Public international law: humanitarian law Books

Book SynopsisHuman Rights Indicators: A Guide to Measurement and Implementation aims to assist in developing quantitative and qualitative indicators to measure progress in the implementation of international human rights norms and principles. It describes the conceptual and methodological framework for human rights indicators recommended by international and national human rights mechanisms and used by a growing number of governmental and non-governmental actors. It provides concrete examples of indicators identified for a number of human rights - all originating from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - and other practical tools and illustrations, to support the realisation of human rights at all levels. The Guide will be of interest to human rights advocates as well as policymakers, development practitioners, statisticians and others who are working to make human rights a reality for all.

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Book SynopsisThis Training Guide seeks to assist States parties in meeting their obligations to respect, protect and fulfil the rights enshrined in the Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearances. The Manual, which is the first part of the Training Guide, outlines the provisions of the Convention and provides useful guidance on the content and scope of the rules of procedure and the working methods of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances, as well as reporting obligations under the Convention. The publication draws on the wealth of experience acquired by the Committee over the years. It highlights practical examples on the submission of information and data under the Convention and the successful implementation of Committee's recommendations. These examples would be of use to States parties and, in particular, to those involved in the delivery of training courses on reporting to the Committee and on the implementation of the Convention. By promoting a greater understanding of the provisions of the Convention, the Training Guide aims to provide guidance and support to reporting States as to the content of reports and the implementation of recommendations. The Manual will be complemented by training materials (Part II), tailored to each of the Convention's rights, to be published on the OHCHR website

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Book SynopsisCentral to this book is the concept of humanity in international law. It traces the evolution of that concept within international law, studies the existing theories of crimes against humanity, and lays out its own theory based on an inclusive view of “humanity”. Crimes against humanity are core crimes under international law; their modern definition is found in the Rome Statute. However, their protective scope remains unclear, with the exact meaning of “humanity” left undefined in law.The proposed theory argues that “humanity” should be understood as “humanness” and crimes against humanity should be criminalised because humanness constitutes these crimes’ valid protected interest. This volume in the International Criminal Justice Series offers an analysis of the German doctrine of Rechtsgut to justify the penalization of crimes against humanity at both domestic and international levels.This is the first monograph on crimes against humanity written by an author from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) aimed at an international audience, and should constitute a useful tool for academics, students and practitioners of international law.Rustam Atadjanov, LLB, LLM, Dr.jur., attained his Ph.D. at the University of Hamburg in Germany and is a former Legal Adviser to the Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Main Substantive Terms, Their Basic Differences and Links, and Leading Working Hypothesis.- Historical Overview of the Development of the Concept of Humanityin International Law and Crimes against Humanity.- “Humanity” within the Contemporary Context of International Law Dealing with Crimes against Humanity.-“Humanity” as a Valid Protected Interest under the Rechtsgutstheorie.- The Protected Legal Interests of Crimes against Humanity and Other Core Crimes under International Law: A Comparative Analysis.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis unique two-volume book covers virtually the whole spectrum of international conflict and security law. It proceeds from values protected by international law (Part I), through substantive rules in which these values are embodied (Part II), to international and domestic institutions that enforce the law (Part III). It subsequently deals with current challenges in the application of rules of international conflict and security law (Part IV), and crimes as the most serious violations of those rules (Part V). Finally, in the section on case studies (Part VI), lessons learnt from a number of conflict situations are discussed.Written by an international team of experts representing all the major legal systems of the world, the book is intended as a reference work for students and researchers, domestic and international judges, as well as for legal advisers to governments and international and non-governmental organisations.Sergey Sayapin is Associate Professor and Associate Dean at KIMEP University, School of Law in Almaty, Kazakhstan.Rustam Atadjanov is Assistant Professor at KIMEP University, School of Law in Almaty, Kazakhstan.Umesh Kadam is formerly Additional Professor at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India and Legal Adviser with the International Committee of the Red Cross.Gerhard Kemp is Professor of Law at the University of Derby in the United Kingdom. Nicolás Zambrana-Tévar is Associate Professor at KIMEP University, School of Law in Almaty, Kazakhstan.Noëlle Quénivet is Professor in International Law at the University of the West of England, Bristol Law School in the United Kingdom.Table of ContentsPart I. Protected Values.- Chapter 1. Humanity.- Chapter 2. Self-determination of Peoples.- Chapter 3. International Rule of Law.- Chapter 4. The Common Heritage of Mankind.- Chapter 5. Human Rights: Between Universalism and Relativism.- Part II. Law.- Chapter 6. The Use of Force in International Law.- Chapter 7. The UN Security Council: from Preserving State Sovereignty to Protecting Humanity.- Chapter 8. UN Security Council Sanctions and International Peace and Secutiry: Context, Controversies and (Legal) Challenges.- Chapter 9. Peace(keeping) Operations: Soldiers without Enemies? .- Chapter 10. The Status of Forces Agreements.- Chapter 11. International Human Rights Law.- Chapter 12. Direct Participation in Hostilities.- Chapter 13. The Conduct of Hostilities.- Chapter 14. Chemical Weapons.- Chapter 15. Nuclear Weapons.- Chapter 16. Blinding Laser Weapons.- Chapter 17. Fuel Air Explosive Weapons .- Chapter 18. Current Issues of The Hague Law .- Chapter 19. Military Space Operations.- Chapter 20. The Protection of the Environment and Natural Resources in Armed Conflict.- Chapter 21. The Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict and Occupation.- Chapter 22. Transnational and International Criminal Law.- Chapter 23. International Anti-Corruption Law.- Chapter 24. The Due Diligence Obligations of International Organisations Engaged in Disaster Management.- Part III: Institutions.- Chapter 25. Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).- Chapter 26. European Union (EU): Security, Conflict and Migration.- Chapter 27. Association of East Asian Nations (ASEAN).- Chapter 28. Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO).- Chapter 29. Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).- Chapter 30. Other “Hybrid” Tribunals.- Chapter 31. Post-Conflict Justice Mechanisms.- Chapter 32. INTERPOL.- Chapter 33. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).- Chapter 34. United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).- Chapter 35. World Health Organisation (WHO).- Chapter 36. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).- Chapter 37. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.- Chapter 38. Human Rights and Humanitarian NGOs.- Part IV. Challenges.- Chapter 39. Climate Change and Armed Conflict.- Chapter 40. Poaching and Wildlife Trafficking as a Threat to International Peace and Security.- Chapter. 41. The Use of Force in Pursuance of the Right to Self-Determination.- Chapter 42. The African Region´s Pushback against Mercenaries.- Chapter 43. International Humanitarian Protection to Disabled and Elderly People in Armed Conflict Zones. Chapter 44. The Politics of International Justice.- Chapter 45. Poverty.- Part V. Crimes.- Chapter 46. Genocide.- Chapter 47. Crimes against Humanity.- Chapter 48. The Crime of Apartheid.-Chapter 49. War Crimes.- Chapter 50. The Crime of Aggression: The Fall of the Supreme International Crime?.- Chapter 51. Military Ecocide.- Chapter 52. Religious Extremism.- Chapter 53. Human Smuggling and Human Trafficking.- Chapter 54. Organised Crime.- Part VI. Case Studies.- Chapter 55. Cambodia.- Chapter 56. Myanmar.- Chapter 57. Northern Cyprus.- Chapter 58. Former Yugoslavia.- Chapter 59. Northern Ireland: The Right to Life, Victim Mobilisation, and the Legacy of Conflict.- Chapter 60. The “War on Terror”.- Chapter 61.Jihad Misplaced for Terrorism: An Overview of the Boko Haram Crisis from Islamic and International Humanitarian Law Perspectives.- Chapter 62. Accountability of Religious Actors for CConflicts Motivated by Religion.- Chapter 63. The Children vs The Church: Human Rights and the Holy See in the Sex Abuse Crisis.- Chapter 64. The Role of International Law in the Prevention and Resolution of Possible Conflicts over Water in Central Asia: A Comparative Study with Special Reference to the European Union (EU).

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an insight into the issue of health inequity brought about by the violent conflict in Northeast India. While examining the deep vulnerabilities and loss of well-being suffered by families displaced by conflict in the Indo-Bhutan borderland region, the authors raise fundamental questions of accountability and the role of various stakeholders in providing humanitarian assistance to those affected by the conflict. It highlights for the reader the role played by conflict and armed violence in dismantling a functioning public health system and delineates the long-term barriers to post-conflict recovery. The book is written by those who have worked in implementing development and peacebuilding programs in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) of Western Assam. The book especially brings to the fore the voices of those communities directly affected by conflict in Bodoland. The book is valuable to researchers, development practioners and policy makers. Given the unique format of the book, which includes a number of case studies, it is particularly useful for students of development, public health and allied disciplines such as international relations as well as peace and conflict studies.Table of Contents1) Health Services in Conflict and Fragile Contexts: Implications for South Asia2) Health Inequity, Conflict and Peace in the Northeast India3) The Struggle for Identity, Onset of Violence in (for) Bodoland and Meanings of Autonomy4) Violent Borderlands and Health Systems Collapse: Narratives from Deosri5) Filling the Void? New Humanitarian Actors, Conflict Response and the Perils of Humanitarian Exit6) Pathways to Peace and Biographies of Reconstruction

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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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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Scope of Application.- Law Relating to Conduct of Hostilities.- Materialist History of International Humanitarian Law.- Materialist History of International Humanitarian Law.

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Book Synopsis1. Understanding Child Marriage Law and Practice.- 2. The Vulnerable Child, Rights and Discourse.- 3. Child Marriage and International Law.- 4.International Human Rights Law Responses Western and Arab Approaches.- 5. The Future for Vulnerable Child Brides.

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