Public international law: humanitarian law

This book discusses the constraints and opportunities facing military commanders in the 21st century.

Commentary on the European Convention and a groundbreaking work of theory which challenges human rights orthodoxy.

This book aims to delineate major ethical challenges faced by human rights INGOs.

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

Presents a systematic and comprehensive attempt by legal scholars to conceptualize the theory of emergency powers.

This book examines notions of procedural fairness applicable to truth commissions.

Argues that war crimes are best understood as crimes against humanness rather than violations of justice.

A comprehensive analysis of customary rules of international humanitarian law applicable in international/non-international armed conflicts.

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

This book was the first booklength treatment of the philosophical foundations of international criminal law.

The Rights of Others examines the boundaries of political community by focusing on political membership.

Addresses the position of minorities in democratic societies, with a particular focus on minority rights.

This book explores the continuing legacy of the Peace Process in the everyday life of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

This 2006 book charts the evolution of the international rules on the protection of historic sites.

An interdisciplinary approach to humanitarian intervention by experts in law, politics, and ethics.

This 2006 book seeks to promote a legal regime to protect the holy sites.

This book looks at the difficulty in creating ''the rule of law'' in post-conflict societies.

A guide to the law that applies in the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.

An analysis of the history of transitional justice from the fifth century BC to the present, first published in 2004.

This book explores the new powers and inherent dangers of non-lethal weapons.

A unique insight into the changing role and structure of the United Nations.

An examination of the ethical and political issues raised by the responses of Western states to refugees.

This 2004 book considers customary international law and the application of the rule to, among others, human rights protection and international organizations.

A timely book which considers aspects of human rights law and the armed forces.

This 2006 text examines the international legal instruments and case law relevant to humanitarian and human rights law.

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

Coverage of developments in anti-terrorism law and policy on six continents by world experts.

This book reviews the war on terror since 9/11 from a human rights perspective.

The first comprehensive analysis of the human rights of refugees under international law.

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

Hilaire McCoubrey wrote extensively on armed conflict law, collective security law and the law relating to arms control.

This 2005 volume is a history of war, from an international law perspective, from Roman times to the present.

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

Aims to offer an easily accessible overview of the protection available to internally displaced persons.

Jayawickrama explores the judicial interpretation of human rights law from all available sources.

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

This analysis of international law using social movement theory provides a fundamental critique of international law.

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

A discussion of issues of accountability in international law of internal armed groups.

Evaluation by experts involved in the implementation of the Charter, including Commissioners, NGOs and academics.

Pasqualucci analyzes all aspects of the advisory jurisdiction, contentious jurisdiction, and provisional measures orders of the Court.

Alongside a panel of experts, the UNHCR examines the interpretation of the 1951 Refugee Convention.

Examination of laws to protect civilians in internal armed conflict, from the nineteenth century onwards.

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

A consideration of the legal remedies available to victims of actions by international organizations.

Provost examines how international human rights and humanitarian law protect vulnerable individuals during peace and war.

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

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.

Based on official records and reports, relevant secondary sources, and observations of members of the Convention's implementary organ, The Convention on the Rights of the Child describes and evaluates the first international human rights treaty to deal specifically with the rights and freedoms of the child.

This timely handbook offers an examination of man's history of war crimes and the parallel development of rules of war to prevent them in the future.