Regulating the Use of Force in Wars of National Liberation: The Need for a New Regime

A Study of the South Moluccas and Aceh
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-04-17287-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 28, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Reihe: International Humanitarian Law Series

This work reconsiders and critically evaluates the complex international legal framework which seeks to regulate wars of national liberation in the light of two fascinating case studies. It tests the effectiveness of both the 'jus ad bellum' and 'jus in bello' aspects of the current legal framework by applying it to self-determination wars waged in the South Moluccas and Aceh by armed groups against Indonesia. The book highlights the various difficulties inherent in the current legal framework as well as the 'ad hoc' and unpredictable practice of States in relation to its application. The work concludes with recommendations on how the current framework should be updated and enhanced so that it can adequately deal with modern self-determination conflicts.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the regulation of the use of force as well as the regulation of non-state actors under international law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Higgins, Noelle

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Excerpt of table of contents:

Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction;
Part I The Legal Framework:

Chapter 1 Jus ad Bellum – History and Evolution
Chapter 2 Wars of National Liberation – The Right to Self-
Determination and the Jus ad Bellum
Chapter 3 The Regulation of Wars of National Liberation under
International Humanitarian Law – the Jus in Bello
Part II The Case Studies – The South Moluccas and Aceh:

Chapter 4 Introduction to Case Studies – Wars of National Liberation
in Indonesia
Chapter 5 The South Moluccas
Chapter 6 Aceh
Chapter 7 Conclusions and Recommendations
Bibliography, Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Noelle Higgins, Ph.D. (2007) in Law, Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI, Galway, is a lecturer in international law in Dublin City University. Her research focuses on the use of force and she has published various articles in this area.