Public international law: humanitarian law

This book is a guide to international human rights law as it applies to situations of armed conflict, to counter-terrorism measures and to any other situation of actual or potential violence requiring security measures.

Pioneering study of the transition from war to peace and the birth of humanitarian rights after the Great War.

War is a major theme in Shakespeare's plays.

Explains how existing and proposed law seek to tackle challenges posed by new and emerging technologies in war and peace.

This book analyses the ubiquitous housing, land and property challenges present in all conflict and post-conflict settings.

The book teaches how to minimize the social welfare losses from the major market - and regulatory - failures.

The Geneva Conventions are the best-known and longest-established laws governing warfare, but what difference do they make to how states engage in armed conflict?

Examining the legacy of Alberico Gentili, this book questions conventional narratives about how states monopolized the right to wage war.

Documents US Government attempts to justify torture techniques and coercive interrogation practices in ongoing hostilities.

This book is about amnesties for grave international crimes that states adopt in moments of transition or social unrest.

How can a population influence decision-making on post-conflict reconstruction?

An examination of the historical narratives surrounding humanitarian intervention, presenting an undogmatic, alternative history of human rights protection.

Chapters and essays thinking through both the meaning of, and the mechanisms for achieving, cyber peace.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the legal questions that arise for the legislative branch when implementing the crime of aggression into domestic law.

An analysis of the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in international norm creation and the progressive development of international humanitarian law.

Innovative history of how volunteers helped build a global consensus that Western development intervention across the Global South was desirable.

Europe is currently experiencing a "e;refugee crisis"e;, demonstrated by millions of displaced people unseen since World War II.

Overshadowed for many years by the Nuremberg trials, the Tokyo Trial--one of the major events in the aftermath of World War II--has elicited renewed interest since the 50th anniversary of the war's end.

A re-examination of the Just War tradition in the context of the twenty-first century.

Examining the evolution of four immigration models in the US, this book traces the historical roots of current policy debates.

Over the last 20 years the world's most advanced militaries have invited a small number of military legal professionals into the heart of their targeting operations, spaces which had previously been exclusively for generals and commanders.

This revised 2002 edition considers new legislation relating to the death penalty in international law.

An exploration of ''ethical foreign policy'', instruments of ethical foreign policy-making, and three case studies.

This book considers critics of international criminal law concerning normative concepts of legitimacy, sovereignty, responsibility, punishment, economics, politics, evidence, and fairness.

This is the first comprehensive analysis of the politics of war crimes trials.

Basic freedoms cannot be abandoned in times of conflict, or can they?

When the Allies decided to try German war criminals at the end of World War II they were attempting not only to punish the guilty but also to create a record of what had happened in Europe.

Analyses the expansion of the nuclear arms control regime, evaluating Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty negotiations and preparations for on-site inspections.

Yoram Dinstein examines the legislative, judicial and executive rights of the Occupying Power and its obligations to the civilian population.

Drone Wars presents a diverse and comprehensive interdisciplinary perspective on drones and the current state of the field.

This book is a contemporary, comprehensive, and accessible text on the use of force and international law suitable for a range of audiences.

This volume brings together articles on the law of armed conflict and the use of force from the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, the definitive reference work on international law.

The move to end impunity for human rights atrocities has seen the creation of international and hybrid tribunals and increased prosecutions in domestic courts.

The most comprehensive analysis of the right to effective domestic remedies in the European Convention on Human Rights Article 13.

The internet has changed the rules of many industries, and war is no exception.

Why is genocide the ''ultimate crime'' and does this distinction make any difference in confronting evil?

Provides detailed assessments of law applicable to the most difficult problems encountered during modern armed conflicts and coalitions.

This is a comprehensive Report on every armed conflict which took place during 2012.

A comprehensive and detailed analysis of the international legal framework applying to private military and security companies in armed conflict.

This book explores the relationship between the development of UN peacekeeping and the protection of civilians under international law.

In countries such as Syria, Iraq, South Sudan, and Yemen, internationally recognized governments embroiled in protracted armed conflicts, and with very little control over their territory, have requested direct military assistance from other states.

This book is a practical guide for advocates interested in the representation of victims before the International Criminal Court (ICC).

A theoretical examination of the tense and uncertain relationship between the laws of war and human rights law.

Women and the LGBT community in Russia and Turkey face pervasive discrimination.

This accessible account of the war in Iraq argues that US military actions constituted a criminal war of aggression.

This book examines the challenges posed by the largely unfamiliar culture in which the Special Court for Sierra Leone operates.

The internet has changed the rules of many industries, and war is no exception.

This book provides an article-by-article commentary on the text of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and its Annexes, one of the cornerstone disarmament and arms control agreements.

Modern corporations are key participants in the new globalized economy.

This is the second volume in a series which has been founded by the Faculty of Law in the University of Western Ontario as a forum for presentation of research in law and related social sciences.