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States, the Law and Access to Refugee Protection
This timely volume seeks to examine two of the most pertinent current challenges faced by asylum seekers in gaining access to international refugee protection: first, the obstacles …
Between Light and Shadow
Much has been written on the human rights relevance and impacts of the policies and activities of the World Bank and IMF --or International Financial Institutions (IFIs). However …
The Contractual Nature of the Optional Clause
The International Law Commission’s Guiding Principles for Unilateral Declarations and its Guide to Practice on Reservations to Treaties are among the recent developments in …
Human Rights and Drug Control
It has become almost accepted knowledge within international policy circles that efforts against drug trafficking and drug abuse violate human rights, and that the entire …
Human Dignity and the Foundations of International Law
International lawyers have often been interested in the link between their discipline and the foundational issues of jurisprudential method, but little that is systematic has been …
Revisiting the Concept of Defence in the Jus ad Bellum
The purpose of the jus ad bellum is to draw a line in the sand: thus far, but no further. In the light of modern warfare, a state should today have an explicitly recognised and …
Complicity in International Criminal Law
This book tackles one of the most contentious aspects of international criminal law – the modes of liability. At the heart of the discussion is the quest for balance between the …
Human Rights Obligations of Non-State Armed Groups
This book is concerned with the international regulation of non-state armed groups. Specifically, it examines the possibility of subjecting armed groups to international human …
The Interception of Vessels on the High Seas
The principal aim of this book is to address the international legal questions arising from the 'right of visit on the high seas' in the twenty-first century. This right is …
The International Committee of the Red Cross and its Mandate to Protect and Assist
The purpose of this book is to consider the legality of the changing practice of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). It provides extensive legal analysis of the …
The Impact of Investment Treaty Law on Host States
Traditionally, international investment law was conceptualised as a set of norms aiming to ensure good governance for foreign investors, in exchange for their capital and know-how. …
The Reception of Asylum Seekers under International Law
Increasingly, European states are using policy on the reception of asylum seekers as an instrument of immigration control, eg by deterring the lodging of asylum applications, …