Essays about: "IHL"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 essays containing the word IHL.

1. 21. Regulating Law or Being Regulated by the Law? An Analysis of Private Military Security Companies under the Regime of International Humanitarian Law

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Shakiba Kouchakpour; [2013]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The international legal system has weathered sweeping changes during last decades as new actors have appeared in international system. Private Military Security Companies (PMSCs) are one example of the most prominent shifts occurred in the context of laws of war with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) being part of it. READ MORE

3. 22. The Classification of the Conflict in Libya and Syria - A critique of the organization requirement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Emelie Ejnarsson; [2013]
   Keywords : public international law armed conflicts international humanitarian law Libya Syria organization of armed groups; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to examine what constitutes a non-international armed conflict (NIAC), using the conflicts in Libya respectively Syria as examples of how different this can be interpreted. This definition is of great importance when it comes to what rules to apply and criminal accountability. READ MORE

4. 23. Asymmetric warfare and challenges for international humanitarian law : Civilian direct participation in hostilities and state response

   University essay from Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Frida Lindström; [2012]
   Keywords : Asymmetric warfare; international humanitarian law; direct participation in hostilities; civilians; targeted killings; detentions; continuous combat function;

   Abstract : Most conflicts today are asymmetric, meaning that the parties differ in terms of qualitative and quantitative strenght. The definition of asymmetric warfare used in this thesis is when one party to the conflict is a non state-actor seeking to defeat a state opponent by using means and methods that are prohibited under international humanitarian law. READ MORE

5. 24. The Killing of Osama bin Laden, Was it Lawful?

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

   Author : Amanda Elfström; [2012]
   Keywords : Target; ICCPR; Use of force; self-defence; anticipatory self-defence; unwilling; unable; Human Right to Life; Arbitrary Deprivation of Life; Jus ad bellum; jus in bello; Distinction; Global War on Terror; GWOT; Extraterritorial Applicability; Direct Participation in Hostilities; Geographical Scope; Armed Conflict; Temporal Scope; Continuous Combat Function; IHL; IHRL; HR; International Human Rights Law; International Humanitarian Law; Osama bin Laden; al Qaeda; International Armed Conflict; Non-International Armed Conflict;

   Abstract : The main purpose of this work is to investigate if the US ́s killing of Osama bin Laden on 2 May 2011 in Abbottabad in Pakistan was lawful. The background to the killing is what happened on 11 September 2001 when four US airplanes were hijacked and crashed into World Trade Center and Pentagon. READ MORE

6. 25. The right to life in internal armed conflict: a study of the Chechen cases before the European Court

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Dorien van Veelen; [2008]
   Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : A thesis about the right to life in internal armed conflict must necessarily take both human rights law and humanitarian law into account. Human rights law, which has codified the right to life in its main instruments, is applicable both in time of peace and in time of war, whereas humanitarian law is only applicable during armed conflict. READ MORE