[PDF] Top 20 Nongovernmental Organizations and International Humanitarian Law

... In September 1995, Human Rights Watch published another study, Blinding Laser Weapons-The Need to Ban a Cruel and Inhumane Weapon. 60 It analyzed the development of tactical laser w[r] ... See full document

... of humanitarian advocacy groups. These organizations and their members have long performed the valuable role of counterweight, urging States not to lead the law unduly askew in the pursuit of narrow ... See full document

... every international community has some or the other interest in every conflict, may be because no conflict these days are in ...conflict, International organizations have developed certain laws which ... See full document

... life-saving humanitarian services as well as protection from the ongoing ...an international response to the unfolding ...of international actors; each group contains a police officer, a peacekeeper, ... See full document

... The themes in question are humanitarian assistance, medical activities, neutrality, the reporting of violations of applicable legal norms, and the accountability of N[r] ... See full document

... of International Law stated that an island was under occupation if a State exer- cises actual authority through its navy over its entire coastline even in the absence of any military presence on the ... See full document

... TIlis role will depend extensively on how well the NGOs help in strengthening civil society and their ability, in interacting with governments, to contribute to increasing public respons[r] ... See full document

... It would be simple to say that international organizations are to international law as firms are to contracts: that states form international organizations in order[r] ... See full document

... the law would thus dictate that human rights obligations exist wherever a State exercises de facto authority or control over territory, individuals, or a transaction and has the power to respect and ensure the ... See full document

... the international society as a whole, since the loss of productivity and capital weakens the ...from international so- ciety, especially from Islamic countries, anticipate growing international ... See full document

... both international humanitarian law and the international human rights law have to be applied ...life, international humanitarian law becomes less clear making the ... See full document

... In cases of failing to prevent, courts have been clear that information tending to put the superior on notice of the future risk of crimes triggers the requirement to investigate and prevent. This is consistent with the ... See full document

... The opinions shared in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the U.S.. Naval War College, the Dept[r] ... See full document

... customary international law continues to apply during a situation of armed conflict, alongside the lex specialis of international humanitarian law, and that the test of whether a ... See full document

... The Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, adopted by the Twenty-fifth International Conference of the Red Cross meeting in Geneva in Oct[r] ... See full document

... If the conflict is a non-international armed conflict, the rules of international humanitarian law con- tained in Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions and in P[r] ... See full document

... or international donors to perform continuous evaluation and application of their funded programs; otherwise, the funds are wasted attempts with no significant ...accountable humanitarian aid should be ... See full document

... the law of nations, a gap to be exploited when it served state ...any humanitarian rules of the law of ...the law of war was to deny the existence of war in the technical legal sense, no ... See full document

... The regulation of armed conflict during ancient Rome is captured by Cicero -known proverb from 50 BC: silent enim leges inter arma (the law stands silent in times of war). 14 This rather simplifies the picture ... See full document

... Nations undertakes to ensure that the force shall con- duct its operations with full respect for the principles and rules ofthe general conventions applicable to the conduct of militar[r] ... See full document