International Humanitarian Law

This book reviews the nature of the alleged abuse committed by the UK military forces, exploring the legal paradigm in which the abuse allegedly oc...

This illuminating study describes the genesis of the contemporary doctrine of humanitarian intervention. It is the first comprehensive analysis of ...

Two leading feminist lawyers reflect on gender in international law to set out what a gendered peace might look like and its impact on internationa...

How laws are created, shaped, and applied is a significant but often overlooked component of studies on armed conflict. Almost every contentious le...

The question of what constitutes an armed conflict has featured prominently in international law debates. However, international lawyers have paid ...

The world's only annual publication devoted to the study of the laws of armed conflict, the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law provides a t...

The world's only annual publication devoted to the study of the laws of armed conflict, the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law provides a t...

Since the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, jihad has become symbolic of the confrontation between Muslims and the West. According to...

The Inter-American System of Human Rights (IASHR) is certainly a source of innovation in human rights law and policy. However, uncertainty reigns o...

In the 1990s, the promise of justice for atrocity crimes was associated with the revival of international criminal tribunals (ICTs). More recently,...

The laws of war are facing new challenges from emerging technologies and changing methods of warfare, as well as the growth of human rights and int...

The world faces more than 60 million people displaced by armed conflict and disasters as of 2022. Climate change is set to trigger large-scale disp...

Combatants are equal under the laws of armed conflict, regardless of whether the wars they fight are just or unjust, legal or illegal. They are per...

How to address the human rights violations of previous regimes and past periods of conflict is one of the most pressing questions facing government...

By comparatively assessing three conflict-affected jurisdictions (Liberia, Northern Ireland and Timor-Leste), Conflict-Related Violence against Wom...

Despite the conclusion of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg that aggression is the 'supreme international crime', armed conflict rem...

Reimagining the National Security State provides the first comprehensive picture of the toll that US government policies took on civil liberties, h...

The question of 'humanitarian intervention' has been a staple of international law for around 200 years, with a renewed interest in the history of ...

This dispassionate analysis of the legal implications of non-international armed conflicts explores the rules regulating the conduct of internal ho...

Human Rights, Democracy, and Legitimacy in a World of Disorder brings together respected scholars from diverse disciplines to examine a trio of key...

The European Convention on Human Rights is being applied to military operations of every kind from internal operations in Russia and Turkey, to int...

International Law and New Wars examines how international law fails to address the contemporary experience of what are known as 'new wars' - instan...

The application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977 have developed significantly i...

Place is inextricably linked to history by way of culture, language, philosophy, faith and the development of worldviews. The richness and depth of...

Why are certain responses to past human rights violations considered instances of transitional justice while others are disregarded? This study int...

In this book, self-defence against non-state actors is examined by three scholars whose geographical, professional, theoretical, and methodological...

The rapid rise of global Islamic Jihadism in the past few decades and the limited success of the anti-terror campaign in halting its expansion have...

The prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment or punishment has a special status. It is the foremost international human...

Since the end of the Cold War, humanitarian interventions have continued to evolve and respond to a wide range of political crises. These insightfu...

This book is a comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. Through ...

This book is a comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. Through ...

Like many other areas of life, humanitarian practice and thinking are being transformed by information and communications technology. Despite this,...