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The number of armed conflicts featuring extreme violence against the civilian population in areas with no or little State authority has risen significantly since the early 1990s. This phenomenon has been particularly prevalent in the African Great Lakes Region. This collection of essays evaluates, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the various traditional and alternative instruments for inducing compliance with international humanitarian law. In particular, it explores the potential of persuasion, as well as hierarchical means such as criminal justice on the international and domestic level or quasi-judicial mechanisms by armed groups. Furthermore, it evaluates the role and potential of human rights bodies, peacekeeping missions and the UN Security Council's special compliance system for children and armed conflicts. It also considers how Common Article 1 to the Geneva Conventions and the law of State responsibility could both potentially increase compliance with international humanitarian law.

International crimes --- Humanitarian law --- Prevention --- Enforcement measures for International humanitarian law --- LAW / International. --- Prevention. --- Enforcement measures for International humanitarian law. --- Law / international. --- Enforcement measures for international humanitarian law. --- International crimes - Great Lakes Region (Africa) - Prevention --- Humanitarian law - Africa

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The Netherlands Yearbook of International Law was first published in 1970. It offers a forum for the publication of scholarly articles of a more general nature in the area of public international law including the law of the european Union.   One of the key functions or purposes of international law (and law in general for that matter) is to provide long-term stability and legal certainty. Yet, international legal rules may also function as tools to deal with non-permanent or constantly changing issues, and rather than stable, international law may have to be flexible or adaptive. Prima facie, one could think of two main types of temporary aspects relevant from the perspective of international law. First, the nature of the object addressed by international law or the ‘problem’ that international law aims to address may be inherently temporary (temporary objects). Second, a subject of international law may be created for a specific period of time, after the elapse of which this entity ceases to exist (temporary subjects). These types of temporariness raise several questions from the perspective of international law, which are hardly addressed from a more conceptual perspective. This volume of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law aims to do exactly that by asking the question of how international law reacts to various types of temporary issues. Put differently, where does international law stand on the continuum of predictability and pragmatism when it comes to temporary issues or institutions?

International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict. --- International Criminal Law . --- International Environmental Law. --- Human Rights. --- International humanitarian law. --- International criminal law. --- International environmental law. --- Human rights. --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- International environmental law --- International law --- Common heritage of mankind (International law) --- Criminal law, International --- ICL (International criminal law) --- Criminal law --- Criminal jurisdiction --- International crimes --- Humanitarian conventions --- International humanitarian law --- War (International law) --- Law and legislation

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This book includes contributions from academics, practitioners and policy-makers connected with the Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA), an international association of universities that is committed to interdisciplinary education and research on humanitarian action. Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of NOHA, this book highlights some of the most pressing issues and challenges facing humanitarian action and explores potential solutions. Drawing on theory and practice, and spanning a broad range of subject matter, the book explores the origin of key concepts such as human security, reconciliation and resilience and questions their effectiveness in the pursuit of humanitarian ends. It also charts current developments in the humanitarian system, in particular in its legal and financial frameworks. Issues relating to humanitarian stakeholders, such as the role of the media and the protection of humanitarian workers, are also addressed. The contributions are influenced by a range of disciplines, including anthropology, political science, legal studies and communications.

Law. --- International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict. --- Political Science, general. --- International Relations. --- Droit --- International Law --- Law, Politics & Government --- Treaties, International --- Humanitarianism --- Education, Higher --- Study and teaching (Higher) --- Aims and objectives --- Human welfare --- Philanthropy --- Social welfare --- Political science. --- International relations. --- International humanitarian law. --- Political Science. --- Humanitarian conventions --- International humanitarian law --- War (International law) --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Charities --- Ethics

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The current challenges and potential future of peacekeeping in an increasingly complex world take center stage in this far-reaching collection. Contributors advance a nuanced picture of post-conflict environments across different areas of the globe while considering possible deployments of peacekeeping, traditional military, and UN forces in semi-autonomous complementary roles. Longstanding debate topics such as the need for a standing UN army and the field implementation of global right-to-protect concepts are discussed, as are emerging ideas in civilian protection, atrocity prevention, and balancing triage operations with long-term peacebuilding efforts. Other dispatches chronicle key issues and concerns regarding peacekeeping operations in Brazil, China, and diverse regions of Africa. Included in the coverage: Protecting strangers: reflections on a cosmopolitan peacekeeping capacity.  Towards a standing UN force for peacekeeping. Challenges posed by intervention brigades and other coercive measures in support of the protection of civilians. Addressing the criminal accountability of peacekeepers. The evolution of China’s role in peacekeeping and atrocity crime prevention. Businesses and investors as stakeholders in atrocity crime prevention. “In a refreshing and engaging manner, this edited volume represents a much-needed contribution to the debate on how best to address current security threats given the limitations and the possibilities of peacekeeping and atrocity prevention.” Dr. Maria Stern, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg "This collection of articles effectively points to the challenges, complexities and sensitivities of preventing and halting mass atrocity crimes in part through the use of UN peacekeeping operations.” Dr. György Tatár, Budapest Centre for the International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities Including a Foreword by Adama Dieng, UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide.

Treaties, International --- International Law --- Law, Politics & Government --- Atrocities --- Crimes against humanity --- Peace-building. --- Prevention. --- Building peace --- Peacebuilding --- Military atrocities --- Law. --- International relations. --- International humanitarian law. --- International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict. --- Criminology and Criminal Justice, general. --- International Relations. --- Crime --- International crimes --- Genocide --- War crimes --- Cruelty --- Conflict management --- Peace --- Peacekeeping forces --- Criminology. --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Social sciences --- Criminals --- Study and teaching --- Humanitarian conventions --- International humanitarian law --- War (International law)

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Commemorating Morton Deutsch’s 95th birthday, this book presents ten major texts by this highly respected social psychologist on war and peace. This first volume presents Deutsch in his role as a leading social science activist on issues of war and peace – writing papers, making speeches and participating in demonstrations. After serving in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and being awarded two Distinguished Flying Cross medals, as a psychologist he was determined to work for a more peaceful world. Influenced by Kurt Lewin, who believed that nothing was as practical as a good theory, Deutsch pursued theoretical work on such issues as cooperation-competition, conflict resolution and social justice with regard to issues of war and peace. As President of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict and Violence, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues and the International Society of Political Psychology, he helped to foster social science efforts to make for a more peaceful world.

Environment. --- Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. --- History of Science. --- International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict. --- Environmental sciences. --- Science --- Environmental law. --- Sciences de l'environnement --- Sciences --- Environnement --- History. --- Histoire --- Droit --- Science_xHistory. --- Business & Economics --- Law, Politics & Government --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Environmental Sciences --- Law, General & Comparative --- Economic History --- Peace --- Social psychology. --- Social psychologists --- Conflict management. --- Psychological aspects --- Research. --- Deutsch, Morton, --- Conflict control --- Conflict resolution --- Dispute settlement --- Management of conflict --- Managing conflict --- Mass psychology --- Psychology, Social --- Coexistence, Peaceful --- Peaceful coexistence --- International humanitarian law. --- Environmental policy. --- Management --- Negotiation --- Problem solving --- Social conflict --- Crisis management --- Psychologists --- Human ecology --- Psychology --- Social groups --- Sociology --- International relations --- Disarmament --- Peace-building --- Security, International --- War --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Environment law --- Environmental control --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- Environmental policy --- Law --- Sustainable development --- Law and legislation --- Humanitarian conventions --- International humanitarian law --- War (International law) --- Environment and state --- Environmental management --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Government policy