Status of NGOs in International Humanitarian Law

Status of NGOs in International Humanitarian Law

Author: Claudie Barrat

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2014-07-24

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9004269665

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In Status of NGOs in International Humanitarian Law, Claudie Barrat examines the legal framework applicable to NGOs in situations of armed conflict. The author convincingly demonstrates, contrary to convention, that in addition to the ICRC, the National Societies and the IFRC, numerous other NGOs referenced in humanitarian law treaties have a legal status in IHL and therefore legitimate claim to employ IHL provisions to respond to current challenges. On the basis of clear and thorough definitions of these entities, Barrat argues that existing NGOs meeting stringent definition can benefit from customary rights and obligations in both international and non-international armed conflict.


The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law

The Handbook of International Humanitarian Law

Author: Michael Bothe

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-08-29

Total Pages: 767

ISBN-13: 0199658803

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The third edition of this work sets out a comprehensive and analytical manual of international humanitarian law, accompanied by case analysis and extensive explanatory commentary by a team of distinguished and internationally renowned experts.


Customary International Humanitarian Law

Customary International Humanitarian Law

Author: Jean-Marie Henckaerts

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-03-03

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 0521808995

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Customary International Humanitarian Law, Volume I: Rules is a comprehensive analysis of the customary rules of international humanitarian law applicable in international and non-international armed conflicts. In the absence of ratifications of important treaties in this area, this is clearly a publication of major importance, carried out at the express request of the international community. In so doing, this study identifies the common core of international humanitarian law binding on all parties to all armed conflicts. Comment Don:RWI.


Advocates of Humanity

Advocates of Humanity

Author: Kjersti Lohne

Publisher: Clarendon Studies in Criminolo

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780198818748

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This volume analyses the cultural meaning and social dynamics of international criminal justice by exploring the role of human rights organisations in this sphere after the creation of the International Criminal Court. The text offers an analysis of punishment 'gone global', and how it is constituted by and of global relations of power.


NGO Involvement in International Governance and Policy

NGO Involvement in International Governance and Policy

Author: Anton Vedder

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007-11-30

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9047422430

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Internationally operating nongovernmental organisations, NGOs, are increasingly involved in international politics and policy making. In many respects their involvement resembles activities and policies that, until recently, were typical of traditional national authorities. This book is about the reasons for which NGOs can and the reasons for which NGOs cannot be considered as rightful participants in international governance. It tries to deliver rationally defensible starting points for the discussion and the assessment of claims for the legitimacy of their organizations and activities. The book focuses on the question: What conditions must ideally be met for an organization to be called truthfully legitimate, be it or be it not as a matter of fact perceived as legitimate by the public? This does not mean that empirically descriptive questions are left aside. Practical feasibility is important even to a thoroughly normative conception of legitimacy. For that reason and for heuristic purposes, large parts of this book are dedicated to the ways in which NGOs and stakeholders perceive NGO legitimacy.


International Humanitarian Law

International Humanitarian Law

Author: Marco Sassòli

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2024-02-12

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13: 1800886918

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In this thoroughly updated second edition of what has quickly become the definitive text in the field of international humanitarian law (IHL), leading expert Marco Sassòli evaluates the application of IHL, the way in which hostilities should be conducted against an adversary, and the pertinence of traditional distinctions, such as that between international and non-international armed conflicts.


Non-Governmental Organisations in International Law

Non-Governmental Organisations in International Law

Author: Anna-Karin Lindblom

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 9780521850889

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Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) play an increasing political role on the international scene, and their position in relation to international law is generally regarded as important but informal. Their actual legal status has not been the subject of much investigation. This 2006 book examines the legal status of NGOs in different fields of international law, with emphasis on human rights law. By means of a thorough examination and systematisation of international legal rules and practices, the rights, obligations, locus standi and consultative status of NGOs are explored. This study is placed within a wider discussion on the representation of groups in the international legal system. Lindblom argues, on the basis of a discourse model of international decision-making, that non-governmental organisation is an important form of public participation that can strengthen the flawed legitimacy of the state-centric system of international law.


Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law

Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law

Author: Eve Massingham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-07-20

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0429588755

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This book explores the nature and scope of the provision requiring States to ‘ensure respect’ for international humanitarian law (IHL) contained within Common Article 1 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. It examines the interpretation and application of this provision in a range of contexts, both thematic and country-specific. Accepting the clearly articulated notion of ‘respect’ for IHL, it builds on the existing literature studying the meaning of ‘ensure respect’ and outlines an understanding of the concept in situations such as enacting implementing legislation, diplomatic interactions, regulating private actors, targeting, detaining persons under IHL in non-international armed conflict, protecting civilians (including internally displaced populations) and prosecuting war crimes. It also considers topical issues such as counter-terrorism and foreign fighting. The book will be a valuable resource for practitioners, academics and researchers. It provides much needed practical reflection for States as to what ensuring respect entails, so that governments are able to address these obligations.