Recent publications on international human rights
| Date | 01 March 2017 |
| Published date | 01 March 2017 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0924051917695208 |
| Subject Matter | Recent publications |
Recent publications
Recent publications on
international human rights
Armed Non-state Actors in International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law / Konstantinos
Mastorodimos. - Ashgate, 2016. - ISBN: 1-4724-5616-5
The accountability of armed non-state actors is a neglected field of international law, overtaken by
the regimes of state responsibility and individual criminal accountability as well as fears of
legitimacy. Yet armed non-state actors are important players in the international arena and their
activities have significant repercussions. This book focuses on their obligations and account-
ability when they do not function as state agents, regardless of the existence or extent of
accountability of their individual members. The author claims that their distinct features lead
to their classification into three different types: de facto entities, armed non-state actors in
control of territory, and common article 3 armed non-state actors. The mechanisms that trigger
the applicability of humanitarian and human rights law regimes are examined in detail as well as
the framework of obligations. In both cases, the author argues that armed non-state actors should
not be treated as entering international law and process exclusively through the state. The study
concludes by focussing on their accountability in international humanitarian and human rights
law and, more specifically, to the rules of attribution, remedies and reparations for violations of
their primary obligations.
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Boat Refugees’ and Migrants at Sea: A Comprehensive Approach / Violeta Moreno Lax. - Brill,
2016. - ISBN: 2213-3836
This book aims to address ‘boat migration’ with a holistic approach. The different chapters
consider the multiple facets of the phenomenon and the complex challenges they pose, bringing
together knowledge from several disciplines and regions of the world within a single collection.
Together, they provide an integrated picture of transnational movements of people by sea with a
view to making a decisive contribution to our understanding of current trends and future perspec-
tives and their treatment from legal-doctrinal, legal-theoretical, and non-legal angles. The final
goal is to unpack the tension that exists between security concerns and individual rights in this
context and identify tools and strategies to adequately manage its various components, garnering
an inter-regional / multi-disciplinary dialogue, including input from international law, law of the
sea, maritime security, migration and refugee studies, and human rights, to address the position of
‘migrants at sea’ thoroughly.
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Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
2017, Vol. 35(1) 69–73
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