This book challenges the traditional approach to international law by concentrating on international humanitarian law and placing the focus beyond States: it reflects on current legal, policy and practical issues that concern non-State actors in and around situations of armed conflict. With the emergence of the nation-State, international law was almost entirely focused on inter-State relations, thus excluding - for the most part - non-State entities. In the modern era, such a focus needs to be adjusted, in order to encompass the various types of functions and interactions that those entities perform throughout numerous international decision-making processes.
The contributions that comprise this volume are oriented towards a broad readership audience in the academic and professional fields related to international humanitarian law, international criminal law, international human rights law and general public international law. Ezequiel Heffes, LLM, is a Thematic Legal Adviser in the Policy and Legal Unit at Geneva Call in Geneva, Switzerland, Marcos D. Kotlik, LLM, is Academic Coordinator at the Observatory of International Humanitarian Law of the University of Buenos Aires, School of Law and was a Judicial Fellow at the International Court of Justice between 2018-2019, and Manuel J. Ventura, LLM (Hons), is an Associate Legal Officer in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, an Adjunct Fellow at the School of Law at Western Sydney University, and a Director of The Peace and Justice Initiative.
Author(s): Ezequiel Heffes, Marcos D. Kotlik, Manuel J. Ventura
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press/Springer
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 451
Tags: International Humanitarian Law, Law Of Armed Conflict
Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: The Functions and Interactions of Non-State Actors in the Realm of International Humanitarian Law (Ezequiel Heffes, Marcos D. Kotlik, Manuel J. Ventura)....Pages 1-17
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
What Are ‘Armed Non-State Actors’? A Legal and Semantic Approach (Annyssa Bellal)....Pages 21-46
Beyond Banning Mercenaries: The Use of Private Military and Security Companies Under IHL (Martina Gasser, Mareva Malzacher)....Pages 47-77
The Legal Protection of Personnel of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in Times of NIAC (Keiichiro Okimoto)....Pages 79-111
Front Matter ....Pages 113-113
Chemical Weapons and Non-State Actors (Yasmin Naqvi, Olufemi Elias)....Pages 115-148
Automatic Criminal Liability for Unlawful Confinement (Imprisonment) as a War Crime? A Potential Consequence of Denying Non-State Armed Groups the Power to Detain in NIACs (Manuel J. Ventura)....Pages 149-168
Detention by Non-State Armed Groups in NIACs: IHL, International Human Rights Law and the Question of the Right Authority (Frédéric Mégret)....Pages 169-194
Human Rights Obligations of Non-State Armed Groups: An Assessment Based on Recent Practice (Jean-Marie Henckaerts, Cornelius Wiesener)....Pages 195-227
Post-Conflict Justice: Extending International Criminal Responsibility to Non-State Entities (Ilya Nuzov)....Pages 229-262
Front Matter ....Pages 263-263
Uses of IHL by the International Court of Justice: A Critical Approach Towards Its Role in the International Legal Arena (Brian E. Frenkel, Sebastián A. Green Martínez, Nahuel Maisley)....Pages 265-295
The Development of IHL by Human Rights Bodies (Gerd Oberleitner)....Pages 297-319
Targeting Members of Non-State Armed Groups in NIACs: An Attempt to Reconcile International Human Rights Law with IHL’s (De Facto) Status-Based Targeting (Nader I. Diab)....Pages 321-349
Front Matter ....Pages 351-351
Generating Respect for the Law by Non-State Armed Groups: The ICRC’s Role and Activities (Anne Quintin, Marie-Louise Tougas)....Pages 353-386
Compliance with Humanitarian Rules on the Protection of Children by Non-State Armed Groups: The UN’s Managerial Approach (Marcos D. Kotlik)....Pages 387-425
Non-State Actors Engaging Non-State Actors: The Experience of Geneva Call in NIACs (Ezequiel Heffes)....Pages 427-451
