TY - BOOK ID - 7242227 TI - Inducing compliance with international humanitarian law AU - Krieger, Heike AU - Willms, Jan PY - 2015 SN - 9781107102057 9781316182369 9781107499560 1107102057 1107499569 1316182363 1316359085 1316359689 1316360288 1316360881 1316383083 1316384888 9781316384886 PB - Cambridge, United Kingdom DB - UniCat KW - International crimes KW - Humanitarian law KW - Prevention KW - Enforcement measures for International humanitarian law KW - LAW / International. KW - Prevention. KW - Enforcement measures for International humanitarian law. KW - Law / international. KW - Enforcement measures for international humanitarian law. KW - International crimes - Great Lakes Region (Africa) - Prevention KW - Humanitarian law - Africa UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7242227 AB - 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. ER -