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Stuart Casey-Maslen

Special Advisor to the IHL in Focus Project


Armed Conflicts / International Humanitarian Law / International Human Rights Law / International Criminal Law / Use of Force / Responsibility to Protect / Disarmament

Stuart Casey-Maslen is a Special Advisor to the IHL in Focus Project at the Geneva Academy.

He is Visiting Professor of International Law at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He focuses in his work on the use of force and the protection of civilians. In addition to international humanitarian law, he researches and teaches international human rights law, disarmament law, jus ad bellum, and international criminal law. He holds a doctorate in international humanitarian law and master’s degrees in international human rights law and forensic ballistics.

His most recent publications include International Counterterrorism Law in 2024 and The Prohibition of Torture and Ill-treatment under International Law in 2025, both published by Cambridge Press.

Resources

Use of Force in Law Enforcement and the Right to Life: The Role of the Human Rights Council

November 2016

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Stuart Casey-Maslen

The Arms Trade Treaty: A Commentary

June 2016

Oxford University Press

Andrew Clapham, Stuart Casey-Maslen, Gilles Giacca and Sarah Parker

Weapons under International Human Rights Law

July 2015

Cambridge University Press

Stuart Casey-Maslen

The War Report 2013

November 2014

Oxford University Press

Stuart Casey-Maslen

The War Report 2012

December 2013

Oxford University Press

Stuart Casey-Maslen

Rules of Engagement: Protecting Civilians through Dialogue with Armed Non-State Actors

October 2011

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Annyssa Bellal, Stuart Casey-Maslen

Règles d'engagement – La protection des civils à travers un dialogue avec les acteurs armés non étatiques

October 2011

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Annyssa Bellal, Stuart Casey-Maslen

Reglas del Juego – Cómo proteger a los civiles mediante el diálogo con los actores armados no estatales

October 2011

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Annyssa Bellal, Stuart Casey-Maslen