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Lieber Studies Non-State Actor Attribution Volume Series – The Customary Law Status and Relevance of the Attribution Rule in Article 11 ARSIWA
Editors’ note: This post appears as an entry in a series dedicated to Dr Jennifer Maddocks’ monograph, Attribution of Non-State Actor Conduct during Armed Conflict, appearing in the Lieber Studies book series with Oxford University Press. In her recent book, Jenny...
The “Obligation” of States to Call for the Respect of IHL in Case of Violations
There are two bases in international law under which there is a discussion of an obligation of States to intervene and to call for the respect of international humanitarian law (IHL) rules in face of their violation: under particular international law, in the context...
Lieber Studies Non-State Actor Attribution Volume Series – Defining an “Insurrectional Movement”
Editors’ note: This post appears as an entry in a series dedicated to Dr Jennifer Maddocks’ monograph, Attribution of Non-State Actor Conduct during Armed Conflict, appearing in the Lieber Studies book series with Oxford University Press. This post focuses on one...
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