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• Winner of Winner of the 2018 ASIL Francis Lieber Prize for Best Book in the Field of International Law and Armed Conflict.

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Author:   Katharine Fortin (Lecturer, Utrecht University, Lecturer, Utrecht University) ,  Andrew Clapham (Director, Director, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Director, Director, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.864kg
ISBN:  

9780198808381

ISBN 10:   0198808380
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   10 August 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION 1: Introduction 2: Added Value of Application of International Human Rights Law to Armed Groups PART II: LEGAL PERSONALITY OF ARMED GROUPS UNDER HUMAN RIGHTS LAW 3: Evaluative Framework: Legal Personality under International Law 4: The Law on Belligerency and Insurgency and International Legal Personality 5: International Humanitarian Law and International Legal Personality 6: International Legal Personality of Armed Groups under Human Rights Law PART III: HOW AND WHEN ARE ARMED GROUPS BOUND BY HUMAN RIGHTS LAW? 7: How are Armed Groups Bound by International Humanitarian Law? 8: Armed Groups and Treaty Law 9: Control of Territory and Human Rights Obligations of Armed Groups 10: Armed Groups and Crimes Against Humanity 11: Armed Groups and Customary International Human Rights Law PART IV: CONCLUSIONS 12: Conclusions

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Her theories which ground the obligations of armed groups in established international doctrines represent a significant contribution to the knowledge in this field and have taken us considerably forward in our understanding of how to achieve greater accountability for human rights violations committed by armed groups. * Andrew Clapham, From the Forward *

Author Information

Katharine Fortin is a lecturer of public international law and human rights at Utrecht University's Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM). The focus of her research is the legal framework which applies to non-international armed conflicts. She teaches human rights law, public international law and international humanitarian law at masters and bachelors level, as well as coaches students for the Jean Pictet and Frits Kalshoven competitions in international humanitarian law. She has a LLM (summa cum laude) and PhD (cum laude) at the University of Utrecht. She is a qualified solicitor in the UK and previously worked at Norton Rose Fulbright, the Council of Churches of Sierra Leone, the International Criminal Court and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

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