Civilians in war
This title seeks to expand the tools available to international actors endeavouring to protect civilians in times of war. It presents a range of perspectives on the evolving norms of international humanitarian law and humanitarian actors can persuade belligerants to respect those norms.
Print Book, English, ©2001
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, Colo., ©2001
Aufsatzsammlung
xvi, 291 pages ; 24 cm.
9781555879884, 9781555879655, 1555879888, 1555879659
45195557
Introduction: global norms, local contexts / Simon Chesterman
Evolving conceptions of civilians and belligerents: one hundred years after the Hague Peace Conferences / Karma Nabulsi
Putting belligerents in context: the cases of Namibia and Angola / Guy Lamb
Protégés, clients, cannon fodder: civil-militia relations in internal conflicts / Marie-Joëlle Zahar
Colombia: persuading belligerents to comply with international norms / Pierre Gassmann
Gaining compliance without force: human rights field operations / William G. O'Neill
Children of war: understanding war and war cleansing in Mozambique and Angola / Alcinda Honwana
No justice without peace? international criminal law and the decision to prosecute / Simon Chesterman
Sexual violence in times of conflict: the jurisprudence of the international criminal tribunal for Rwanda / Navanethem Pillay
Humanitarian issues and agencies as triggers for international military action / Adam Roberts
The enforcement of humanitarian norms and the politics of ambivalence / Edward C. Luck
The end of innocence: humanitarian protection in the twenty-first century / Claude Bruderlein
From chaos to coherence? toward a regime for protecting civilians in war / Bruce D. Jones and Charles K. Cater
"A project of the International Peace Academy"--Cover