Chapter

Conclusion : where States fail, non-State actors rise ? : inducing compliance with international humanitarian law in areas of limited statehood

Heike Krieger

Inducing compliance with international humanitarian law : lessons from the African Great Lakes Region

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015

p. 504-551

English

Previously published under the title "A turn to non-state actors : inducing compliance with international humanitarian law in war-torn areas of limited statehood", SFB-governance working paper series no. 62, June 2013

In her concluding contribution, Heike Krieger submits that the international community addresses the challenges for compliance with international humanitarian law which arise from war-torn areas of limited statehood by shifting competences to actors other than the State concerned. In particular, international organizations have developed a mix of instruments in order to enforce international humanitarian law. However, since these organizations are dependent on their member States, who might be reluctant to accept engagement with armed groups, activities of humanitarian non-State actors have become an important element in efforts to induce compliance. Based on the overall results of the book, Heike Krieger investigates reasons for compliance in war-torn areas of limited statehood and arrives at the conclusion that traditional motives are still relevant and must therefore be addressed by the corresponding mechanisms.

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• Previous version : A turn to non-state actors : inducing compliance with international humanitarian law in war-torn areas of limited statehood

• Inducing compliance with international humanitarian law : lessons from the African Great Lakes Region / ed. by Heike Krieger ; assistant ed. Jan Willms