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Military Assistance on Request and the Use of Force
This book examines the extent which the proliferation of military assistance on request is changing the rules governing the use of force. The author explores the authority to make these requests, particularly during civil wars where some territorial control may be lost and there is a risk of systematic violations of international humanitarian law.
| Author(s) | By Erika De Wet (Professor of International Law, Professor of International Law, University of Graz). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 272 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 26 Mar 2020 |
| Availability | Available |
This book examines the extent which the proliferation of military assistance on request is changing the rules governing the use of force. The author explores the authority to make these requests, particularly during civil wars where some territorial control may be lost and there is a risk of systematic violations of international humanitarian law.
Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1: Introduction 2: The authority entitled to extend an invitation for direct military assistance 3: Direct military assistance on request during civil wars 4: Direct military assistance to incumbent governments implicate
Erika de Wet is Professor of International Law in the Faculty of Law of the University of Graz, Austria. She is also Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Bonn, Germany. She was the SARChI Professor of International Constitutional Law, U
