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From Cold War to Cyber War

The Evolution of the International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict over the last 25 Years

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  1. Hans-Joachim Heintze

    1. Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

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  2. Pierre Thielbörger

    1. Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

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  • Highlights new developments in international law and social sciences

  • Discusses human rights and humanitarian assistance

  • Examines new weapons and international humanitarian law

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Progressive Development of International Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. Old Wine in New Bottles: Autonomy and Independence in International Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Autonomy and Conflict Resolution

      • Markku Suksi
      Pages 21-42

  4. New Threats to International Peace and Security

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    3. Environmental Migration as a Humanitarian Challenge

      • Kerstin Rosenow-Williams
      Pages 87-104

  5. New Forms of Warfare and Weaponry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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  6. The Changing Role of the Individual in the Law of Peace and Armed Conflict

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 137-137
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    2. The Role of the Human Security Perspective

      • Wolfgang Benedek
      Pages 139-148

    3. Access to Victims and Humanitarian Assistance

      • Hans-Joachim Heintze
      Pages 149-166

    5. Gender in Armed Conflict: The Dimension of Sexual Violence

      • Wolfgang S. Heinz, Judith Kaiser
      Pages 187-203

  7. Practical Insights on Humanitarian Action and Challenges to the Humanitarian Principles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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About this book

This book follows the history of the international law of peace and armed conflict over the last 25 years. It highlights both the parameters that have remained the same over the years as well as the new challenges now facing international law. The articles analyze new developments concerning the prohibition of the use of force in international relations, self-determination of peoples, human rights and human security as well as international coordination of humanitarian assistance.
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Keywords

  • Autonomy and conflict resolution
  • Climate change and international peace and armed conflict
  • Cyber war
  • Gender in armed conflict
  • Humanitarian action
  • Humanitarian assistance
  • climate change
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Hans-Joachim Heintze, Pierre Thielbörger

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About the editors

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Heintze is Professor of International Law at the Ruhr-University Bochum. He studied law and published a doctoral thesis on the law of state succession. He joined the Ruhr-University in 1990 and teaches at the Institute for International Law of peace and Armed Conflict and is the Bochum's Director of the European Master programme Network of Humanitarian Action (NOHA). He belongs to the Boards of the European Master Programme Human Rights and Democratization (Venice) and the European Regional Master Programme Human Rights and Democratization in South East Europe (Sarajevo). His research interests are human rights, international humanitarian law and disaster response law.

Prof. Dr. Pierre Thielbörger, M.PP. (Harvard) is Professor of German Public Law and International Law, including the Law of Peace and Armed Conflict, at the law faculty of Ruhr-University Bochum. He is also Managing Director of the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict at Ruhr-University Bochum.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: From Cold War to Cyber War

  • Book Subtitle: The Evolution of the International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict over the last 25 Years

  • Editors: Hans-Joachim Heintze, Pierre Thielbörger

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19087-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19086-0Published: 20 August 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36996-9Published: 22 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19087-7Published: 04 August 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 271

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Human Rights, Migration, Gender Studies, Climate Change

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