1. | Kuwali, Dan (ed.) : By all means necessary, 2017 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph By all means necessary : protecting civilians and preventing mass atrocities in Africa / Kuwali, Dan (ed.) ; Viljoen, Frans (ed.), 495 p. - Pretoria : Pretoria University Law Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-920538-66-8 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. PART I: IMPLEMENTATION OF PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS MANDATES. 1. Dan Kuwali and Frans Viljoen: Introduction. 2. Dan Kuwali: Article 4(h), the responsibility to protect and the protection of civilians. 3. Conor Foley: Defining protection of civilians in the context of armed conflicts. 4. Dire Tladi: Interpretation of protection of civilians mandates in United Nations Security Council Resolutions. PART II: PROTECTION OF SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AND PROPERTY AT RISK. 5. Thompson Chengeta: Protection of civilians from wilful killing in armed conflicts. 6. Dan Kuwali: Prevention of violent extremism in Africa. 7. Cephas Lumina: Protection of children in armed conflicts. 8. Cristiano d'Orsi: Protection of refugees and internally displaced persons during armed conflicts. 9. Dan Kuwali, Catherine Nakirya and Grace Amuge: Protection from sexual and gender-based violence in Africa. 10. Dan Kuwali and Gudmundur Alfredsson: Protection of minorities. 11. Jan F. Mutton: Protection of cultural heritage during armed conflicts in Africa. PART III: MEANS AND STRATEGIES FOR DEALING WITH MASS ATROCITIES. 12. Anna Larsson and Dan Kuwali: The role of humanitarian agencies in the protection of civilians. 13. Thomas Probert: The role of the UN Human Rights Council Special Procedures in protecting the right to life in armed conflicts. 14. John-Mark Iyi: The role of courts in protection of civilians. 15. Mphatso Boti-Phiri: Conflict prevention, peace building and prevention of mass atrocities. 16. Neville Dastoor and Dan Kuwali: The role of the United Nations Security Council in protection of civilians. PART IV: LESSONS LEARNT IN PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICTS. 17. Buba Bojang: Protection of civilians in armed conflicts in West Africa. 18. Bright Nkrumah and Godard Busingye: No peace, no war: protection of civilians in the Great Lakes Region in Africa. 19. Paul Phiri: Protection of civilians in the Horn of Africa. 20. Joe Stork: Protection of civilians: experiences from the Middle East and North Africa. 21. Solomon Dersso: The African Union's agenda on the protection of civilians: a review of its ambition and practice. 22. Noel M. Morada: Asian perspectives on atrocity prevention and protection of civilians PART V: THE FUTURE OF PROTECTING CIVILIANS AND PREVENTING MASS ATROCITIES IN AFRICA. 23. Gilbert Mittawa: Overcoming challenges in protecting civilians. 24. Dan Kuwali: The future of protection of civilians in Africa. 25. Dan Kuwali and Frans Viljoen: Conclusion. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (MEETINGS): Colloquim on the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, Pretoria, 18 and 19 September 2014 NOTE (GENERAL): Constitutive Act of the African Union |
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2. | Peters, Anne : Beyond human rights, 2016 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Beyond human rights : the legal status of the individual in international law / Peters, Anne, 602 p. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016. ISBN 978-1-107-16430-7 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Definition of the question. 2. Historical theory and practice of the international legal status of the individual. 3. The doctrine of the international legal personality of the human being. 4. International individual obligations. 5. The international responsibility of the individual. 6. Individual rights arising from international responsibility. 7. Individual rights and duties in the law of armed conflict. 8. Protection against acts of violence and forces of nature. 9. The international legal status of victims of crime. 10. Rights and duties in investment protection law. 11. Individual rights in consular law. 12. Individual rights in diplomatic protection. 13. The legal basis for the international personality of the individual and the question of its independence from the state. 14. Human rights and other rights. 15. The individual enforcement of international law. 16. Direct effect of norms establishing individual rights and duties. 17. The international individual right. INDEX WORDS:
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3. | Ratner, Steven R. : The thin justice of international law, 2017 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph The thin justice of international law : a moral reckoning of the law of nations / Ratner, Steven R., 471 p. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-19-880715-5 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Legal and ethical approaches to global justice: the dialogue of the (near-)deaf. 2. Conceptual groundwork for a standard of global justice. 3. A standard of global justice. 4. Norms and territorial integrity and political independence: the ban on the use of force and non-intervention. 5. The claims of peoples: self-determination and state borders. 6. Norms of participation: sovereign equality of states. 7. Sovereign equality's limits: membership and decisionmaking rules in international organizations. 8. Human rights for whom?: territoriality, extraterritoriality, and universal jurisdiction. 9. Extraterritorial protection of human rights through force: from humanitarian intervention to the responsibility to protect. 10. Regulating global trade. 11. The international investment regime. 12. The limits of thin justice: international humanitarian, criminal, and environmental law. 14. Beyond thin justice. INDEX WORDS:
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4. | Evans, Malcolm D. (ed.) : International law, 2018 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph International law / Evans, Malcolm D. (ed.). - 5th ed.., lxxiii, 896 p. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0-19-879183-6 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Stephen C. Neff: A short history of international law. 2. Martti Koskenniemi: What is international law for?. 3. Iain Scobbie: A view from Delft: some thoughts about thinking about international law. 4. Anthea Roberts and Sandesh Sivakumaran: The theory and reality of the sources of international law. 5. Alan Boyle: Soft law in international law-making. 6. Malgosia Fitzmaurice: The practical working of the law of treaties. 7. Matthew Craven and Rose Parfitt: Statehood, self-determination, and recognition. 8. Dapo Akande: International organizations. 9. Robert McCorquodale: The individual and the international legal system. 10. Christopher Staker: Jurisdiction. 11. Philippa Webb: International law and restraints on the exercise of jurisdiction by national courts of states. 12. Chanaka Wickremasinghe: Immunities enjoyed by officials of states and international organizations. 13. Eileen Denza: The relationship between international and national law. 14. James Crawford and Simon Olleson: The character and forms of international responsibility. 15. Phoebe Okowa: Issues of admissibility and the law of international responsibility. 16. Spencer Zifcak: The responsibility to protect. 17. Nigel D. White and Ademola Abass: Countermeasrues and sanctions. 18. John Merrills: The means of dispute settlement. 19. Hugh Thirlway: The International Court of Justice. 20. Christine Gray: The use of force and the international legal order. 21. Sir Malcolm D. Evans: The law of the sea. 22. Catherine Redgwell: International environmental law. 23. Surya P. Subedi: International investment law. 24. Robert Cryer: International criminal law. 25. Sir Nigel Rodley: International human rights law. 26. Geoff Gilbert and Anna Magdalena Rüsch: International refugee and migration law. 27. David Turns: The law of armed conflict (international humanitarian law) INDEX WORDS:
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5. | Lattimer, Mark (ed.) : The grey zone, 2018 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph The grey zone : civilian protection between human rights and the laws of war / Lattimer, Mark (ed.) ; Sands, Philippe (ed.), xxvi, 448 p. - Oxford : Hart, 2018. ISBN 978-1-50990-863-9 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Emily Crawford: Who is a civilian? Membership of opposition groups and direct participation in hostilities. 2. Mark Lattimer: The duty in international law to investigate civilian deaths in armed conflict. 3. Amichai Cohen: Protection by process: implementing the principle of proportionality in contemporary armed conflicts. 4. Stuart Casey-Maslen: Regulating armed drones and other emerging weapons technologies. 5. Pavle Kilibarda and Gloria Gaggioli: The globalisation of non-international armed conflicts. 6. Francoise J. Hampson: Administrative detention in non-international armed conflicts. 7. Lois Moore and Christine Chinkin: The crime of rape in military and civilian jurisdictions. 8. Carla Ferstman: The right to reparation by victims of armed conflict. 9. Sharon Weill: Arguing international humanitarian law standards in national courts - a spectrum of expectations. 10. Bill Bowring: The death of lex specialis? Regional human rights mechanisms and the protection of civilians in armed conflict. 11. Cedric Ryngaert: Extraterritorial obligations under human rights law. 12. Liesbeth Zegveld: What duties do peacekeepers owe civilians? Lessons from the Nuhanovic case. 13. Blinne Ni Ghrálaigh: Civilian protection and the arms trade treaty. 14. Valentin Zellweger and Francois Voeffray: A path towards greater respect for international humanitarian law. 15. Jennifer M. Welsh: The responsibility to protect and non-state armed groups. 16. Carrie McDougall: Protecting civilians by criminalising the most serious forms of the illegal use of force: activating the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. 17. Leila Nadya Sadat: Elements and innovations in a new global treaty on crimes against humanity. INDEX WORDS:
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