International humanitarian law books

The twentieth-century Holocaust has become a defining event in many histories. This work reviews how national and...  Read More >>

The Special Court for Sierra Leone was created in 2002 to prosecute ""persons who bear the greatest responsibility""...  Read More >>

After a controversial war in which he was ousted and captured by United States forces, Saddam Hussein was arraigned...  Read More >>

Contains EU's Minimum Standards Directive, its Responsibility Directive and the Family Union Directive, the European...  Read More >>

How did the individual human being become the focus of the contemporary discourse on security? What was the role...  Read More >>

1 In his separate opinion in the Nuclear Weapons case, Judge Mohammed Bed- oui, then the President of the International...  Read More >>

Religion plays a pivotal role in the way women are treated around the world, socially and legally. This book discusses...  Read More >>

Once a bit player in military conflict, law has become a political and ethical vocabulary for marking legitimate...  Read More >>

Brings together a distinguished group of contributors whose essays chart the history, practice, and future of international...  Read More >>

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This book is an evaluation of the international response to a major protracted humanitarian situation. As such,...  Read More >>

Even democracies commit war crimes. France has long ignored its colonial crimes, only denounced by a few courageous...  Read More >>

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Constitutes a commentary on Article 8 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This work is...  Read More >>

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Constitutes a commentary on Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Part of the...  Read More >>

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This ground-breaking study examines the influence of gender constructs on the international regime protecting war-affected...  Read More >>

The purpose of this work is to trace the processes that led and continue to lead to the formation of the treaty...  Read More >>

At the end of the Second World War the victorious Allies began unprecedented proceedings against those leading Nazis...  Read More >>

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Presents a collection of an integrated body of essays that provide a comprehensive range of viewpoints on how international...  Read More >>

A brief historical and analytical understanding of the difficulties encountered in negotiating and implementing...  Read More >>

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