1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785431503321

Autore

Alasow Omar Abdulle

Titolo

Violations of the rules applicable in non-international armed conflicts and their possible causes [[electronic resource] ] : the case of Somalia / / by Omar Abdulle Alasow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, Mass., : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010

ISBN

1-282-94915-2

9786612949159

90-04-18988-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Collana

International humanitarian law series ; ; v. 21

Disciplina

967.7305/3

Soggetti

Civil war - Somalia

War - Moral and ethical aspects - Somalia

Ethnic conflict - Somalia

Humanitarian law - Somalia

War (International law)

Somalia History 1991-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The background and root causes of the conflicts in Somalia -- Characteristics of conflicts in Somalia -- Traditional Somali customary rules -- Rules of international law applicable to non-international armed conflicts -- Evidence of humanitarian law violations in Somalia -- Possible causes of violations of humanitarian rules -- Appendix one : The war in the Northwest regions (1988-1991) -- Appendix two : The war in the central and Southern regions (1989-2003).

Sommario/riassunto

"To the innocent victims of the armed conflict in Somalia."--P. [v].