Overview
- The only book focussing on non-State actors within the context of international humanitarian law
- Includes chapters by both practitioners and scholars, thus combining theoretical discussions with the real-life challenges presented by non-State actors in international humanitarian law
- Proposes a new way of thinking about non-State actors in and around armed conflicts, focussing on their various functions and interactions
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Proliferation of NSAs Involved in Armed Conflict
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The Regulation of NSAs Involved in Armed Conflict Beyond IHL
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The Development of IHL by NSAs
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The Emergence of Horizontal Interactions Between NSAs
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Keywords
- non-State actors
- International Humanitarian Law
- International Organizations
- non-State armed groups
- Non-Governmental Organizations
- human rights bodies
- International Court of Justice
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols
- private military and security companies
About this book
With the emergence of the nation-State, international law was almost entirely focused on inter-State relations, thus excluding - for the most part - non-State entities. In the modern era, such a focus needs to be adjusted, in order to encompass the various types of functions and interactions that those entities perform throughout numerous international decision-making processes.
The contributions that comprise this volume are oriented towards a broad readership audience in the academic and professional fields related to international humanitarian law, international criminal law, international human rights law and general public international law.
Ezequiel Heffes, LLM, is a Thematic Legal Adviser in the Policy and Legal Unit at Geneva Call in Geneva, Switzerland, Marcos D. Kotlik, LLM, is Academic Coordinator at the Observatory of International Humanitarian Law of the University of Buenos Aires, School of Law and was a Judicial Fellow at the International Court of Justice between 2018-2019, and Manuel J. Ventura, LLM (Hons), is an Associate Legal Officer in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, an Adjunct Fellow at the School of Law at Western Sydney University, and a Director of The Peace and Justice Initiative.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Humanitarian Law and Non-State Actors
Book Subtitle: Debates, Law and Practice
Editors: Ezequiel Heffes, Marcos D. Kotlik, Manuel J. Ventura
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-339-9
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press The Hague
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: T.M.C. Asser Press and the authors 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-6265-338-2Published: 09 December 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-6265-341-2Published: 06 January 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6265-339-9Published: 28 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 451
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Human Rights, Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations, International Criminal Law