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Protection of civilians / edited by Haidi Willmot ...[et.al]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.Description: xxxv, 452 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780198729266 (hbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KZ6515 .P76 2016
Contents:
Introduction -- pt. I. Conceptual and historical foundations -- Civilians, distinctions, and the compassionate vie of war -- Protection of civilians, responsibility to protect, and humanitarian intervention : conceptual ad normative interactions -- A history and conceptual development of the protection of civilians -- Protecting civilians : comparing organizational approaches -- The evolution of the UN collective security system -- pt. II. Legal framework -- Protection of civilian under international human rights law -- Protection of civilians under international humanitarian law -- Displacement and the protection of civilians under international refuge law -- Legal aspects of the use of force by united nations peacekeepers for the protection of civilians -- International responsibility for ensuring the protection of civilians -- pt. III.Politics and practice -- The United Nations and the protection of civilians -- The African Union and the protection of civilians -- Security council diplomacy on the protection of civilians : a convoluted history -- Using force to protect civilians in United Nations peacekeeping operations -- The utility of force for protecting civilians -- The contribution of human rights to protecting people in conflict -- Humanitarian protection - moving beyond the tired and tested -- The problems and dilemmas of helping to build protection capacities -- Community sef-protection -- Conclusion -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- pt. I. Conceptual and historical foundations -- Civilians, distinctions, and the compassionate vie of war -- Protection of civilians, responsibility to protect, and humanitarian intervention : conceptual ad normative interactions -- A history and conceptual development of the protection of civilians -- Protecting civilians : comparing organizational approaches -- The evolution of the UN collective security system -- pt. II. Legal framework -- Protection of civilian under international human rights law -- Protection of civilians under international humanitarian law -- Displacement and the protection of civilians under international refuge law -- Legal aspects of the use of force by united nations peacekeepers for the protection of civilians -- International responsibility for ensuring the protection of civilians -- pt. III.Politics and practice -- The United Nations and the protection of civilians -- The African Union and the protection of civilians -- Security council diplomacy on the protection of civilians : a convoluted history -- Using force to protect civilians in United Nations peacekeeping operations -- The utility of force for protecting civilians -- The contribution of human rights to protecting people in conflict -- Humanitarian protection - moving beyond the tired and tested -- The problems and dilemmas of helping to build protection capacities -- Community sef-protection -- Conclusion -- Index.

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