Public international law: humanitarian law

Proving International Crimes elucidates how international criminal tribunals have tackled the immense and complex task of proving international crimes such as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

Is it legal to kill, or capture and confine, someone in war?

Is it legal to kill, or capture and confine, someone in war?

Though the Qatar 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup is for many a symbol of long-standing corruption and human rights problems, the event may actually represent something entirely new.

Though the Qatar 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup is for many a symbol of long-standing corruption and human rights problems, the event may actually represent something entirely new.

In international law, the refugee definition enshrined in Article 1A(2) of the Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol is central.

In international law, the refugee definition enshrined in Article 1A(2) of the Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol is central.

Warzones are sometimes described as lawless, but this is rarely the case.

Warzones are sometimes described as lawless, but this is rarely the case.

Proving International Crimes elucidates how international criminal tribunals have tackled the immense and complex task of proving international crimes such as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

The question of what constitutes an armed conflict has featured prominently in international law debates.

The Inter-American System of Human Rights (IASHR) is certainly a source of innovation in human rights law and policy.

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various topics relating to the worldwide effort to combat terrorism, as well as efforts by the United States and other nations to protect their national security interests.

In international humanitarian law (IHL), the principle of distinction delineates the difference between the civilian and the combatant, and it safeguards the former from being intentionally targeted in armed conflicts.

This thought-provoking book investigates the legal and practical difficulties faced by detainees attempting to challenge their detentions in non-international armed conflicts (NIACs), particularly those in which a State holds detainees outside its own territory.

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars.

Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars.

This book provides a novel treatment of the rural and agrarian dimensions of conflict and repression in transitional justice settings.

This book provides a novel treatment of the rural and agrarian dimensions of conflict and repression in transitional justice settings.

Se trata de una monografía en la que se aborda de modo exhaustivo la temática de la primera amnistía conocida del mundo occidental.

Civil wars have formed the vast majority of all armed conflicts since the Second World War.

Civil wars have formed the vast majority of all armed conflicts since the Second World War.

'Professor Sassoli has combined his first hand experience of the challenges facing the application of international humanitarian law with his scholarly understanding of international law.

'Professor Sassoli has combined his first hand experience of the challenges facing the application of international humanitarian law with his scholarly understanding of international law.

In this memoir, Livingston takes readers on an extraordinary journey far beyond the tourist path to confront deep-seated injustices shaped by history, empire, war, and disaster.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a crime of staggering magnitude committed against the state and the people of Ukraine.

In this memoir, Livingston takes readers on an extraordinary journey far beyond the tourist path to confront deep-seated injustices shaped by history, empire, war, and disaster.

The world faces more than 60 million people displaced by armed conflict and disasters as of 2022.

States invariably justify using force extraterritorially by reference to their right of self-defence.

The world faces more than 60 million people displaced by armed conflict and disasters as of 2022.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a crime of staggering magnitude committed against the state and the people of Ukraine.

War devastates the lives of those who are caught up in it.

War devastates the lives of those who are caught up in it.

The Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions remain a landmark in the development of international humanitarian law.

Humanitarian Assistance in International Law provides a comprehensive account of how international law governs humanitarian assistance across all contexts in which it is delivered: armed conflict, situations of violence not amounting to armed conflict, disasters, mixed situations, and at sea.

The prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment has a special status.

The prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment has a special status.

In this timely book, William Boothby evaluates how existing legal principles and rules apply to various emerging brain technologies.

In this timely book, William Boothby evaluates how existing legal principles and rules apply to various emerging brain technologies.

The Additional Protocols to the 1949 Geneva Conventions remain a landmark in the development of international humanitarian law.

Humanitarian Assistance in International Law provides a comprehensive account of how international law governs humanitarian assistance across all contexts in which it is delivered: armed conflict, situations of violence not amounting to armed conflict, disasters, mixed situations, and at sea.

Famine is an age-old scourge that almost disappeared in our lifetime.

The adage 'ignorance of the law is no excuse' is significantly inaccurate.

The adage 'ignorance of the law is no excuse' is significantly inaccurate.

Famine is an age-old scourge that almost disappeared in our lifetime.