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53 Mil. L. & L. War Rev. 189 (2014)
Rules of Engagement Demystified: A Study of the History, Development and Use of ROEs

handle is hein.journals/mllwr53 and id is 189 raw text is: MILITARY LAW AND THE LAW OF WAR REVIEW 53/2 (2014) Rules of Engagement Demystified: A Study of the History, Development and Use of ROEs CAMILLA GULDAHL COOPER Research Fellow at the Norwegian Defence University College* Table of Contents I. Introduction: Definition, Scope and Form, and Legal Status of R ules of E ngagem ent ....................................................................... 190 1. Definition, Scope and Form of Rules of Engagement ................. 190 A. National and Multinational Approaches to ROE ................... 190 B . Scope of R O E ........................................................................ 194 C . F orm of R O E ......................................................................... 195 D. Self-defence ROE Versus Mission Accomplishment ROE .... 198 E. Restrictive Versus Permissive Approaches to ROE ............... 198 F. Interpretation of ROE for the Purposes of this Article .......... 201 2. L egal Status of R O E .................................................................... 201 A . International L aw ................................................................... 20 1 B . N ational L aw .......................................................................... 206 C. Conclusions on the Question of Legal Status of ROEs ......... 208 II. The History of Mission Specific Rules of Engagement .................... 209 III. Development of ROEs - A NATO Perspective ................................. 216 1. Law, Politics and Operational Considerations ............................. 216 2 . R O E D rafting ............................................................................... 225 IV ROE in Practice - A Tool for Command and Control ....................... 231 1. Comm and and Control Theory .................................................... 231 2. How ROEs are Used as a Tool for Command and Control ......... 236 V C o n clu sio n s ....................................................................................... 2 4 0 Summary - sum6 - Samenvatting - Zusammenfassung - Riassunto - Resumen .......................................... 242 Thanks to Lt Col Paul R. Connolly (USAF) for providing comments on the article, to Mr. Sherrod Lewis Bumgardner (Legal Adviser at NATO Allied Transformation Staff Element Europe) for providing useful sources and insights, and not least to Professors Michael N. Schmitt (US Naval War College) and Alf Petter Hogberg (University of Oslo) for their guidance and advice on both the article and the Ph.D. research in general.

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