Public international law: humanitarian law Books
Vintage Publishing The Nuremberg Interviews: Conversations with the
Book SynopsisThe Nuremberg Interviews reveals the chilling innermost thoughts of the former Nazi officials under indictment at the famous postwar trial. The architects of one of history's greatest atrocities speak out about their lives, their careers in the Nazi Party and their views on the Holocaust. Their reflections are recorded in a set of interviews conducted by a U.S. Army psychiatrist. Dr Leon Goldensohn was entrusted with monitoring the mental health of the two dozen German leaders charged with carrying out genocide, as well as that of many of the defence and prosecution witnesses. These recorded conversations have gone largely unexamined for more than fifty years.Here are interviews with some of the highest-ranking Nazi officials in the Nuremberg jails, including Hans Frank, Hermann Goering, Ernest Kaltenbrunner, and Joachim von Ribbentrop. Here, too, are interviews with lesser-known officials who were, nonetheless, essential to the workings of the Third Reich. Goldensohn was a particularly astute interviewer, his training as a psychiatrist leading him to probe the motives, the rationales, and the skewing of morality that allowed these men to enact an unfathomable evil. Candid and often shockingly truthful, these interviews are deeply disturbing in their illumination of an ideology gone mad.Each interview is annotated with biographical information and footnotes that place the man and his actions in their historical context and are a profoundly important addition to our understanding of the Nazi mind and mission.Trade ReviewA gripping work of history, a series of oral narratives that drag the reader, almost by force, into the nightmarish mental landscape of the Third Reich -- William Grimes * New York Times *A rare document...striking proof of the banality of evil * Kirkus Reviews *Goldensohn serves as a down-to-earth Dante in these anterooms to hell, getting one damned soul after another to reveal himself in his own words...as Goldensohn made his rounds, he mostly kept his astonishment and dismay under control. It's more than readers will be able to do * Newsweek *Goldensohn's conversations with these men are perturbing because most of the them seem like many of us except for the circumstances that lured them into opportunistic deviance. Goldensohn may not have left a headline-making legacy of belated revelations, but he has complicated further the tapestry of evil * Publishers Weekly *Virtually all the top Nazi officials tried at Nuremberg are interviewed here, and their responses make for fascinating yet chilling reading... Without necessarily intending to do so, these men reveal how easily totalitarian systems can induce acquiescence to or even enthusiastic participation in evil * Booklist *
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Cambridge University Press Public and Private Governance of Cybersecurity
Book SynopsisAs the Internet increasingly affects how we live and work, the challenges posed by borderless cybersecurity threats remain largely unaddressed. This book examines cybersecurity challenges, governance responses to them, and their limitations, engaging an interdisciplinary approach combining legal and international relations disciplines.
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Cambridge University Press Small Arms Survey 2014 Women and Guns
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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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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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Cambridge University Press Nuclear Weapons
Book SynopsisA new nuclear arms race is underway between Russia and the United States, one that focuses on the technology of delivery of nuclear warheads. This book describes how and why this race is happening, who still possesses nuclear weapons, and what constraints apply to those weapons under international law. A global nuclear ban treaty entered into force in January 2021, but the nuclear powers kept distant. The last remaining treaty restraining the arsenals of the two nuclear superpowers will expire in less than five years'' time and the risk is that other States will turn to nuclear arms for their defence, further fracturing the non-proliferation regime installed after the Cuban missile crisis.Table of ContentsCases and Materials; Introduction; 1. The development of nuclear weapons; 2. Use of nuclear weapons; 3. The treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; 4. The testing of nuclear weapons; 5. Agreements between Russia and the United States; 6. Treaties prohibiting nuclear weapons; 7. Verification; 8. Use and testing of nuclear weapons under international law; Concluding remarks on the future of nuclear arms control and disarmament; Select bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Reimagining the National Security State
Book SynopsisReimagining the National Security State provides the first comprehensive picture of the toll that US government policies took on civil liberties, human rights, and the rule of law in the name of the war on terror. Looking through the lenses of theory, history, law, and policy, the essays in this volume illuminate the ways in which liberal democracy suffered at the hands of policymakers in the name of national security. The contributors, who are leading experts and practitioners in fields ranging from political theory to evolutionary biology, discuss the vast expansion of executive powers, the excessive reliance secrecy, and the exploration of questionable legal territory in matters of detention, criminal justice, targeted killings, and warfare. This book gives the reader an eye-opening window onto the historical precedents and lasting impact the security state has had on civil liberties, human rights and, the rule of law in the name of the war on terror.Trade Review'In Reimagining the National Security State, Karen J. Greenberg has brought together a veritable who's who of scholars and practitioners to help us understand how and why the post-9/11 state of exception favoring security over liberty has increasingly become the norm in American politics. This collection makes for bracing, disturbing, and essential reading for anyone who hopes that we can reset that balance.' Michael C. Desch, Packey J. Dee Professor of International affairs and Director of the Notre Dame International Security Center'This book brings together some of our finest political thinkers to consider what has happened to the dream of liberal democracy. Has the West permanently lost its way? Is the security state a necessary, perhaps temporary step toward the salvation of democracy in the face of terrorism and the challenges of rising autocratic powers? Or does the security state represent the surrender of values that were presumed to be the core of liberalism in the West? These questions are illuminatingly addressed in this valuable collection.' Larry Wright, author of The Looming Tower and The Terror Years'This collection of outstanding essays makes clear that America's war on terrorism is undermining its liberal democratic traditions and institutions. Anyone who doubts the Founding Fathers' warnings about the dangers of fighting endless wars should read this important book.' John J. Mearsheimer, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of ChicagoTable of ContentsForeword Donald Glascoff; Part I. The National Security State: Power and Purpose in Perspective: 1. Who's checking whom? Michael J. Glennon; 2. The deep state vs the failed state: illusions and realities in the pursuit of security John Gray; 3. A tale of two countries: fundamental rights in the 'war on terror' Douglas Cassel; 4. The national security state gone awry: returning to first principles Loch K. Johnson; Part II. Tracking the Decline: 5. The illiberal experiment: how Guantanamo became a defining American institution Michel Paradis; 6. National security and court deference: ramifications and worrying trends Laura Pitter; 7. The zealotry of 'terrorism' Thomas A. Durkin; 8. Re-imagining the national security state: illusions and constraints – by the numbers Joshua L. Dratel; 9. Beyond counterinsurgency paradigm of governing: letting go of prediction and the illusion of an internal enemy Bernard E. Harcourt; 10. Re-establishing the rule of law as national security Mary Ellen O'Connell; Part III. Novel Paths Forward: 11. Rethinking the national security state from an evolutionary perspective: a reconnaissance David Sloan Wilson; 12. Concluding remarks John Berger; Select bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law
Book SynopsisTallinn Manual 2.0 expands on the highly influential first edition by extending its coverage of the international law governing cyber operations to peacetime legal regimes. The product of a three-year follow-on project by a new group of twenty renowned international law experts, it addresses such topics as sovereignty, state responsibility, human rights, and the law of air, space, and the sea. Tallinn Manual 2.0 identifies 154 ''black letter'' rules governing cyber operations and provides extensive commentary on each rule. Although Tallinn Manual 2.0 represents the views of the experts in their personal capacity, the project benefitted from the unofficial input of many states and over fifty peer reviewers.Trade Review'Appropriately named Tallinn Manual 2.0: International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations, the new book offers a fascinating look at how far the cyber threat landscape has evolved in the less than half decade since the first version's release in 2013, shifting the focus from conventional state-authorized and operated cyber warfare to the small-bore deniable cyber activities that form the majority of day-to-day cyber attacks today.' Kalev Leetaru, Forbes (www.forbes.com)Table of ContentsPart I. General International Law and Cyberspace: 1. Sovereignty; 2. Due diligence; 3. Jurisdiction; 4. Law of international responsibility; 5. Cyber operations not per se regulated by international law; 6. International human rights law; 7. Diplomatic and consular law; 8. Law of the sea; 9. Air law; 10. Space law; 11. International telecommunication law; Part II. International Peace and Security and Cyber Activities: 12. Peaceful settlement; 13. Prohibition of intervention; 14. The use of force; 15. Collective security; Part III. The Law of Cyber Armed Conflict: 16. The law of armed conflict generally; 17. Conduct of hostilities; 18. Certain persons, objects and activities; 19. Occupation; 20. Neutrality.
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Bristol University Press Refugee Law
Book SynopsisThe word ‘refugee’ is both evocative and contested; it means different things to different people. For lawyers, the main legal reference point is the UN Refugee Convention of 1951. This concise and engaging book follows the structure of the Convention to explore international refugee law. Including an introduction to the historical and legal context, Colin Yeo draws on his experience as an immigration barrister to explain the present-day legal framework for global refugee protection. Chapters consider: • well-founded fear; • persecution; • the loss of refugee status and exclusion; • the rights of refugees; • and state responses to refugee claims. The book includes studies of key legal cases, reviews the successes and failures of the Convention and looks ahead to the future, including the impact of climate change and the Global Compact on Refugees. Communicating important legal concepts in an approachable way, this is an essential guide for students, lawyers and non-specialists.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Legal Framework 2. Well-founded Fear 3. Being Persecuted 4. Protection and Relocation 5. Reasons for Persecution 6. Cessation and Exclusion 7. Rights of Refugees 8. Refugee Status Determination Conclusion
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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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Oxford University Press Child Soldiers The Role of Children in Armed Conflict The Role of Children in Armed Conflict. A Study for the Henry Dunant Institute Geneva
Book Synopsis1994 is the International Year of the Family, and debates about the rights of the child are once again at the top of the national and international legal and political agenda. Yet in places of armed conflict all over the world tens of thousands of children are recruited to fight in bloody conflicts, and their rights are systematically ignored and abused. In this path-breaking study, Professor Goodwin-Gill and Dr Cohn assess the status of the Child Soldier in international law and highlight the ways in which international humanitarian law fails to provide effective protection, particularly in the internal conflicts which are the most common battlefields today. Based upon empirical data gathered from places of conflict all over the world, the authors examine the consequences for child soldiers, their families and community of their participation in armed conflict. They conclude their study with practical suggestions for preventing recruitment, and call for a more coherent policy of treaTrade Review`a comprehensive analysis of a tragic, yet often neglected topic ... very well documented' NOD & Conversion`What makes this volume different is that the analytical prose is interspersed with photographs that would move the hardest heart. Each young child, weighed down with the trappings of modern weapons, makes a convincing argument for the need for a more effective international humanitarian law regime.' Times Higher Education SupplementCohn and Goodwin-Gill offer a comprehensive and compassionate analysis of the issue of child soldiers, which those who deal with the human consequences of conflict would do well to read. * Development in Practice *'thorough study written...adduces a wealth of information' * The American Journal of International Law *'long-overdue study...an invaluable addition to the body of information available to those such as lawyers, psychologists and policy-makers concerned with the plight of child soldiers and with the search for realistic responses and solutions to their problems.' * Child and Family Law Quarterly *
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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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OUP Oxford Blackstones Guide to the Extradition Act 2003
Book SynopsisThe Extradition Act 2003 came into force on 1st January 2004. The Act is a major piece of legislation and will radically overhaul current extradition procedures with the aim of simplifying and speeding up the extradition process. This Guide offers comprehensive coverage of the new extradition regime and is an essential tool for all those working in extradition and international criminal law.Trade ReviewBut, as the barrister Julian Knowles shrewdly points out in his Blackstone's Guide to the Extradition Act 2003 (OUP), it's not that simple. First, the Human Rights Act says that nobody in Britain may even be condemned to death. So promising that a death sentence, if imposed, will not be carried out is not good enough to satisfy the Human Rights Convention. * Joshua Rozenberg (Legal Editor), The Daily Telegraph *Table of Contents1. Introduction and Overview ; 2. Liability to Extradition. Extradition Offences ; 3. Categorization of Territories, Territorial Scope of the EA 2003 ; 4. Initial Stages of the Extradition Process ; 5. The Extradition Hearing in Category 1 Cases ; 6. The Extradition Hearing in Category 2 Cases ; 7. Extradition and Human Rights ; 8. The Role of the Secretary of State. Deferral of Extradition ; 9. Appeals ; 10. Time for Extradition ; 11. Consent to Extradition. Withdrawal of Claims for Extradition ; 12. Return to the United Kingdom ; 13. Police Powers in Extradition Cases ; 14. Post-Surrender Matters ; APPENDICES ; Appendix 1: An Act to make provision about extradition [20th November 2003] ; Appendix 2: European Framework Decision ; Appendix 3: The Extradition Act 2003 (Multiple Offences) Order 2003 ; Appendix 4: Category 1 and Category 2 Territories. Territories Designated under the EA 2003 ; Appendix 5: Useful Web References
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Taylor & Francis Armed NonState Actors in International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law Foundation and Framework of Obligations and Rules on Accountability
Book SynopsisThe accountability of armed non-state actors is a neglected field of international law, overtaken by the regimes of state responsibility and individual criminal accountability as well as fears of legitimacy. Yet armed non-state actors are important players in the international arena and their activities have significant repercussions. This book focuses on their obligations and accountability when they do not function as state agents, regardless of the existence or extent of accountability of their individual members. The author claims that their distinct features lead to their classification into three different types: de facto entities, armed non-state actors in control of territory, and common article 3 armed non-state actors. The mechanisms that trigger the applicability of humanitarian and human rights law regimes are examined in detail as well as the framework of obligations. In both cases, the author argues that armed non-state actors should not be treated as entering international law and process exclusively through the state. The study concludes by focussing on their accountability in international humanitarian and human rights law and, more specifically, to the rules of attribution, remedies and reparations for violations of their primary obligations.Trade Review"This is a useful and careful monograph, on a very topical subject matter. It is presented with analytical legal depth and sensitiveness to practice and its needs. The conclusions reached remain on the whole measured and reasonable - rather than excessively militant. This fact strengthens the impact of the analysis. Overall, a clearly gainful and stimulating reading for all those interested in the law of armed conflict." - Robert Kolb, University of Geneva, Switzerland"Mastorodimos' monograph is an important contribution to a very topical aspect of international law: the accountability of Armed Non-State Actors in times of war and peace. The author covers all the relevant legal dimensions of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law in depth. The writing is clear and convincing, as are his use of sources and analysis. This book is written for academics and professionals alike." - Sascha-Dominik Bachmann, Bournemouth University, UKTable of ContentsTable of Case Law, Table of International Conventions, Table of Other Agreements, Table of Documents from International Organizations, Table of Travaux Préparatoires, Table of National Documents, Table of Documents from Non-Governmental Organizations, List of Abbreviations, Preface, introduction, 1 Notion of Armed Non-State Actors, 3 obligations and Accountability of Armed Non-State Actors in international Humanitarian law, 4 obligations and Accountability of Armed Non-State Actors in international Human rights law, 5 the obligations and Accountability of Armed Non-State Actors, Bibliography, Index
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Manchester University Press Challenging Nuclearism: A Humanitarian Approach
Book SynopsisChallenging nuclearism explores how a deliberate ‘normalisation’ of nuclear weapons has been constructed, why it has prevailed in international politics for over seventy years and why it is only now being questioned seriously. The book identifies how certain practices have enabled a small group of states to hold vast arsenals of these weapons of mass destruction and how the close control over nuclear decisions by a select group has meant that the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons have been disregarded for decades. The recent UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will not bring about quick disarmament. It has been decried by the nuclear weapon states. But by rejecting nuclearism and providing a clear denunciation of nuclear weapons, it will challenge nuclear states in a way that has until now not been possible. Challenging nuclearism analyses the origins and repercussions of this pivotal moment in nuclear politics.Trade Review'As tensions rise, the existential threat of nuclear weapons becomes prominent once again and the world needs more critical assessments of what is being—and what could be—done to avoid the catastrophe of nuclear war or accident. Hanson’s book therefore provides a vital contribution that clearly sets out the case for why we need to reject nuclearism and make a world without nuclear weapons a reality.'Rhys Crilley, International Affairs'Australian political scientist Marianne Hanson has written a clear-eyed book about the prospects for nuclear disarmament. Hanson soberly concludes that the nuclear-armed states, left to control the terms, the pace and the outcome of an endeavour to which they have pledged themselves for decades, will never give up nuclear weapons. Nevertheless, a path forward to the elimination of nuclear weapons exists, and Hanson describes that path and the challenges along the way.'John Loretz, Medicine, Conflict and Survival -- .Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: The dominance of nuclearism1 Identifying the elements of nuclearism: Traditional framings normalize nuclear weapons 2 Nuclearism today: Modernization, the persistence of deterrence, and the rise of new dangers3 Pushing for disarmament: A fruitless exercise Part II: The transition – from the humanitarian initiative to the prohibition treaty4 The recent humanitarian context: limiting the ‘calamities of war’5 Creating the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsPart III: Rejecting nuclearism6 Rejecting Nuclearism I: a new discourse; bringing humanitarianism back; new voices and actors; challenging material spending 7 Rejecting Nuclearism II: disrupting the nuclear orderPart IV: Ending nuclearism?8 Challenges to and likely impacts of the treatyConclusionReferences
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Manchester University Press Everyday Humanitarianism in Cambodia: Challenging
Book SynopsisFaced with the scale of global challenges such as poverty and inequality, one question is where to start. Humanitarian efforts can only ever have limited reach. Among all of human suffering, whom should we support? And what shapes our choices? Such questions are at the core of this book. Through an ethnographic account of moralities, it traces how everyday humanitarian practitioners challenge entrenched values of what matters, upending the notion that the large-scale is inherently important, and even questioning what ‘large’ means in the first place. Instead, these practitioners typically aim to create a difference in the life of a particular person, situating their limited actions within pervasive poverty.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Making scales and relations 2 The part and the whole 3 Every person counts 4 Distance and proximity 5 Desire to connect 6 Humanitarian kinship 7 Affinities and shared biographies Conclusion Index
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Springer International Publishing AG Humanitarian Intervention and the AU-ECOWAS
Book SynopsisThe book reconciles the conflicts and legal ambiguities between African Union and ECOWAS law on the use of force on the one hand, and the UN Charter and international law on the other hand. In view of questions relating to African Union and UN relationship in the maintenance of international peace and security in Africa in recent years, the book examines the legal issues involved and how they can be resolved. By explaining the legal theory underpinning the validity of the AU-ECOWAS laws, the work provides a legal basis for the adoption of the AU-ECOWAS laws as the frameworks for the implementation of the R2P in Africa.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- From Humanitarian Intervention to the Responsibility to Protect.- Post-Cold War Interventions in Africa and the Origin of the AU-ECOWAS Regional Military Intervention Legal Regimes.- The AU-ECOWAS Regional Military Intervention Legal Regimes and the UN Charter.- The Legal Validity of the AU-ECOWAS Regional Military Intervention Legal Regimes in a Transformed Global Constitutive Process.- The AU-ECOWAS Regional Military Intervention Legal Regimes as a Process of Illegal International Legal Reform.- The Legal Validity of the AU-ECOWAS Regional Military Intervention Legal Regimes under Conventional and Customary International Law.- Conclusion: The AU-ECOWAS Regional Military Intervention Legal Regimes and the Operationalisation of R2P in Africa.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Rohingya Camp Narratives: Tales From the ‘Lesser
Book SynopsisThis book presents thirteen chapters which probe the “tales less told” and “pathways less traveled” in refugee camp living. Rohingya camps in Bangladesh since August 2017 supply these “tales” and “pathways”. They dwell upon/reflect camp violence, sexual/gender discrimination, intersectionality, justice, the sudden COVID camp entry, human security, children education, innovation, and relocation plans. Built largely upon field trips, these narratives interestingly interweave with both theoretical threads (hypotheses) and tapestries (net-effects), feeding into the security-driven pulls of political realism, or disseminating from humanitarian-driven socioeconomic pushes, but mostly combining them. Post-ethnic cleansing and post-exodus windows open up a murky future for Rohingya and global refugees. We learn of positive offshoots (of camp innovations exposing civil society relevance) and negative (like human and sex trafficking beyond Bangladeshi and Myanmar borders), as of navigating (a) local–global linkages of every dynamic and (b) fast-moving current circumstances against stoic historical leftovers. Table of Contents1. Introduction: Forget-me-nots From Rohingya Camps: Dark Experiences & Tales not Told.- 2. Ethnicity, Identity, & Rohingya Security: At the ‘Olive-tree’-‘Lexus’ Crossroads.- 3. Rohingya Conundrum: Cutting the Gordian Knot.- 4. The Political Economy of Religion & Security: Tracing Rohingya Camp Violence.- 5. From Disorganized Hypocrisy to Political Neo-medievalism? Rohingya Crises in Bangladesh.- 6. Identity ‘Intersectionality’ & Cox’s Bazaar Refugees: Remaking Rohingyas.- 7. Sexual/Gender Camp Violence & Institutional Response Limits: Rohingyas in Bangladesh.- 8. Return, Citizenship, & Justice in the Eye of Rohingya Women: Imagined Terrain?.- 9. Vulnerability & Humanitarian Emergencies: Fate of Rohingya Women amid COVID—19.- 10. Rohingya Refugees & Human Security: Foreign Policy Reform Needs.- 11. Rohingya Refugee-camp Innovations: Reinvigorating Humanitarianism.- 12. Rohingya Refugee & Classroom Children: Cultivating A Lost Generation.- 13. Rohingya Refugee Future: History, Memory, & Relocation.- 14. Conclusion: Squaring the Circle.
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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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Cambridge University Press The International Law of Belligerent Occupation
Book SynopsisBelligerent occupations existed in both World Wars and have occurred more recently in all parts of the world (including Iraq, Afghanistan, the former Yugoslavia, Congo, Northern Cyprus, Nagorno-Karabakh, Georgia, Eritrea and Ethiopia). Owing to its special length exceeding half a century and still in progress and the unprecedented flow of judicial decisions, a special focus is called for as regards to the occupation of Palestinian territories by Israel. International law addresses the subject of belligerent occupation in some detail. This second, revised edition updates the text (originally published in 2009) in terms of both State practice and doctrinal discourse. The emphasis is put on decisions of the Security Council; legislation adopted by the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq; and predominantly case law: international (Judgments of the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the European Court of Human Rights; AdviTable of Contents1. The general framework; 2. The legal nature and basic principles of belligerent occupation; 3. Human rights and belligerent occupation; 4. The maintenance of law and order in occupied territories; 5. Legislation by the occupying power; 6. The judicial system in occupied territories; 7. Protection of the civilian population under belligerent occupation; 8. Special protection in occupied territories; 9. Destruction, spoliation and pillage of property in occupied territories; 10. Seizure and requisition of property in occupied territories; 11. Other major issues relating to belligerent occupation; 12. The termination of belligerent occupation; Conclusion.
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Oxford University Press The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Law of Armed Conflict
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Cambridge University Press Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention
Book SynopsisThe application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 have developed significantly in the sixty years since the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) first published its Commentaries on these important humanitarian treaties. To promote a better understanding of, and respect for, this body of law, the ICRC commissioned a comprehensive update of its original Commentaries, of which this is the second volume. Its preparation was coordinated by Jean-Marie Henckaerts, ICRC legal adviser and head of the project to update the Commentaries. The Second Convention is a key text of international humanitarian law. It contains the essential rules on the protection of the wounded, sick and shipwrecked at sea, those assigned to their care, and the vessels used for their treatment and evacuation. This article-by-article Commentary takes into account developments in the law and practice to provide up-to-date interpretations of the Convention. The new Commentary has been revTable of ContentsForeword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Preamble; Part I. General Provisions: Article 1: Respect for the Convention; Article 2: Application of the Convention; Article 3: Conflicts not of an international character; Article 4: Field of application; Article 5: Application by neutral Powers;Article 6: Special agreements; Article 7: Non-renunciation of rights; Article 8: Protecting Powers; Article 9: Activities of the ICRC and other impartial humanitarian organizations; Article 10: Substitutes for Protecting Powers; Article 11: Conciliation procedure; Part II. Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked: Article 12: Protection and care of the wounded, sick and shipwrecked; Article 13: Protected persons; Article 14: Handing over of wounded, sick and shipwrecked to a belligerent; Article 15: Wounded, sick and shipwrecked taken on board a neutral warship or neutral military aircraft; Article 16: Status of the wounded, sick and shipwrecked who have fallen into enemy hands; Article 17: Wounded, sick and shipwrecked landed in a neutral port; Article 18: Search for casualties after an engagement; Article 19: Recording and forwarding of information; Article 20: Presriptions regarding the dead; Article 21: Appeals to neutral vessels; Part III. Hospital ships: Article 22: Notification and protection of military hospital ships; Article 23: Protection of medical establishments ashore; Article 24: Hospital ships utilized by relief societies and private persons of Parties to the conflict; Article 25: Hospital ships utilized by relief societies and private persons of neutral countries; Article 26: Tonnage of hospital ships; Article 27: Protection of coastal rescue craft and fixed coastal installations; Article 28: Protection of sick-bays; Article 29: Hospital ships in a port fallen into enemy hands; Article 30: Employment of hospital ships and coastal rescue craft; Article 31: Right of control and search of hospital ships and coastal rescue craft; Article 32: Stay of hospital ships and coastal rescue craft in a neutral port; Article 33: Converted merchant vessels; Article 34: Discontinuance of protection of hospital ships; Article 35: Conditions not depriving hospital ships of protection; Part IV. Personnel: Article 36: Protection of the personnel of hospital ships; Article 37: Protection of medical and religious personnel of other ships; Part V. Medical Transports; Article 38: Ships used for the conveyance of medical equipment; Article 39: Medical aircraft; Article 40: Flight over neutral countries. Landing of the wounded, sick and shipwrecked; Part VI. The distinctive Emblem: Article 41: Use of the emblem; Article 42: Identification of medical and religious personnel; Article 43: Marking of hospital ships and coastal rescue craft; Article 44: Limitation in the use of the distinctive signs; Article 45: Prevention of misuse of the distinctive signs; Part VII. Execution of the Convention: Article 46: Detailed execution. Unforeseen cases; Article 47: Prohibition of reprisals; Article 48: Dissemination of the Convention; Article 49: Translations. Implementing laws and regulations; Part VIII. Repression of Abuses and Infractions: Article 50: Penal sanctions; Article 51: Grave breaches; Article 52: Responsibilities of the Contracting Parties; Article 53: Enquiry procedure; Final provisions: Article 54: Languages; Article 55: Signature; Article 56: Ratification; Article 57: Coming into force; Article 58: Relation to the 1907 Hague Convention; Article 59: Accession; Article 60: Notification of accessions; Article 61: Immediate effect; Article 62: Denunciation; Article 63: Registration with the United Nations; Testimonium and signature clause; Sources; Index.
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Cambridge University Press SelfDefence against NonState Actors Volume 1
Book SynopsisIn this book, self-defence against non-state actors is examined by three scholars whose geographical, professional, theoretical, and methodological backgrounds and outlooks differ greatly. Their trialogue is framed by an introduction and a conclusion by the series editors. The novel scholarly format accommodates the pluralism and value changes of the current era, a shifting world order and the rise in nationalism and populism. It brings to light the cultural, professional and political pluralism which characterises international legal scholarship and exploits this pluralism as a heuristic device. This multiperspectivism exposes how political factors and intellectual styles influence the scholarly approaches and legal answers and the trialogical structure encourages its participants to decentre their perspectives. By explicitly focussing on the authors'' divergence and disagreement, a richer understanding of self-defence against non-state actors is achieved, and the legal challenges andTable of ContentsIntroduction to the series: trialogical international law Anne Peters; Introduction: dilution of self-defence and its discontents Anne Peters and Christian Marxsen; 1. The use of force in self-defence against non-state actors, decline of collective security and the rise of unilateralism: whither international law? Dire Tladi; 2. Self-defence against non-state actors: making sense of the 'armed attack' requirement Christian J. Tams; 3. Self-defence, pernicious doctrines, peremptory norms Mary Ellen O'Connell; Conclusion: self-defence against non-state actors – the way ahead Christian Marxsen and Anne Peters.
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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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Zone Books Contemporary States of Emergency: The Politics of
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Cambridge University Press The End of Reciprocity
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Cambridge University Press Torture Power and Law
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together the most important writing on torture and the ''war on terror by one of the leading US voices in the torture debate. Philosopher and legal ethicist David Luban reflects on this contentious topic in a powerful sequence of essays including two new and previously unpublished pieces. He analyzes the trade-offs between security and human rights, as well as the connection between torture, humiliation, and human dignity, the fallacy of using ticking bomb scenarios in debates about torture, and the ethics of government lawyers. The book develops an illuminating and novel conception of torture as the use of pain and suffering to communicate absolute dominance over the victim. Factually stimulating and legally informed, this volume provides the clearest analysis to date of the torture debate. It brings the story up to date by discussing the Obama administration''s failure to hold torturers accountable.Trade Review'David Luban has written over the past decade an extraordinarily compelling set of philosophical, legal (and simply human) reflections on what has unfortunately become a defining issue - torture. He raises crucial questions not only about the role of lawyers in legitimizing indefensible practices, but also about broader aspects of moral argument, especially the common practice of relying on 'extreme cases' and 'brainteasers' as alternatives to confronting more mundane (and horrific) realities. The book therefore promises to be important even after that happy day when torture has indeed been eliminated from the world.' Sanford Levinson, University of Texas, Austin'Of all those who have written on themes of justice and power in the aftermath of 9/11, David Luban's work is among the very best. His elegant argumentation and fluid prose effortlessly cross the boundaries between law, philosophy and political theory. Taken together, these essays provide a hugely compelling defence of fundamental rights in the face of those who have sought to weaken longstanding constitutional and moral protections. No one with an interest in society's response to torture or the broader debate on civil liberties can afford to ignore this book.' David Rodin, University of Oxford'If there is but one book to pick from the shelf dealing with the US political crisis over the use of torture, then clearly it is David Luban's. With a merciless dissection of the semantic games played by Washington lawyers and a brilliant discussion of the key questions of law and ethics at the heart of the torture debate, Luban emerges as the subject's undisputed grand master.' Scott Horton, Columbia Law School'David Luban's writing has been indispensable in the torture debates. No one has done more than he has to confront the 'ticking bomb' hypothetical. No one has engaged more deeply with our understanding of what torture is than Luban has in his essay on 'the communicative aspect of torture'. These writings represent perhaps the most serious and sensitive work that has emerged from this grim chapter in America's history.' Jeremy Waldron, New York UniversityTable of ContentsPreface; Part I. Downgrading Rights and Expanding Power During Post-9/11 Panic: 1. The war on terrorism and the end of human rights; 2. Eight fallacies about liberty and security; Part II. The Ticking Bomb as Moral Fantasy and Moral Fraud: 3. Liberalism, torture, and the ticking bomb; 4. Unthinking the ticking bomb; Part III. The Evils of Torture: 5. A communicative conception of torture; 6. Human dignity, humiliation, and torture; 7. Mental torture: a critique of erasures in US law (with Henry Shue); Part IV. Complicity in Torture: 8. The torture lawyers of Washington; 9. Tales of terror: lessons for lawyers from the war on terrorism; 10. An affair to remember.
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Cambridge University Press ConflictRelated Violence Against Women
Book SynopsisBy comparatively assessing three conflict-affected jurisdictions (Liberia, Northern Ireland and Timor-Leste), Conflict-Related Violence against Women empirically and theoretically expands current understanding of the form and nature of conflict-time harms impacting women. The ''violences'' that occur in conflict beyond strategic rape are first identified. Employing both a disaggregated and an aggregated approach, relations between forms of violence within and across each context''s pre-, mid- and post-conflict phase are then assessed, identifying connections and distinctions in violence. Swaine highlights a wider spectrum of conflict-related violence against women than is currently acknowledged. She identifies a range of forces that simultaneously push open and close down spaces for addressing violence against women through post-conflict transitional justice. The book proposes that in the aftermath of conflict, a transformation rather than a transition is required if justice is to playTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Introduction; Part II. Approaches to Understanding Conflict-Related Violence Against Women: 2. Historic prevalence vs contemporary celebrity: sexing dichotomies in today's wars; 3. Who wins the worst violence contest? Armed conflict and violence in Northern Ireland, Liberia and Timor-Leste; Part III. Violence Against Women before, during and after Conflict: 4. Beyond strategic rape: expanding conflict-related violence against women; 5. Connections and distinctions: ambulant violence across pre-, during and post-conflict contexts; 6. Seeing violence in the aftermath: what's labeling got to do with it?; Part IV. Justice, Transition and Transformation: 7. Transitions and violence after conflict: transitional justice; 8. Conclusion: transition or transformation?
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Cambridge University Press Transitional Justice International Assistance and Civil Society
Book SynopsisTransitional Justice, International Assistance, and Civil Society is for scholars, and for civil society, and government officials working on justice for victims of massive human rights abuse. It addresses how justice initiatives are decided upon, created, and funded - and argues that civil society should play a central role in these processes.Table of ContentsIntroduction: changing contexts of international assistance to transitional justice Paige Arthur and Christalla Yakinthou; Part I. Understanding Cases: 1. From reconciliation to rule of law: the shifting landscape of international TJ assistance in Guatemala Anita Isaacs and Rachel Schwartz; 2. Fighting windmills, ignoring dragons: international assistance to civil society in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina Christalla Yakinthou; 3. Sending the wrong signal: international assistance and the decline of civil society action on TJ in Morocco Paige Arthur; 4. Off the agenda as Uganda moves towards development: Uganda's transitional justice process Tania Bernath; 5. Hybrid court, hybrid peacebuilding in Cambodia Laura McGrew; Part II. Conceptualizing the Connections: 6. Reframing friction: a four-lens framework for explaining shifts, fractures, and gaps in transitional justice Christalla Yakinthou; Why do donors choose to fund transitional justice? Paige Arthur; Conclusion: refocusing on civil society: how to make – not miss – connections Paige Arthur and Christalla Yakinthou.
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Cambridge University Press Humanizing the Laws of War
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the unique role of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in international norm creation and the progressive development of international humanitarian law. It will be of interest to scholars and students of international law, but also to practitioners working in the field of international humanitarian law at government agencies and non-governmental organizations.Table of ContentsIntroduction: the international Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and the development of international humanitarian law Stefanie Haumer, Robin Geiss and Andreas Zimmermann; Part I. The International Committee of the Red Cross' Influence on the Development of Core International Humanitarian Law Treaties: 1. The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions of 1949 Robert Heinsch; 2. The International Committee of the Red Cross and the additional protocols of 1977 Michael Bothe; Part II. The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Development of International Humanitarian Law beyond Treaty Regimes: 3. The International Committee of the Red Cross and the clarification of customary international humanitarian law Jean-Marie Henckaerts; 4. The International Committee of the Red Cross' 'interpretive guidance on the notion of direct participation in hostilities': see a little light Robert Cryer; Part III. The International Committee of the Red Cross' Influence on Related Areas of International Law: 5. Development of treaties limiting or prohibiting the use of certain weapons: the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross Kathleen Lawand and Isabel Robinson; 6. Between 'constructive engagement', 'collusion' and 'critical distance': the International Committee of the Red Cross and the development of international criminal law Carsten Stahn; Part IV. Conclusion: 7. The International Committee of the Red Cross – a unique actor in the field of international humanitarian law creation and progressive development Robin Geiss and Andreas Zimmermann.
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Cambridge University Press Leuven Manual on the International Law Applicable to Peace Operations
Book SynopsisThe Leuven Manual is the authoritative, comprehensive overview of the rules that are to be followed in peace operations conducted by the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the African Union and other organisations, with detailed commentary on best practice in relation to those rules. Topics covered include human rights, humanitarian law, gender aspects, the use of force and detention by peacekeepers, the protection of civilians, and the relevance of the laws of the host State. The international group of expert authors includes leading academics, together with military officers and policy officials with practical experience in contemporary peace operations, supported in an individual capacity by input from experts working for the UN, the African Union, NATO, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. This volume is intended to be of assistance to states and international organisations involved in the planning and conduct of peace operations, and practitioners and academia.Trade Review'The Leuven Manual on the International Law Applicable to Peace Operations (Leuven Manual) belongs to the class of publications that deserve a prominent place in every bookshelf on peace operations and public international law.' Tobias Vestner and Alessandro Mario Amoroso, International Review of the Red CrossTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Scope of the Manual; 2. Short history of the law of peace operations; Part II. Applicable Legal Framework for Conducting Peace Operations and How The Regimes Relate to Each Other: 3. The Mandate; 4. Organisation-specific legal framework and procedures: 5. The applicability of international human rights law in peace operations; 6. The applicability of international humanitarian law in peace operations; 7. Implementing a gender perspective; 8. Status of forces and status of mission; 9. Host state law; 10. Sending state law; 11. Troop contributing country memorandums of understanding and other instruments and regulations; Part III. Conducting a United Nations (Mandated) Peace Operation: 12. The use of force; 13. Detention; 14. The protection of civilians; 15. Aerial and maritime dimensions of peace operations; 16. Monitoring compliance in the field of conduct and discipline; 17. Promotion of the rule of law; 18. Demining and removal of explosive remnants; Part IV. Accountability and Responsibility: 19. Accountability and responsibility in peace operations; 20. Third party claims; 21. International criminal responsibility and international criminal justice in relation to peace operations.
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Cambridge University Press The Changing Practices of International Law
Book SynopsisSince the Second World War there has been a remarkable expansion of international legal institutions. At the same time, however, international law is challenged by states fearing the loss of their political room for manoeuvre. This book explores how states are responding by developing a new politics of international law.Table of Contents1. Introduction: the changing practices of international law Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen and Tanja Aalberts; 2. Sovereignty games, law and politics in world society Tanja Aalberts and Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen; 3. Abandonment, construction and denial: the formation of a zone Margareta Brummer; 4. Backlash and state strategies in international investment law Malcolm Langford, Daniel Behn and Ole Kristian Fauchald; 5. 'Part of the game': government strategies against European litigation concerning migrant rights Moritz Baumgärtel; 6. The disaggregated law of global mass surveillance Itamar Mann; 7. Legalisation in international environmental law Jaye Ellis; 8. Search and rescue as a geopolitics of international law Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen and Tanja Aalberts; 9. Conclusion: the dark side of legalisation Tanja Aalberts and Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen.
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Cambridge University Press Leuven Manual on the International Law Applicable to Peace Operations
Book SynopsisThe Leuven Manual is the authoritative, comprehensive overview of the rules that are to be followed in peace operations conducted by the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, the African Union and other organisations, with detailed commentary on best practice in relation to those rules. Topics covered include human rights, humanitarian law, gender aspects, the use of force and detention by peacekeepers, the protection of civilians, and the relevance of the laws of the host State. The international group of expert authors includes leading academics, together with military officers and policy officials with practical experience in contemporary peace operations, supported in an individual capacity by input from experts working for the UN, the African Union, NATO, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. This volume is intended to be of assistance to states and international organisations involved in the planning and conduct of peace operations, and practitioners and academia.Trade Review'The Leuven Manual on the International Law Applicable to Peace Operations (Leuven Manual) belongs to the class of publications that deserve a prominent place in every bookshelf on peace operations and public international law.' Tobias Vestner and Alessandro Mario Amoroso, International Review of the Red CrossTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Scope of the Manual; 2. Short history of the law of peace operations; Part II. Applicable Legal Framework for Conducting Peace Operations and How The Regimes Relate to Each Other: 3. The Mandate; 4. Organisation-specific legal framework and procedures: 5. The applicability of international human rights law in peace operations; 6. The applicability of international humanitarian law in peace operations; 7. Implementing a gender perspective; 8. Status of forces and status of mission; 9. Host state law; 10. Sending state law; 11. Troop contributing country memorandums of understanding and other instruments and regulations; Part III. Conducting a United Nations (Mandated) Peace Operation: 12. The use of force; 13. Detention; 14. The protection of civilians; 15. Aerial and maritime dimensions of peace operations; 16. Monitoring compliance in the field of conduct and discipline; 17. Promotion of the rule of law; 18. Demining and removal of explosive remnants; Part IV. Accountability and Responsibility: 19. Accountability and responsibility in peace operations; 20. Third party claims; 21. International criminal responsibility and international criminal justice in relation to peace operations.
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Cambridge University Press Military Necessity
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to say that international humanitarian law (IHL) strikes a realistic and meaningful balance between military necessity and humanity, and that the law therefore ''accounts for'' military necessity? To what consequences does the law ''accounting for'' military necessity give rise? Through real-life examples and careful analysis, this book challenges received wisdom on the subject by devising a new theory that not only reaffirms Kriegsräson''s fallacy but also explains why IHL has no reason to restrict or prohibit militarily unnecessary conduct on that ground alone. Additionally, the theory hypothesises greater normative significance for humanitarian and chivalrous imperatives when they conflict with IHL rules. By combining international law, jurisprudence, military history, strategic studies, and moral philosophy, this book reveals how rational fighting relates to ethical fighting, how IHL incorporates contrasting values that shape its rules, and how law and theory adapTrade Review'Military necessity is a notoriously difficult subject. It represents one side of the underlying principles of the law of armed conflict. Dr Hayashi engages in a nuanced discussion of the nature of the concept, and how it needs to be tempered by the principle of humanity that is its counterpoint. It is a work of great scholarship and a masterful approach to a deeply contentious area.' Robert Cryer, University of Birmingham'Here, at last, our field gains a meticulous, comprehensive and novel examination of the law of war principle of military necessity. Dr Hayashi has delivered a supremely sophisticated and operationally informed study of the very heart of international regulation of the conduct of hostilities. This important text will be a commanding centrepiece of this subject and will inspire a generation of related scholarly commentary, juridical consideration and operational practice.' Sean Watts, United States Military Academy at West Point, Lieber Institute for the Law of Land Warfare'During armed conflicts, acts of violence without military justification, as well as those that cause excessive collateral damage in relation to the expected military advantage, are prohibited by international humanitarian law. Military necessity is therefore at the heart of this law. Nobuo Hayashi has studied this essential question with such a depth of analysis and documentary richness that his book will certainly become indispensable for all those who apply, promote, teach, study and develop international humanitarian law.' Yves Sandoz, University of Fribourg'Military necessity is an absolutely crucial, yet truly complex, concept with international humanitarian law and military ethics. How should we understand it? What trade-offs and dilemmas does it force us to face? And what do the law and actual cases tell us? Nobuo Hayashi gives us a detailed and authoritative overview that will be of great use not only to lawyers, but also to military practitioners and military ethicists.' Henrik Syse, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Bjørknes University College, and Chief Co-Editor of the Journal of Military EthicsTable of ContentsPart I: 1. Introduction; Part II. Military Necessity in its Material Context: 2. Fitness of means and vocational competence; 3. Objections and responses; Part III. Military Necessity in Its Normative Context: 4. Military necessity and legitimacy modification; 5. Inevitable conflict thesis; 6. Joint satisfaction thesis I – alignment and indifference; 7. Joint satisfaction thesis II – accounting for the military necessity-humanity interplay in IHL norm-creation; Part IV. Military Necessity in its Juridical Context: 8. Joint satisfaction thesis III – exclusionary and non-exclusionary effects; 9. Significance and content of juridical military necessity; 10. Military necessity and elements of crimes; Part V: 11. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press NonInternational Armed Conflicts in International Law
Book SynopsisThis dispassionate analysis of the legal implications of non-international armed conflicts explores the rules regulating the conduct of internal hostilities, as well as the consequences of intervention by foreign States, the role of the UN Security Council, the effects of recognition, State responsibility for wrongdoing by both Governments and insurgents, the interface with the law of human rights and the notion of war crimes. The author addresses both conceptual and specific issues, such as the complexities of ''failing'' States or the recruitment and use of child soldiers. He makes use of the extensive case law of international courts and tribunals, in order to identify and set out customary international law. Much attention is also given to the contents of available treaty texts. This new updated edition takes into account the latest events in terms of the practice of States, judicial pronouncements and UN Security Council resolutions.Table of Contents1. The framework; 2. The preconditions of a NIAC; 3. Thresholds and interaction of armed conflicts; 4. Fighters, civilians and ioniac; 5. Foreign intervention in a NIAC; 6. Recognition; 7. State responsibility; 8. The principal ioniac treaty provisions; 9. Additional treaty texts; 10. NIAC war crimes; 11. Loniac customary international law; 12. Loniac and human rights law; Conclusions.
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Cambridge University Press Nuclear Weapons
Book SynopsisA new nuclear arms race is underway. This book describes in accessible language how and why it is happening, who still possesses nuclear weapons, and what constraints apply to those weapons under international law.Table of ContentsCases and Materials; Introduction; 1. The development of nuclear weapons; 2. Use of nuclear weapons; 3. The treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; 4. The testing of nuclear weapons; 5. Agreements between Russia and the United States; 6. Treaties prohibiting nuclear weapons; 7. Verification; 8. Use and testing of nuclear weapons under international law; Concluding remarks on the future of nuclear arms control and disarmament; Select bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Commentary on the First Geneva Convention
Book SynopsisThe application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977 have developed significantly in the sixty years since the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) first published its Commentaries on these important humanitarian treaties. To promote a better understanding of, and respect for, this body of law, the ICRC commissioned a comprehensive update of its original Commentaries. Its preparation was coordinated by Jean-Marie Henckaerts, ICRC legal adviser and head of the project to update the Commentaries. The First Convention is a foundational text of international humanitarian law. It contains the essential rules on the protection of the wounded and sick, those assigned to their care, and the red cross and red crescent emblems. This article-by-article Commentary takes into account developments in the law and practice to provide up-to-date interpretations of the Convention. The new Commentary has been reviewed by humanitarTable of ContentsIntroduction; Preamble; Part I. General Provisions: Article 1. Respect for the Convention; Article 2. Application of the Convention; Article 3. Conflicts not of an international character; Article 4. Application by neutral powers; Article 5. Duration of application; Article 6. Special agreements; Article 7. Non-renunciation of rights; Article 8. Protecting Powers; Article 9. Activities of the ICRC and other impartial humanitarian organizations; Article 10. Substitutes for protecting powers; Article 11. Conciliation procedure; Part II. Wounded and Sick: Article 12. Protection and care of the wounded and sick; Article 13. Protected persons; Article 14. Status of the wounded and sick who have fallen into enemy hands; Article 15. Search for casualties. Evacuation; Article 16. Recording and forwarding of information; Article 17. Prescriptions regarding the dead. Graves Registration Service; Article 18. Role of the population; Part III. Medical Units and Establishments: Article 19. Protection of medical units and establishments; Article 20. Protection of hospital ships; Article 21. Discontinuance of protection of medical units and establishments; Article 22. Conditions not depriving medical units and establishments of protection; Article 23. Hospital zones and localities; Part IV. Personnel: Article 24. Protection of permanent personnel; Article 25. Protection of auxiliary personnel; Article 26. Personnel of aid societies; Article 27. Societies of neutral societies; Article 28. Retained personnel; Article 29. Status of auxiliary personnel who have fallen into enemy hands; Article 30. Return of medical and religious personnel; Article 31. Selection of personnel for return; Article 32. Return of personnel belonging to neutral countries; Part V. Buildings and Material: Article 33. Buildings and material of medical units and establishments; Article 34. Property of aid societies; Part VI. Medical Transports: Article 35. Protection of medical transports; Article 36. Medical aircraft; Article 37. Flight over neutral countries. Landing of the wounded and sick; Part VII. The Distinctive Emblem: Article 38. Emblem of the Convention; Article 39. Use of the emblem; Article 40. Identification of medical and religious personnel; Article 41. Identification of auxiliary personnel; Article 42. Marking of medical units and establishments; Article 43. Marking of units of neutral countries; Article 44. Restrictions in the use of the emblem. Exceptions; Part VIII. Execution of the Convention: Article 45. Detailed execution. Unforeseen cases; Article 46. Prohibition of reprisals; Article 47. Dissemination of the Convention; Article 48. Translations. Implementing laws and regulations; Part IX. Repression of Abuses and Infractions: Article 49. Penal sanctions; Article 50. Grave breaches; Article 51. Responsibilities of the contracting parties; Article 52. Enquiry procedure; Article 53. Misuse of the emblem; Article 54. Prevention of misuse of the emblem; Final provisions; Article 55. Languages; Article 56. Signature; Article 57. Ratification; Article 58. Coming into force; Article 59. Relation to previous conventions; Article 60. Accession; Article 61. Notification of accessions; Article 62. Immediate effect; Article 63. Denunciation; Article 64. Registration with the United Nations; Testimonium and signature clause.
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Brill Basic Documents on International Migration Law:
Book SynopsisSince the publication of the second edition of this outstanding collection, there has been a continued and rapid growth in the number international conventions, protocols, declarations and recommendations governing migration; and a transformation of the European Union's the legislation on the subject. The present edition takes account of these developments. Among the new instruments appearing in this edition are the EU's Minimum Standards Directive, its Responsibility Directive and the Family Union Directive, the European Convention on Nationality, several Conclusions of the Executive Committee of the UNHCR and Protocol No 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights. Account has been taken of the entry into force of certain of the instruments which, at the time of the second edition, remained without legal effect. Chief among these is the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, which entered into force on 1 July 2003 and at the end of 2005 had 27 parties. As in the second edition, the first four Parts deal respectively with general multilateral instruments, texts governing nationality and statelessness, general instruments on refugees and Council of Europe Instruments. Parts Five, Six, Seven and Eight, which are substantially composed of new measures, deal with aspects of EU law or policy, replacing the two parts devoted to this subject in the second edition, which in turn replaced a single chapter in the first edition. This publication is not intended for scholars alone, but also for practitioners in migration law. The texts are of practical significance for those concerned with the administration of the laws affecting migration and for representatives of those affected by these laws. It also serves as a companion to Richard Plender's monograph, "International Migration Law".Table of ContentsPart I. General Multilateral. Part II. Nationality and Statelessness. Part III. Refugees: General. Part IV. Refugees: Council of Europe. Part V. Council of Europe: Other. Part VI. Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe/Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Part VII. European Community Law. Part VIII. European Union: Cooperation in the Fields of Justice and Home Affairs. Part IX. European Community Agreements with Third Countries. Part X. International Labour Organisation: Conventions. Part XI. International Labour Organisation: Recommendations. Part XII. Miscellaneous.
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Oxford University Press Fighting at the Legal Boundaries
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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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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 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 Rules of Engagement and the International Law of Military Operations Oxford Monographs in International Humanitarian Criminal Law
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