From Cold War to Cyber War

1. Front Matter

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2. Progressive Development of International Law

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. From Cold War to Cyber War: The Evolution of the International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict over the Last 25 Years—An Introduction

      • Hans-Joachim Heintze, Pierre Thielbörger

      Pages 3-7

   3. Perspectives of International Humanitarian Law

      • Knut Ipsen

      Pages 9-18

3. Old Wine in New Bottles: Autonomy and Independence in International Law

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Autonomy and Conflict Resolution

      • Markku Suksi

      Pages 21-42

   3. Permutations of Popular Sovereignty Before, During and After the Scottish Independence Referendum

      • Lisa Gow

      Pages 43-63

4. New Threats to International Peace and Security

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Climate Change and International Peace and Security: Time for a ‘Green’ Security Council?

      • Pierre Thielbörger

      Pages 67-85

   3. Environmental Migration as a Humanitarian Challenge

      • Kerstin Rosenow-Williams

      Pages 87-104

5. New Forms of Warfare and Weaponry

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. Drones in International Law: The Applicability of Air and Space Law

      • Stephan Hobe

      Pages 107-112

   3. ‘Humanitarian Bombardments’ in Jus in Bello?

      • Robert Kolb

      Pages 113-125

   4. The Applicability of Article 51 UN Charter to Asymmetric Wars

      • Peter Hilpold

      Pages 127-135

6. The Changing Role of the Individual in the Law of Peace and Armed Conflict

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137

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   2. The Role of the Human Security Perspective

      • Wolfgang Benedek

      Pages 139-148

   3. Access to Victims and Humanitarian Assistance

      • Hans-Joachim Heintze

      Pages 149-166

   4. Non-refoulement in International Refugee Law, Human Rights Law and Asylum Laws

      • Charlotte Lülf

      Pages 167-186

   5. Gender in Armed Conflict: The Dimension of Sexual Violence

      • Wolfgang S. Heinz, Judith Kaiser

      Pages 187-203

7. Practical Insights on Humanitarian Action and Challenges to the Humanitarian Principles

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205

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This book follows the history of the international law of peace and armed conflict over the last 25 years. It highlights both the parameters that have remained the same over the years as well as the new challenges now facing international law. The articles analyze new developments concerning the prohibition of the use of force in international relations, self-determination of peoples, human rights and human security as well as international coordination of humanitarian assistance.

• Autonomy and conflict resolution
• Climate change and international peace and armed conflict
• Cyber war
• Gender in armed conflict
• Humanitarian action
• Humanitarian assistance
• climate change

• Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

  Hans-Joachim Heintze, Pierre Thielbörger

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Heintze is Professor of International Law at the Ruhr-University Bochum. He studied law and published a doctoral thesis on the law of state succession. He joined the Ruhr-University in 1990 and teaches at the Institute for International Law of peace and Armed Conflict and is the Bochum's Director of the European Master programme Network of Humanitarian Action (NOHA). He belongs to the Boards of the European Master Programme Human Rights and Democratization (Venice) and the European Regional Master Programme Human Rights and Democratization in South East Europe (Sarajevo). His research interests are human rights, international humanitarian law and disaster response law.

Prof. Dr. Pierre Thielbörger, M.PP. (Harvard) is Professor of German Public Law and International Law, including the Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, at the law faculty of Ruhr-University Bochum. He is also Managing Director of the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict at Ruhr-University Bochum.

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