Emergencias humanitarias y Derecho internacional

la asistencia a las víctimas

Desde que, a iniciativa de algunas ONGs francesas, se lanzara al público el debate sobre el denominado deber de injerencia humanitaria - inicialmente en el marco de la 1ª Conferencia Internacional sobre Derecho y Moral Humanitarios, celebrada en Paris en enero de 1987-, hemos asistido a ...

Rethinking ethnicity

majority groups and dominant minorities

How are dominant ethnic groups, whether majority groups or dominant minorities, responding to the pressures of a global era? Are such groups in decline or are they successfully negotiating or resisting the challenge of new global values? The impact of liberal globalization and multiculturalism means ...

En quête d'asile

aide associative et accès au(x) droit(s)

Dans un contexte marqué par des interventions du législateur affirmant la priorité de l'accès au droit et aux droits, cet ouvrage s'interroge sur l'accès à l'asile pour ces exclus de la citoyenneté que sont les demandeurs d'asile. Domaine complexe, l ...

Globalisation, global justice and social work

This book tackles the effects of the past decade's neoliberalism and globalisation on world-wide social work. The book also grapples with the implications for social work practice of the global social justice/anti-corporate and more.

Globalización y desigualdad de género

El análisis de la globalización como proceso envolvente que afecta a la humanidad en su conjunto debe contemplarse también desde la perspectiva de género, lo que implica utilizar este concepto como una categoría de análisis y principio básico de la organización social que atraviesa los ...

Las reservas a los tratados

lagunas y ambigüedades del Régimen de Viena

Este trabajo trata de delimitar y dar respuesta a las lagunas y ambigüedades que dejó subsistir el régimen de Viena o generadas por la práctica sobre la definición y el régimen jurídico de las reservas, con prioritaria atención a su formulación y admisibilidad. Punto esencial ...

Anuario Internacional CIDOB 2003

Claves para interpretar la política exterior española y las relaciones internacionales en 2003

Internal conflict and the International Community

wars without end?

Roderic Alley debates whether conflict within states has emerged as the Achilles Heel of the international community. Across numerous dimensions - ethical, legal, humanitarian, analytical and prescriptive - wars within states have tested the international political community and found it wanting. This study investigates the roots of ...

Nuclear waste

Law, policy and pragmatism

This book identifies the current treatment and proposed future of nuclear waste,looking at wider policies, stakeholder perceptions, international pressures and future energy scenarios. The key argument of the book is that, in the future, the regulation of nuclear waste must be treated as a ...

The manual of the Law of armed conflict

This book is the first comprehensive manual on the law of armed conflict prepared by a team of expert scholars and practitioners working for and with the UK Ministry of Defence. It covers all aspects of the law of armed conflict as applied today, including ...

Enforcing international law norms against terrorism

This book comprehensively analyses the suitability of existing international legal tools to enforce rules prohibiting terrorism. Contributions from leading experts in international law examine, among others, questions relating to the proper role of international law in combating terrorism, the legality of covert operations against terrorism ...

Closing the books

transitional justice in historical perspective

This book offers an analysis of transitional justice # retribution andreparation after a change of political regime # from Athens in thefifth century b.c. to the present. Part I, #The Universe of TransitionalJustice,# describes more than thirty transitions, some of them in consid-erable detail, others more ...

Terrorisme et sécurité internationale

Comme tout événement d#une portée aussi grande que l#attaque du onze septembre 2001, il n#est pas surprenant qu#il y ait des efforts de proposer de nouvelles définitions, d#apporter des interrogations, et de rechercher de nouveaux facteurs pour expliquer ce qui ...

XXI, el siglo del terrorismo

terrorismo e intolerancia en la Aldea Global

11-M. Estas siglas marcarán un antes y un después en el concepto que la sociedad española tenía sobre el terrorismo. El 11 de marzo de 2004, España, y el mundo occidental en general, se vieron conmocionados con un nuevo atentado al estilo de llevado a ...

Healing the wounds

essays on the reconstruction of societies after war

In recent decades the world has experienced the rise of so-called #low intensity conflicts#. Unlike conventional wars these very bloody armed conflicts are no longer the affair of state governments and their armies. In their place appear police-like armed units, security services and secret services ...

Crimes de l'histoire et réparations

les réponses du Droit et de la justice

Cet ouvrage collectif vise à identifier les institutions et mécanismes à disposition de ceux qui réclament une réparation pour les crimes de l#histoire ainsi que les obstacles qu#ils rencontrent dans l#univers du droit. L#ouvrage constitue un outil précieux pour tous ceux ...

La responsabilité individuelle pour crime d'état en droit international

L#actualité témoigne de la résurgence du droit international pénal, longtemps décrit comme un droit dormant ou inactif depuis les procès de Nuremberg et de Tokyo. Il convient donc de ré-examiner la matière. Peut-on continuer d#analyser la répression des individus par des tribunaux internationaux ...

Enforcing international Law norms against terrorism

The scale and horror of recent terror attacks and the panic which ensued throughout the world has forced policy-makers and international lawyers to re-examine international legal tools available to enforce norms against terrorism. The magnitude of the attacks, the modalities of the operations, the profiles ...

Diplomatic law

commentary on the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations

Denza provides a commentary on the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the universally-accepted framework for diplomacy between sovereign States. The author places each provision of the Convention in its historical context. The negotiating background to the provisions is supplemented with a comprehensive commentary on ...

Le caractère substantiel de la réglementation française des successions internationales

réflexions sur la méthode conflictuelle