Monday, November 29, 2010

Inaugural Issue: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

The inaugural issue of the Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies (Vol. 1, no. 1, October 2010) is out. Contents include:
  • Marco Sassòli, Taking Armed Groups Seriously: Ways to Improve their Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
  • Geoffrey Corn, Mixing Apples and Hand Grenades: The Logical Limit of Applying Human Rights Norms to Armed Conflict
  • Roberta Cohen & Megan Bradley, Disasters and Displacement: Gaps in Protection
  • William H. Boothby, Direct Participation in Hostilities - A Discussion of the ICRC Interpretive Guidance
  • Sven Peterke, Urban Insurgency, ‘Drug War’ and International Humanitarian Law: The Case of Rio de Janeiro
  • Gus Waschefort, Justice for Child Soldiers? The RUF Trial of the Special Court for Sierra Leone