Overview

In three distinct volumes the editors bring together a distinguished group of contributors whose essays chart the history, practice, and future of international humanitarian law. At a time when the war crimes of recent decades are being examined in the International Criminal Tribunals for Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and a new International Criminal Court is being created as a permanent venue to try such crimes, the role of international humanitarian law is seminal to the functioning of such attempts to establish a just world order. The events of September 2001 and the world-wide threat of terrorist attacks, bring into sharper focus questions about the ramifications of unconventional warfare and how prisoners taken in armed conflict short of declared war should be treated. Here again international humanitarian law can provide the guideposts needed to find a just course through difficult times. The intent of these volumes is to help to inform where humanitarian law had its origins, how it has been shaped by world events, and why it can be employed to serve the future.

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Author:   John Carey ,  William Dunlap ,  Pritchard
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Transnational Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9781571052650

ISBN 10:   1571052658
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   06 January 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contributors; Foreword; Introduction to Volume 2-Challenges; Chapter 1: Media Limitations in Reporting Crimes Against Humanity; Chapter 2: Spotlight on Violations of International Humanitarian Law: The Role of the Media; Chapter 3: Dissemination and International Humanitarian Law in Modern Social Conflict; Chapter 4: War Crimes Law Comes of Age; Chapter 5: The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and Its Treatment of Crimes Against Women; Chapter 6: The Modern Blood-Feud: Thoughts on the Philosophy of Crimes Against Humanity and the Proper Response; Chapter 7: States, NGOs and Humanitarian Intervention; Chapter 8: United Kingdom SOFAs and Rules of Engagement in Yugoslavia: Some Further Reflections; Chapter 9: Can Perpetrators Really Suffer from Denial Syndrome ?

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John Carey has been the editor of the United Nations Law Reports for 35 years. William V. Dunlap is Professor of law at the Quinnipiac University School of Law. R. John Pritchard is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Association and Member of the Middle Temple. He is Director of the Robert M.W. Kempner Collegium.

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