Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict

Informationen zum Autor Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne is a Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Reading. Previously he was a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Public International Law at the University of Oxford; Stipendiary Lecturer in Law at Merton College, Oxford; and British Research Council Fellow at the Kluge Center in the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. He holds an LLB from the London School of Economics and BCL, MPhil, and DPhil degrees from the University of Oxford. Klappentext Detention under international law is highly regulated, but the law appears to be silent on non-international armed conflicts. This book uses case studies to examine the extent to which international humanitarian law can be applied in non-international contexts, and sets out a concrete proposal for how the law might develop in this area.2016 Francis Lieber Prize for Best Book in the Field of International Law and Armed Conflict Zusammenfassung Detention under international law is highly regulated, but the law appears to be silent on non-international armed conflicts. This book uses case studies to examine the extent to which international humanitarian law can be applied in non-international contexts, and sets out a concrete proposal for how the law might develop in this area. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I: Context; 1 The Distinction between International and Non-International Armed Conflicts; Part II: International Humanitarian Law; 2 Detention in International Armed Conflict; 3 Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict; Part III: International Human Rights Law; 4 Detention under International Human Rights Law; 5 Detention and the Relationship between IHL and IHRL; 6 Practical Application of IHRL to Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict; Part IV: Developing the Law; 7 Developing a Detention Regime for Non-International Armed Conflicts

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, Lawrence (Lecturer in Law Hill-Cawthorne, Hill-Cawthorne Lawrence
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2016
• EAN: 9780198749929
• ISBN: 978-0-19-874992-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Oxford Monographs in International Humanitarian & Criminal Law; Oxford Monographs in Internati; Oxford Monographs in Internati; Oxford Monographs in International Humanitarian & Criminal Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International humanitarian law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Public international law: humanitarian law, Armed Conflict, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, Responsibility of states & other entities