Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict (Hardcover)

International law has long differentiated between international and non-international armed conflicts, traditionally regulating the former far more comprehensively than the latter. This is particularly stark in the case of detention, where the law of non-international armed conflict contains no rules on who may be detained, what processes must be provided to review their detention, and when they must be released. Given that non-international armed conflicts are now the most common form of conflict, this is especially worrying, and the consequences of this have been seen in the detention practices of states such as the US and UK in Iraq and Afghanistan. This book provides a comprehensive examination of the procedural rules that apply to detention in non-international armed conflict, with the focus on preventive security detention, or 'internment'. All relevant areas of international law, most notably international humanitarian law and international human rights law, are analysed in detail and the interaction between them explored. The book gives an original account of the relationship between the relevant rules of IHL and IHRL, which is firmly grounded in general international law scholarship, treating the issue as a matter of treaty interpretation. With that in mind, and with reference to State practice in specific non-international armed conflicts - including those in Sri Lanka, Colombia, Nepal, Afghanistan, and Iraq - it is demonstrated that the customary and treaty obligations of States under human rights law continue, absent derogation, to apply to detention in non-international armed conflicts. The practical operation of those rules is then explored in detail. The volume ends with a set of concrete proposals for developing the law in this area, in a manner that builds upon, rather than replaces, the existing obligations of States and non-State armed groups.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford Monographs in International Humanitarian & Criminal Law
Release date:	March 2016
Authors:	Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne (Lecturer in Law)
Dimensions:	240 x 171 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-874992-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Armed conflict Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International human rights law Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International humanitarian law
LSN:	0-19-874992-9
Barcode:	9780198749929

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