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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163115803321

Autore

Çetinkaya Lokman B

Titolo

Safe Zone : A Response to Large-Scale Refugee Outflows and Human Suffering / / by Lokman B. Çetinkaya

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-51997-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 71 p. 9 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Law, , 2192-855X

Disciplina

355.0330047

Soggetti

International humanitarian law

Emigration and immigration

Human rights

International relations

International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict

Migration

Human Rights

International Relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Using legal arguments consistent with international law, this book explores whether and under which circumstances a State (or States) may establish and militarily enforce safe zones in countries that produce large-scale refugee outflows so as to protect its (or their) own interests by averting said outflows, as well as to alleviate human suffering in today’s world of civil and internal warfare. Though large-scale refugee outflows have become an increasingly frequent problem in inter-state relations, international law offers no clear remedy. Accordingly, interpretation and adaptation of the existing rules and principles of international law, in addition to State practice and the jurisprudence of international courts, are required in order to find appropriate and lawful responses to such situations. The book examines countermeasures, necessity and humanitarian intervention as possible legal grounds to justify the establishment of safe zones. Since



the proposal of a safe zone for Syria remains on the international community’s agenda, the specific conditions of this case are particularly addressed in order to assess the suitability and legality of a possible safe zone in Syria.