International organisations & Institutions

When and how do states intervene in elections in other countries? Foreign interveners may aim to further the process of clean elections, or they ma...

Military coups are a constant threat in Africa and many former military leaders are now in control of 'civilian states', yet the military remains u...

Climate Change, Disasters and the Refugee Convention is concerned with refugee status determination (RSD) in the context of disasters and climate c...

The year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the United Nations Organisation, and the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Friendly Relations Decl...

Policymakers, legislators, scientists, thinkers, military strategists, academics, and all those interested in understanding the future want to know...

The number, intensity, and impact of diverse forms of 'natural' and 'human-made' disasters are increasing. In response, the international community...

Fully revised and updated from the successful first edition, this title analyses the practice of international courts and tribunals with regard to ...

At the end of the twentieth century, academics and policymakers welcomed a trend toward fiscal and political decentralization as part of a potentia...

This book contains ten writings on different aspects of international law, each of them cross-referenced, in instances in which information in one ...

The World Bank's Lawyers provides an original socio-legal account of the evolving institutional life of international law. Informed by oral archive...

This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of international human rights issues, offering truly international coverage including the Global S...

This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of international human rights issues, offering truly international coverage including the Global S...

International law shapes nearly every aspect of our lives. It affects the food we eat, the products we buy, the rights we hold, and the wars we fig...

This first anthology of women's international thought explores how women transformed the practice of international relations, from the early to mid...

Global action and regulation is increasingly the result of the interplay between formality and informality. From the management of State conduct in...

Published on the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, this thematic collection of case studies provides a thorough understanding of W...