Nils Melzer

Nils Melzer is a PhD researcher in the field of law, and the author of the book Targeted Killing in International Law.

Education and career

Melzer graduated summa cum laude from the University of Zürich with a PhD degree in law.^[1][2] Melzer worked for the District Court of Meilen, Zürich, first as a Judicial Clerk and afterwards he was promoted to the post of Judicial Secretary.^[1][2] Melzer serves as a legal advisor for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).^[3][4] He has lectured at the Master-level to students at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.^[1][2]

Published works

Prior to authoring Targeted Killing in International Law, Melzer had previously published on the subject in the form of a journal article for Yearbook of Humanitarian International Law in 2006,^[5] and a dissertation in 2007.^[6][7] Melzer is the author of "Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities under International Humanitarian Law", published in 2009 by the ICRC.^[1][2] The research from Melzer's work in Targeted Killing in International Law was utilized in Section IX of the ICRC's Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities under International Humanitarian Law.^[8][9]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Dr Nils Melzer". Speakers' Biographies (ACO - Allied Command Operations, NATO / OTAN). 2010. http://www.aco.nato.int/page333810245.aspx. Retrieved 2010-10-22. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Introduction, Dr. Nils Melzer, Legal Adviser for the International Committee of the Red Cross, 'Targeted Killing in International Law'". The Graduate Institute. 16 October 2008. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7pejb_nils-melzer-introduction_news. Retrieved 2010-10-22. 
3. ^ Anderson, Kenneth (2009). "Targeted Killing in U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy and Law". In Wittes, Benjamin. Legislating the War on Terror: An Agenda for Reform. Brookings Institution Press. pp. 360, 366, 394–395. ISBN 0815703104. 
4. ^ Oxford University Press (2010). "OUP: Melzer: Targeted Killing in International Law". OUP Catalogue (ukcatalogue.oup.com). http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199533169.do. Retrieved 2010-10-22. 
5. ^ Melzer, Nils (2006). "Targeted Killing or Less Harmful Means? – Israel's High Court Judgment on Targeted Killing and the Restrictive Function of Military Necessity". Yearbook of Humanitarian International Law 9: 87–113. doi:10.1017/S1389135906000870. 
6. ^ Melzer, Nils (2007). Targeted Killing Under the International Normative Paradigms of Law Enforcement and Hostilities. Zurich: Schulthess Juristische Medien AG. 
7. ^ Römer, Jan (2010). Killing in a Gray Area between Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. Springer. p. 172. ISBN 3642046614. 
8. ^ Parks, W. Hays (Spring 2010). "Forum: Direct Participation in Hostilities: Perspectives on the ICRC Interpretive Guidance: Part IX of the ICRC 'Direct Participation in Hostilities' Study: No Mandate, No Expertise, and Legally Incorrect". New York University Journal of International Law and Politics (New York University) 42: 769. 
9. ^ Melzer, Nils (Spring 2010). "Forum: Direct Participation in Hostilities: Perspectives on the ICRC Interpretive Guidance: Keeping the Balance Between Military Necessity and Humanity: A Response to Four Critiques of the ICRC's Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities". New York University Journal of International Law and Politics (New York University) 42: 831. 

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