Conclusion : where States fail, non-State actors rise ? : inducing compliance with international humanitarian law in areas of limited statehood / Heike Krieger
Conclusion : where States fail, non-State actors rise ? : inducing compliance with international humanitarian law in areas of limited statehood
Author zone:
Heike Krieger
In:
Inducing compliance with international humanitarian law : lessons from the African Great Lakes Region
Editor:
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015
Physical description:
p. 504-551
Languages:
English
General Note:
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
Abstract:
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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