Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies Volume 3 Issue 1

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2012 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/18781527-00301007

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The Role of Civil Society in Creating the International Criminal Court Statute: Ten Years On and Looking Back

Durham, Helen

2012 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/18781527-00301001

This article demonstrates that civil society, in particular the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (Coalition), played a significant role in the creation of the Statute for the ICC. At the ten year anniversary of the ICC entry into force, a reflection on the impact of civil society in...

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Road to Nowhere? The Future for a Declaration on Fundamental Standards of Humanity

Crawford, Emily

2012 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/18781527-00301002

In the years following the adoption of the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions in 1977, debate emerged regarding the extant lacunae in the international rules relating to armed conflict. It was argued that there were gaps in international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human...

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Proportionality in Armed Conflicts: A Principle in Need of Clarification?

Clarke, Ben

2012 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/18781527-00301003

In their quest to find ways to reduce civilian casualties during armed conflict, States often emphasise the importance of compliance with fundamental rules of international humanitarian law that apply during the conduct of hostilities. Chief among them are the rules of distinction,...

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Responsibility to Protect: Syria The Law, Politics, and Future of Humanitarian Intervention Post-Libya

Cronogue, Graham

2012 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/18781527-00301004

Based on the Security Council’s disparate responses to relatively similar acts of regime violence in Syria and Libya, it seems that the Responsibility to Protect doctrine is heavily influenced by factors other than the substantive act of violence. Accordingly, this paper discusses the legal, but...

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In Search of Legal Grounds to Detain for Armed Groups

van Amstel, Nelleke

2012 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/18781527-00301005

Arbitrary deprivation of liberty is prohibited by international law; hence even during armed conflict internment of adversaries must have a legal basis in international humanitarian law or national law. The law of non-international armed conflict contains an inherent power to intern....

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The Taliban Layeha for Mujahidin and the Law of Armed Conflict

Shah, Niaz A.

2012 Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies

doi:10.1163/18781527-00301006

In 2010 the Taliban issued a third edition of their Layeha . The Layeha contains Rules and Regulations of Jihad for Mujahidin. This article first details the short history of the Layeha published by the Taliban. Subsequently its content is analysed and compared with the international law of armed...

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