Negotiating Civil War - The Politics of International Regime Design

A theoretically-informed, critical account of the making of the international legal rules governing civil war.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Theorising the Civil War Regime; 2. Historical precursors and regime origins; 3. Negotiating Common Article 3 (1949); 4. The Additional Protocols of 1977; 5. War crimes and internal armed conflict in the Rome Statute (1998); 6. Explaining the Civil War Regime; Conclusion.

About the author

Henry Lovat is Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow. Formerly a legal adviser with the UK Government, he has also worked with the Council of Europe, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and various UK and international NGOs, as well as in legal practice in the City of London.

Summary

This book is vital reading for international lawyers, policy-makers and diplomats, human rights activists, and students of international law and politics, reflecting the pressing need to better understand the dynamics of multilateral treaty negotiations in a rapidly shifting international political, economic, and security environment.

Foreword

A theoretically-informed, critical account of the making of the international legal rules governing civil war.

Product details

• Authors: Henry Lovat, Henry (University of Glasgow) Lovat
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2024
• EAN: 9781108739702
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73970-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Human Rights, military history, LAW / International, International Relations, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law