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Title The companion to international humanitarian law / edited by Draz̆an Djukić, Niccolò Pons
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2018]

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Series International humanitarian law series ; volume 55
International humanitarian law series ; v. 55.
Contents Foreword : IHL in a time of crisis : back to the basics? / Guido Acquaviva -- Promoting the teaching of IHL in universities : overview, successes, and challenges of the ICRC's approach / Etienne Kuster -- Comparing experiences : engaging states and non-state armed groups on international humanitarian law / Andrew Carswell and Jonathan Somer -- Legislative measures in international humanitarian law : a jigsaw of subtle fragmentation / Azra Kuci and Jelena Plamenac -- The future of the international humanitarian fact-finding commission : a possibility to overcome the weakness of IHL compliance mechanisms? / Robert Heinsch -- The role of United Nations commissions of inquiry in the implementation of IHL : potential and challenges / Théo Boutruche -- The intricate relationship between international human rights law and international humanitarian law in the European Court for Human Rights case law : an analysis of the specific case of detention in non-international armed conflicts / Damien Scalia and Marie-Laurence Hebert-Dolbec -- International humanitarian law in the jurisprudence of international criminal tribunals and courts / Alessandra Spadaro -- Entries [encyclopedia entries on a variety of topics relating to international humanitarian law]
Summary This collection studies the contribution of non-state actors to international obligations. Chapters by academics and practitioners address the role that these actors play in the sources of obligations, their implementation, human rights aspects, dispute settlement, responsibility and legal accountability.-- Provided by Publisher
Notes "This important and unique volume begins with seven essays that discuss the contemporary challenges to implementing international humanitarian law. Its second and largest section comprises 263 entries covering the vast majority of IHL concepts"--Publisher's Web site
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Subject Humanitarian law -- Encyclopedias
LAW -- International.
Humanitarian law
International humanitarian law.
Human rights.
International courts.
Non-State entities.
Development of law.
United Nations.
Encyclopedias.
Genre/Form Encyclopedias
Form Electronic book
Author Djukić, Dražan, 1981- editor.
Pons, Niccolò, editor.
LC no. 2018033928
ISBN 9789004342019
900434201X
9004342001
9789004342002