The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict

Roberta Arnold, Israel Law Review [Professor Sandesh Sivakumaran] examines the genesis of this novel, interdisciplinary body of law and the way ahead, thereby contributing with a major piece of work in a field . . . that greatly needed further research.

Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, Australian Year Book of International Law The Law of Non-International Armed Conflict is an essential contribution to an area much in need of clarification. In addition to offering a comprehensive elaboration of the current law in this area, it also explores the more foundational questions that will be of interest to any general international lawyer, such as the methodology of customary law formation and the varied sources of the relevant norms. It is to be hoped that Professor Sivakumarans proposal of a new
instrument to bind non-state armed groups can be taken forward, with a view to achieving greater compliance with the law in situations that all too often witness the most violent fratricidal clashes.

Claus Kre, British Yearbook of International Law ...the book of our time on the law of non-international armed conflict.

Noam Zamir, Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law This is a rich and lengthy book. It is also courageous: Sivakumaran does not shy away from discussing some of
the most debatable issues in international humanitarian law.

Sandesh Sivakumaran, Associate Professor and Reader in Public International Law, School of Law, University of Nottingham Sandesh Sivakumaran is Associate Professor and Reader in Public International Law at the School of Law, University of Nottingham. He has worked at the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and has acted as an expert for intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. He is a recipient of the Giorgio La Pira Prize and the Antonio Cassese Prize for International Criminal Law Studies.

Introduction ; PART I: REGULATING NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS ; 1. Ad-hoc Regulation ; 2. Systematic Regulation through International Humanitarian Law ; 3. Regulation through a Body of International Law ; 4. The Sources of the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict ; PART II: THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF NON-INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT ; 5. Identifying a Non-International Armed Conflict: Armed Conflicts and Internal Tensions and Disturbances ; 6. Identifying a Non-International Armed Conflict: International and Non-International Armed Conflicts ; 7. Scope of Application ; 8. Protection of Civilians and Persons Hors de Combat ; 9. Conduct of Hostilities ; 10. Implementation and Non-Judicial Enforcement ; 11. Judicial Enforcement ; PART III: MOVING FORWARD ; 12. Developments Needed in the Law ; Conclusion