Guide to International Disarmament Law

List of contents

Introduction
1. The core concepts of international disarmament law
2. The core elements of disarmament treaties
3. Disarmament, arms control, and security
4. Use and threat of use
5. Development and testing
6. Transfer
7. Stockpile destruction
8. Addressing the effects of weapons
9. Reporting, verification, and compliance
10. Disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration (DDR)
Outlook

About the author

Stuart Casey-Maslen is Honorary Professor of International Law at the Centre for Human Rights in the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He holds a doctorate in the Law of Armed Conflict and master’s degrees in International Human Rights Law and Forensic Ballistics. He was previously Head of Research of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and has also worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and several non-governmental organisations, including Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA).
Tobias Vestner is Head of the Security and Law Programme at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) in Switzerland. Prior to joining GCSP, he was Research Affiliate and Global Futures Fellow at Georgetown University and Policy Advisor at the Export Control Policy Division of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. He also worked at the Law of Armed Conflict Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport and serves as reserve Legal Advisor at the Swiss Armed Forces Staff. He holds a Master of Science in Foreign Service and a Master of Laws in International and European Law.

Summary

While an internationally accepted definition of disarmament does not yet exist, it is widely agreed that disarmament encompasses or interrelates with prohibitions and restrictions on the development, production, stockpiling, testing, and transfer of weapons and on their destruction.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Casey-Maslen, Stuart (University of Pretoria Casey-Maslen, Stuart Vestner Casey-Maslen, Casey-Maslen Stuart, Tobias Vestner, Tobias (The Geneva Centre for Security Policy Vestner
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780815363866
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-6386-6
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Routledge Research in the Law of Armed Conflict; Routledge Research in the Law of Armed Conflict
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, LAW / International, International Law, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Armed Conflict