The introduction of the Human Rights Act has led to an explosion in books on human rights, yet no sustained examination of their history and philosophy exists in the burgeoning literature.
The imperatives of sovereignty, human rights and national security very often pull in different directions, yet the relations between these three different notions are considerably more subtle than those of simple opposition.
Comprehensive analysis of international law''s protection of women''s rights in armed conflict, with an emphasis on how these protections operate in practice.
In Humanitarian Law in Action within Africa, Jennifer Moore studies the role and application of humanitarian law by focusing on African countries that are emerging from civil wars.
This War Report provides detailed information on every armed conflict which took place during 2013, offering an unprecedented overview of the nature, range, and impact of these conflicts and the legal issues they created.
The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law is a comprehensive, critical work, which analyses the state of research across the refugee law regime as a whole.
Although appearing to be a relatively benign method of warfare when viewed from a distance, a close examination of maritime blockade unveils a sinister character that can, in cases where countries are highly reliant on imports of foodstuffs to feed their populations, prove incredibly deadly, particularly for the young and elderly.
This is the second volume of a projected five-volume series charting the causes of war from 3000 BCE to the present day, written by a leading international lawyer, and using as its principal materials the documentary history of international law, largely in the form of treaties and the negotiations which led up to them.
Identities in Transition brings together a group of international researchers and practitioners who examine transitional justice through an ''identity'' lens.
Necessity is a notoriously dangerous and slippery concept-dangerous because it contemplates virtually unrestrained killing in warfare and slippery when used in conflicting ways in different areas of international law.
Many years after the United States initiated a military response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, the nation continues to prosecute what it considers an armed conflict against transnational terrorist groups.
Interventions on behalf of Armenia and Armenians have come to be identified by scholars and practitioners alike as defining moments in the history of humanitarianism.
"La historia demuestra que la barbarie cometida por el hombre en agravio de la humanidad no es un acto de reciente ejecución y que a ella los Estados le han dado diferentes respuestas con el devenir del tiempo, como la concesión de amnistías en favor de los responsables de los crímenes y la imposición del olvido, la instauración de juicios de carácter nacional poco eficaces, el juzgamiento de los perdedores de la guerra por aquellos que la ganaron, la edificación de foros ad hoc por parte del Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas, la autoproclamación de una jurisdicción sin límites que facilita enjuiciar a los tiranos, la creación de tribunales híbridos o mixtos con jurisdicción limitada, la confección de mecanismos de justicia restaurativa como las comisiones de la verdad y la reconciliación y, finalmente, la construcción de una Corte Penal Internacional de carácter permanente y global que aún no termina por convencer del todo a la comunidad de Estados en su conjunto.
