Thursday, September 23, 2010

New Issue: International Review of the Red Cross

The latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross (Vol. 92, no. 878, June 2010) is out. The theme is "Urban Violence." Contents include:
  • Interview with Dennis Rodgers
  • Marion Harroff-Tavel, Violence and humanitarian action in urban areas: new challenges, new approaches
  • Raimond Duijsens, Humanitarian challenges of urbanization
  • Jennifer M. Hazen, Understanding gangs as armed groups
  • Oliver Bangerter, Territorial gangs and their consequences for humanitarian players
  • Pierre Hauck & Sven Peterke, Organized crime and gang violence in national and international law
  • Alexandre Vautravers, Military operations in urban areas
  • Dale Stephens, Military involvement in law enforcement
  • Michael John-Hopkins, Regulating the conduct of urban warfare: lessons from contemporary asymmetric armed conflicts
  • David Abrahams, A synopsis of urban violence in South Africa