Now in a comprehensively updated edition, The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law analyzes how international humanitarian law has evolved in the face of many new challenges: the war on terror, new forms of armed conflict and humanitarian action, the emergence of international criminal justice, and the reshaping of fundamental rules and consensus in a multipolar world. Written from the perspective of victims and those who provide assistance to them, the Guide outlines the dangers, spells out the law, and points the way toward dealing with violations of the law. The current crises in Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan and Yemen will be addressed to illustrate the specific challenges posed to the implementation of IHL. The Guide has been published by Rowman & Littlefield in cooperation with Doctors Without Borders/Mdecins Sans Frontires.

External Link »