1st Edition

International Law, Politics and Inhumane Weapons The Effectiveness of Global Landmine Regimes

By Alan Bryden Copyright 2013
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

This book contributes to contemporary debates on the effectiveness of international humanitarian law (IHL) in regulating or prohibiting inhumane weapons, such as landmines. Two treaties have emerged under IHL in response to the humanitarian scourge of landmines. However, despite a considerable body of related literature, clear understandings have not been established on the effectiveness of... Read more

1. The Design, Implementation and Effectiveness of Global Landmine Regimes  2. Regimes Prohibiting the Use in War of Poison Gas and Dum Dum Bullets  3. The Emergence of the Landmine Regimes  4. Implementing the Landmine Regimes  5. Humanitarian Demining  6. Stockpile Destruction  7. The Effectiveness of Global Landmine Regimes

Biography

Alan Bryden is Deputy Head of Research, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), and has a Phd in International Relations from the University of Bradford, UK.