This book offers a comprehensive yet concise take on the legal regulation of the various phases in the complex cycle of armed conflicts, from prevention to reconstruction, and covering everything in between, in particular the vast body of rules laid down in current international humanitarian law.

This book offers a comprehensive yet concise take on the legal regulation of the various phases in the complex cycle of armed conflicts, from prevention to reconstruction, and covering everything in between, in particular the vast body of rules laid down in current international humanitarian law.

This forty-seventh volume of annotated leading case law of international criminal tribunals contains decisions taken by Special Court for Sierra Leone 2009 - 2012.

This forty-sixth volume of annotated leading case law of international criminal tribunals contains decisions taken by the Special Court for Sierra Leone 1 January 2008 - 18 March 2009.

While many texts focus only on existing or proposed legislation, this book analyses the public perception of private military companies (PMCs) and how their use by states affects how the general public perceives state legitimacy of monopolizing force.

This study deals with the phenomenon of genocide denialism, and in particular how it operates in the context of the genocide against the Tutsi.

This book aims to systematically address the challenges caused by humanitarian crises and the provision of humanitarian assistance.

This forty-fifth volume of annotated leading case law of international criminal tribunals contains decisions taken by the SCSL in the years 2006-2007.

The investigation phase in international criminal procedure has so far received less attention than the trial phase itself. This book seeks to cover this gap.