Actions for Modern warfare : armed groups, private militaries, humanitarian organizations, and the law

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Modern warfare : armed groups, private militaries, humanitarian organizations, and the law / edited by Benjamin Perrin

Published
Vancouver : UBC Press, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
xx, 395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Perrin, Benjamin

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Contents
Asymmetrical reciprocity and compliance with the laws of war / René Provost -- The pragmatic value of reciprocity : promoting respect for international humanitarian law among non-state armed groups / Sophie Rondeau -- Armed non-state actors and humanitarian norms : lessons from the Geneva call experience / Elisabeth Decrey Warner, Jonathan Somer, and Pascal Bongard -- The ownership of international humanitarian law : non-state armed groups and the formation and enforcement of IHL rules / Sandesh Sivakumaran -- Armed groups and the Arms Trade Treaty : challenges and opportunities / Pablo Policzer and Valerie Yankey-Wayne -- Private security companies and humanitarian organizations : implications for international humanitarian law / Benjamin Perrin -- The case for humanitarian organizations to use private security contractors / Andrew Bearpark -- The use of armed security escorts : a challenge to independent and neutral humanitarian action / Jamie Williamson -- Obligations of private military and security companies under international humanitarian law / Fred Schreier -- "Humanitarian space" in search of a new home : (limited) guidance from international law / Sylvain Beauchamp -- Humanitarian space and stability operations / Michael Khambatta -- The implications for women of a shrinking humanitarian space / Valerie Oosterveld -- Whither humanitarian space? : The costs of integrated peacebuilding in Afghanistan / Emily Paddon and Taylor Owen -- Silent wars in our cities : alternatives to the inadequacy of international humanitarian law to protect civilians during endemic urban violence / Carlos Iván Fuentes -- Rethinking stabilization and humanitarian action in "fragile cities" / Robert Muggah and Oliver Jütersonke -- Stabilization and humanitarian action in Haiti / Robert Muggah -- Violence against children in urban settings : private hurt, public manifestations / Gurvinder Singh and Judi Fairholm.
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ISBN
9780774822329 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0774822325 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Also issued in electronic format.
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