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MILCW Audience and Format
Target Audience
The prospective users of this Manual are government legal advisers to Ministries of Defence, Foreign Affairs, Interior and Justice; legal advisers to military forces and intelligence agencies; academics and graduate students in law, government and security studies; general counsel for defence industry; think tanks; consultancies; and law firms. The Manual is designed to be accessible to lawyers with a basic knowledge of international law. Participation in the drafting process by technical experts will ensure both technical accuracy and relevance of the legal analysis. Please contact legal -at- ccdcoe.org for more information.
Format
In line with related publications (1995 San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea; 2010 HPCR Manual on International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare), the product is divided into “black letter rules” and accompanying “commentary” for each rule. The former are meant to reflect group consensus among the independent scholars and practitioners as to the applicable international law governing cyber warfare. The commentary serves multiple purposes. Most importantly, it describes the legal basis upon which the group of experts derived the rules. It also sets forth and analyzes competing positions on specific issues of relevance to the conduct of cyber operations. Finally, the commentary places the rules in the particular context of cyber operations by drawing both on technical input and real-world examples.
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