Public international law: humanitarian law

Challenges the paradigm of individual responsibility and examines the idea of holding groups accountable for wrongdoing.

The UN plays a vital but underappreciated role in restoring the rule of law in countries recovering from civil war.

The authoritative manual on the applicable international law and best practice in the planning and conduct of peace operations.

In this hugely influential book, originally published in 2001 but just as - if not more - relevant today, Mark Duffield shows how war has become an integral component of development discourse.

In contrast to the views current only a few years ago, when federalism as a system of government was regarded, in academic circles in North America at least, as passe and even reactionary, there is today throughout the world, and especially in Western Europe, a tremendous interest in the federal idea.

This is the first book to examine the shifting relationship between humanitarianism and the expansion, consolidation and postcolonial transformation of the Anglophone world across three centuries, from the antislavery campaign of the late eighteenth century to the role of NGOs balancing humanitarianism and human rights in the late twentieth century.

This book explores the potential responsibilities to respect, protect and fulfill international human rights law (IHRL) of a particular class of non-state actors: non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Addresses some fundamental issues underlying the regime of belligerent occupation.

A new understanding of the rule of law that explains the catastrophic underperformance of the West in Afghanistan.

This book introduces students to the essential questions of the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law.

Provides case studies of the intersection of diplomacy and transitional judicial processes during humanitarian crises in Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo, Darfur, and Libya.

Targeting is the primary method for securing strategic objectives in an armed conflict.

War must be regarded as an institution which has evolved over time.

This book is based on an international project conducted by the Institute for European Studies of the University CEU San Pablo in Madrid and a seminar on Vitoria and International Law which took place on July 2nd 2015 in the convent of San Esteban, the place where Vitoria spent his most productive years as Chair of Theology at the University of Salamanca.

This unique work of reference traces the origins of the modern laws of warfare from the earliest times to the present day.

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of factors that transform a prima facie non-international armed conflict (NIAC) into an international armed conflict (IAC) and the consequences that follow from this process of internationalization.

Humanitarian disarmament is not new, but instead represents a re-emergence of a long-standing sensibility in disarmament discourse

Revisits the law of neutrality and discusses its relevance to contemporary international and non-international armed conflict.

This book examines the sentencing differences for atrocities such as genocide in an international setting.

Highlights the main trends and concerns in the changing relationship between private security providers and state security forces.

This book investigates how the UN International Criminal Court pressures states to hand over their own leaders for trial.

This book situates the war in Syria within the actual and imagined system of international criminal justice.

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This book brings together the viewpoints of leading scholars and policy makers on the topic of exceptional courts and military commissions.

Russia's annexation of Crimea and involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine has in many respects set back post-Cold War improved relations between Russia, the United States, and Europe.

This textbook offers valuable insights into the nexus between geography, geopolitics, and humanitarian action.

The outsourcing of military and security services is the object of intense legal debate.

The world is faced with significant and interrelated challenges in the 21st century which threaten human rights in a number of ways.

The outsourcing of military and security services is the object of intense legal debate.

Since 2008 increasing pirate activities in Somalia, the Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean have once again drawn the international community's attention to piracy and armed robbery at sea.

This book centres on the forms of participation in crime set out in the Rome Statute, but it is definitely not a simple repetition or summary of the views expressed in the ICC case law.

The international law on the use of force is one of the oldest branches of international law.

International refugee law anticipates state conduct in relation to nationality, statelessness, and protection.

Indicates a legal framework capable of addressing events such as ''9/11'' and governing responses thereto.

An overview of the basic features of the law of armed conflict.

Highlights emerging trends and concerns regarding armed violence and small arms proliferation as well as related policies and programming.

Why is it that soldiers may be killed in war but civilians may not be killed?

When faced with those who act with impunity, we seek the protection of law.

The fully revised and updated Third Edition of Remedies in International Human Rights Law provides a comprehensive analysis of the law governing international and domestic remedies for human rights violations.

This book critically analyses diverse international criminal law (ICL) issues in light of recent developments in the international criminal justice system following the pursuit of accountability in Africa and around the world.

Examines how the concept of ''obligations to the whole international community'' influences international law.

The world is faced with significant and interrelated challenges in the 21st century which threaten human rights in a number of ways.

An international legal analysis of the UN Security Council''s agenda on Women, Peace and Security (WPS).

The fully revised and updated Third Edition of Remedies in International Human Rights Law provides a comprehensive analysis of the law governing international and domestic remedies for human rights violations.

The most commonly cited justification for international criminal law is that it addresses crimes of such gravity that they "e;shock the conscience of humanity.

Evaluates various means of inducing compliance with international humanitarian law by state and non-state actors.

This book reinterprets the history of international human rights by arguing that the 1960s were crucial to their breakthrough.

The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty became binding international law in late 2014, and although the text of the treaty is a relatively concise framework for assessing whether to authorize or deny proposed conventional weapons transfers by States Parties, there exists controversy as to the meaning of certain key provisions.

This book provides expert analysis of the impact of international and national courts on the development of international law applying to armed conflicts.

The technological characteristics of drones, together with the law, have been instrumental in expanding warfare in time and space in the counter-terrorism context.