Public international law: humanitarian law

This third edition of Human Rights: Between Idealism and Realism presents human rights in action, focusing on their effectiveness as legal tools designed to benefit human beings.

The first comprehensive monograph on the defence of superior orders after the second world war, which remains pre-eminent in the field, the republication of this highly-sophisticated work once again makes this book available to scholars and students in the field.

A critical analysis of Israel''s control of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, advocating a normative and functional approach.

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

Assesses the rights of refugees and asylum seekers and contrasts international law with state practice.

An analysis of the status of computer network attacks in international law.

An examination of the violence perpetrated against women in politically conflicted or militarized areas.

This book examines the United Nations Security Council's authorisation of the use of force, considering the extensive body of UN Security Council resolutions across its now eighty years of existence.

From events at Nuremberg and Tokyo after World War II, to the recent trials of Slobodan Milo evi and Saddam Hussein, war crimes trials are an increasingly pervasive feature of the aftermath of conflict.

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

This War Report provides detailed information on every armed conflict which took place during 2014, offering an unprecedented overview of the nature, range, and impact of these conflicts and the legal issues they created.

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

An exploration of the relationship between different branches of international law and their applicability to terrorism.

Offers a new way to think about the legacies of two institutions - the Nuremberg Trials and South Africa''s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

This comprehensive reference work serves as an important resource for anyone interested in the international prosecution of war crimes and how it has evolved.

An exploration into how uncertainty and political and ethical biases affect international law governing the use of force.

Arms control and disarmament are key elements in promoting international peace and security.

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.

Focuses on the four individuals who created the world''s first international tribunals and how they sought justice for millions of victims.

In this 2006 book, Conor Gearty confronts the challenges that may destroy the language of human rights for future generations.

From videos of rights violations, to satellite images of environmental degradation, to eyewitness accounts disseminated on social media, human rights practitioners have access to more data today than ever before.

The recent spate of threats to cultural heritage, including in Iraq, Mali, Nepal, Syria, and Yemen, has led to increased focus on the sources of international cultural heritage law.

Since the end of the last century, UN peacekeeping has undergone a fundamental and largely unexamined change.

Uses the tools of political, legal, moral and historical analysis to describe a ''just return'' process for repatriating refugees.

Offers a narrative approach to post-conflict intervention, showing how legalism following mass violence encourages dangerous binaries.

Explores innovative ways to build peace after large-scale violence by combining resilience, adaptive peacebuilding and transitional justice.

Attacks on humanitarian aid operations are both a symptom and a weapon of modern warfare, and as armed groups increasingly target aid workers for violence, relief operations are curtailed in places where civilians are most in need.

This book delves into the complexities of genocide as a legal concept, offering a fresh perspective by exploring the rights of groups to exist under international criminal law.

This book analyses the legal framework for refugee protection in Africa, including both refugee and human rights law as well as treaty and institutional elements.

A detailed analysis of contemporary issues relating to international humanitarian law and its interplay with war migrants.

This book explores how Europe can resolve its foreign fighter conundrum without losing its credibility as a guardian of the rule of law and human rights.

The long-awaited second edition of this seminal text, reconceived as a critical analysis of the world''s leading comparative asylum jurisprudence.

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

David Luban analyzes the torture debate in the struggle against terrorism from a sophisticated philosophical and legal perspective.

In international law, as in any other legal system, respect and protection of human rights can be guaranteed only by the availability of effective judicial remedies.

This book provides an in-depth investigation of citizenship and nationalism in connection with the Rohingya community.

This examination of the implications and regulation of autonomous weapons systems combines contributions from law, robotics and philosophy.

Knop''s investigation takes a new approach to the problem of diversity and self-determination of peoples.

Today the majority of the armed conflicts around the world are fought between States and armed groups, rather than between States.

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

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

Since the end of the last century, UN peacekeeping has undergone a fundamental and largely unexamined change.

At a time when human rights are coming under increasing pressure, in-depth knowledge and understanding of their foundations, conceptual underpinnings and current practice remain crucial.

Examines the difficulties in applying international law to recent armed conflicts known as ''new wars''.

 This book is amongst the first academic treatments of the emerging debate on autonomous weapons.

An analysis of how the European Convention on Human Rights applies to military operations.

The first monograph analysing all legal regimes applicable to the use of less-lethal weapons.

This scholarly legal work focuses on the dilemma of prosecuting gender-based crimes under the statutes of the international criminal tribunals with reference to the principle of fair labelling.

International criminal justice has undergone rapid recent development.

This book studies the principles and practice of extending a country''s criminal law to offences committed abroad by their armed forces personnel.