Public international law: humanitarian law Books
Oxford University Press International Human Rights The Successor to
Book SynopsisInternational Human Rights is the definitive work on the subject area providing its reader with a comprehensive analysis of this wide and diverse subject area. A successor to the widely acclaimed International Human Rights in Context, this book is written by Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman who are both world-leading human rights scholars. They have chosen a wide selection of materials from primary and secondary materials to demonstrate and illuminate key themes and carefully guide the reader through each extract with thoughtful and lucid commentary.Trade ReviewThe most stimulating book that I know of in the field of human rights. * Georges Abi-Saab, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva *...it is clearly and accessibly written and provides an excellent balance between commentary and analysis. * The Student Law Journal *... imaginative and stimulating materials with thought-provoking commentary... a wonderful teaching tool, as well as a valuable starting point for research. * Hilary Charlesworth, Australian National University *Table of ContentsPART A INTRODUCTORY NOTIONS AND BACKGROUND TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME; PART B NORMATIVE FOUNDATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS; PART C RIGHTS, DUTIES AND DILEMMAS OF UNIVERSALISM; PART D INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS; PART E STATES AS PROTECTORS AND ENFORCERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS; PART F CURRENT TOPICS
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Oxford University Press The Refugee in International Law
Book SynopsisThe status of the refugee in international law, and of everyone entitled to protection, has ever been precarious, not least in times of heightened and heated debate: people have always moved in search of safety, and they always will. In this completely revised and updated edition, the authors cast new light on the refugee definition, the meaning of persecution, including with regard to gender and sexual orientation, and the protection due to refugees and those affected by statelessness or disasters. They review the fundamental principle of non-refoulement as a restraint on the conduct of States, even as States themselves seek new ways to prevent the arrival of those in search of refuge.Related principles of protectionnon-discrimination, due process, rescue at sea, and solutions are analysed in light of the actual practice of States, UNHCR, and treaty-monitoring bodies. The authors closely examine relevant international standards, and the role of UNHCR, States, and civil society, in proTrade ReviewReview from previous edition It should be at the reach of any practitioner in asylum and human rights. It ought also to inform decisions by the Home Office on initial asylum claims. It is also essential for the specialised immigration and asylum judiciary and for those assembling an appellate case in the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords. Human rights law is an increasing component of law degree courses in the United Kingdom. Academic lawyers will find the book invaluable. * Law Quarterly Review, 124(Jan 2008), 163-166 *This is the third edition of what is now one of refugee law's classic texts. The authors sew together a wealth of knowledge and learning and an extraordinary quantity of information including history, international, regional and domestic law as well as discussion of state practice. The result is a work which is clear, practical, easy to use and convincing. * Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, 2007, 21(4), 351-353 *Table of Contents1. The Refugee in International Law Part 1: Refugees 2. Refugees Defined and Described 3. Determination of Refugee Status: Analysis and Application 4. Loss and Denial of Refugee Status and its Benefits Part 2: Asylum 5. The Principle of Non-Refoulement DS Part 1 6. The Principle of Non-Refoulement DS Part 2 7. Protection under Human Rights and General International Law 8. The Concept of Asylum Part 3: Protection 9. International Protection 10. International Cooperation, Protection, and Solutions 11. Treaty Standards and their Implementation in National Law 12. Displacement related to the Impacts of Disasters and Climate Change 13. Nationality, Statelessness, and Protection
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Just War and the Responsibility to Protect: A
Book SynopsisDespite the disasters of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and ever more visible evidence of the horrors of war, the concepts of ‘Humanitarian Intervention’ and ‘Just War’ enjoy widespread legitimacy and continue to exercise an unshakeable grip on our imaginations. Robin Dunford and Michael Neu provide a clear and comprehensive critique of both Just War Theory and the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine, deconstructing the philosophical, moral and political arguments that underpin them. In doing so, they show how proponents of Just War and R2P have tended to treat killing in a way which obscures the complex and often messy reality of war, and pays little heed to the human impact of such conflicts. Going further, they provide answers to such difficult questions as ‘Surely it would have been just for us to intervene in the Rwandan genocide?’ An essential guide to one of the most difficult moral and political issues of our age.Trade ReviewOriginal, timely and well-written. A great addition to the literature and current debates. * Richard Jackson, University of Otago *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Catastrophic Failure of Intervention in Libya 2. As the World Burns, We Bathe in the Glory of a New Norm of Protection 3. Zones of Civility and Zones of Barbarism: the Internalist Diagnosis of Mass Atrocity Crimes 4. Everyday Atrocity and Already Existing Intervention 5. Just War and the Responsibility to Protect in a World of Already Existing Intervention Concluding Remarks: Genocide in Rwanda and Civil War in Syria
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law
Book SynopsisThe 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. Drawing together leading and emerging scholars, the Handbook provides both doctrinal and theoretical analyses of international refugee law and practice. It critiques existing law from a variety of normative positions, with several chapters identifying foundational flaws that open up space for radical rethinking. Many authors work directly in the field, and their contributions demonstrate how scholarship and practice can mutually inform each other. Contributions assess a wide range of international legal instruments relevant to refugee protection, including from international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international migration law, the law of the sea, and international and transnational criminal law. Geographically, contributors examine regional and domestic laws and practices from around the world, with Trade ReviewBy far the most comprehensive and up to date reference work in international refugee law ... the Handbook provides an excellent starting point for any academic research project in this area ... the Handbook will soon become an integral part in the standard canon of books on international refugee law and a valuable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners alike. * Jan-Phillip Graf, Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict *If you are interested in widening and deepening your knowledge and understanding of the global system of refugee law and protection, this handbook is an invaluable entry point... The handbook stands as a state of the art review of international refugee law and scholarship by some of the most prominent and well respected writers and thinkers in the field. * Colin Yeo, Free Movement *Table of ContentsPart I. International Refugee Law: Reflections on the Scholarly Field 1: International Refugee Law in the Early Years 2: Race, Refugees, and International Law 3: A Feminist Appraisal of International Refugee Law 4: Queering International Refugee Law 5: The Politics of International Refugee Law 6: The Ethics of International Refugee Protection 7: Refugees as Migrants 8: The Intersection of International Refugee Law and International Statelessness LawPart II. Sources 9: The Architecture of the UN Refugee Convention and Protocol 10: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 11: Moving Towards an Integrated Approach of Refugee Law and Human Rights Law 12: International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Protection 13: Customary Refugee Law 14: National Constitutions and Refugee ProtectionPart III. Regional Regimes 15: Regional Refugee Regimes: Africa 16: Regional Refugee Regimes: North America 17: Regional Refugee Regimes: Latin America 18: Regional Refugee Regimes: Middle East 19: Regional Refugee Regime: Europe 20: Regional Refugee Regimes: Central Asia 21: Regional Refugee Regimes: East Asia 22: Regional Refugee Regimes: South Asia 23: Regional Refugee Regimes: Southeast Asia 24: Refugee Regimes: OceaniaPart IV. Access to Protection and International Responsibility-Sharing 25: Sharing of Responsibilities for the International Protection of Refugees 26: Protection at Sea and the Denial of Asylum 27: Extraterritorial Migration Control and Deterrence 28: The Evolution of Safe Third Country Law and Practice 29: Human Smuggling and Refugees 30: Human Trafficking and Refugees 31: Refugee Status Determination 32: Asylum Procedures 33: Credibility, Reliability, and Evidential AssessmentPart IV. The Scope of Refugee Protection 34: The International and Regional Refugee Definitions Compared 35: UNRWA and Palestine Refugees 36: Complementary Protection 37: Temporary Protection and Temporary Refuge 38: The Internal Protection Alternative 39: Exclusion 40: Women in Refugee Jurisprudence 41: Child Refugees 42: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Refugee Claims 43: Protecting Refugees with Disabilities 44: Stateless Refugees 45: Conflict Refugees 46: Displacement in the context of Climate Change and Disasters 47: Internal DisplacementPart V. Refugee Rights and Realities 48: The Right to Asylum 49: National Constitutions and the Right to Asylum 50: Non-refoulement 51: Non-penalization and non-criminalization 52: The Right to Liberty 53: The Right to Work 54: The Right to Education 55: The Right to Family Reunification 56: The Digital Transformation of Refugee GovernancePart VI. The End of Refugeehood - Cessation and Durable Solutions 57: Cessation 58: Refugee Naturalization and Integration 59: Reimagining Voluntary Repatriation 60: Resettlement 61: Onward MigrationPart VII. Accountability for Displacement and Refugee Rights Violations 62: Restitution and Other Remedies for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 63: The Responsibility of Armed Groups concerning Displacement 64: The Accountability of International Organizations in Refugee and Migration Law 65: Border Crimes as Crimes against Humanity
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd What is a Refugee?
Book SynopsisWith the arrival in Europe of over a million refugees and asylum seekers in 2015, a sense of panic began to spread within the continent and beyond. What is a Refugee? puts these developments into historical context, injecting much-needed objectivity and nuance into contemporary debates over what is to be done. Refugees have been with us for a long time -- although only after the Great War did refugee movements commence on a large scale -- and are ultimately symptoms of the failure of the system of states to protect all who live within it. Providing a terse user's guide to the complex legal status of refugees, Maley argues that states are now reaping the consequences of years of attempts to block access to asylum through safe and 'legal' means. He shows why many mooted 'solutions' to the 'problem' of refugees -- from military intervention to the warehousing of refugees in camps -- are counterproductive, creating environments ripe for the growth of extremism among people who have been denied all hope. In a globalised world, he concludes, wealthy states have the resources to protect refugees.And, as his historical account shows, courageous individuals have treated refugees in the past with striking humanity. States today could do worse than emulate them.Trade Review'Debunking some of the popular assumptions about the refugee crisis, with a look into the causes behind the flight from one's homeland ... Maley raises the vexing question of why we consider people in a developed and stable country entitled to all the benefits of modernity, whereas others are expected to put up with murder, pillage and mayhem.' * Georgraphical Magazine *'With the arrival in Europe of over a million refugees and people seeking asylum in 2015, a sense of panic began to spread within the continent and beyond. 'What Is a Refugee?' puts these developments into historical context, injecting much-needed objectivity and nuance into contemporary debates over what is to be done.' -- Refugee Council of Australia'This book is an eye-opener. It is an elegant, expert account of the history of refugees, their formal rights, and their shrinking prospects. It will leave no reader unmoved, and no conscience untroubled.' -- Philip Pettit, L.S.Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values, Princeton University, and author of 'Just Freedom: A Moral Compass for a Complex World''William Maley has done the world a great service--introducing one of the key questions of our times with rich insight and clarity. His book is a thoroughly readable and essential exploration of refugee issues. I learnt a huge amount from his writing, and I highly recommend it.' -- Patrick Kingsley, Migration Correspondent, 'The Guardian'; Foreign Affairs Journalist of the Year, British Journalism Awards 2015'An excellent introduction for the general reader on refugee issues and the national and international political context in which they are located. Lucidly and fluently written, Maley's deep and humane understanding and wide-reading across history and literature shines through on every page.' -- Matthew Gibney, Professor of Politics and Forced Migration, University of Oxford'A compelling, engaging and short book aimed at non-specialists who are interested in understanding the roots and complexities of the refugee crises. A pleasure to read.' -- Rosa Freedman, Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading, and author of 'Failing to Protect: The UN and Politicisation of Human Rights''This timely, informative and highly accessible book tackles the thorny issue of what happens to people fleeing fear and repression around the world. Maley cuts through technical jargon and legal terminology to bring to the lay reader an understanding of how some of the key challenges of refugee protection are being managed in the twenty-first century. Highly recommended.' -- Dawn Chatty, Emerita Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration and former director of the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
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Edward Elgar Resettlement as Protection
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HarperCollins Publishers No Escape
Book Synopsis'Anyone interested in the future of autocracy should buy it' Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Demoracy**Winner of the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing**A devastating account of China's genocide of the Uyghurs, by a leading Uyghur activist and Time #100 nomineeNury Turkel was born in a re-education' camp in China at the height of the Cultural Revolution. He spent the first several months of his life in captivity with his mother, who was beaten and starved while pregnant with him, whilst his father served a penal sentence in an agricultural labour camp. Following this traumatic start and not without a heavy dose of good fortune he was later able to travel to the US for his undergraduate studies in 1995 and was granted asylum in the country in 1998 where, as a lawyer, he is now a tireless and renowned activist for the plight of his people.Part memoir, part call-to-action, No Escape will be the first major book to tell the story of the Chinese government's terrible oppression ofTrade Review‘No Escape is a heart-rending and deeply shocking account of the Chinese Communist Party’s systematic persecution of the Uyghur people and their unique, ancient culture … I urge everybody, regardless of political affiliation, to please, read this book’Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, author of The Enemy Within: A Tale of Muslim Britain ‘The genocide in China needed this book for us to demand international action. It is painful but essential reading’Nazir Afzal, former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England ‘Nury Turkel is a giant of our generation … No Escape is required reading for anyone hoping for a better world’Luke de Pulford, co-founder and director of Arise Foundation and coordinator of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China ‘Vital … No Escape is an important testimony to one of the greatest humanitarian outrages of our time’Irish Times
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Oxford University Press The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol
Book SynopsisThe Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees adopted on 28 July 1951 in Geneva continues to provide the most comprehensive codification of the rights of refugees yet attempted. Consolidating previous international instruments relating to refugees, the 1951 Convention with its 1967 Protocol marks a cornerstone in the development of international refugee law. At present, there are 149 States Parties to one or both of these instruments, expressing a worldwide consensus on the definition of the term refugee and the fundamental rights to be granted to refugees. These facts demonstrate and underline the extraordinary significance of these instruments as the indispensable legal basis of international refugee law.This Commentary provides for a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol on an article-by-article basis, exposing the interrelationship between the different articles and discussing the latest developments in international refugee law. In addition, several thematic contributions analyse questions of international refugee law which are of general significance, such as regional developments, the interrelationship between refugee law and general human rights law, as well as the relationship between refugee law and the law of the sea.Table of ContentsFilippo Grandi: Foreword 1: Claudena Skran and Evan Easton-Calabria: Historical Development of International Refugee Law 2: Terje Einarsen: Drafting History of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol 3: Jane McAdam and Emma Dunlop: Interpretation of the 1951 Convention 4: Terje Einarsen and Jessica Schultz: Global Developments in Refugee Law 5: Anja Klug: Regional Developments: Europe 6: Sam Blay: Regional Developments: Asia 7: Jacob van Garderen: Regional developments: Africa 8: Flávia Piovesan, Liliana Lyra Jubilut and Melissa Casagrande: Regional developments: Americas 9: Ralf Alleweldt: Preamble to the 1951 Convention 10: Ralf Alleweldt: Preamble to the 1967 Protocol 11: Ralf Alleweldt: Final Act 12: Stefanie Schmahl: Art. 1 A, para. 1 1951 Convention 13: Andreas Zimmermann and Franziska M. Herrmann: Art. 1 A, para. 2 1951 Convention 14: Stefanie Schmahl: Art. 1 B 1951 Convention 15: Susan Kneebone and Maria O'Sullivan: Art. 1 C 1951 Convention 16: Mutaz Qafisheh and Francesca Albanese: Art. 1 D 1951 Convention 17: Yao Li: Art. 1 E 1951 Convention 18: Joseph Rikhof and Philipp Wennholz: Art. 1 F 1951 Convention 19: Stefanie Schmahl: Art. 1 1967 Protocol 20: Hélène Lambert: Art. 2 1951 Convention 21: Mpoki Mwakagali and Reinhard Marx: Art. 3 1951 Convention 22: Christian Walter: Art. 4 1951 Convention 23: Achilles Skordas and Meltem Ineli-Ciger: Art. 5 1951 Convention 24: Mpoki Mwakagali and Reinhard Marx: Art. 6 1951 Convention 25: Achilles Skordas and Meltem Ineli-Ciger: Art. 7 1951 Convention 26: Ulrike Davy and Rebecca Thorburn Stern: Art. 8 1951 Convention 27: Ulrike Davy and Rebecca Thorburn Stern: Art. 9 1951 Convention 28: Stefanie Schmahl: Art. 10 1951 Convention 29: Roland Bank: Art. 11 1951 Convention 30: Rainer Hofmann, Adela Schmidt and Lssan Estifanos: Refugee Determination Procedures 31: Roland Bank: Refugees at Sea 32: Eileen Denza: Diplomatic Asylum 33: Axel Metzger: Art. 12 1951 Convention 34: Scott Leckie and Ezekiel Simperingham: Art. 13 1951 Convention 35: Axel Metzger: Art. 14 1951 Convention 36: Michael Teichmann: Art. 15 1951 Convention 37: Björn Elberling and Rebecca Thorburn Stern: Art. 16 1951 Convention 38: Alice Edwards: Art. 17 1951 Convention 39: Alice Edwards: Art. 18 1951 Convention 40: Alice Edwards: Art. 19 1951 Convention 41: Eve Lester: Art. 20 1951 Convention 42: Scott Leckie and Ezekiel Simperingham: Art. 21 1951 Convention 43: Andreas Zimmermann and Rebecca Thorburn Stern: Art. 22 1951 Convention 44: Eve Lester: Art. 23 1951 Convention 45: Eve Lester: Art. 24 1951 Convention 46: Eve Lester: Art. 25 1951 Convention 47: Marjoleine Zieck: Art. 26 1951 Convention 48: Jens Vedsted-Hansen: Art. 27 1951 Convention 49: Jens Vedsted-Hansen: Art. 28/Schedule 50: Boldizsár Nagy: Art. 29 1951 Convention 51: Boldizsár Nagy: Art. 30 1951 Convention 52: Gregor Noll: Art. 31 1951 Convention 53: Ulrike Davy and María-Teresa Gil-Bazo: Art. 32 1951 Convention 54: Walter Kälin, Martina Caroni and Lukas Heim: Art. 33, para. 1 1951 Convention 55: Philipp Wennholz and Joseph Rikhof: Art. 33, para. 2 1951 Convention 56: Reinhard Marx and Yao Li: Art. 34 1951 Convention 57: Marjoleine Zieck: Art. 35 1951 Convention/Article II 1967 Protocol 58: Stefanie Schmahl: Art. 36 1951 Convention/Article III 1967 Protocol, Marjoleine Zieck59:Art. 37 1951 Convention 60: Karin Oellers-Frahm: Art. 38 1951 Convention/Article IV 1967 Protocol 61: Robin Geiß and Yao Li: Art. 39 1951 Convention/Article V 1967 Protocol 62: María-Teresa Gil-Bazo: Art. 40 1951 Convention 63: María-Teresa Gil-Bazo: Art. 41 1951 Convention/Article VI 1967 Protocol 64: Alain Pellet: Art. 42 1951 Convention/Article VII 1967 Protocol 65: Robin Geiß and Yao Li: Art. 43 1951 Convention/Article VIII 1967 Protocol 66: Robin Geiß and Yao Li: Art. 44 1951 Convention/Article IX 1967 Protocol 67: Terje Einarsen: Art. 45 1951 Convention 68: Robin Geiß and Yao Li: Art. 46 1951 Convention/Article X 1967 Protocol 69: Robin Geiß and Yao Li: Testemonium 1951 Convention/Article XI 1967 Protocol
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Oxford University Press, USA Changing the Guard
Book SynopsisEvery day the American government, the United Nations, and other international institutions send people into non-English speaking, war-torn, and often minimally democratic countries struggling to cope with rising crime and disorder under a new regime. These assistance missions attempt to promote democratic law enforcement in devastated countries. But do these missions really facilitate the creation of effective policing? Renowned criminologist David H. Bayley here examines the prospects for the reform of police forces overseas as a means of encouraging the development of democratic governments. In doing so, he assesses obstacles for promoting democratic policing in a state-of-the-art review of all efforts to promote democratic reform since 1991. Changing the Guard offers an inside look at the achievements and limits of current American foreign assistance, outlining the nature and scope of the police assistance program and the agencies that provide it. Bayley concludes with recommendations for how police assistance could be improved in volatile countries across the world. This book is required reading as an instruction manual for building democratic policing overseas.Trade Review"Changing the Guard explores the unnumbered side streets of US foreign police assistance and reveals a work of programmatic chaos that officials admit is out of control. Beyond its value as a bureaucratic "who done it," the book offers important insights into improving the delivery of police assistance, in particular that security need not be achieved at the expense of democratic reform."--Robert Perito, author of Where Is the Lone Ranger When We Need Him?: America's Search for a Postconflict Stability Force"David Bayley has brought wisdom and perception to a distinguished career that has established him as the world's leading scholar of international policing. Changing the Guard, his latest effort, is a capstone. It is a beautifully written and thoroughly admirable book that will prove indispensable to both scholars and practitioners concerned with the meaning of democratic policing--and how to infuse it into emerging democracies."--Jerome H. Skolnick, author of Justice Without Trial: Law Enforcement in Democratic Society"David Bayley's long experience, thorough research and clear thinking shine through on every page of this book. He is one of the few writers in this field that combines an understanding of the internal dynamics of police organizations with insight into international assistance. Against this background, he manages to take the jumbled pieces of the police assistance puzzle and lay them out to form a cohesive and concise picture. But the book is not least a valuable contribution because David Bayley follows his research through to its final conclusions - conclusions that are both policy relevant and instructive for fellow academics."--Annika S. Hansen, author of From Congo to Kosovo: Civilian Police in Peace OperationsTable of ContentsPreface ; 1. Problem and Opportunity ; 2. Democracy and Police Reform ; 3. U.S. Programs and Policy ; 4. Strategies of Reform ; 5. Security and Reform ; 6. Managing Assistance ; 7. Evaluating Impact ; 8. Organizing for Success ; Appendix: Executive summary of recommendations ; Index
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Oxford University Press Inc A New Megasport Legacy
Book SynopsisThough the Qatar 2022 FIFA Men''s World Cup is for many a symbol of long-standing corruption and human rights problems, the event may actually represent something entirely new. Megasports are now demonstrating a capacity to leave what this book calls a human rights and anti-corruption legacy: norms, practices, policies, or laws that have application beyond sport, are likely to endure after the event, and the implementation of which is accelerated by hosting the event. In the 2010s, Brazil''s hosting of the FIFA Men''s World Cup and Summer Olympics, and then South Korea''s hosting of the Winter Olympics, left what this book calls reactive, accidental, and one-dimensional anti-corruption legacies. Most would be shocked to find that Qatar now moves this legacy concept forward, undertaking to create megasports'' first intentional and proactive human rights legacy. The first and perhaps best opportunity to build a proactive, intentional, and two-dimensional human rights and anti-corruption legacy lies in France, as it prepares to host the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics while implementing new landmark anti-corruption and human rights laws. The concept may still advance in Australia and New Zealand (2023 FIFA Women''s World Cup) and Italy (2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics). However, the United Bid of Canada, the United States, and Mexico has promised the first proactive, intentional, and two-dimensional legacy around the 2026 FIFA Men''s World Cup. The book analyzes existing megasport policies and practices, then suggests reforms to acknowledge and support these new legacies.Trade ReviewSpalding proposes a constructive approach for organisers of MSE to consciously create human rights and anti-corruption legacies. * Bernd Justin Jütte, Irish Jurist *Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations PART I: ORIGINS OF A HUMAN RIGHTS AND ANTI-CORRUPTION LEGACY Chapter 1. From the Founding through Globalization: Preconditions of the New Legacy Chapter 2. Toward Globalized Standards: Human Rights Due Diligence and Anti-Corruption Compliance PART II: EARLY INTIMATIONS OF A NEW LEGACY Chapter 3. An Awakening: Brazil's 2014 FIFA Men's World Cup and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics Chapter 4. A Pattern Emerges: South Korea's 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics PART III: PROGRESSING TOWARD A PROACTIVE, INTENTIONAL, AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL LEGACY Chapter 5. The First Intentional and Proactive Human Rights Legacy: Qatar's 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup Chapter 6. A Large But Latent Legacy: the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics Chapter 7. Future Legacy Opportunities: Australia and New Zealand 2023; Italy 2026; and the U.S., Canada, and Mexico 2026 PART IV: BUILDING A FRAMEWORK Chapter 8. The Legal Foundation: The Host-City/Country Contract Chapter 9. How Reforms Create Legacies: Constructing a Model Chapter 10. Conclusion: A How-To Guide
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Oxford University Press Inc Help
Book SynopsisLike many other areas of life, humanitarian practice and thinking are being transformed by information and communications technology. Despite this, the growing digitization of humanitarianism has been a relatively unnoticed dimension of global order. Based on more than seven years of data collection and interdisciplinary research, #Help presents a ground-breaking study of digital humanitarianism and its ramifications for international law and politics.Global problems and policies are being reconfigured, regulated, and addressed through digital interfaces developed for humanitarian ends. #Help analyses how populations, maps, and emergencies take shape on the global plane when given digital form and explores the reorientation of nation states'' priorities and practices of governing around digital data collection imperatives. This book also illuminates how the growing prominence of digital interfaces in international humanitarian work is sustained and shaped by law and policy.#Help revealTrade ReviewWhat happens when the objectives, beneficiaries, and participants of humanitarian activism are framed by digital technologies? When the door to humanitarian relief is opened or closed by algorithms? #Help lays out the distributive effects of recourse to digital interfaces by humanitarian actors: the re-ordering of powers and vulnerabilities between human groups, the routinization of emergencies, and the redirection of political action. This is a hugely interesting, politically relevant, and altogether new analysis of the transformations of the humanitarian imaginary resulting from its integration in the global digital revolution. * Martti Koskenniemi, Emeritus Professor of International Law at the University of Helsinki and Director of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights *How does the diffusion of digital interfaces transform the practice, philosophy, and politics of humanitarian work? This essential and richly documented book discusses the normalization of binary thinking and datafication, the rise of new actionable objects and relations, and shifting temporalities and governance models. #Help offers an invaluable perspective that challenges what we thought we knew about how people today ask for help, and how others respond. * Marion Fourcade, Professor of Sociology and Director of Social Science Matrix at the University of California, Berkeley *Philosophically grounded, historically rich, and analytically sharp, this book brings much needed clarity to the complex field of digital humanitarianism. Johns shows how humanitarianism is changing in relation to computational practices, and why this matters for law and politics on a global scale. * Kate Crawford, Research Professor at USC Annenberg and Senior Principal Researcher at MSR New York *As humanitarianism has become a global language meant to represent and alleviate the suffering of the world, Fleur Johns critically explores its latest avatar: digital humanitarianism. Through fascinating case studies of recent tools claiming to characterize populations, map needs, and organize responses, #Help offers an original, rigorous and much-needed analysis of the ambiguous promise of this technological turn in the politics of compassion. * Didier Fassin, Professor at the Collège de France and the Institute for Advanced Study *Johns's work helps us appreciate those transformations with incisive theoretical exploration. * Wendy H. Wong, The American Journal Of International Law *#Help: Digital Humanitarianism and the Remaking of International Order is a characteristically rich, intricate, thoughtful and insightful intervention from one of international lawâs most consistently enlightening contemporary scholars, Fleur Johns. It is a thoroughly enjoyable read and, on its face, a succinct descriptive account, infused throughout with sharp analytical observation,...A good analogy is, perhaps, bindweed: global digital bindweed. * Stephen Humphreys, London Review of International Law *The book is interspersed with 'prospects for doing otherwise',...It is a crucial contribution of the book that it hones its analytical apparatus to pay attention to dissensus and divergence and to keep questions of digital humanitarian futures open. * Claudia Aradau, London Review of International Law *The theoretical offerings of the book can be mobilised and adapted in research attuned to the modes of freedom and safety people create collectively among themselves and against social sorting, detention, violence, policing and its technologies. * Margie Cheesman, London Review of International Law *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Interfaces: New media of humanitarian relation Chapter 2: Maps: Historical snapshots and digital rewriting Chapter 3: Populations: From statistics to data science Chapter 4: Emergencies: Waiting and watching in the palliative present Chapter 5: States: Analogue and digital Chapter 6: Law and policy: Infrastructures of interface Chapter 7: Uses: Using, disusing and misusing digital humanitarian interfaces
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Clarendon Press A Normative Approach to War Peace War and Justice in Hugo Grotius
Book SynopsisThis collection of papers provides a commentary on and critique of Grotius' "De jure pacs ac belli". It is the product of a joint research project on Grotius' book, carried out by the Research Group on the Fundamental Theory of International Law, headed by the editor.Trade Review`Careful editorial work has ensured a smooth dovetailing of the contributions so that the book is more than simply the sum of its parts ... The style is clear, concise and sometimes elegant.' Cambridge Law JournalTable of ContentsGrotius' method, Tanaka Tadashi - dialectic of law, the constuction of a jurisprudence, the prolegomena and the design of "JBP"; Grotius' concept of law, Tanaka Tadashi - "Jus", natural law and volitional law, basic legal concepts, the relation between various laws; war, Onuma Yasuaki - definition and lawfulness of war, just causes of war, authors of war; state and governing power, Tanaka Tadashi - the state, supreme governing power, the right of resistance and subordinate rulers; "dominium" and "imperium", Yanagihara Masaharu - the evolution of "dominium" and rights common to all men, original acquisition of the right over corporeal things, original acquisition of the right over persons, derivative acquisition, acquisition under "the law of nations", extinction of "dominium" and "imperium", obligations arising from "dominium", Grotius as "the father of private law theory based on natural law"; agreement, Onuma Yasuaki - the history of the concept of the binding force of agreements, Grotius' theory of promise and agreement, evaluation of the theory of agreement in "JBP"; punishment, Furukawa Terumi - punishment in general, punitive war; the laws of war, Kasai Naoya - significance and structure of the laws of war, rules of natural law, the scope and application of the law of nations, external effects under the law of nations, demands for internal justice in an unjust war; "temperamenta" (moderation), Tanaka Tadashi - the problem, unjust war, "temperamenta", the law of nations, internal justice and the law of love, Grotius and the laws of war in modern international law; agreements between nations - treaties and good faith with enemies, Kimura Makoto - treaties and sponsions (public agreements), "fides" between enemies, admonitions to preserve faith and peace; law dancing to the accompaniment of love and calculation, Onuma Yasuaki - "JBP" a book with a practical aim, the realities of war in "JBP", Grotius' normative approach, a multi-layered normative structure, "systematic" presentation of just causes of war, the position of "JBP" in the history of international law; Appendix - Eurocentrism in the history of international law, Onuma Yasuaki.
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Oxford University Press, USA SelfDetermination and National Minorities Oxford Monographs in International Law
Book SynopsisThe concept of self-determination has played a very important role in the shaping of the international community in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is closely linked in a number of different ways to the status of minorities and minorities frequently make claims to self-determination as a right for themselves. This meticulously researched book explores the relationship between self-determination and minority rights in international law. It is highly detailed in its treatment of the subject, discussing very recent events, such as the atrocities in the former Yugoslavia, in a valuable historical context. His analysis of the issues provide the reader with a significant clarification of the legal issues involved, especially since the establishment of the UN and the development of international norms of human rights. As such, the book will hold particular appeal for all those who are interested in international law and politics, as well as students of modern history wishing to be informed on this hotly debated issue.Trade ReviewThe book's great strength from the point of view of non-lawyers lies in the clarity with which it unfolds, expounds and analyses the arguments that have been used by international bodies, states and ethnic movements to justify particular courses of action and inaction. The complex inter-relationships between self-determination and minority protection, which lie at the core of the book, are especially well handled the book's realism will appear to scholars whose firm disciplinary grounding in realpolitik may prejudice them against legally-based approaches. * Immigrants and Minorities *offers a fresh approach to the origins of self-determination ... offers clearly argued positions about contentious issues ... very well written and ... accessible to most readers. It should be read by all those involved in any way in matters that raise issues of self-determination and minority rights. * Lawyers Weekly *immensely helpful in providing a proper perspective. * A.G. Noorani, Frontline, Aug 00. *Table of Contents1. The Origins of National Consciousness ; 2. Self-Determination and the First World War ; 3. The Inter-War Years: The Minorities Treaties Regime ; 4. Self-Determination in Modern International Law: International Instruments and Judicial Decisions ; 5. Self-Determination in Modern International Law: The Practice of States ; 6. The Protection of Minorities ; 7. Definitions of the Term "People" ; 8. Secession ; 9. Irredentism ; 10. Historical Title ; Epilogue
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Oxford University Press The Law of NonInternational Armed Conflict
Book SynopsisThe Law of Non-International Armed Conflict brings together and critically analyses the disparate conventional, customary, and soft law relating to non-international armed conflict. All the relevant bodies of international law are considered, including international humanitarian law, international criminal law, and international human rights law. The book traces the changes to the legal framework applicable to non-international armed conflict from ad hoc regulation in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, to systematic regulation through the 1949 Geneva Conventions and 1977 Additional Protocols, to the transformation of the law in the mid-1990s. Armed conflicts ranging from the US civil war, the Algerian War of Independence, and the attempted secession of Biafra, through to the current conflicts in the Colombia, the Philippines, and Sudan are all considered.The identification and analysis of the law is complemented by a consideration of the practice, allowing both violations of, Trade Review[Professor Sandesh Sivakumaran] examines the genesis of this novel, interdisciplinary body of law and the way ahead, thereby contributing with a major piece of work in a field . . . that greatly needed further research. * Roberta Arnold, Israel Law Review *The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict is an essential contribution to an area much in need of clarification. In addition to offering a comprehensive elaboration of the current law in this area, it also explores the more foundational questions that will be of interest to any general international lawyer, such as the methodology of customary law formation and the varied sources of the relevant norms. It is to be hoped that Professor Sivakumarans proposal of a new instrument to bind non-state armed groups can be taken forward, with a view to achieving greater compliance with the law in situations that all too often witness the most violent fratricidal clashes. * Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, Australian Year Book of International Law *...the book of our time on the law of non-international armed conflict. * Claus Kreß, British Yearbook of International Law *This is a rich and lengthy book. It is also courageous: Sivakumaran does not shy away from discussing some of the most debatable issues in international humanitarian law. * Noam Zamir, Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law *Table of ContentsPART I: REGULATING NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS; PART II: THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT; PART III: MOVING FORWARD
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OUP Oxford The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law
Book SynopsisThe third edition of this work sets out a comprehensive and analytical manual of international humanitarian law, accompanied by case analysis and extensive explanatory commentary by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts.
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OUP Oxford The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict
Book SynopsisOver the past ten years the content and application of international law in armed conflict has changed dramatically. This Oxford Handbook provides an authoritative and comprehensive study of the role of international law in armed conflict and engages in a broad analysis of international humanitarian law, human rights law, refugee law, international criminal law, environmental law, and the law on the use of force. With an international group of expert contributors, the Handbook has a global, multi-disciplinary perspective on the place of law in war. The Handbook consists of 32 chapters in seven parts. Part I provides the historical background of international law in armed conflict and sets out its contemporary challenges. Part II considers the relevant sources of international law. Part III describes the different legal regimes: land warfare, air warfare, maritime warfare, the law of occupation, the law applicable to peace operations, and the law of neutrality. Part IV introduces cruciaTrade ReviewThe book is also quite a fresh approach in an increasingly crowded market. The high rate of new publications on international humanitarian law and its associated topics continues, so it is important that entrants have something different to offer. The distinguishing features of this book are its multi-dimensional approach, the calibre of its contributors, and their willingness to offer no-holds-barred opinions on controversial topics. These features comfortably imbue the book with the requisite value-add... If this book were read cover to cover, the reader would be left with a comprehensive survey of the most important legal issues in the context of modern armed conflicts. It is therefore recommended to those who are seeking this advanced understanding from a multidimensional, critical perspective. * Damien van der Toorn, Australian Year Book of International Law *...this handbook is a useful, up-to-date and comprehensive tool for scholars and practitioners, especially judges, dealing with the legal issues arising out of armed conflicts. * William St-Michel, International Journal of Criminal Justice *The stated purpose of the Handbook is 'to provide grounding for those who would like to go further with their understanding of the law applicable in armed conflict.' The Handbook fulfils this purpose amply. Not only does it provide a comprehensive introduction to the law applicable in armed conflict, it also offers ample food for thought on the structure of the international legal system and the character of international legal obligations. * Naomi Burke, The British Yearbook of International Law *One remarkable feature of The Handbook is its exhaustiveness: it provides a comprehensive overview of the multiple rules and rights that come into play during an armed conflict. Furthermore, it clearly stems from the sum of the essays that the legal framework applicable to an armed conflict is not single-fold, but multifaceted. This handbook is a useful, up-to-date and comprehensive tool for scholars and practitioners, especially judges, dealing with the legal issues arising out of armed conflicts. * William St-Michel, Journal of International Criminal Justice *Table of ContentsI. INTRODUCTION ; II. SOURCES ; III. LEGAL REGIMES ; IV. KEY CONCEPTS FOR HUMANITARIAN LAW ; V. KEY RIGHTS IN TIMES OF ARMED CONFLICT ; VI. KEY ISSUES IN TIMES OF ARMED CONFLICT ; VII. ACCOUNTABILITY/LIABILITY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW IN ARMED CONFLICT
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Oxford University Press Detention in NonInternational Armed Conflict
Book SynopsisInternational law has long differentiated between international and non-international armed conflicts, traditionally regulating the former far more comprehensively than the latter. This is particularly stark in the case of detention, where the law of non-international armed conflict contains no rules on who may be detained, what processes must be provided to review their detention, and when they must be released. Given that non-international armed conflicts are now the most common form of conflict, this is especially worrying, and the consequences of this have been seen in the detention practices of states such as the US and UK in Iraq and Afghanistan. This book provides a comprehensive examination of the procedural rules that apply to detention in non-international armed conflict, with the focus on preventive security detention, or ''internment''. All relevant areas of international law, most notably international humanitarian law and international human rights law, are analysed in deTable of ContentsPART I: CONTEXT ; PART II: INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW ; PART III: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW ; PART IV: DEVELOPING THE LAW
£95.62
Oxford University Press Documents On The Laws Of War
Book SynopsisA work on international humanitarian law, which contains texts of the main treaties and includes other documents, such as: agreements on anti-personnel mines and laser weapons; two documents on UN forces and international humanitarian law; an extract from the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on nuclear weapons; and more.Trade Review"masterly...The third edition of Roberts and Guelff's Documents on the Laws of War is an essential and invaluable working tool for all those who are interested in international humanitarian law." International Review of the Red Cross, Geneva"An indispensable tool for any international lawyer." Professor Antonio Cassese, former President of the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal, The Hague"Indispensable to practitioners and students alike ... We are much indebted to the patient and scholarly labours of the two editors." International AffairsTable of ContentsIntroduction by the Editors ; 1856 Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law ; 1868 St Petersburg Declaration Renouncing the Use, in Time of War, of Explosive Projectiles Under 400 Grammes Weight ; 1899 Hague Declaration 2 Concerning Asphyxiating Gases ; 1899 Hague Declaration 3 Concerning Expanding Bullets ; 1907 Hague Convention IV Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land ; ANNEX TO THE CONVENTION: REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF WAR ON LAND ; 1907 Hague Convention V Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land ; 1907 Hague Convention VII Relating to the Conversion of Merchant Ships into Warships ; 1907 Hague Convention VIII Relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines ; 1907 Hague Convention IX Concerning Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War ; 1907 Hague Convention XI Relative to Certain Restrictions with Regard to Exercise of the Right of Capture in Naval War ; 1907 Hague Convention XIII Concerning the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War ; 1923 Hague Rules of Aerial Warfare ; 1925 Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare ; 1936 London Proces-Verbal Relating to the Rules of Submarine Warfare Set Forth in Part IV of the Treaty of London of 22 April 1930 ; 1946 Judgment of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg: Extracts on Crimes Against International Law ; 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ; 1949 Geneva Convention I for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field ; 1949 Geneva Convention II for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea ; 1949 Geneva Convention III Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War ; 1949 Geneva Convention IV Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War ; 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict ; REGULATIONS FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT ; 1954 First Hague Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict ; 1976 UN Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques ; 1977 Geneva Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts ; 1977 Geneva Protocol II Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts ; 1978 Red Cross Fundamental Rules of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts ; 1980 UN Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects ; 1980 Protocol I on Non-Detectable Fragments ; 1980 Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices ; 1980 Protocol III on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons ; 1995 Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons ; 1996 Amended Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices ; 1991 Operation Desert Storm, US Rules of Engagement (Pocket Card) ; 1993 Statute of International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: Extracts ; 1994 San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea ; 1994 ICRC/UNGA Guidelines for Military Manuals and Instructions on the Protection of the Environment in Time of Armed Conflict ; 1994 Statute of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: Extracts ; 1994 UN Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel ; 1996 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons: Extract ; 1997 Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction ; 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Extracts ; 1999 Second Hague Protocol for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict ; 1999 UN Secretary-General's Bulletin on Observance by UN Forces of International Humanitarian Law ; Appendix I : Emblems and Signs ; Appendix II : Electronic Media ; Select Bibliography on the Laws of War ; Index
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Oxford University Press Environmental Protection and Transitions from Conflict to Peace
Book SynopsisThis book examines the protection of the environment in post-conflict societies, with regard both to the maintenance of natural ecosystems and to the function of environmental protection in the peace-building process, addressing the strengths and weaknesses of different bodies of law.Trade ReviewEnvironmental Protection and Transitions from Conflict to Peace offers a path-breaking (and much needed) contribution to peacebuilding by emphasizing the significance of environment in rebuilding war-torn societies. The book delves deeply into the legal matters of post-war environmental protection; it will be useful not only to law practitioners and researchers, but also to scholars and advocates of peace, human rights, and environmental protection. * Hijam Liza Dallo Rihmo, Human Rights Review *Table of ContentsPART I: FOUNDATIONS; PART II: LEGAL NORMS AND FRAMEWORKS; PART III: TENSIONS AND DILEMMAS; PART IV: REMEDYING AND PREVENTING DAMAGE AND HARM
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Oxford University Press Shocking the Conscience of Humanity Gravity and the Legitimacy of International Criminal Law
Book SynopsisThe most commonly cited justification for international criminal law is that it addresses crimes of such gravity that they shock the conscience of humanity. From decisions about how to define crimes and when to exercise jurisdiction, to limitations on defences and sentencing determinations, gravity rhetoric permeates the discourse of international criminal law. Yet the concept of gravity has thus far remained highly undertheorized.This book uncovers the consequences for the regime''s legitimacy of its heavy reliance on the poorly understood idea of gravity. Margaret M. deGuzman argues that gravity''s ambiguity may at times enable a thin consensus to emerge around decisions, such as the creation of an institution or the definition of a crime, but that, increasingly, it undermines efforts to build a strong and resilient global justice community. The book suggests ways to reconceptualize gravity in line with global values and goals to better support the long-term legitimacy of international criminal law.Trade ReviewThis remarkable contribution to the theoretical foundations of international criminal justice and this passionate invocation of a valuesoriented notion of gravity to strengthen the legitimacy of international criminal law is sure to spark significant debate in the coming years. * Marco Longobardo, Journal of International Criminal Justice *Gravity, it is often said, sets international crimes apart from other crimes. What makes them so, however, is far from obvious. In her thoughtful new monograph, Margaret M. deGuzman demonstrates that this routinely uttered conviction has always been as hazy as it appears today ... Shocking the Conscience of Humanity will prove an insightful companion to anyone pursuing such a line of research in the future. * Kerttuli Lingenfelter, Law Department, European University Institute, International Criminal Law Review *Prof. deGuzman's SHOCKING THE CONSCIENCE OF HUMANITY – Gravity and the Legitimacy of International Criminal Law offers valuable insight for practitioners and decision-makers and is an excellent starting point for the much-needed dialogic discussion proposed. * Michael G. Karnavas, michaelgkarnavas.net *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Legitimacy, Gravity, and Global Community 2. A Brief History of Gravity 3. Global Prescriptive Authority 4. Global Adjudicative Authority 5. Defendants' Rights and Defences 6. Sentencing
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Oxford University Press Practitioners Guide to Human Rights Law in Armed
Book SynopsisAlthough the relationship between international human rights law and the law of armed conflict has been the subject of significant recent academic discussion, there remains a lack of comprehensive guidance in identifying the law applicable to specific situations faced by military forces.Providing guidance for armed forces and practitioners on the detailed application of international human rights law during armed conflict, this book fills that gap. Part 1 of the volume details foundational information relating to international human rights law and human rights institutions, the types of operations that States'' armed forces engage in, and how the law of armed conflict and international human rights law apply to regulate different situations. Part 2 provides practical guidance as to the legal regulation of specific situations, including discussion of the conduct of hostilities, detention operations, humanitarian assistance, cyber operations, and investigations.This book is the result of an in-depth process involving both academic and practitioner experts in the law of armed conflict and international human rights law who were convened in meetings at Chatham House chaired by Elizabeth Wilmshurst, Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House. The group included Professor Francoise Hampson, Essex University; Professor Dapo Akande, Oxford University; Charles Garraway, Fellow at Essex University; Professor Noam Lubell, Essex University; Michael Meyer, British Red Cross; and Daragh Murray, Lecturer at Essex University.Table of ContentsFOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PART I; PART II
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Oxford University Press Reckonings
Book SynopsisReckonings documents how Holocaust victims have sought justice over the decades and the haunting disparity between crime and punishment.Trade ReviewReckonings is an apt title for this profound enquiry into the enormity of the Holocaust and the forms of justice with which it has been met ... What stands out in her scholarship and writing is the mutuality between her detailed tracking of structures and social processes, her knowledge of the vast literature on the Holocaust and her deep engagement, through extensive archival work, in the lives that produced, abetted, and suffered it - and still do. * Karl Figlio, Society *This volume deserves prizes ... It is a sense of deep injustice, as well as horror, that will overcome readers of Reckonings: its main theme is how the overwhelming majority of those involved in the murder of an estimated six million men, women and children were either never brought to justice or were dealt with so leniently that it amounted to an insult to the victims. * Dominic Lawson, The Daily Mail *The great strength of this book comes not from its revelations, but from the impact of the massive amount of information that [Fulbrook] has marshalled and the compelling way in which she has woven it together ... Mary Fulbrook has given that imbalance and failure to do justice the recognition it so well deserves. She had done so in an impressive and, if one can say so about such a depressing and distressing story, elegant fashion. * Deborah Lipstadt, Times Literary Supplement *This masterly book challenges the ways, seven decades after the end of the war, that Europeans remember and commemorate a crime that still lies beyond understanding. * Christopher Hale, History Today *"[A] beautifully nuanced study ... It is not only full of fascinating facts and testimonies but it also gives one much food for thought, particularly on the subject of how populations can be swayed or manipulated even when they think they are sticking to their principles. A lesson for our and all times." * Adam Zamoyski, Aspects of History *Extraordinarily well-researched, filled with heartbreaking, heroic and harrowing life stories, Reckonings is comprehensive, cogent and compelling. Fulbrook's book is a must-read for anyone interested in the realities - and the legacies - of the Nazi Past. * Glenn C. Altschuler, The Jerusalem Post *Well-written and impeccably researched, Mary Fulbrook's account of Nazi crime and punishment is a work of substance. * Pauline Paucker, Camden New Journal *Table of Contents1: Introduction: The significance of the Nazi Past Part I. Chasms: Patterns of Persectuion 2: The Explosion of State-Sponsored Violence 3: Institutionalized Murder 4: Microcosms of Violence: Polish Prisms 5: Endpoint: The Machinery of Extermination 6: Defining Experiences 7: Silence and Communication Part II. Confrontations: Landscapes of the Law 8: Transitional Justics 9: Judging Their Own: Selective Justice in the Successor States 10: From Euthanasia to Genocide 11: Major Concentration Camp Trials: Auschwitz and Beyonc 12: The Diffraction of Guilt 13: Late, Too Late Part III. Connections: Memories and Explorations 14: Hearing the Voices of Victims 15: Making Sense of the Past, Living for the Present 16: Discomfort Zones 17: The Sins of the Fathers 18: The Long Shdows of Persecution 19: Oblivion and Memorialization Conclusions 20: A Resonant Past
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Oxford University Press NonBinding Norms in International Humanitarian
Book SynopsisThis 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. It covers the benefits and drawbacks for States and non-States actors as well as their effectiveness and development in the context of armed conflict.
£99.00
Oxford University Press The Limits of Human Rights
Book SynopsisWhat are the limits of human rights, and what do these limits mean? This volume engages critically and constructively with this question to provide a distinct contribution to the contemporary discussion on human rights. Fassbender and Traisbach, along with a group of leading experts in the field, examine the issue from multiple disciplinary perspectives, analysing the limits of our current discourse of human rights. It does so in an original way, and without attempting to deconstruct, or deny, human rights.Each contribution is supplemented by an engaging comment which furthers this important discussion. This combination of perspectives paves the way for further thought for scholars, practitioners, students, and the wider public. Ultimately, this volume provides an exceptionally rich spectrum of viewpoints and arguments across disciplines to offer fresh insights into human rights and its limitations.Table of ContentsBardo Fassbender and Knut Traisbach: Introduction: A Ride on the Human Rights Bus Henry J. Steiner: Prologue: Limits and their Varieties Part 1. Limits of Ideas, Limits of Communities: Paradigms and Biases 1: Lynn Hunt: Humanity and the Claim to Self-Evidence 2: Bardo Fassbender: The Self-Evidence of Human Rights: Origins and Limits of an Idea 3: Kate Nash: Human Rights, Global Justice, and the Limits of Law 4: Mark Goodale: Human Rights beyond the Double Bind of Sovereignty: A Response to Kate Nash 5: David Dyzenhaus: Emergencies and Human Rights: A Hobbesian Analysis 6: Conor Gearty: Reason, Faith, and Feelings: A Response to David Dyzenhaus Part 2. Limits of Functions, Limits of Uses: Actors and Practices 7: Christian Reus-Smit: Being a Realist about Human Rights 8: Basak Çali: Political Limits of International Human Rights: A Response (or a Rejoinder) to Christian Reus-Smit 9: Jan Klabbers: Human Rights Bodies and the Structure of Institutional Obligation 10: Rosa Freedman and Ruth Houghton: Dissecting the Institution: A Response to Jan Klabbers 11: Aryeh Neier: Differentiating Fundamental Rights and Economic Goals 12: Jeremy Perelman: Advocating for Social and Economic Rights-Critical Perspectives: A Response to Aryeh Neier Part 3. Limits of Scope, Limits of Recognition: The Case of Women's Rights 13: Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin: Between the Margins and the Mainstream: The Case of Women's Rights 14: Bai Guimei: Women's Rights are Human Rights: A Response to Hilary Charlesworth and Christine Chinkin from a Chinese Perspective 15: Martha C. Nussbaum: Women's Progress and Women's Human Rights 16: Fareda Banda: The Limits of Law: A Response to Martha C Nussbaum Part 4. Limits of Pragmatism, Limits of Compromise: The Case of Armed Conflict 17: Frédéric Mégret: The Limits of the Laws of War 18: Knut Traisbach: The Banality of Humanity (as an Absolute): A Response to Frédéric Mégret 19: Andrew Clapham: The Limits of Human Rights in Times of Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Armed Violence 20: Yuval Shany: The End of the War/Peace Limit on the Application of International Human Rights Law: A Response to Andrew Clapham Part 5. Limits of Prospects, Limits of Means: An Outlook 21: Mireille Delmas-Marty: The Limits of Human Rights in a Moving World-Elements of a Dynamic Approach 22: Marie-Bénédicte Dembour: Where are the Limits of Human Rights? Four Schools, four Complementary Visions: A Response to Mireille Delmas-Marty 23: Douglas A. Johnson and Kathryn Sikkink: Strategizing for Human Rights: From Ideals to Practice 24: Micheline Ishay: Historical Strategies for Human Rights: A Response to Kathryn Sikkink and Douglas Johnson
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of the International Law of
Book SynopsisOn a global scale, the central tool for responding to complex security challenges is public international law. This handbook provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the relationship between international law and global security.Table of ContentsRobin Geiß and Nils Melzer: Introduction Part I. International Law and Global Security 1: Nigel White and Auden Davies-Bright: The Concept of Security in International Law 2: Hitoshi Nasu: The Global Security Agenda: Securitization of Everything? 3: Ursula Schroeder: The Transformation of Security Concepts: Beyond the State 4: Tilmann Altwicker: Transnationalization of Security 5: Gina Heathcote: Gendered Security 6: Peter Hough: Accidently Insecure 7: Nayef Al-Rodhan and Ioana-Maria Puscas: Global Security and Neurophilosophy: Understanding the Human Factor Part II. Predominant Security Challenges and International Law National and Transnational Security 8: Cecily Rose: Corruption and Global Security 9: Christian Henderson: Internal Strife and Insurgency 10: Rob McLaughlin: International Law and State Failure 11: Helen Duffy and Larissa van den Herik: Terrorism and the Security Council 12: Pierre Hauck and Sven Peterke: Transnational Organized Crime International Security 13: Claus Kreß: Aggression 14: Jakob Kellenberger: Armed Conflicts, International Law and Global Security 15: Christopher J Borgen: Contested Territory 16: Douglas Guilfoyle: Maritime Security 17: Mirko Sossai: International Disarmament and Arms Control: In the Middle of a Paradigm Shift? 18: Masahiko Asada: Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament under International Law Human Security 19: Adama Dieng: Atrocity Crimes and Large-Scale Human Rights Violations 20: Cordula Droege and Helen Durham: Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict 21: Vladislava Stoyanova: Human Trafficking and Slavery 22: Natasa Mavronicola: Institutionalized Inhumanity: From Torture to Assassination 23: Ben Saul: Migration, Displacement, Security and International Law 24: Markos Karavias: States and Non-State Actors and Human Security Economic and Resource Security 25: Tibisay Morgandi and Jorge E Viñuales: Energy Security in International Law 26: Jasper Finke: Financial Crises 27: Hilal Elver: Food Security 28: Emanuela-Chiara Gillard and Nathalie Weizmann: Humanitarian Relief in Situations of Armed Conflict 29: Pierre Thielbörger: Water Security Environmental Security 30: Joyeeta Gupta and Hilmer Bosch: Climate Change and Security 31: Arnold N Pronto: International Disaster Law 32: J Benton Heath: Pandemics and Other Health Emergencies 33: Gus Waschefort: Wild Fauna and Flora Protection Technological Security 34: Martina Kunz and Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh: Artificial Intelligence and Robotization 35: James Revill and Anna Roessing: Biosecurity 36: Michael N Schmitt: Cybersecurity and International Law 37: Steven Freeland and Elise Gruttner: Outer Space Security Part III. Security Governance Tools 38: Théodore Christakis and Katia Bouslimani: National Security, Surveillance and Human Rights 39: Kimberley Trapp and Priya Urs: Peace Diplomacy and Conflict Prevention 40: Christian Tams: International Courts and Tribunals and Violent Conflict 41: Fausto Pocar: Criminal Prosecution 42: Antonios Tzanakopoulos: We Who Are Not as Others: Sanctions and (Global) Security Governance 43: Benjamin F Kusi: United Nations Peacekeeping: A View from the Ground 44: Simon Chesterman: Responsibility to Protect and Humanitarian Intervention: From Apology to Utopia and Back Again 45: Elizabeth Wilmshurst: The Use of Force Part IV. Power Politics, International Law and Global Security 46: Congyan Cai: China 47: Eleni Methymaki and Asli Ozcelik: Europe 48: Alejandro Rodiles: The Global South and the Law and Governance of Global Security: Towards a Scholarship on the Global Ecology of Insecurities 49: B.S. Chimni: India 50: Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov: The Russian Federation 51: Malcolm Jorgensen: The United States Part V. Global and Regional Security Mechanisms 52: Diane A Desierto: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Southeast Asia's Regional Security 53: Jerusha Asin Owino: The African Union: Security Governance under the African Peace and Security Architecture 54: Eva Nanopoulos: The European Union 55: Sabine Gless and Helge Elisabeth Zeitler: The International Criminal Police Organization 56: Christina Binder: Non-Governmental Organizations: Their Relevance and Impact in the International Law of Global Security 57: Steven Hill: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 58: Thomas Greminger: The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 59: Adam Day and David M Malone: The Role of the United Nations in Shaping Global Security Law
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Oxford University Press Digital Witness Using Open Source Information for
Book SynopsisFrom videos of rights violations, to satellite images of environmental degradation, to eyewitness accounts disseminated on social media, human rights practitioners have access to more data today than ever before. To say that mobile technologies, social media, and increased connectivity are having a significant impact on human rights practice would be an understatement. Modern technology - and the enhanced access it provides to information about abuse - has the potential to revolutionise human rights reporting and documentation, as well as the pursuit of legal accountability.However, these new methods for information gathering and dissemination have also created significant challenges for investigators and researchers. For example, videos and photographs depicting alleged human rights violations or war crimes are often captured on the mobile phones of victims or political sympathisers. The capture and dissemination of content often happens haphazardly, and for a variety of motivations, including raising awareness of the plight of those who have been most affected, or for advocacy purposes with the goal of mobilising international public opinion. For this content to be of use to investigators it must be discovered, verified, and authenticated. Discovery, verification, and authentication have, therefore, become critical skills for human rights organisations and human rights lawyers.This book is the first to cover the history, ethics, methods, and best-practice associated with open source research. It is intended to equip the next generation of lawyers, journalists, sociologists, data scientists, other human rights activists, and researchers with the cutting-edge skills needed to work in an increasingly digitized, and information-saturated environment.Trade ReviewIn this compelling volume, beautifully edited by Sam Dubberley, Alexa Koenig, and Daragh Murray - and featuring the contributions of leading scholars, experts, journalists and lawyers - the role technology can now play in sharpening our investigations into gross human rights abuses is examined in commendable detail. The contributors to Digital Witness have, much to their credit, analyzed meticulously all significant and relevant angles. It is a volume that will fast become the standard text for anyone interested in human rights, the collection of evidence in the digital age, and the prosecution of those who perpetrate gross human rights violations. * Prince Zeid Raad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (2014-2018) *Digital Witness demonstrates, as no other volume has done, how the digital age has opened up vast new opportunities for accountability. It shows how journalists and human rights researchers are solving mysteries that once seemed unsolvable, from responsibility for terrorism to the identity of perpetrators and victims of international crimes. Fact-finders no longer only travel to the front-lines of battle or trudge through dusty archives; they can learn, verify, preserve and explain using openly available digital tools. With expert input from around the world, Digital Witness is bound to become a key source for open source investigators -- and for students and professionals aiming to make visible what previously has only been hidden. * David Kaye, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression *Digital Witness is an essential piece of guidance/reading, as it captures what anyone who believes in the truth as a tool for justice, must know. In a world rife with disinformation and overwhelmed with large volumes of videos documenting human rights abuses, this book pragmatically and effectively provides us with roadmap to make it possible for a "cameras everywhere" world to lead to/become a just world. For anyone who is a civic witness, an investigator, an activist, or a lawyer, or an ordinary person who has ever seen or shared an eye witness account capturing a human rights abuse, Digital Witness is essential reading. What the authors have done is make us understand the very concrete ways that open source information can deliver justice - it is both an essential roadmap and a much needed guide. So that, when the world witnesses human rights crimes, the promise of technology in service of human rights, can be realized. * Yvette Alberdingk Thijm, Executive Director of WITNESS *The acceleration of armed conflict has also amplified the information it generates. […] in near real time, as events unfold and on the terms of those producing them. This creates and embroils them in a secondary conflict […]. When attempting to analyse and investigate events, noise, propaganda, disinformation and bias get dangerously entangled with valuable first-hand testimonies. Human rights investigators and conflict monitors must therefore match the speed of contemporary conflict and the agility of information technologies. They can no longer afford to only engage with the gathering of testimonies well after the fact, but must develop skills in real time analysis […]. How great it is, then, that the editors of this book have gathered a group of pioneering practitioners and scholars, to produce what is a guide book for both activists and investigators and for all students of our saturated visual cultures. * Eyal Weizman, Director of Forensic Architecture *Table of ContentsAryeh Neier: Foreword Section One Sam Dubberley, Alexa Koenig, Daragh Murray: Introduction 1: Christoph Koettl, Daragh Murray, Sam Dubberley: The History of the Use of Open Source Investigation for Human Rights Reporting 2: Alexa Koenig: The History of Open Source Investigations for Legal Accountability 3: Lindsay Freeman: Prosecuting Grave International Crimes Using Open Source Evidence: Lessons from the International Criminal Court 4: Ella McPherson, Isabel Guenette Thornton, Matt Mahmoudi: Open Source Investigations and the Technology-Driven Knowledge Controversy in Human Rights Fact-Finding 5: Scott Edwards: Open Source Investigations for Human Rights: Current and Future Challenges Section Two 6: Paul Myers: How to Conduct Discovery Using Open Source Methods 7: Yvonne Ng: How to Effectively Preserve Open Source Information 8: Jeff Deutsch and Niko Para: Targeted Mass Archiving of Open Source Information: A Case Study 9: Aric Toler: How to Verify User-Generated Content 10: Micah Farfour: The Role and Use of Satellite Imagery in Open Source Investigations Section Three 11: Zara Rahman and Gabriela Ivens: Ethics in Open Source Investigations 12: Sam Dubberley, Margaret Satterthwaite, Sarah Knuckey, Adam Brown: Open Source Investigations: Vicarious Trauma, PTSD, and Tactics for Resilience 13: Joseph Guay, Lisa Rudnick: Open Source Investigations: Understanding Digital Threats, Risks, and Harms Section Four 14: Fred Abrahams, Daragh Murray: Open Source Information: Part of the Puzzle 15: Alexa Koenig, Lindsay Freeman: Open Source Investigations for Legal Accountability: Challenges and Best Practices
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Oxford University Press The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of International Humanitarian Law sets out a black letter text of international humanitarian law accompanied by case analysis and extensive explanatory commentary by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts. This is the fourth edition of this influential and comprehensive handbook. It has been extensively updated and revised, taking into account recent legal developments, such as the 2017 Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty, as well as the ongoing debate on many old and new issues. Areas covered by the book include the notion of direct participation in hostilities; air and missile warfare; military operations in outer space; military cyber operations; belligerent occupation; operational detention; and the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflict. The continuing need to consider borderline issues of the law of armed conflict as well as the interplay of international humanitarian law, human rights law, and other branches of international law is highlighted. This Handbook provides an in-depth understanding of the development and current problems of the law of armed conflicts. It considers legal and policy issues both from the views of academics and military and diplomatic practitioners. Finally - and most importantly - it offers a complete account of activities that should be taken to improve the implementation and enforcement of international humanitarian law.Table of Contents1: Dieter Fleck: Introduction 2: Mary Ellen O'Connell: Historical Developments and Legal Basis 3: Jann K. Kleffner: Scope of Application of International Humanitarian Law 4: Nobuo Hayashi: General Principles of International Humanitarian Law 5: Knut Ipsen: Combatants and Non-Combatants 6: Marco Longobardo and Dieter Fleck: Means of Combat 7: Stefan Oeter: Methods of Combat 8: Knut Dörmann: Protection of Civilians 9: Knut Dörmann and Sylvain Vité: Occupation 10: Michael Bothe: Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts 11: Knut Dörmann and Tristan Ferraro: Humanitarian Assistance 12: Jann K. Kleffner with Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg: Protection of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked 13: Sandra Krähenmann: Protection of Prisoners in Armed Conflict 14: Jann K. Kleffner: Human Rights in Armed Conflct 15: Nilendra Kumar: Protection of Religious Personnel 16: Roger O'Keefe: Protection of Cultural Property 17: Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg: The Law of Armed Conflict at Sea 18: Michael Bothe: The Law of Neutrality 19: Dieter Fleck: The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict 20: Ben F. Klappe: The Law of International Peace Operations 21: Silja Vöneky: Implementation and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law Annex: Distinctive Emblems
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Oxford University Press Arms Control and Disarmament Law Elements of
Book SynopsisThis book provides a concise and objective appraisal of international arms control and disarmament with a clear focus on the law, key mechanisms, and institutions.Trade ReviewCasey Maslen succeeds in offering a concise introductory book on arms control and disarmament law for a broad audience from different professional backgrounds. As such, it holds what Oxford's series on "Elements in International Law" promises, to adopt "an objective, non argumentative approach to its subject matter". * Vanessa Vohs, Humanitäres Völkerrecht *It is without doubt that this book provides an excellent overview and insight into the most salient elements and components of international disarmament and arms control law, particularly in illuminating its differentia specifica, i.e., the way in which i differs from other bodies of international law, most notably international humanitarian law. It also offers a novel manner of examining arms control disarmament laws. * Andrej Stefanovic, Review of International Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Key Components of Arms Control and Disarmament 2: Biological and Chemical Weapons 3: Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Weapon Regimes 4: Conventional Weapon Regimes 5: Arms Transfer Regimes 6: Verification of Arms Control and Disarmament Agreements 7: Future of Arms Control and Disarmament
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Oxford University Press Access to Justice as a Human Right
Book SynopsisIn 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. When a right is violated or damage is caused, access to justice is of fundamental importance for the injured individual and it is an essential component of the rule of law. Yet, access to justice as a human right remains problematic in international law. First, because individual access to international justice remains exceptional and based on specific treaty arrangements, rather than on general principles of international law; second, because even when such right is guaranteed as a matter of treaty obligation, other norms or doctrines of international law may effectively impede its exercise, as in the case of sovereign immunity or non reviewability of UN Security Council measures directly affecting individuals. Further, even access to domestic legal remedies is suffering because of the constraints put by security threats,Table of Contents1. The Rights of Access to Justice under Customary International Law ; 2. The Individual Right of Access to Justice in Times of Crisis: Emergencies, Armed Conflict, and Terrorism ; 3. Access to Justice and Compensation for Violations of the Law of War ; 4. Access to Justice before International Human Rights Bodies: Reflections on the Practice of the UN Human Rights Committee and the European Court of Human Rights ; 5. Access to Environmental Justice ; 6. Access to Justice in European Comparative Law ; 7. Access to Justice for Victims of Torture
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Oxford University Press Access to Justice as a Human Right
Book SynopsisIn 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. When a right is violated or damage is caused, access to justice is of fundamental importance for the injured individual and it is an essential component of the rule of law. Yet, access to justice as a human right remains problematic in international law. First, because individual access to international justice remains exceptional and based on specific treaty arrangements, rather than on general principles of international law; second, because even when such right is guaranteed as a matter of treaty obligation, other norms or doctrines of international law may effectively impede its exercise, as in the case of sovereign immunity or non reviewability of UN Security Council measures directly affecting individuals. Further, even access to domestic legal remedies is suffering because of the constraints put by security threats,Table of Contents1. The Rights of Access to Justice under Customary International Law ; 2. The Individual Right of Access to Justice in Times of Crisis: Emergencies, Armed Conflict, and Terrorism ; 3. Access to Justice and Compensation for Violations of the Law of War ; 4. Access to Justice before International Human Rights Bodies: Reflections on the Practice of the UN Human Rights Committee and the European Court of Human Rights ; 5. Access to Environmental Justice ; 6. Access to Justice in European Comparative Law ; 7. Access to Justice for Victims of Torture
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Oxford University Press, USA The Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice Oxford Companion To... Paperback
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Companion to International Criminal Justice is the first major reference work to provide a complete overview of international criminal law. It offers a comprehensive survey of the issues surrounding international humanitarian law and human rights through a range of entries by the leading minds in the area.Trade ReviewA significant work which treats its subject both broadly and in depth in an accessible manner...With analysis and commentary on every aspect of international criminal justice, this Companion is designed to be an entry point for scholars, practitioners, and others interested in current developments in international justice. * David Badertscher, New York Law Librarian *The Companion offers a unique and comprehensive explanation and analysis of the most important issues in international criminal law. Although such a book has been long awaited by scholars and practitioners, it can be noted that it was worth waiting for... * Jernej Cernic, International Law Observer.eu *The strength of this book lies in the various professional backgrounds of its contributors, some of them being practitioners working in international tribunals...The book addresses intricate issues of international criminal justice in a manner that is also accessible to persons who are not familiar with criminal law. It is thus designed, not only to be a good doctrinal and practical support for both international scholars and criminal lawyers, but also to be used by anyone interested in current developments in international criminal law. A great read! * Elise Hansbury, Journal de TRIAL n19, july 2009 *Twelve hundred pages long, written by 132 authors, and comprising 21 essays, 300 encyclopedia entries, and more than 330 case synopses, the book is, quite simply, the most ambitious edited work in the history of international criminal law (ICL). Fortunately it is also the best. * Kevin Jon Heller, Melbourne Law School, The American Journal Of International Law vol 104 *Table of ContentsPART A: MAJOR PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE ; I. HOW TO FACE INTERNATIONAL CRIMES ; Collective Violence and International Crimes ; State Responsibility and Criminal Liability of Individuals ; Alternatives to International Criminal Justice ; II. FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW ; Sources of International Criminal Law ; General Principles of International Criminal Law ; International Criminalization of Prohibited Conduct ; Gender-related Violence and International Criminal Law and Justice ; Modes of International Criminal Liability ; III. THE INTERPLAY OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW AND OTHER BODIES OF LAW ; Comparative Criminal Law as a Necessary Tool for the Application of International Criminal Law ; The Influence of the Common Law and Civil Law Traditions on International Criminal Law ; Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law ; IV. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIALS ; The Rationale for International Criminal Justice ; International Criminal Justice in Historical Perspective: The Tension Between States' Interests and the Pursuit of International Justice ; The International Criminal Court as a Turning Point in the History of International Criminal Justice ; The International Criminal Court and Third States ; Politics and Justice: The Role of the Security Council ; Problematical Features of International Criminal Procedure ; Cooperation of States with International Criminal Tribunals ; Means of Gathering Evidence and Arresting Suspects in Situations of States' failure to Cooperate ; International v. National Prosecution of International Crimes ; Judicial Activism v. Judicial Restraint in International Criminal Law ; PART B: ISSUES, INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONALITIES ; PART C: CASES
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Oxford University Press, USA International Territorial Administration How Trusteeship and the Civilizing Mission Never Went Away
Book SynopsisTrusteeship and the civilizing mission never ended with the self-determination entitlement that led to decolonization: international organizations took on this role in the post-colonial era, internationalizing trusteeship and re-legitimizing it as a feature of international policy. Through analysis of the history of and purposes associated with the involvement of international organizations in territorial administration, a comparison between this activity and colonial trusteeship, occupation, the Mandate and Trusteeship arrangements, and an exploration of the modern ideas of international law and public policy that underpin and legitimize contemporary interventions, this book relates a new history of the concept of international trusteeship. From British colonialist Lord Lugard''s dual mandate to the state building agenda of the then High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lord Ashdown, wide-ranging links between the complex peace operations of today and the civilizing mission of the colonial era are established, offering a historical, political and legal framework within which the legitimacy of and challenges faced by complex interventions can be appraised. This new history of international trusteeship raises important questions about the role of international law and organizations in facilitating relations of domination and tutelage, and suggests that the contemporary significance of the self-determination entitlement needs to be re-evaluated.Trade Review...this book is a wonderful contribution to an underexplored area of international law. The book carefully chronicles the history of the concept of international trusteeship, and provides a political and legal framework by which to appraise the legitimacy of these interventions. The book presents an impressive blend of comprehensive empirical research and insightful incorporation of legal theory. The book is extremely well-written, utilizing precise yet accessible language. This book promises to be a tremendous resource for both newcomers and experts in the field. * ASIL Book Prize Committee 2009 *Although the sweep of the activity under evaluation is very broad, Wilde does immense justice to it. Wilde's book is an elegant, provocative, and highly inspiring work. It is a major scholarly contribution to the fields of history, international law, and international relations...a must read. * Vijayashri Sripati, Human Rights Quarterly *Dr. Wilde's review of the nature and purposes of international territorial administration is definitely a must read. * NATO Legal Gazette *The book's nine chapters are divided in to numbered subsections. This convenient approach facilitates ease of access to content, and convenient cross-referencing, for the many users likely to rely on Professor Wilde's well-written and documented discourse...Wilde has masterfully penned a rather disquieting account of the ITA device. It has arguably failed to merge word and deed, in terms of the equality guaranteed all nations under applicable UN Charter principles. The publication of his riveting discourse focuses on the downside risk of quick-fix approaches to managing the complexities of the governed entity. * William Slomanson *Wilde's book manages to do two things excellently, when even doing an excellent job at one would be notable...On one hand his book presents a careful theoretical expositition of his proposition, that international administration has become not only an international institution but one with continuing, unified policy objectives. It's a syndrome, a chronic condition or effort that has developed over decades, not an ad hoc, disunited band aid policy as it is presented. His case is clear and his presentation balanced and careful. On the other hand the book is a thorough empirical study of a) the universe of cases! b) over time! To document this condition as well as assess and qualify his thesis. There are great books on theory and great empirical books but when they are combined, one side almost always dominates. Wilde's book doesn't have that sort of imbalance, and the two sides complement rather than undermine each other. * Cheryl Shanks *... an admirably thorough analysis of ITA, which takes account of all the major scholarship on the subject, together with a highly original though not entirely uncontentious interpretation of this intriguing historical phenomenonit endeavours-and succeeds-in shifting our perspective on a familiar topic. It is an important book that deserves wide readership * Richard Caplan, University of Oxford, The British Yearbook of International Law, issue 79 *Wilde's focus on the broader issues relating to international territorial administration gives a young field a great deal of depth. His thought-provoking work, which identifies ITA as a policy institution and argues that it is part of a broader family of 'foreign territorial administration' (including colonialism), incites refelection and discourages lawyers from having a purely technocratic approach to what can be a highly technical field of law. * Lindsey Cameron, Research assistant and PhD Candidate, University of Geneva, and Rebecca Everly, PhD, currently a visiting scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, Global Law Books *Wilde's account offers valuable insights into the nature of international territorial administration. * Anne Orford, University Of Melbourne, ICLQ Vol 59 *Wilde argues that his aim is not to discern the 'real' reasons for the projects that he considers, but 'to identify a justificatory framework to explain how the projects are understood in international policy discourse'(p.39). This broadly constructivist approach is pursued in refreshingly clear language * Simon Chesterman, National University of Singapore, Leiden Journal of International Law, 23 *Table of Contents1. A New Field of Analysis ; 2. The Institution of International Territorial Administration ; 3. The Idea of International Territorial Sovereignty ; 4. Host Territories - States and State Territories ; 5. Host Territories - Self-Determination Units ; 6. Establishing the Policy Institution: Purposive Analysis ; 7. Implementing International Law and Policy ; 8. Colonialism and Trusteeship Redux? Imperial Connections, Historical Evolution, and Legitimation in the 'Post-Colonial' Era ; 9. Analysing International Territorial Administration
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Oxford University Press Asylum and Human Rights Appeals Handbook
Book SynopsisThe Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004 substantially revised the immigration appeal system, with the previous two-tier system being fused into the new Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. Where a party wishes to challenge a decision of the Tribunal, they must show it has made an ''error of law'' in order to access a new review procedure. Subsequent appeal rights to the Court of Appeal are dependent on the exhaustion of these new remedies. The complexity of the legislation, and the strict new time limits, can present practitioners with real practical challenges.This new handbook applies substantive asylum and human rights law to the difficult practical problems encountered by practitioners in the wake of the new legislation. Key areas covered include challenges to credibility and document authenticity, disputed nationality cases, Article 3 cases based on medical grounds, and certified cases. The text covers all relevant law, practice, and procedure in a user-friendTable of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Asylum ; History of the Refugee Convention ; Implementation of Convention in UK law ; Article 1A(2) - introduction ; Well-founded fear of persecution ; Persecution ; Causation 'for reasons of' ; 'Convention reason' ; Internal relocation ; Article 1C - cessation ; Article 1D - UNRWA ; Article 1F - exclusion of undeserving individuals ; Practice and Procedure note ; 3. Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights ; Application of the Convention by the domestic courts and the use of Stasbourg jurisprudence ; Article 3 and the Burden and Standard of Proof ; Inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment ; Torture ; Spectrum of Article 3 cases and the scope for state action ; State protection and non-state actors ; Medical conditions and insufficiency of treatment ; Suicide risk ; Destitution/ refusal of asylum support ; Dispersal ; Practice and Procedure Note ; Practice and Procedure Note ; 4. Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights ; Rights protected ; Burden and standard of proof ; Appeals ; Practice and Procedure Note ; Practice and Procedure Note ; 5. Other Human Rights Articles potentially applicable in the asylum and human rights context ; Introduction ; Article 2 ; Article 4 ; Article 5 ; Article 6 ; Article 7 ; Article 9 ; Article 10 ; Article 12 & 14 ; Article 8 & 14 ; Practice and Procedure Note ; 6. Rights of Appeal ; Old Rights of Appeal ; The Current Appeals System ; Rights of Appeal ; Grounds of Appeal ; Exceptions and Limitations ; In country and out of country appeal rights ; The one-stop procedure ; Suspensory effect of pending appeals ; Jurisdiction - powers of the Tribunal ; Appeals from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal ; Practice and Procedure Note ; 7. Certification and Removal ; Third country certification - Dublin Convention and safe third country certification ; Third country certification ; Dublin convention certification ; Clearly unfounded certification - section 94, 2002 Act ; Earlier right of appeal certification - section 96 Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ; National security - section 97 Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ; Grounds of public good - s98 ; Certification under the 2006 Act - Refugee Convention Certification - s55 ; Fresh claims and further representations ; Removal cases - injunctions and emergency injunctions ; Practice and Procedure Note ; 8. Detention and Bail ; Introduction ; Powers to detain ; Bail ; Temporary Admission ; Fast-tracking ; Practice and Procedure Note ; Practice and Procedure Note ; 9. Future Reforms
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Oxford University Press, USA International Territorial Administration
Book SynopsisTrusteeship and the civilizing mission in international relations did not end with the emergence of the self-determination entitlement that led to decolonization in the second half of the 20th century. International organizations, whose modern form emerged during the height of colonialism, took on the ''civilizing'' role in the ''post-colonial'' era, internationalizing trusteeship and re-legitimizing it as a feature of international public policy into the bargain. Through analysis of the history of and purposes associated with the involvement of international organizations in territorial administration, such as the UN missions in Kosovo and East Timor, a comparison between this activity and colonial trusteeship, the Mandate and Trusteeship arrangements, and an exploration of the modern ideas of international law and public policy that underpin and legitimize contemporary interventions, this book relates a new history of the concept of international trusteeship.From British colonialist Lord Lugard''s ''dual mandate'' to the ''state-building'' agenda of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lord Ashdown, wide-ranging links between the complex peace operations of today and the civilizing mission of the colonial era are established, offering a historical, political, and legal framework within which the legitimacy of, and challenges faced by, complex interventions can be appraised. This new history of international trusteeship raises important questions about the role of international law and organizations in facilitating relations of dominations and tutelage, and suggests that the contemporary significance of the self-determination entitlement needs to be re-evaluated.Trade Review'Dr. Wilde's review of the nature and purposes of international territorial administration is definitely a must read. Dr. Wilde has carried out extensive and well documented analysis of this mechanism demonstrating his deep knowledge of international territorial administration projects. The link made between international territorial administration projects and other institutions of international law which are now seen as illegitimate (e.g. colonialism) raises very interesting and important questions about the legitimacy of contemporary international territorial administration projects. This is definitely an element to be considered to ensure that this practice remains acceptable to the international community. * Vincent Roobaert, NATO Legal Gazette *... an admirably thorough analysis of ITA, which takes account of all the major scholarship on the subject, together with a highly original though not entirely uncontentious interpretation of this intriguing historical phenomenonit endeavours-and succeeds-in shifting our perspective on a familiar topic. It is an important book that deserves wide readership. * Richard Caplan, University of Oxford, The British Yearbook of International Law, issue 79 *Table of Contents1. A New Field of Analysis ; 2. The Institution of International Territorial Administration ; 3. The Idea of International Territorial Sovereignty ; 4. Host Territories - States and State Territories ; 5. Host Territories - Self-Determination Units ; 6. Establishing the Policy Institution: Purposive Analysis ; 7. Implementing International Law and Policy ; 8. Colonialism and Trusteeship Redux? Imperial Connections, Historical Evolution, and Legitimation in the 'Post-Colonial' Era ; 9. Analysing International Territorial Administration
£45.99
Oxford University Press Human Rights Between Idealism and Realism By author Christian Tomuschat published on November 2014
Book SynopsisThis third edition of Human Rights: Between Idealism and Realism presents human rights in action, focusing on their effectiveness as legal tools designed to benefit human beings. By combining conceptual analysis with an emphasis on procedures and mechanisms of implementation, this volume provides a multidimensional overview of human rights. After examining briefly the history of human rights, the author analyses the intellectual framework that forms the basis of their legitimacy. In particular, he covers the concept of universality and the widely used model that classifies human rights into clusters of different ''generations''. In this edition, the author brings together the fundamental aspects of human rights law, addressing human dignity as the ethical foundation of human rights, the principle of equality and non-discrimination as the essence of any culture of human rights, the protections against racial discrimination and discrimination against women, and assesses the individual asTrade ReviewThis excellent book gives a profound account of the status quo of international human rights law. It fills a gap in the literature on human rights that is largely substance but not implementation oriented. It will of great value to students, but also to anyone interested in learning more about the functioning of human rights regimes... [It] is a comprehensive cutting-edge overview of human rights practise. * Jannika Jahn, The Journal of Comparative Public Law and International Law (ZaöRV) *Review from previous edition A good book... well organized and clearly written, and includes a wealth of important information (and citations). It will be particularly helpful for courses that want to place emphasis on human rights practice. It is also a healthy reminder of the fact that, despite the many setbacks, the human rights discourse is here to stay. * George Andreopoulos, Political Science Quarterly *In Human Rights: Between Realism and Idealism Christian Tomuschat fulfills his title's promise. His account of the place of human rights in domestic legal systems, and the international legal order is lucid and thorough, and it offers few concessions either to cynically inclined realists or to starry-eyed idealists... Tomuschat has written a book that will be of great use to readers of any jurisprudential bent. Human Rights offers an erudite and admirably well-organized overview of the network of formal legal rules and institutions that support human rights. * Rosa Brooks, American Journal of International Law *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The General Framework of Human Rights ; 2. History of Human Rights ; 3. Universality of Human Rights ; 4. The Different 'Generations' of Human Rights: From Human Rights to Good Governance ; 5. Implementation at National Level ; 6. The Work of the Political Bodies of International Organizations ; 7. The Work of Expert Bodies: Examination of State Reports ; 8. The Work of Expert Bodies: Complaint Procedures and Fact-finding ; 9. Supervision by International Tribunals ; 10. Enforcement by States and the Role of Non-Governmental Organizations ; 11. Mitigating the Effects of Armed Conflict: Humanitarian Law ; 12. Criminal Prosecution of Human Rights Violations ; 13. Civil Suits against Human Rights Violators ; 14. Time for Hope, or Time for Despair?
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Columbia University Press Japanese War Criminals
Book SynopsisExamining the moral, ethical, legal, and political issues surrounding the Allied prosecution project, from the first investigations during the war to the final release of prisoners in 1958, Japanese War Criminals shows how a simple effort to punish the guilty evolved into a struggle that muddied the assignment of responsibility for war crimes.Trade ReviewThis exemplary work of collaborative scholarship represents a genuine breakthrough in our understanding of the processes behind, and consequences of, Allied efforts to prosecute Japanese war crimes in the aftermath of the Second World War. Drawing on archival sources gathered from all corners of the globe, it not only provides an impressive overview of the thousands of individual trials conducted by the Allies across the Asia-Pacific region, but also details the complex tangle of considerations that resulted in the release of all remaining prisoners by the end of 1958. Rejecting the simple opposition between politics and justice that has so often been used to frame discussions of the trials, it instead offers a deeply compelling account of the moral, legal and practical dilemmas that haunt every episode in this profoundly important history. -- Daniel Botsman, Yale University I cannot think of a similar work with such a broad scope...This book is a product of an enormous, novel, research effort and it shows. The authors illustrate the development of an Inter-Allied system of legal assistance for purposes ranging from the transfer of evidence to suspects and prisoners developed from 1946 and which worked until 1959. It makes for a fascinating account of international cooperation. -- Neil Boister, University of Waikato The Allied authorities meted out retributive justice to thousands of Japanese war criminals in the immediate aftermath of World War II. However, "the sentences were only the start of a new phase in applying justice to war criminals," so this book warns us, and compels us to consider the implications of the complex interplay of domestic politics and diplomacy that led to the eventual release of all convicted war criminals -- Yuma Totani, University of HawaiiTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Names, Spelling, and Terminology List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Defining War Crimes and Creating Courts 2. Investigation and Arrest 3. In Court: Indictment, Trial, and Sentencing 4. Dilemmas of Detention and the First Misgivings 5. Shifting Mood, Shifting Location 6. Peace and Article 11 7. Japanese Pressure Mounts 8. Finding a Formula for Release 9. The Race to Clear Sugamo Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Indiana University Press Helping Familiar Strangers
Book SynopsisWho helps in situations of forced displacement? How and why do they get involved?In Helping Familiar Strangers, Louise Olliff focuses on one type of humanitarian group, refugee diaspora organizations (RDOs), to explore the complicated impulses, practices, and relationships between these activists and the familiar strangers they try to help. By documenting findings from ethnographic research and interviews with resettled and displaced persons, RDO representatives, and humanitarian professionals in Australia, Switzerland, Thailand, and Indonesia, Olliff reveals that former refugees are actively involved in helping people in situations of forced displacement and that individuals with lived experience of forced displacement have valuable knowledge, skills, and networks that can be drawn on in times of humanitarian crisis. We live in a world where humanitarians have varying motivations, capacities, and ways of helping those in need, and Helping Familiar Strangers confirms that RDOs and siTrade Review"Helping Familiar Strangers unravels the motivations and dynamics that inform acts of helping, with a specific focus on refugee diaspora humanitarianism. . . . Olliff's argument is convincing and well-grounded."—Antonio De Lauri, author of The Politics of HumanitarianismTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionList of Abbreviations1. Humanitarianism and the international refugee regime2. The ecology of refugee diaspora humanitarianism3. Forces that compel4. Modalities: governance and economies5. Modalities: mobility, (in)visibility, knowledge, and networks6. Implications and imaginings7. Helping familiar strangersEpilogueAppendixBibliography
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Indiana University Press Helping Familiar Strangers
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Helping Familiar Strangers unravels the motivations and dynamics that inform acts of helping, with a specific focus on refugee diaspora humanitarianism. . . . Olliff's argument is convincing and well-grounded."—Antonio De Lauri, author of The Politics of HumanitarianismTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionList of Abbreviations1. Humanitarianism and the international refugee regime2. The ecology of refugee diaspora humanitarianism3. Forces that compel4. Modalities: governance and economies5. Modalities: mobility, (in)visibility, knowledge, and networks6. Implications and imaginings7. Helping familiar strangersEpilogueAppendixBibliography
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OUP Oxford International Criminal Law
Book SynopsisWritten by leading practitioners associated with the International Criminal Tribunals, the book explains the tribunals' place in the international legal order and analyses their substantive and procedural law and practice from a critical perspective.Table of ContentsPART ONE. INTRODUCTION TO THE TRIBUNALS AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW; PART II. CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW; PART III. PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE, AND DEFENCES; PART IV: TRIBUNAL-STATE INTERACTIONS: COORDINATION AND IMPACT
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The University of Michigan Press Hybrid Justice
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University of California Press The Concept of Neutrality in Classical Greece
Book SynopsisLooking at Classical warfare from the perspective of the non-belligerents, Robert A. Bauslaugh brings together the scattered evidence testifying to neutral behavior among the Greek city-states and their non-Greek neighbors. Were the Argives of 480/479 B.C. really Medizers, as many have accused, or were they pursuing a justifiable policy of neutrality as they claimed? On what basis in international law or custom did the Corcyraeans claim non-alignment? Why were the leading belligerent states willing to accept the inclusion of a neutrality clause in the Common Peace of 371? These questions have not been asked by historians of international law, and the answers provide a far more complex and sophisticated picture of interstate relations than has so far been available. Despite the absence of exclusively diplomatic language, the concept of respect for neutrals appears early in Greek history and remains a nearly constant feature of Classical wars. The problems confronting uncommitted states,
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Cambridge University Press Customary International Humanitarian Law Volume 1 Rules
Book SynopsisVolume I: Rules is a comprehensive analysis of the customary rules of international humanitarian law applicable in international and non-international armed conflicts. Without ratifications of important treaties in this area, this is a publication of major importance, identifying the common core of international humanitarian law binding on all parties to armed conflicts.Trade Review'The study is beyond doubt impressive and the first, most wide-ranging word on this particular topic …' Leiden Journal of International LawTable of ContentsForeword by ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger; Foreword Judge Abdul G. Koroma; Foreword Yves Sandoz; Acknowledgements; Introduction; List of abbreviations; Part I. The Principle of Distinction: 1. Distinction between Civilians and Combatants (Rules 1–6); 2. Distinction between Civilian Objects and Military Objectives (Rules 7–10); 3. Indiscriminate attacks (Rules 11–13); 4. Proportionality in attack (Rule 14); 5. Precautions in attack (Rules 15–21); 6. Precautions against the effects of attacks (Rules 22–24); Part II. Specifically Protected Persons and Objects: 7. Medical and religious personnel and objects (Rules 25–30); 8. Humanitarian relief personnel and objects (Rules 31–32); 9. Personnel and objects Involved in a Peacekeeping Mission (Rule 33); 10. Journalists (Rule 34); 11. Protected zones (Rules 35–37); 12. Cultural property (Rules 38–41); 13. Works and Installations Containing Dangerous Forces (Rule 42); 14. The Natural Environment (Rules 43–45); Part III. Specific Methods of Warfare: 15. Denial of quarter (Rules 46–48); 16. Destruction and seizure of property (Rules 49–52); 17. Starvation and access to humanitarian relief (Rules 53–56); 18. Deception (Rules 57–65); 19. Communication with the enemy (Rules 66–69); Part IV. Weapons: 20. General principles on the use of weapons (Rules 70–71); 21. Poison (Rule 72); 22. Nuclear weapons; 23. Biological weapons (Rule 73); 24. Chemical weapons (Rules 74–76); 25. Expanding bullets (Rule 77); 26. Exploding bullets (Rule 78); 27. Weapons primarily Injuring by Non-detectable Fragments (Rule 79); 28. Booby-traps (Rule 80); 29. Landmines (Rules 81–83); 30. Incendiary weapons (Rules 84–85); 31. Blinding laser weapons (Rule 86); Part V. Treatment of Civilians and Persons Hors de Combat: 32. Fundamental guarantees (Rules 87–105); 33. Combatants and prisoner-of-war status (Rules 106–108); 34. The wounded, sick and shipwrecked (Rules 109–111); 35. The dead (Rules 112–116); 36. Missing persons (Rule 117); 37. Persons Deprived of Their Liberty (Rules 118–128); 38. Displacement and Displaced Persons (Rules 129–133); 39. Other Persons afforded specific protection (Rules 134–138); Part VI. Implementation: 40. Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (Rules 139–143); 41. Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law (Rules 144–148); 42. Responsibility and reparation (Rules 149–150); 43. Individual responsibility (Rules 151–155); 44. War crimes (Rules 156–161).
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Cambridge University Press San Remo Manual On International Law Applicable To Armed Conflicts At Sea International Institute Of Humanitarian Law By DoswaldBeck Louise Author Jun 2005 Paperback
Book SynopsisThe San Remo Manual is a contemporary restatement of the law applicable to armed conflicts at sea which has been drafted over a six-year period by an international group of specialists in international law, and naval experts convened by the International Institute of Humanitarian law. The accompanying explanation is written in the form of a commentary and indicates the sources used by the experts for each of the provisions of the Manual, and the discussion which led to their adoption. It is the first analysis of the law regulating armed conflict at sea which has been undertaken by an international group of experts since 1913. The work is based on treaty law of continuing validity and State practice, and takes into account developments in related areas of international law, in particular the effect of the United Nations Charter, the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, air law, and environmental law.Table of ContentsThe Manual: Part I. General Provisions: 1. Scope of application of the law; 2. Armed conflicts and the law of self-defence; 3. Armed conflicts in which the Security Council has taken action; 4. Areas of naval warfare; 5. Definitions. Part II. Regions of Operations: 1. Internal waters, territorial sea and archipelagic waters; 2. International straits and archipelagic sea lanes; 3. Exclusive economic zone and continental shelf; 4. High seas and sea-bed beyond national jurisdiction; Part III. Basic Rules and Target Discrimination: 1. Basic rules; 2. Precautions in attack; 3. Enemy vessels and aircraft exempt from attack; 4. Other enemy vessels and aircraft; 5. Neutral merchant vessels and civil aircraft; 6. Precautions regarding civil aircraft; Part IV. Methods and Means of Warfare at Sea: 1. Means of warfare; 2. Methods of warfare; 3. Deception, ruses of war and perfidy; Part V. Measures Short of Attack: Interception, Visit, Search, Diversion, and Capture: 1. Determination of enemy character of vessels and aircraft; 2. Visit and search of merchant vessels; 3. Interception, visit and search of civil aircraft; 4. Capture of enemy vessels and goods; 5. Capture of enemy civil aircraft and goods; 6. Capture of neutral merchant vessels and goods; 7. Capture of neutral civil aircraft and goods; Part VI. Protected Persons, Medical Transports, and Medical Aircraft: General rules: 1. Protected persons; 2. Medical transports; 3. Medical aircraft; Annex. The Explanation: Follows exactly same headings as above.
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Wiley Politics and Human Rights
Book SynopsisThis volume of specially commissioned articles is devoted to a consideration of how the subject of human rights impacts on contemporary politics and on the discipline of political science.Table of ContentsIntroduction:. Human Rights in the Study of Politics D. Beetham (Leeds University). Human Rights and Political Theory:. 1. Human Rights in Political Theory: S Mendus (York University). 2. Are There Collective Human Rights?: M Freeman (Essex University). 3. What Future for Economic and Social Rights?: D. Beetham (Leeds University). Human Rights in a Global Context:. 4. State Sovereignty and Human Rights: Towards a Global Constitutional Project: A Rosas (Abo Akademi University). 5. Stock Taking on Human Rights: The World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna 1993: K Boyle (Essex University). 6. The Role and Limits of Human Rights NGOs at the United Nations: R Brett (Quaker United Nations Office). 7. Human Rights and US Foreign Policy: Two Levels, Two Worlds: D P Forsythe (Nebraska-Lincoln University). Regional Perspectives on Human Rights. 8. Human Rights and the New Europe: Experience and Experiment: H Storey (Leeds University). 9. Relativism and Universalism in Human Rights; The Case of the Islamic Middle East: F Halliday (London School of Economics & Political Science). 10. Human Rights in the Processes of Transition and Consolidation of Democracy in Latin America: F Panizza (Institute of Latin American Studies, London University). 11. Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa: S Kaballo (Sudan Human Rights Organisation). 12. Regime Security and Human Rights in Southeast Asia: K Christie (Natal University).
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Manchester University Press Law on the Battlefield
Book SynopsisThis book is a practical guide to international law relating to the conduct of combat in times of armed conflict.This is a critical study of the key provisions of the law relating to the conduct of combat in armed conflicts on land, illustrated by reference to problems that have arisen during recent conflicts. -- .Table of Contents1. General principles2. Enemy armed forces3. Military objectives4. Precautions in attack5. Precautions against the effects of attacks6. Cultural property7. Environmental protection8. Command responsibility9. The conduct of hostilities in internal armed conflicts10. The military lawyer's perspective
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Manchester University Press Humanitarian intervention in the long nineteenth
Book SynopsisA comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. -- .Trade Review‘Sadly, the book is of acute relevance today, at a time when, amidst the ruins of states that have crumbled, humanitarian crises have broken out the world over. The book will be of interest not only to scholars of Ottoman history and international relations in the nineteenth century, but also to politicians and experts dealing with humanitarian intervention as both a concept and practice.’Krisztián Csaplár-Degovics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Historical Review 5, No 4 (2016) -- .Table of Contents1. Humanitarian intervention todayPart I. TheoryIntroduction2. The origins of the idea of humanitarian intervention: just war and against tyranny 3. Eurocentrism: ‘civilization’ and the ‘barbarians’4. International law: advocacy and rejection of humanitarian intervention 5. Intervention and non-intervention in international political theoryPart II. PracticeIntroduction6. Intervention in the Greek War of Independence7. Intervention in Lebanon and Syria 8. The Bulgarian atrocities: a bird’s eye view with emphasis on Britain 9. The Balkan Crisis of 1875-1878 and Russia: between humanitarianism and pragmatism 10. The U.S. intervention in CubaPart III11. ConclusionSelect bibliography on International Law until 1945Select bibliographyIndex
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Edinburgh University Press Rwanda and the Moral Obligation of Humanitarian
Book SynopsisThe Rwandan Genocide was a genocidal mass slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by ethnic Hutus that took place in 1994. The author contends that the violation of the basic human rights of the Rwandan Tutsis morally obliged the international community to intervene militarily to stop the genocide.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Brief History and Overview; 1. The Rwandan Genocide; 2. My Project: The Failure of the International Community to Intervene in Rwanda; 3. Overview; 4. Conclusion; Part I - The Groundwork for a Moral Obligation of Humanitarian Intervention; 1. Making Conceptual Room: Responding to the Skeptic; 2. Making Conceptual Room: Responding to the Noninterventionist; 3. Methodology: Why a Standard of Reasonable Deniability; 4. Constitutive Elements of a Moral Obligation of Humanitarian Intervention; 5. Conclusion; Part II - Defending a Moral Obligation of Humanitarian Intervention; 1. Critical Assessment of Alternative Accounts; 2. The Basic Right to Physical Security: Explication and Analysis; 3. Charity or Justice; 4. Additional Considerations; 5. Conclusion: Statement and Application of Principle; Part III: The Normative Framework of International Relations; 1. The Normative Framework of International Relations, State Sovereignty, and the Right of Nonintervention; 2. Justifying the Right of Nonintervention; 3. Critically Assessing the Justificatory Arguments; 4. Reconstructing the Normative Framework: Lessons Learned; 5. Reasons in Support of a Presumption of Nonintervention; 6. Conclusion: Reconstruction of the Normative Framework; Part IV: Completing the Transition from Theory to Practice; 1. Explication of the Responsibility to Protect; 2. Critical Perspectives on the Responsibility to Protect; 3. Critically Assessing the ICISS Recommendations for Institutionalization; 4. Normative Guideposts for an Alternative Institutional Structure; 5. A Reformed Normative Framework; Conclusion: Application of the Reformed Normative Framework and Concluding Remarks.
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John Wiley & Sons Disarmament under International Law
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the regulation of both conventional weapons and weapons of mass destruction in international disarmament law.Trade Review“This excellent book is a call for political action in order to start serious global negotiations to abolish nuclear weapons, thus preventing a nuclear catastrophe because of miscalculation or accidental use. This is a timely volume, considering that the nuclear weapon states are modernizing their nuclear arsenals, and there has been no progress in US-Russia nuclear arms control talks since the 2010 New START Treaty. This book is an indispensable source for scholars, policy makers, and non-governmental organizations working to advance America’s long-term commitment—announced in President Obama’s April 2009 Prague speech—to achieve the global abolition of nuclear weapons. This invaluable pedagogical tool is highly recommended for upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses in international organizations and international law.” CHOICE“In this up-to-date and accessible guide, Kierulf succinctly describes the development and implementation of and compliance with major international disarmament and arms control instruments, institutions, and legal norms. Kierulf’s volume is an excellent introduction to the “disarmament machinery” that was created to negotiate new instruments on weapons with adverse security and humanitarian impacts. The author bemoans the lack of progress toward new arms control and disarmament agreements and the erosion of some existing ones. He embeds each section with brief, practical commentary reflecting his experience as a policy practitioner. Disarmament Under International Law is an essential reference tool to navigate the world of international arms control.” Daryl G. Kimball, Arms Control Today"This book fills a crucial niche in the literature by covering, in an accessible manner, the principal disarmament, arms control, and non-proliferation agreements, and by providing useful recommendations for further development of the international legal framework in these areas. John Kierulf has done a great service in writing this book, which should make for educational and accessible reading for new diplomats, high school and college students, the media, and for the world's citizens who continue to live under the shadow of more than 15,000 nuclear weapons." International Journal"… a timely and thorough description of the international legal architecture on disarmament, arms control, and the nonproliferation of conventional and unconventional weapons. The book is an important contribution to the recent and current history of inte
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