The Humanitarian Civilian
Title | The Humanitarian Civilian PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Sutton |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2021-02-25 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0198863810 |
One of the central principles of international humanitarian law is the principle of distinction between the civilian and the combatant. This book critically examines the situation of international humanitarian actors, showing how they struggle to protect and enhance their civilian status.
Political Gain and Civilian Pain
Title | Political Gain and Civilian Pain PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas George Weiss |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780847687039 |
The use of sanctions is increasing in the post-Cold War world. Along with this increase, the international community must ask itself whether sanctions 'work, ' in the sense that they incite citizens to change or overthrow an offending government, and whether sanctions are really less damaging than the alternative of war. Here for the first time, sanctions and humanitarian aid experts converge on these questions and consider the humanitarian impacts of sanctions along with their potential political benefits. The results show that often the most vulnerable members of targeted societies pay the price of sanctions, and that in addition, the international system is called upon to compensate the victims for the undeniable pain they have suffered. Well-chosen case studies of South Africa, Iraq, the former Yugoslavia, and Haiti illustrate how much pain the community of states is willing to inflict upon civilians in the quest for political gains. Together with an analytical framework and policy conclusions, this important book seeks to clarify the range of options and strategies to policymakers who impose sanctions and to humanitarian officials who operate in sanctioned environments
The Humanitarian Fix
Title | The Humanitarian Fix PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Cropp |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 2021-01-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1000288390 |
This book investigates how humanitarians balance the laws and principles of civilian protection with the realities of contemporary warzones, where non-state armed actors assert cultural, political and religious traditions that are often at odds with official frameworks. This book argues that humanitarian protection on the ground is driven not by official frameworks in the traditional sense, but by the relationships between the complex mix of actors involved in contemporary wars. The frameworks, in turn, act as a unifying narrative that preserves these relationships. As humanitarian practitioners navigate this complex space, they act as unofficial brokers, translating the official frameworks to align with the often-divergent agendas of non-state armed actors. In doing so, they provide an unofficial humanitarian fix for the challenges inherent in applying the official frameworks in contemporary wars. Drawing on rich ethnographic observations from the author’s time in northern Iraq, and complemented by interviews with a range of fieldworkers and humanitarian policy makers and lawyers, this book will be a compelling read for researchers and students within humanitarian and development studies, and to practitioners and policy makers who are grappling with the contradictions this book explores.
The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law
Title | The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Bothe |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 767 |
Release | 2013-08-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199658803 |
The third edition of this work sets out a comprehensive and analytical manual of international humanitarian law, accompanied by case analysis and extensive explanatory commentary by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts.
Protection of Civilians
Title | Protection of Civilians PDF eBook |
Author | Haidi Willmot |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 497 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 019872926X |
The protection of civilians which has been at the forefront of international discourse during recent years is explored through harnessing perspective from international law and international relations. Presenting the realities of diplomacy and mandate implementation in academic discourse.
The Grey Zone
Title | The Grey Zone PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Lattimer |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 459 |
Release | 2018-07-26 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 150990865X |
The high civilian death toll in modern, protracted conflicts such as those in Syria or Iraq indicate the limits of international law in offering protections to civilians at risk. A recent conference of states convened by the International Committee of the Red Cross referred to 'an institutional vacuum in the area of international humanitarian law implementation'. Yet both international humanitarian law and the law of human rights establish a series of rights intended to protect civilians. But which law or laws apply in a particular situation, and what are the obstacles to their implementation? How can the law offer greater protections to civilians caught up in new methods of warfare, such as drone strikes, or targeted by new forms of military organisation, such as transnational armed groups? Can the implementation gap be filled by the growing use of human rights courts to remedy violations of the laws of armed conflict, or are new instruments or mechanisms of civilian legal protection needed? This volume brings together contributions from leading academic authorities and legal practitioners on the situation of civilians in the grey zone between human rights and the laws of war. The chapters in Part 1 address key contested or boundary issues in defining the rights of civilians or non-combatants in today's conflicts. Those in Part 2 examine remedies and current mechanisms for redress both at the international and national level, and those in Part 3 assess prospects for the development of new mechanisms for addressing violations. As military intervention to protect civilians remains contested, this volume looks at the potential for developing alternative approaches to the protection of civilians and their rights.
Necessity, Proportionality and the Use of Force by States
Title | Necessity, Proportionality and the Use of Force by States PDF eBook |
Author | Judith Gardam |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2004-11-18 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1139456172 |
There has been considerable debate in the international community as to the legality of the forceful actions in Kosovo in 1999, Afghanistan in 2002 and Iraq in 2003 under the United Nations Charter. There has been consensus, however, that the use of force in all these situations had to be both proportional and necessary. Against the background of these recent armed conflicts, this 2004 book offers the first comprehensive assessment of the twin requirements of proportionality and necessity as legal restraints on the forceful actions of States. It also provides a much-needed examination of the relationship between proportionality in the law on the use of force and international humanitarian law.