Detainee Abuse During Op Telic - ''A Few Rotten Apples''?

Informationen zum Autor Group Captain Tim Wood LLM MA RAF (retired) is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Massey University, New Zealand. While in the RAF, he deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as the legal adviser to the Commander. His final RAF post was with the Iraq Historic Allegations Prosecution Team. Klappentext This book reviews the nature of the alleged abuse committed by the UK military forces, exploring the legal paradigm in which the abuse allegedly occurred; the morality of those accused; and the robustness of the accusation of a 'policy of abuse'. Zusammenfassung This book reviews the nature of the alleged abuse committed by the UK military forces! exploring the legal paradigm in which the abuse allegedly occurred; the morality of those accused; and the robustness of the accusation of a 'policy of abuse'. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. ECCHR/PIL Allegations of Abuse by British Personnel 2. The Legal Paradigm 3. The Moral Component 4. A Policy of Abuse

List of contents

1. ECCHR/PIL Allegations of Abuse by British Personnel 2. The Legal Paradigm 3. The Moral Component 4. A Policy of Abuse

About the author

Group Captain Tim Wood LLM MA RAF (retired) is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Massey University, New Zealand. While in the RAF, he deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as the legal adviser to the Commander. His final RAF post was with the Iraq Historic Allegations Prosecution Team.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy Wood
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.11.2015
• EAN: 9781137588791
• ISBN: 978-1-137-58879-1
• No. of pages: 132
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Internationales Recht, C, Krieg und Verteidigung, Political Science, Policy, Rechtsvergleichung, morality, International Relations, International Law, Private International Law, Political Science and International Studies, Conflict of Laws, comparative law, Warfare and defence, Wetting, Political science and theory, Politics and war, Military and Defence Studies, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie, situational behaviour, systemic abuse, interrogation, systematic abuse, hooding, policy of abuse