Classification of Conflicts in International Humanitarian Law: The Legal Impact of Foreign Intervention in Civil Wars - Couverture rigide

Zamir, Noam

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1785367897 ISBN 13 : 9781785367892

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

Civil wars have formed the vast majority of all armed conflicts since the Second World War. These civil wars have often been accompanied by the intervention of foreign states in favour of one or more of the parties. Such interventions raise various general questions regarding conflict classification in international humanitarian law (IHL), which are important because the relevant law that applies is shaped by whether a conflict is classified as international or non-international. This book provides a thorough examination of the theoretical basis of classification of conflicts in IHL, with special focus on the legal impact of armed foreign intervention in civil wars.

Noam Zamir enriches the discourse on IHL by providing an in-depth doctrinal examination of issues concerning conflict classification and examining recent civil wars with foreign interventions, such as the Libyan civil war (2011), Mali civil war (2012-2015) and the ongoing civil war in Yemen, and identifying potential solutions to different lacunae in this field.

The issue of conflict classification has significant practical ramifications and this book will have a wide and varied readership, including legal scholars, law students and governmental and military lawyers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Noam Zamir, Assistant Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785367897
• ISBN 13: 9781785367892
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
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• Personne responsable: non disponible