Armed conflicts evolve dynamically and the way wars are fought has changed significantly over time. The majority of contemporary armed conflicts involve a multitude of different actors with varying military capabilities. ...

This chapter focuses on the practice of holding states and individuals responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, referred to generally as ‘mass atrocity crimes’. The International Court of Justice ...

Our analysis distinguishes between the legal framework and jurisprudence currently governing the scope of immunity for Defence counsel and their teams representing alleged 175 perpetrators of serious international crimes ...

This chapter focuses on the motivations and the criminal process’ dynamics that might lie at the root of infringements by Defense lawyers of the formal procedural rules and regulations of international criminal courts and ...

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This chapter looks at the role of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the recognition of states. First, the chapter places in context the role of an important international adjudication mechanism as the Court in ...

This chapter provides an analysis of the concept of ‘community interests’ in international law, before presenting a potential research agenda concerning three areas, namely ensuring collective human security, managing ...

This chapter analyses from a European perspective the complex relationship between international human rights law (IHRL) and international humanitarian law (IHL) in the context of multinational military operations. In ...

This chapter analyses the contribution of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to interpreting and developing rules and principles of international human rights law aimed at ensuring basic protection of individuals. ...

This chapter provides a critical assessment of the enforcement system of international humanitarian law (IHL), also referred to as the law of armed conflict (LOAC) or jus in bello. The notion of enforcement should be ...