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Cyber War Crimes: Islamic State Atrocity Videos And The Laws Of War, David P. Fidler
Cyber War Crimes: Islamic State Atrocity Videos And The Laws Of War, David P. Fidler
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The Islamic State has combined its extreme violence with digital and cyber technologies to produce and distribute globally videos recording atrocities it commits. This article argues that those in the Islamic State who make and distribute these atrocity videos are committing war crimes under international law. After introducing the unprecedented phenomenon the atrocity videos represent (I.), the article first examines the relationship between international law and propaganda in war and peace (II.) The article then argues the atrocity videos violate prohibitions in international humanitarian law and constitute war crimes (III.). The article concludes by presenting criticisms of this argument and …
Taking The Measure Of Nations: Testing The Global Norm Of Territorial Integrity, Timothy W. Waters
Taking The Measure Of Nations: Testing The Global Norm Of Territorial Integrity, Timothy W. Waters
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Technology And The Law On The Use Of Force: New Security Challenges In The Twenty-First Century, By Jackson Maogoto, Asaf Lubin
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Technology and the Law on the Use of Force: New Security Challenges in the Twenty-First Century. By Jackson Maogoto. Oxford, UK: Routledge, 2015. Pp xviii, 111. Price: $117.71 (Hardcover).
Twilight In Afghanistan: An Introduction, Feisal Amin Istrabadi, Sumit Ganguly
Twilight In Afghanistan: An Introduction, Feisal Amin Istrabadi, Sumit Ganguly
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Clearing The Path: The Perils Of Positing Civil Society In Conflict And Transition, Timothy W. Waters
Clearing The Path: The Perils Of Positing Civil Society In Conflict And Transition, Timothy W. Waters
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Can there be a general theoretical perspective on civil society's involvement in transitional justice? This article considers this question in its application to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Within the study of transitional justice and conflict resolution, civil society - a notoriously plastic concept - can be understood narrowly as rights-oriented groups working “for” peace, but the term is equally available to describe a broader array of communities that can either promote or prevent peace and justice.
It is, in fact, quite difficult to sustain a theoretical distinction between them, because transitional justice does not escape the dictates of politics - of …
Countering Islamic State Exploitation Of The Internet, David P. Fidler
Countering Islamic State Exploitation Of The Internet, David P. Fidler
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No abstract provided.