Henri Meyrowitz

Number of articles written: 3 articles

Henri Meyrowitz

Number of articles written: 3 articles

Henri Meyrowitz, who holds a doctorate of laws, is an honorary lawyer at the Paris bar and a laureat of the Paris Faculty of Law. Born in Darmstadt in 1909, he studied at the University of Frankfurt and has been living in Paris since 1933. He is the author of La répression par les tribunaux allemands des crimes contre l'humanité et de l'appartenance à une organisation criminelle, Paris, 1968; Les armes biologiques et le droit international, Paris, 1968; Le principe de légalité des belligérants devant le droit de guerre, Paris, 1970, and of some 40 articles dealing with various aspects of the law of armed conflicts.

Published articles

article IRRC No. 299

The principle of superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering: From the Declaration of St. Petersburg of 1868 to Additional Protocol 1 of 1977 author: Henri Meyrowitz

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article IRRC No. 251

The function of the laws of war in peacetime author: Henri Meyrowitz

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article IRRC No. 93

Reflections on the Centenary of the Declaration of St. Petersburg author: Henri Meyrowitz

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