Friday, February 19, 2010

Quenivet & Shah-Davis: International Law and Armed Conflict: Challenges in the 21st Century

Noëlle Quenivet (Univ. of the West of England - Law) & Shilan Shah-Davis (Univ. of the West of England - Law) have published International Law and Armed Conflict: Challenges in the 21st Century (T.M.C. Asser Press 2010). Contents include:
  • Noëlle Quénivet & Shilan Shah-Davis, Confronting the challenges of international law and armed conflict in the 21st century
  • Christopher P. M. Waters, Myths of 'lawfare' and 'legal encirclement'
  • Melanie O'Brien, Issues of the Draft Convention on the Criminal Accountability of United Nations Officials and Experts on Mission
  • Rafael A. Prieto Sanjuán, Internationalising the Colombian armed conflict through humanitarian law and transitional justice
  • Tara Smith, Criminal accountability or civil liability: which approach most effectively redresses the negative environmental consequences of armed conflict?
  • Bill Bowring, Commentary on: accountability
  • Onita Das, The impact of armed conflict on sustainable development: a holistic approach
  • Karen Hulme, A darker shade of green: is it time to ecocentrise the laws of war?
  • Jan Wetzel, Targeted economic measures to curb armed conflict? The Kimberley Process on the trade in 'conflict diamonds'
  • William Schabas, Commentary on: environmental and natural resources
  • Olga Martin-Ortega, Business under fire: transnational corporations and human rights in conflict zones
  • Pini Pavel Miretski, The influence of non-governmental actors on compliance with international law – compliance with UNSC decisions on Angola's conflict diamonds
  • Dewi Williams, Private regulation of private military companies: a potentially private solution to a commercial problem?
  • Ademola Abass, Commentary on: privatisation and armed conflict
  • Cynthia Chamberlain, Children and the International Criminal Court
  • Hilly Moodrick-Even Khen, Child terrorists: why and how should they be protected by international law?
  • Williams Schabas, Commentary on: children and armed conflict
  • Sascha-Dominik Bachmann, Today's quest for international criminal justice – a short overview of the present state of criminal prosecution of international crimes
  • Bill Bowring, Commentary on: implementation of international humanitarian law
  • Gerd Hankel, Commentary on: implementation of international humanitarian law
  • Shane Darcy, Bridging the gaps in the laws of armed conflict? International criminal tribunals and the development of humanitarian law
  • Konstantinos D. Magliveras, Devising new rules for regulating international terrorism warfare and engaging non-state actors in the negotiations
  • Gerd Hankel, Commentary on: reforming the laws of war
  • Yassin A. M'Boge, 'In the interest of peace and in the interest of justice': Security Council deferrals as a constructive tool for conflict resolution
  • Madalena Pampalk, Procedural aspects of the relationship between the International Criminal Court and future truth commissions. Lessons learned from the cases of Sierra Leone and East Timor
  • Matthew Saul, The impact of the legal right of self-determination on the law of occupation as a framework for post-conflict state reconstruction
  • Ademola Abass, Commentary on: peace, security and justice
  • Nigel White, Commentary on: peace, security and justice
  • Noëlle Quénivet & Shilan Shah-Davis, Conclusion