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Zusatztext The author is to be commended for providing a great deal of clarity to the parameters of the legal debates...Lubell's study makes a substantial contribution...through the well-argued analysis of the current state of international law...The work provides an excellent base for further engagement with these difficult issues. Informationen zum Autor Dr. Noam Lubell is a Lecturer in international law at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway. In previous years he was the Co-Director of an International Law Clinic at the Concord Research Centre in Israel, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and prior to that he was a Senior Researcher at the Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex. He has taught courses on international human rights law and the laws of armed conflict in a number of academic institutions, in the UK, Israel, Ireland, and the US. Alongside his academic work Dr. Lubell has worked with various human rights organisations and has provided consultancies and training in human rights law and the laws of armed conflict for a variety of governmental and non-governmental bodies. Klappentext This book examines the legality of the use of force by states against individuals and non-state groups located beyond its borders, in light of applicable international law. The issues discussed include force used in the 'war on terror', pre-emptive self defence, and targeted killings of individuals. Zusammenfassung This book examines the legality of the use of force by states against individuals and non-state groups located beyond its borders, in light of applicable international law. The issues discussed include force used in the 'war on terror', pre-emptive self defence, and targeted killings of individuals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I: The Inter-State Relationship: Extraterritorial Use of Force and Self-defence Against Non-State Actors 1: The Possibility of Self-Defence Against Non-State Actors 2: The Parameters of Self-Defence 3: Measures Taken Outside the Self-Defence Framework Part I Conclusion Part II: International Humanitarian Law 4: Force Against Non-State Actors as Armed Conflict 5: Non-Traditional Models of Armed Conflict 6: Status of Individuals and the Regulation of Force Part II Conclusion Part III: International Human Rights Law 7: The Principal Practices and Primarily Affected Rights 8: Extraterritorial Applicability of Human Rights Law 9: Concurrent Applicability of International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law Part III Conclusion Concluding Chapter ...
