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Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping Operations Legal Responsibility and Accountability

Protection of Civilians in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Legal Responsibility and Accountability

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Aminul Islam
August 01, 2024

This book discusses the legal responsibility of UN peacekeepers for the protection of civilians under international legal regimes, particularly international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international refugee law, and occupation law. It considers both negative and positive ...

Atrocity Crimes and International Law Responsibility to Protect, Intercession, and Non-Forceful Responses

Atrocity Crimes and International Law: Responsibility to Protect, Intercession, and Non-Forceful Responses

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Stacey Henderson
May 27, 2024

Despite repeated declarations of ‘never again’ in response to the commission of atrocities, civilians have continued to be targeted by their leaders and opposition groups. The international law principles of sovereignty and non-intervention, when taken at their highest, require States to stand idle...

Military Investigations in Armed Conflict Independence and Impartiality under International Law

Military Investigations in Armed Conflict: Independence and Impartiality under International Law

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Claire Simmons
April 02, 2024

An allegation is made that a war crime was committed by a soldier during a conflict. Who should investigate the allegation? How should they investigate? This book explores a topic of critical importance in legal and policy discussions surrounding the accountability of military operations in armed ...

Stabilization and Human Security in UN Peace Operations

Stabilization and Human Security in UN Peace Operations

1st Edition

By Alexander Gilder
May 31, 2023

UN peace operations are increasingly asked to pursue stabilization mandates with lofty expectations of being able to stabilize conflict zones, achieve national reconciliation, and rebuild state legitimacy. This book investigates the relationship between UN stabilization mandates and the concept of ...

Occupation and Control in International Humanitarian Law

Occupation and Control in International Humanitarian Law

1st Edition

By Natia Kalandarishvili-Mueller
May 06, 2022

This book presents a systematic analysis of the notion of control in the law of military occupation. The work demonstrates that in present-day occupations, control as such occurs in different forms and variations. The polymorphic features of occupation can be seen in the way states establish ...

Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law

Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law

1st Edition

Edited By Eve Massingham, Annabel McConnachie
April 29, 2022

This book explores the nature and scope of the provision requiring States to ‘ensure respect’ for international humanitarian law (IHL) contained within Common Article 1 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. It examines the interpretation and application of this provision in a range of contexts, both ...

Africa and International Criminal Justice Radical Evils and the International Criminal Court

Africa and International Criminal Justice: Radical Evils and the International Criminal Court

1st Edition

By Fred Agwu
November 08, 2019

This book provides an overview of crimes under international law, radical evils, in a number of African states. This overview informs a critical analysis of the debates surrounding the African Union’s call for withdrawal from the International Criminal Court and proposes a way forward with a more ...

Protection of Civilians and Individual Accountability Obligations and Responsibilities of Military Commanders in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations

Protection of Civilians and Individual Accountability: Obligations and Responsibilities of Military Commanders in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations

1st Edition

By Lenneke Sprik
August 12, 2019

This book explores the question of whether peacekeeping commanders can be held accountable for a failure to protect the civilian population in the mission area. This requires an assessment of whether peacekeeping commanders have an obligation to act against such serious crimes being committed under...

A Guide to International Disarmament Law

A Guide to International Disarmament Law

1st Edition

By Stuart Casey-Maslen, Tobias Vestner
June 10, 2019

Disarmament is integral to the safeguarding and promotion of security, development, and human rights. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent each year on disarmament operations, yet no comprehensive guide exists to explain clearly the international rules governing disarmament. This book seeks to...

Humanization of Arms Control Paving the Way for a World free of Nuclear Weapons

Humanization of Arms Control: Paving the Way for a World free of Nuclear Weapons

1st Edition

By Daniel Rietiker
March 22, 2019

Despite clear legal rules and political commitments, no significant progress has been made in nuclear disarmament for two decades. Moreover, not even the use of these weapons has been banned to date. New ideas and strategies are therefore necessary. The author explores an alternative approach to ...

Armed Drones and Globalization in the Asymmetric War on Terror Challenges for the Law of Armed Conflict and Global Political Economy

Armed Drones and Globalization in the Asymmetric War on Terror: Challenges for the Law of Armed Conflict and Global Political Economy

1st Edition

By Fred Aja Agwu
December 11, 2017

This book is a critical exploration of the war on terror from the prism of armed drones and globalization. It is particularly focused on the United States’ use of the drones, and the systemic dysfunctions that globalization has caused to international political economy and national security, ...

Accountability for Violations of International Humanitarian Law Essays in Honour of Tim McCormack

Accountability for Violations of International Humanitarian Law: Essays in Honour of Tim McCormack

1st Edition

Edited By Jadranka Petrovic
February 07, 2017

International criminal adjudication, together with the prosecution and appropriate punishment of offenders at a national level, remains the most effective means of enforcing International Humanitarian Law. This book considers the various issues emanating from present-day breaches of norms of ...

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