Book Chapters


Jennifer Welsh contributes chapter to “The Grey Zone: Civilian Protection Between Human Rights and the Laws of War”

Jennifer Welsh contributes chapter “The Responsibility to Protect and Non-State Armed Groups” to the newly-published book The Grey Zone: Civilian Protection Between Human Rights and the Laws of War. The volume brings together contributions from leading academic authorities and legal practitioners on the situation of civilians in the grey zone between human rights and the laws […]

Emanuela-Chiara Gillard contributes chapter to the Routledge Handbook of the Law of Armed Conflict

Emanuela-Chiara Gillard contributes chapter “Protection of Civilians in the Conduct of Hostilities” in the new Routledge Handbook of the Law of Armed Conflict. The chapter presents the rules regulating the conduct of hostilities that protect civilian populations. It outlines key principles and then touches upon key challenges in their application in practice in recent conflicts. […]

The Role of the Security Council in Enhancing the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts – by Emanuela-Chiara Gillard and Julien Piacibello

‘The Role of the Security Council in Enhancing the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts‘, with Julien Piacibello, in A Participação de Portugal no Conselho de Segurança: 2011-2012, Instituto Diplomático/Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros (eds), 2015 This chapter outlines the increasing prominence given to the protection of civilians in the work of the Security Council since […]