace Operations, 9, 27-61, 2004.
“The Legality of Operation Iraqi Freedom under International Law.” Journal of Military Ethics, 3(2), 82-104, 2004. Reprinted in Sparks, T & Sulmasy, G., eds., International Law Challenges: Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism, 367-394, 2006.
With Harrison Dinniss, H. & Winfield, T. "Computers and War: The Legal Battlespace.” Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative Briefing Paper, June 2004. Reprinted in Journal of the Xi'an (China), Politics Institute of the PLA, 20(3), 61-68, June 2007.
"Direct Participation in Hostilities and 21st Century Armed Conflict.” In Fischer, H., et al, eds., Crisis Management and Humanitarian Protection: Festschrift fur Dieter Fleck, (pp. 505-529). Berlin: BWV, 2004.
“The American Military Justice System and the Response to Prisoner Abuse.” Crimes of War Project. Available from www.crimesofwar.org . June 2004.
“Targeting and Humanitarian Law: Current Issues.” Israel Yearbook on Human Rights, 33, 59-104, 2003. Reprinted in Jaques, R., ed., Issues in International Law and Military Operations, (pp. 151-94), 2006.
“Counter-terrorism and the Use of Force in International Law.” Israel Yearbook on Human Right, 32, 53 – 116, 2002. Reprinted as Marshall Paper #5, November 2002, and reprinted in Borch, F. & Wilson, P., eds., Law and the War of Terror (pp. 7-73), 2003.
“The Impact of High and Low-Tech Warfare on the Principle of Distinction.” Harvard Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, International Humanitarian Law Research Initiative Briefing Paper, November 2003. Reprinted in Arnold, R. & Hildbrand, P., eds., International Humanitarian Law and the 21st Century's Conflicts: Changes and Challenges. Lausanne: Editions Interuniversitaires Suisses, 2005.
“International Law and the Use of Force: The Jus ad Bellum.” Connections, 89-97, September 2003.
“Bellum Americanum Revisited: U.S. Security Strategy and the Jus ad Bellum.” Military Law Review, 176, 364-421, 2003. 16th Annual Waldemar A. Solf Lecture, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School.
“Deconstructing October 7th: A Case Study in the Lawfulness of Counterterrorist Military Operations.” In Schmitt, M. & Beruto, G., eds., Terrorism and International Law: Challenges and Responses (pp. 39-49). San Remo: International Institute of Humanitarian Law, 2003.
“The Law of Belligerent Occupation.” Crimes of War Project. Available from www.crimesofwar.org. April 2003
