Author: Publisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Improving Civilian Protection in Sri Lanka
Author: Human Shields
Author: Dr. Neve GordonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520972287
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
A chilling global history of the human shield phenomenon. From Syrian civilians locked in iron cages to veterans joining peaceful indigenous water protectors at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, from Sri Lanka to Iraq and from Yemen to the United States, human beings have been used as shields for protection, coercion, or deterrence. Over the past decade, human shields have also appeared with increasing frequency in antinuclear struggles, civil and environmental protests, and even computer games. The phenomenon, however, is by no means a new one. Describing the use of human shields in key historical and contemporary moments across the globe, Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini demonstrate how the increasing weaponization of human beings has made the position of civilians trapped in theaters of violence more precarious and their lives more expendable. They show how the law facilitates the use of lethal violence against vulnerable people while portraying it as humane, but they also reveal how people can and do use their own vulnerability to resist violence and denounce forms of dehumanization. Ultimately, Human Shields unsettles our common ethical assumptions about violence and the law and urges us to imagine entirely new forms of humane politics.
Protection of Civilians
Author: Haidi WillmotPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019872926X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
The protection of civilians which has been at the forefront of international discourse during recent years is explored through harnessing perspective from international law and international relations. Presenting the realities of diplomacy and mandate implementation in academic discourse.
Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings
Author: Jana KrausePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192866710
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
More than half the world's population live in violent settings, such as civil wars, communal conflicts, cities plagued by gang violence, and entire areas governed by criminal organizations. Living exposed to diverse forms of violence, individuals and communities have found innovative-and sometimes counterintuitive-ways to protect themselves and others. Civilian Protective Agency in Violent Settings establishes the study of civilian agency and its protective dimension across various violent settings as a systematic and unified field of research. It brings together researchers spanning several social science disciplines to study civilian protective agency in different violent settings, including civil war, genocide, communal violence, and organized crime, and in various geographical locations, from Syria to Mozambique, Sri Lanka to Mexico, Iraq to Colombia and Western Europe. The volume offers conceptual foundations, new theoretical insights, and detailed empirics that advance our understanding of civilian protective agency and promote future research on the topic that is comparable, tractable, and cumulative.
Protection of Civilians
Author: Haidi WillmotPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191045497
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
The protection of civilians is a highly topical issue at the forefront of international discourse, and has taken a prominent role in many international deployments. It has been at the centre of debates on the NATO intervention in Libya, UN deployments in Darfur, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and on the failures of the international community in Sri Lanka and Syria. Variously described as a moral responsibility, a legal obligation, a mandated peacekeeping task, and the culmination of humanitarian activity, it has become a high-profile concern of governments, international organisations, and civil society, and a central issue in international peace and security. This book offers a multidisciplinary treatment of this important topic, harnessing perspectives from international law and international relations, traversing academia and practice. Moving from the historical and philosophical development of the civilian protection concept, through relevant bodies of international law and normative underpinnings, and on to politics and practice, the volume presents coherent cross-cutting analysis of the realities of conflict and diplomacy. In doing so, it engages a series of current debates, including on the role of politics in what has often been characterized as a humanitarian endeavour, and the challenges and impacts of the use of force. The work brings together a wide array of eminent academics and respected practitioners, incorporating contributions from legal scholars and ethicists, political commentators, diplomats, UN officials, military commanders, development experts and humanitarian aid workers. As the most comprehensive publication on the subject, this will be a first port of call for anyone studing or working towards a better protection of civilians in conflict.
Sri Lanka, Search for Peace
Author: M. MayilvagananPublisher: Manas
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Book Examines The Issues Relating To The Stalled Peace Process In Sri Lanka, Which Was Initiated After The Cease Fire Agreement (Cfa) Of February 22, 2002 Between The Government Of Sri Lanka And The Ltte. The Chapters Look At The Ground Realities, The Intentions And Capabilities Of The Players And Suggest Alternative Frameworks For Re-Starting The Peace Process. There Is Consensus Among The Contributors That In Order To Strengthen The Peace Process, It Is Necessary For The International Community, Including India To Engage Both The Players And Encourage Norwegian Facilitation To Address The Concerns Of All Parties, Including The Muslims, Who Also Have A Stake In The Outcome. (Published In Collaboration With Institute For Defence Studies & Analyses (Idsa))
Open Wounds and Mounting Dangers
Author: Stamping Out Rights
Author: Tessa Boyd-CainePublisher: CHRI
ISBN: 8188205478
Category : Human rights
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Still Counting the Dead
Author: Frances HarrisonPublisher: House of Anansi
ISBN: 1770893059
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
"An extraordinary book. This dignified, just and unbearable account of the dark heart of Sri Lanka needs to be read by everyone." — Roma Tearne, author of Mosquito The tropical island of Sri Lanka is a paradise for tourists, but in 2009 it became a hell for its Tamil minority, as decades of civil war between the Tamil Tiger guerrillas and the government reached its bloody climax. Caught in the crossfire were hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren, doctors, farmers, fishermen, nuns, and other civilians. And the government ensured through a strict media blackout that the world was unaware of their suffering. Now, a UN enquiry has called for war crimes investigation, and Frances Harrison, a BBC correspondent for Sri Lanka during the conflict, recounts those crimes for the first time in sobering, shattering detail.
Human Rights Watch World Report 1999
Author: Human Rights Watch StaffPublisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN: 9781564321909
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Features the series titled "World Report 1999" of Human Rights Watch, which provides information on human rights developments for individual countries worldwide.