Public international law: humanitarian law

Cyber weapons and cyber warfare have become one of the most dangerous innovations of recent years, and a significant threat to national security.

The question of the legality of humanitarian intervention is, at first blush, a simple one.

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.

The move to end impunity for human rights atrocities has seen the creation of international and hybrid tribunals and increased prosecutions in domestic courts.

Human Rights between Idealism and Realism presents human rights in action, focusing on their effectiveness as legal tools designed to benefit human beings.

This book contends that the right of access to justice (at national and international levels) constitutes a basic cornerstone of the international protection of human rights, and conforms a true right to the Law.

This book analyses the primary relevant rules of international law applicable to extra-territorial use of force by states against non-state actors.

This book explores the promises and limitations of holding individuals accountable for violations of international human rights and humanitarian law.

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.

The idea that international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) are complementary, rather than mutually exclusive regimes generated a paradigmatic shift in the international legal discourse.

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.

The Rise and Decline of a Global Security Actor investigates the rise of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a global security actor.

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

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

The four Geneva Conventions, adopted in 1949, remain the fundamental basis of contemporary international humanitarian law.

The four Geneva Conventions, adopted in 1949, remain the fundamental basis of contemporary international humanitarian law.

This is a comprehensive Report on every armed conflict which took place during 2012.

This is a comprehensive Report on every armed conflict which took place during 2012.

Women and the LGBT community in Russia and Turkey face pervasive discrimination.

Women and the LGBT community in Russia and Turkey face pervasive discrimination.

The Nazis and their state-sponsored cohorts stole mercilessly from the Jews of Europe.

The Nazis and their state-sponsored cohorts stole mercilessly from the Jews of Europe.

Emerging technologies have always played an important role in armed conflict.

Emerging technologies have always played an important role in armed conflict.

When foreign powers attack civilians, other countries face an impossible dilemma.

The Geneva Conventions are the best-known and longest-established laws governing warfare, but what difference do they make to how states engage in armed conflict?

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various topics relating to the worldwide effort to combat terrorism, as well as efforts by the United States and other nations to protect their national security interests.

Terrorism: Commentary on Security Documents is a series that provides primary source documents and expert commentary on various topics relating to the worldwide effort to combat terrorism, as well as efforts by the United States and other nations to protect their national security interests.

Public international law has embarked on a new chapter.

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.

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.

The international law governing armed conflict is at a crossroads, as the formal framework of laws designed to control the exercise of self-defense and conduct of inter-state conflict finds itself confronted with violent 21st Century disputes of a very different character.

The international law governing armed conflict is at a crossroads, as the formal framework of laws designed to control the exercise of self-defense and conduct of inter-state conflict finds itself confronted with violent 21st Century disputes of a very different character.

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The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) is a claims reparation program created by the United Nations Security Council in May 1991, after the UN-authorized Allied Coalition Forces' military operations terminated the seven-month invasion and occupation of Kuwait by Iraq and liberated Kuwait.

There are currently over 100 stateless nations pressing for greater self-determination around the globe.

Modern corporations are key participants in the new globalized economy.

Modern corporations are key participants in the new globalized economy.

Since World War II, there have been some 250 conflicts throughout the world, leaving between 70-170 million atrocity crime victims.

Since World War II, there have been some 250 conflicts throughout the world, leaving between 70-170 million atrocity crime victims.

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.

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.

When foreign powers attack civilians, other countries face an impossible dilemma.

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

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

This book challenges the traditional approach to international law by concentrating on international hThis book challenges the traditional approach to international law by concentrating on international humanitarian law and placing the focus beyond States: it reflects on current legal, policy and practical issues that concern non-State actors in and around situations of armed conflict.

This book seeks to understand how and why we should hold leaders responsible for the collective mass atrocities that are committed in times of conflict.

The general theme of this volume of the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Lawis armed groups and the challenges arising from the participation of such groups incontemporary armed conflicts.

This book examines the challenges posed to contemporary international law by the shifting role of the border, which has recently re-emerged as a central issue in international relations.

This sixth volume of the book series on Nuclear Non-Proliferation in International Law focuses on current legal challenges regarding nuclear disarmament and security.