Public international law: humanitarian law

Explores the use of armed force in occupied territory under different international law branches.

International criminal justice has undergone rapid recent development.

Humanitarian disarmament is not new, but instead represents a re-emergence of a long-standing sensibility in disarmament discourse

Humanitarian protection has evolved from an act of charity into a legal obligation not to remove certain categories of non-nationals.

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

This book analyzes the implementation of Law 975 in Colombia, known as the Justice and Peace Law, and proposes a critical view of the transitional scenario in Colombia from 2005 onwards.

Humanitarian disarmament is not new, but instead represents a re-emergence of a long-standing sensibility in disarmament discourse

This book discusses the multilayered legal structures concerning the regulation of crimes under international law.

With a foreword by Michael Kowalski, Chairman of the Netherlands Intelligence Studies AssociationMany intelligence practitioners feel that the statutory footing on which intelligence agencies have been placed forms an impediment to confronting unprecedented contemporary challenges.

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This book is about amnesties for grave international crimes that states adopt in moments of transition or social unrest.

A comprehensive examination of the legal limits to the military commander''s assessment of military necessity during armed conflict.

This timely volume explores the "e;dark side"e; of United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping in Africa: when rather than help establish a rule of law in the host country, they become perpetrators of crime.

This book aims to provide a complete exposure about armaments from their design to launch from the combat aircraft.

The book reconciles the conflicts and legal ambiguities between African Union and ECOWAS law on the use of force on the one hand, and the UN Charter and international law on the other hand.

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

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

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

This book investigates the road map or the transitional justice mechanisms that theEthiopian government chose to confront the gross human rights violations perpetratedunder the 17 years' rule of the Derg, the dictatorial regime that controlled state powerfrom 1974 to 1991.

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An extensive analysis of the norms and legal institutions of the African Union and their relevance to Africa''s quest for peace.

The first comprehensive study of the challenges faced by children in establishing entitlement to refugee protection.

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

This book addresses the regulation of hybrid warfare under relevant branches of international law, beginning with the law on inter-state use of force (jus ad bellum).

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

This book is a practical guide for advocates interested in the representation of victims before the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Challenges the paradigm of individual responsibility and examines the idea of holding groups accountable for wrongdoing.

This book explores the relationship between the development of UN peacekeeping and the protection of civilians under international law.

The international law on the use of force is one of the oldest branches of international law.

This book conceptualizes Responsibility to Protect doctrine (R2P) as part of a global cosmopolitan agenda, drawing on the work of Jurgen Habermas, and argues that R2P is reflective of a shift towards a more cosmopolitan approach to human protection.

Expert scholars and practitioners shed light on the laws of humanitarian action and make sense of the various elements involved.

In 2005, the international community made a landmark commitment to prevent mass atrocities by unanimously adopting the UN s Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle.

Explores how international law deals with detention conducted by non-State armed groups and the motivations behind these practices.

This book examines the processes through which the resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly acquire legal significance through state practice.

A theoretical examination of the tense and uncertain relationship between the laws of war and human rights law.

With Forewords by Geoffrey Robertson QC, Doughty Street Chambers, London, UK and Professor Mihail E.

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.

The book identifies the main international concepts and rules that are of special relevance in disaster settings and critically analyses how they are implemented in such contexts.

This book puts forward proposals for solutions to the current gaps between the Mexican legal order and the norms and principles of international criminal law.

Assessing the extent to which armed conflict impacts the obligations that states have towards foreign investors and their investments under international investment treaties requires considering a wide range of issues, many of which are systemic in nature.

This book provides an article-by-article commentary on the text of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and its Annexes, one of the cornerstone disarmament and arms control agreements.

The instinctual desire to support those in need, irrespective of geographic, cultural or religious links, is both facilitated and overwhelmed by the extent of information now available about the multiple humanitarian crises which occur on a daily basis around the world.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the legal questions that arise for the legislative branch when implementing the crime of aggression into domestic law.

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.

This proposes a new framework for atrocity prevention, featuring scholars from around the globe including three former UN special advisers.