Public international law: humanitarian law

This monograph examines and analyses the phenomenon of non-binding instruments (also known as 'soft law') in the law of armed conflict, or international humanitarian law.

This monograph examines and analyses the phenomenon of non-binding instruments (also known as 'soft law') in the law of armed conflict, or international humanitarian law.

There has been a quiet revolution over the course of the past quarter century in the prosecution of individuals for war crimes before international courts.

Most armed conflicts today are non-international.

The question of what constitutes an armed conflict has featured prominently in international law debates.

In Access to Courts for Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Emma Dunlop focuses on the scope and content of article 16 of the 1951 Refugee Convention.

In Access to Courts for Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Emma Dunlop focuses on the scope and content of article 16 of the 1951 Refugee Convention.

The rapid rise of global Islamic Jihadism in the past few decades and the limited success of the anti-terror campaign in halting its expansion have raised hard-hitting questions about how different political actors might preserve and restore the world's peace and security.

The rapid rise of global Islamic Jihadism in the past few decades and the limited success of the anti-terror campaign in halting its expansion have raised hard-hitting questions about how different political actors might preserve and restore the world's peace and security.

Military uses in space are rapidly changing and expanding, challenging both states and non-governmental agencies in identifying and applying the governing rules.

Military uses in space are rapidly changing and expanding, challenging both states and non-governmental agencies in identifying and applying the governing rules.

Most armed conflicts today are non-international.

In September 1997, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) was adopted by UN Member States at a dedicated diplomatic conference in Oslo.

Protecting civilians who have fallen into enemy hands or are just about to come under the adversary's control is a constant challenge in the application of international humanitarian law (IHL) and the law of armed conflict (LOAC).

This book provides a pathbreaking attempt both to define the important legal questions related to the growing use of "e;big data"e; in extraterritorial military operations, and to begin to provide some answers.

This book provides a pathbreaking attempt both to define the important legal questions related to the growing use of "e;big data"e; in extraterritorial military operations, and to begin to provide some answers.

In September 1997, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) was adopted by UN Member States at a dedicated diplomatic conference in Oslo.

Like many other areas of life, humanitarian practice and thinking are being transformed by information and communications technology.

Like many other areas of life, humanitarian practice and thinking are being transformed by information and communications technology.

Although International Humanitarian Law regulates various aspects of warfare, it remains silent on suicide attacks.

The focus of this edited volume is the often-overlooked importance of secondary rules of international law.

In 2021, the International Committee of the Red Cross released its Commentary on the 1949 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs).

In 2021, the International Committee of the Red Cross released its Commentary on the 1949 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs).

Das Buch arbeitet das Länderberichtsverfahren im interamerikanischen Menschenrechtsschutzsystem auf und liefert die erste umfassende und systematisierte Analyse des Länderberichtverfahrens der Interamerikanischen Kommission für Menschenrechte.

Dieses Buch befasst sich aus menschenrechtlicher Perspektive mit einer Vielzahl von Bräuchen und Riten, die als soziale Phänomene unter dem Begriff der "schädlichen traditionellen und kulturellen Praktiken" zusammengefasst werden können.

In the 1990s, the promise of justice for atrocity crimes was associated with the revival of international criminal tribunals (ICTs).

Combatants are equal under the laws of armed conflict, regardless of whether the wars they fight are just or unjust, legal or illegal.

Das Buch arbeitet das Länderberichtsverfahren im interamerikanischen Menschenrechtsschutzsystem auf und liefert die erste umfassende und systematisierte Analyse des Länderberichtverfahrens der Interamerikanischen Kommission für Menschenrechte.

International law is constantly navigating the tension between preserving the status quo and adapting to new exigencies.

Combatants are equal under the laws of armed conflict, regardless of whether the wars they fight are just or unjust, legal or illegal.

In the 1990s, the promise of justice for atrocity crimes was associated with the revival of international criminal tribunals (ICTs).

International law is constantly navigating the tension between preserving the status quo and adapting to new exigencies.

Dieses Buch befasst sich aus menschenrechtlicher Perspektive mit einer Vielzahl von Bräuchen und Riten, die als soziale Phänomene unter dem Begriff der "schädlichen traditionellen und kulturellen Praktiken" zusammengefasst werden können.

Although International Humanitarian Law regulates various aspects of warfare, it remains silent on suicide attacks.

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How laws are created, shaped, and applied is a significant but often overlooked component of studies on armed conflict.

National Human Rights Institutions: Rules, Requirements, and Practice is an authoritative guide to National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) in their important role as promoters and protectors of human rights at the national level.

National Human Rights Institutions: Rules, Requirements, and Practice is an authoritative guide to National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) in their important role as promoters and protectors of human rights at the national level.

The Inter-American System of Human Rights (IASHR) is certainly a source of innovation in human rights law and policy.

Protecting civilians who have fallen into enemy hands or are just about to come under the adversary's control is a constant challenge in the application of international humanitarian law (IHL) and the law of armed conflict (LOAC).

Conflict over cultural heritage has increasingly become a standard part of war.

Conflict over cultural heritage has increasingly become a standard part of war.

The focus of this edited volume is the often-overlooked importance of secondary rules of international law.

This book explores the place and the role of the right to the truth in municipal trials for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.

This book explores the place and the role of the right to the truth in municipal trials for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.

The international law of occupation is the body of law, under international humanitarian law, that regulates the actions of states that gain effective control over territory during armed conflict.

The international law of occupation is the body of law, under international humanitarian law, that regulates the actions of states that gain effective control over territory during armed conflict.

This book explores the concept of ecocide and critically assesses how the criminalisation of serious harm against the environment fits within international criminal law broadly construed.

This book explores the concept of ecocide and critically assesses how the criminalisation of serious harm against the environment fits within international criminal law broadly construed.

In this book, scholars from political science, economics, philosophy, history, and geopolitics offer critical insights into the conflict in Ukraine and the way it is changing the world order.