Civilians in war. /
edited by Simon Chesterman.
- Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001.
- xvi, 291 p. : 24 cm.
"A project of the International Peace Academy"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-274) and index.
Contents: Evolving conceptios of civilians and Belligerents: one hundred years after the Hague Peace Conferences -- Putting Belligerents in context: the cases of Namibia and Angola -- Protégé, client, cannon fodder: civil-militia relations in internal conflicts -- Colombia: persuading Belligerents to comply with international norms -- Gaining compliance without force: human rights field operations -- Children of war: understanding war and war cleansing in Mozambique and Angola -- No justice without peace? international criminal law and the decision to prosecute -- Sexual violence in times of conflict: the jurisprudence of the international military action -- The Enforcement of humanitarian norms and the politics of ambivalence -- The End of innocence: humanitarian protection in the twenty-first century -- From chaos to coherence? toward a regime for protecting civilians in war.
Civilian war casualties. War victims. Combatants and noncombatants (International law) Military history, Modern--20th century. War--Moral and ethical aspects. Civilians in war. Civil-military relations.