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Handbook of international humanitarian law in South Asia / edited by V.S. Mani.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford India handbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humanitarian law--South Asia.
- Humanitarian law.
- South Asia.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 262 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- International Humanitarian Law is primarily concerned with the protection of the victims of violence resulting from the outbreak of hostilities, and comes into operation at the time of such outbreaks. Its normative development in the last 150 years has been very significant. This volume represents the first sustained academic attempt to study these situations the implementation of international humanitarian law in South Asia.
- Contents:
- Evolution of the principles of international humanitarian law in South Asia
- Buddhism and humanitarian law / C. G. Weeramantry
- Christian traditions of international humanitarian law / V. S. Mani
- International humanitarian law in ancient India / B. C. Nirmal
- The Islamic concept of humanitarian law / Aftab Alam
- National attitudes toward international humanitarian law
- National attitudes towards international humanitarian law in South Asia: an overview / S. K. Verma
- International humanitarian law: Bangladesh's attitude and practice / borhan Uddin Khan
- International humanitarian law: Bhutan's response / V. S. Mani
- International humanitarian law: India's attitude / Ravindra Pratap
- International humanitarian law: Maldives and its response / V. S. Mani
- The status of international humanitarian law in Nepal / Hari Phuyal and Surya Subedi
- International humanitarian law: a Pakistani perspective / Ahmer Bulal Soofi
- Application of international humanitarian law in selected conflict situations in South Asia
- India's tryst with humanitarian law: some reflections / Rupa C. Hingorani
- International humanitarian law: India's experience since 1962 / V. S. Mani
- International humanitarian law and internal armed conflict in Nepal / T. R. Onta
- International humanitarian law in conflict situations: a Sri Lankan case study / Thushara Rajasinghe
- Improving the human condition of refugees in Asia: the way forward / B. S. Chimni
- Sri Lankan refugees: a case study / Nirmala Chandrahasan
- Afghan refugees and humanitarian interventions: issues, concerns , and lessons / Mahendra P. Lama
- States of emergency, humanitarian law, and human rights
- States of emergency, human rights, and international humanitarian law / Venkat Iyer
- Humanitarian organizations and promotion of international humanitarian law in South Asia
- Promotion of international humanitarian law in South Asia: the ICRC initiative and activities / Umesh Kadam
- Military organizations and implementation of international humanitarian law
- Applicability of international humanitarian law to United Nations peace operations / Satish Nambiar
- Military law mechanism for international humanitarian law implementation / Nilendra Kumar
- Appendix 1: Factsheet on the status of international humanitarian law in South Asia / Divya Prasad
- Appendix 2: Status of international humanitarian law treaties.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [258]-262).
- ISBN:
- 9780195685848
- 0195685849
- OCLC:
- 85862690
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