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Listening to the Silences: Women and War
Inbunden, 2005
2232 kr
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Challenging the perception that women are exclusively the victims, the caregivers or the passive supporters of men in times of armed conflict, Listening to the Silences: Women and War exposes the reader to a diversity of women’s voices. These voices, both personal and academic, demonstrate that …
Dynamics of International Criminal Justice
Essays in Honour of Sir Richard May
Inbunden, 2005
2724 kr
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This book is dedicated to the memory of Sir Richard May, who passed away on 1 July 2004, and to the rich legacy he has left behind in the area of international criminal law. It contains in-depth analyses of a range of issues critical to the development and understanding of international criminal …
International Law and Armed Conflict: Exploring the Faultlines
Essays in Honour of Yoram Dinstein
Av Michael Schmitt, Jelena Pejic
Inbunden, 2007
3851 kr
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International law and armed conflict exist in a symbiotic relationship. In some cases, law shapes conflict proactively by imposing normative limits in advance of the appearance of proscribed conduct. Much more commonly, armed conflict either reveals lacunae in the law or demonstrates how law …
Protection of Personnel in Peace Operations
The Role of the 'Safety Convention' against the Background of General International Law
Av Ola Engdahl
Inbunden, 2007
2448 kr
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The 1994 Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel (Safety Convention) was the first multilateral convention to deal specifically with the protection of personnel engaged in peace operations. It should be viewed against the background of the increasingly volatile …
Legacy of Nuremberg: Civilising Influence or Institutionalised Vengeance?
Av David Arnon Blumenthal, Timothy L.H. McCormack
Inbunden, 2007
3504 kr
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In this new collection of essays the editors assess the legacy of the Nuremberg Trial asking whether the Trial really did have a civilising influence or if it constituted little more than institutionalised vengeance. Three essays focus particularly on the historical context and involve rich …
Unlawful Attacks in Combat Situations
From the ICTY’s Case Law to the Rome Statute
Inbunden, 2008
2396 kr
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Death and destruction are unavoidable effects of war and combat situations. The fact that people have been killed or injured or property has been destroyed should not encourage anyone to rush to the conclusion that war crimes have been committed. On the contrary, before reaching such a conclusion, …
Violations of the Rules Applicable in Non-International Armed Conflicts and Their Possible Causes
The Case of Somalia
Inbunden, 2010
2688 kr
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While all armed conflicts are marked by violations of international humanitarian law, non-international armed conflicts appear to be characterised by even more serious violations of international humanitarian law on a colossal scale. This study is aimed at understanding the possible factors that …
Deadly Metal Rain: The Legality of Flechette Weapons in International Law
A Reappraisal Following Israel’s Use of Flechettes in the Gaza Strip (2001-2009)
Av Eitan Barak
Inbunden, 2011
2568 kr
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Taking the April 2003 rejection by Israel's Supreme Court of a petition to ban flechette use rounds in the densely populated Gaza Strip as its point of departure, this innovative and interdisciplinary book offers the only in-depth study on flechette weapons conducted to date. Its timeliness is …
Law at War: The Law as it Was and the Law as it Should Be
Liber Amicorum Ove Bring
Inbunden, 2008
3108 kr
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The authors of this volume have been inspired by the scholar to which this Liber Amicorum is dedicated - Professor Ove Bring - to look into both the past and the future of international law. Like Ove Bring, they have dealt with many aspects of the law governing the use of force, from arms control …
International Legal Dimension of Terrorism
Av Pablo Antonio Fernández-Sánchez
Inbunden, 2008
3552 kr
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More than ever before International Humanitarian Law needs to find new solutions to new types of conflicts. The current state of the fight against terrorism is without doubt one of the new problems facing international society and one of the concerns of International Humanitarian Law.This volume …
What Is War?
An Investigation in the Wake of 9/11
Inbunden, 2012
3947 kr
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International law has lacked a widely-accepted definition of armed conflict despite the essential human rights and other rules that depend on such a definition. During armed conflict, government forces have “combatant immunity” to kill without warning. They may detain enemy forces until the end of …
Regulating the Use of Force in Wars of National Liberation: The Need for a New Regime
A Study of the South Moluccas and Aceh
Inbunden, 2009
2196 kr
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This work reconsiders and critically evaluates the complex international legal framework which seeks to regulate wars of national liberation in the light of two fascinating case studies. It tests the effectiveness of both the jus ad bellum and jus in bello aspects of the current legal framework by …
Security: A Multidisciplinary Normative Approach
Inbunden, 2009
2364 kr
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Security is an all-encompassing term of art which is subject to diverse interpretations and understandings. It includes notions of protection against transnational threats, including terrorism, inter- and intra-state conflict, nuclear proliferation, forced migration, violation of women’s rights, …
International Military Missions and International Law
Av Marco Odello, Ryszard Piotrowicz
Inbunden, 2011
2568 kr
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The Law of Armed Conflict traditionally regulates the actions of States and armed groups, as well as individuals who participate in hostilities. It is increasingly evident that there are significant legal issues regarding the application of this law to the activities of International Military …
United Nations Naval Peace Operations in the Territorial Sea
Inbunden, 2009
2017 kr
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This book examines UN naval peace operations, addressing the construction and assessment of authority with respect to a range of acts essential to the conduct of such operations. The focus is particularly upon operations as they relate to and impact upon the Territorial Sea. Within a conceptual …
Contemporary Law of Targeting
Military Objectives, Proportionality and Precautions in Attack under Additional Protocol I
Inbunden, 2009
2328 kr
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Armed conflict is about using force to achieve goals. As international humanitarian law regulates the means and methods that a belligerent may adopt to achieve its goals, there will inevitably be disagreements over the interpretation of that law. As for the rules that regulate targeting, the main …
Stopping Wars and Making Peace
Studies in International Intervention
Av Kristen Eichensehr, W. Michael Reisman
Inbunden, 2009
3108 kr
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During most of human history, war was a basic instrument of statecraft, considered, for the most part, a lawful, honorable, ennobling, and even romantic pursuit. By contrast, peacemaking remained a marginal and indeed incongruous interstate activity. A war would end when the belligerents ended …
Protecting Cultural Property in Armed Conflict
An Insight into the 1999 Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
Av Nout van Woudenberg, Liesbeth Lijnzaad
Inbunden, 2010
1921 kr
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In 2009 it was ten years since the adoption of the Second Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of an Armed Conflict. To celebrate this anniversary, a variety of contributions, focussing on the legal and cultural aspects of the Protocol are …
International Criminal Justice in bello?
The ICC between Law and Politics in Darfur and Northern Uganda
Inbunden, 2011
2029 kr
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) plays a particularly delicate role in situations of ongoing armed conflicts, both from a legal and a political perspective. While the primary objective of the ICC Statute is to end impunity, States Parties and the UN Security Council were mainly driven by …
Internal Implementation of Peace Agreements after Violent Intrastate Conflict
Guidance for Internal Actors Responsible for Implementation
Inbunden, 2011
3540 kr
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This book is at heart a guide on how to best approach the management of an internally-led peace implementation process after a violent intrastate conflict. It explains the principal tasks, legal framework and management implications of internal peace implementation and illustrates this with many …
International Law and Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts
Inbunden, 2012
2772 kr
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Sexual violence is a particular brand of evil that women have endured—more than men—during armed conflicts, through the ages. It is a menace that has continued to challenge the conscience of humanity—especially in our times. At the international level, basic laws aimed at preventing it are not in …
Beyond Victor's Justice? The Tokyo War Crimes Trial Revisited
Av Yuki Tanaka, Timothy L.H. McCormack m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
2964 kr
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The aim of this new collection of essays is to engage in analysis beyond the familiar victor’s justice critiques. The editors have drawn on authors from across the world — including Australia, Japan, China, France, Korea, New Zealand and the United Kingdom — with expertise in the fields of …
Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Military Contingents
Moving Beyond the Current Status Quo and Responsibility under International Law
Inbunden, 2014
3686 kr
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In Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by UN Military Contingents: Moving Beyond the Current Status Quo and Responsibility under International law Róisín Burke explores the legal, conceptual and practical difficulties of dealing with sexual offences committed by military contingent personnel deployed on …
Old Bridge of Mostar and Increasing Respect for Cultural Property in Armed Conflict
Inbunden, 2012
3552 kr
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Although it is precious to all humanity, including future generations, cultural property is targeted wilfully during armed conflict. In the litany of other war crimes the wilful destruction of cultural property is pushed from centre stage. The deliberate destruction of the Old Bridge of Mostar is …
Forcible Displacement Throughout the Ages
Towards an International Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Forcible Displacement
Inbunden, 2012
2384 kr
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Forcible displacement transforms cultures and can even lead to their destruction. Beginning with the origins of the human species millions of years ago and ending up in our present day era, this book analyses examples of forcible displacement in order to examine the crime in its many different …
International Humanitarian Law and the Changing Technology of War
Av Dan Saxon
Inbunden, 2013
3552 kr
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Increasingly, war is and will be fought by machines – and virtual networks linking machines - which, to varying degrees, are controlled by humans. This book explores the legal challenges for armed forces resulting from the development and use of new military technologies – automated and autonomous …
Bravery or Bravado? The Protection of News Providers in Armed Conflict
Av Nina Burri
Inbunden, 2015
4007 kr
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During the last decade, the image of war correspondents in the news has shifted dramatically. Reports are no longer full of cheerleading stories of embedded journalists. Instead, stories of war reporters being attacked, kidnapped or injured prevail. Sadly, the former heroic witnesses to war have …
Detention of Non-State Actors Engaged in Hostilities
The Future Law
Inbunden, 2016
2947 kr
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Detention of Non-State Actors engaged in Hostilities: The Future Law explores legal dilemmas facing detention management during military missions overseas. Armed forces increasingly find themselves facing non-international armed conflict with non-state actors, such as insurgents, terrorists or …
Holding UNPOL to Account
Individual Criminal Accountability of United Nations Police Personnel
Inbunden, 2017
2496 kr
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Ai Kihara-Hunt’s Holding UNPOL to Account: Individual Criminal Accountability of United Nations Police Personnel analyzes whether the mechanisms that address criminal accountability of United Nations police personnel serving in peace operations are effective, and if there is a problem, how it can …
Petulant and Contrary: Approaches by the Permanent Five Members of the UN Security Council to the Concept of 'threat to the peace' under Article 39 of the UN Charter
Inbunden, 2019
2412 kr
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Aside from self-defence, a UN Security Council authorisation under Chapter VII is the only exception to the prohibition on the use of force. Authorisation of the use of force requires the Security Council to first determine whether that situation constitutes a ‘threat to the peace’ under Article …
