Book Launch – ‘Identifying Non-International Armed Conflict’

We are pleased to host the launch of ‘Identifying Non-International Armed Conflict’ with the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva.

Written by Dr Nathan Derejko, the Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice and Assistant Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba, this book offers a critical and comprehensive examination of the concept of Non-International Armed Conflict, including its normative foundations, threshold of activation, and corresponding personal, geographical, and temporal scope of applicability under International Humanitarian Law.

It identifies and critically examines some of the most controversial aspects of modern NIACs, including notions of a ‘global battlefield’ and ‘forever war’ and provides practical guidance on identifying NIACs in real time. It is essential reading for international law academics, students and practitioners. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available open access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

Author BIOGRAPHY

Dr Nathan Derejko is the Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice and Assistant Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba. Previously, Nathan was the Director of the Masters in Human Rights programme at University College London (UK), Director of the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Essex (UK), a visiting lecturer at the International Institute of International Humanitarian Law in Sanremo Italy, and a doctoral research fellow at the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland Galway.

Nathan’s research and teaching interests span three interrelated fields of international law: international human rights law, international humanitarian law, and the jus ad bellum. Nathan has a particular interest in the protection of human rights during armed conflict, counter-terrorism and human rights, and the law and practice of non-international armed conflict.

Panel

Nathan Derejko
Mauro Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice, Assistant Professor of Law
Robson Hall Faculty of Law , University of Manitoba

Gloria Gaggioli
Associate Professor and Vice-Dean of the Law Faculty, University of Geneva

Chara Radaelli
Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione Fellow, University of Geneva

Isabelle Gallino
Prevention Adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

MODERATOR

Stuart Casey-Maslen
Senior Researcher, Head of Scientific Projects, Geneva Academy