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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452123003321

Titolo

Modern warfare [[electronic resource] ] : armed groups, private militaries, humanitarian organizations, and the law / / edited by Benjamin Perrin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2012

ISBN

0-7748-2547-2

1-280-59675-9

9786613626585

0-7748-2234-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (421 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PerrinBenjamin

Disciplina

341.6/7

Soggetti

Humanitarian law

Insurgency

Private security services

Urban violence

Humanitarian assistance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 2. Private Military and Security Companies and Humanitarian Organizations -- Private Security Companies and Humanitarian Organizations : Implications for International Humanitarian Law / Benjamin Perrin -- The Case for Humanitarian Organizations to Use Private Security Contractors / Andrew Bearpark -- The Use of Armed Security Escorts : a Challenge to Independent and Neutral Humanitarian Action / Jamie Williamson -- Obligations of Private Military and Security Companies under International Humanitarian Law / Fred Schreier --

Part 3. The "Humanitarian Space" Debate -- "Humanitarian Space" in Search of a New Home : (Limited) Guidance from International Law / Sylvain Beauchamp -- Humanitarian Space and Stability Operations / Michael Khambatta -- The Implications for Women of a Shrinking Humanitarian Space / Valerie Oosterveld -- Whither Humanitarian Space? : the Costs of Integrated Peacebuilding in Afghanistan / Emily



Paddon and Taylor Owen --