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    Modern warfare : armed groups, private militaries, humanitarian organizations, and the law / edited by Benjamin Perrin.

    • Title:Modern warfare : armed groups, private militaries, humanitarian organizations, and the law / edited by Benjamin Perrin.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Perrin, Benjamin.
    • Published/Created:Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2012.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Humanitarian law.
      Insurgency.
      Private security services.
      Urban violence.
      Humanitarian assistance.
    • Description:xx, 395 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
    • Additional formats:Also issued in electronic format.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780774822329
      0774822325
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Non-State Armed Groups: The Compliance Challenge
      1. Asymmetrical Reciprocity and Compliance with the Laws of War / Rene Provost
      2. Pragmatic Value of Reciprocity: Promoting Respect for International Humanitarian Law among Non-State Armed Groups / Sophie Rondeau
      3. Armed Non-State Actors and Humanitarian Norms: Lessons from the Geneva Call Experience / Pascal Bongard
      4. Ownership of International Humanitarian Law: Non-State Armed Groups and the Formation and Enforcement of IHL Rules / Sandesh Sivakumaran
      5. Armed Groups and the Arms Trade Treaty: Challenges and Opportunities / Valerie Yankey-Wayne
      pt. 2 Private Military and Security Companies and Humanitarian Organizations
      6. Private Security Companies and Humanitarian Organizations: Implications for International Humanitarian Law / Benjamin Perrin
      7. Case for Humanitarian Organizations to Use Private Security Contractors / Andrew Bearpark
      8. Use of Armed Security Escorts: A Challenge to Independent and Neutral Humanitarian Action / Jamie Williamson
      9. Obligations of Private Military and Security Companies under International Humanitarian Law / Fred Schreier
      pt. 3 "Humanitarian Space" Debate
      10. "Humanitarian Space" in Search of a New Home: (Limited) Guidance from International Law / Sylvain Beauchamp
      11. Humanitarian Space and Stability Operations / Michael Khambatta
      12. Implications for Women of a Shrinking Humanitarian Space / Valerie Oosterveld
      13. Whither Humanitarian Space? The Costs of Integrated Peacebuilding in Afghanistan / Taylor Owen
      pt. 4 Addressing Endemic Urban Violence
      14. Silent Wars in Our Cities: Alternatives to the Inadequacy of International Humanitarian Law to Protect Civilians during Endemic Urban Violence / Carlos Ivan Fuentes
      15. Rethinking Stabilization and Humanitarian Action in "Fragile Cities" / Oliver Jutersonke
      16. Stabilization and Humanitarian Action in Haiti / Robert Muggah
      17. Violence against Children in Urban Settings: Private Hurt, Public Manifestations / Judi Fairholm.
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