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• Title:[Dictionnaire pratique de droit humanitaire. English]
  The practical guide to humanitarian law / Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier ; edited and translated by Laura Brav and Clémentine Olivier.
  
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• Author/Creator:Bouchet-Saulnier, Françoise.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Brav, Laura.
  Olivier, Clémentine.
  Médecins sans frontières (Association)
  
• Published/Created:Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2007.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KZ6471 .B6813 2007
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Humanitarian law--Dictionaries.
  Human rights--Dictionaries.
  Treaties--Ratification--Indexes.
  
• Medical Subjects: Jurisprudence.
  Human Rights.
  
• Genre/Form:Indexes.
  Dictionaries.
  
• Edition:2nd English language ed.
  
• Description:xxiii, 555 p. ; 26 cm.
  
• Summary:"Definitions are often the first step toward granting or denying a person's rights. Now in a thoroughly revised and updated edition, the Guide provides precise meaning and content for terms such as terrorism, refugee, genocide, and intervention - concepts that the media have introduced into everyday conversation, yet whose legal and political meanings are often obscure. The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law explains the terms, concepts, and rules of humanitarian law in accessible and reader-friendly alphabetical entries. Written from the perspective of victims and those who bring them assistance, the Guide outlines the dangers, spells out the law, and points the way toward dealing with violators and violations of the law." "Entries in the Guide are complemented by detailed bibliographic references, addresses, phone numbers, and internet addresses of the organizations presented; a thematic index; and an up-to-date list of the status of ratification of the more than twenty international conventions and treaties concerning humanitarian law, human rights, refugees, and international criminal law."--Jacket.
  
• Notes:"Médecins sans frontières/Doctors Without Borders"--Cover.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0742554953 (cloth : alk. paper)
  9780742554955 (cloth : alk. paper)
  0742554961 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  9780742554962 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Contents
  Abbreviations
  Legend
  Introduction
  The Guide
  Appendix A: State of Ratification of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Conventions
  Appendix B: List of States Party to International Humanitarian and Human Rights Conventions
  (as of October 2000)
  Term Index
  Humanitarian Law Themes: A Guide to Key Entries Divided by Subject
  http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006027741.html.