Rebecca Sutton

The Humanitarian Civilian

How the Idea of Distinction Circulates Within and Beyond International Humanitarian Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One of the central principles of international humanitarian law is the principle of distinction between the civilian and the combatant. This book critically examines the situation of international humanitarian actors, showing how they struggle to protect and enhance their civilian status.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780198863816
• ISBN-10: 0198863810
• Artikelnr.: 60691058

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Sutton is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Law School, where she teaches human rights and conflict resolution subjects at the graduate level. Rebecca has previously been a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Law at McGill University, a Kathleen Fitzpatrick Fellow at Melbourne Law School, a SSHRC Fellow, and a Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellow. She holds a PhD in International Law from the London School of Economics, a JD from the University of Toronto and an MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development from SOAS. Rebecca is a licensed Barrister and Solicitor in Canada, having been called to the Ontario Bar in 2014. She spent a decade working for humanitarian and human rights organizations and she has worked or conducted research in Darfur, Sudan; South Sudan; Ghana; South Africa; Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; Indonesia; India; Central African Republic.

Inhaltsangabe

1.: Introduction
2.: What is the distinction
3.: Who draws the line
4.: How is the line drawn
5.: Where is the line drawn
6.: Conclusion