Beschreibung:
This fully-updated and much expanded second edition provides a much needed, short and accessible introduction to the current debates in international humanitarian law.
Introduction, 1. International humanitarian law: a short review, 2. The pre-dawn of international justice: through World War I, 3. International justice following World War II: Nuremberg and Tokyo, 4. The Cold War and the rise of domestic international justice 5. Post-Cold War justice: the UN ad hoc tribunals, mixed courts, and the ICC, 6. Post-ICC prosecutions: new domestic proceedings and international proceedings, 7. beyond ICC justice, 8. Conclusion: the future of "international" justice-active at home and abroad.