Modern Warfare: Armed Groups, Private Militaries, Humanitarian Organizations, and the Law - Rilegato

9780774822329: Modern Warfare: Armed Groups, Private Militaries, Humanitarian Organizations, and the Law

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ISBN 10: 0774822325 ISBN 13: 9780774822329

Casa editrice: Univ of British Columbia Pr, 2012

The face of modern warfare is changing as more and more humanitarian organizations, private military companies, and non-state groups enter complex security environments such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Haiti. Although this shift has been overshadowed by the legal issues connected to the War on Terror and intervention in countries such as Rwanda and Darfur, it has caused some to question the relevance of the laws of war.

To bridge the widening gap between the theory and practice of the law, Modern Warfare brings together both scholars and practitioners who offer unique, and often divergent, perspectives on four key challenges to the law's legitimacy: how to ensure compliance among non-state armed groups; the proliferation of private military and security companies and their use by humanitarian organizations; tensions between the idea of humanitarian space and counterinsurgency doctrines; and the phenomenon of urban violence. The contributors do not simply consider settled legal standards - they widen the scope to include first principles, related bodies of law, humanitarian policy, and the latest studies on the prevention and mitigation of violence.

By bringing to light international humanitarian law's limitations - and potential - in the context of modern warfare's rapidly changing landscape, Modern Warfare opens a path to preventing further unnecessary suffering and violence.

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L'autore:

Benjamin Perrin is an assistant professor in theFaculty of Law at the University of British Columbia. He is currentlyserving as Special Advisor, Legal Affairs and Policy, in the PrimeMinister's Office in Ottawa.

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The face of modern warfare is changing as more and more humanitarianorganizations, private military companies, and non-state armed groupsenter complex security environments such as Iraq, Afghanistan, andHaiti. Although this shift has been overshadowed by legal issuesconnected to the War on Terror and intervention in countries such asRwanda and Sudan, it has caused some to question the relevance of thelaws of war. Modern Warfare explores the law's failure-- and potential -- to ensure compliance in the context of a changingmilitary landscape; by doing so, it opens a path to preventing furtherunnecessary suffering and violence.

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