Improving compliance with international human law by non-State armed groups in the Great Lakes region of Africa

Magister Legum - LLM === Currently, one of the most dramatic threats to human security is constituted by internal armed conflicts. In 1998, violent conflicts took place in at least 25 countries. Of these armed conflicts, 23 were internal, engaging one or more non-State armed groups. A crucial featur...

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Main Author:	Kaneza, Carine
Other Authors:	van der Poll, Letetia
Language:	en
Published:	University of the Western Cape 2013
Subjects:	Humanitarian law Conflicts - Great Lakes Region Africa Human rights Conflicts - Africa Civil war Protection of civilians
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2056

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spelling	ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uwc-oai-etd.uwc.ac.za-11394-20562018-08-22T04:14:44Z Improving compliance with international human law by non-State armed groups in the Great Lakes region of Africa Kaneza, Carine van der Poll, Letetia De Villier, François Faculty of Law Humanitarian law Conflicts - Great Lakes Region Africa Human rights Conflicts - Africa Civil war Protection of civilians Magister Legum - LLM Currently, one of the most dramatic threats to human security is constituted by internal armed conflicts. In 1998, violent conflicts took place in at least 25 countries. Of these armed conflicts, 23 were internal, engaging one or more non-State armed groups. A crucial feature of internal conflicts is the widespread violation of humanitarian law and human rights by armed groups, from rebel groups to private militias. This thesis aimed at identifying various ways of promoting a better implementation of the Geneva Conventions and its Protocols by NSAGs in the Great Lakes Region. South Africa 2013-09-10T13:38:26Z 2007/09/07 12:12 2007/09/07 2013-09-10T13:38:26Z 2006 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2056 en University of the Western Cape University of the Western Cape
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description	Magister Legum - LLM === Currently, one of the most dramatic threats to human security is constituted by internal armed conflicts. In 1998, violent conflicts took place in at least 25 countries. Of these armed conflicts, 23 were internal, engaging one or more non-State armed groups. A crucial feature of internal conflicts is the widespread violation of humanitarian law and human rights by armed groups, from rebel groups to private militias. This thesis aimed at identifying various ways of promoting a better implementation of the Geneva Conventions and its Protocols by NSAGs in the Great Lakes Region. === South Africa
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title	Improving compliance with international human law by non-State armed groups in the Great Lakes region of Africa
title_short	Improving compliance with international human law by non-State armed groups in the Great Lakes region of Africa
title_full	Improving compliance with international human law by non-State armed groups in the Great Lakes region of Africa
title_fullStr	Improving compliance with international human law by non-State armed groups in the Great Lakes region of Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Improving compliance with international human law by non-State armed groups in the Great Lakes region of Africa
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Improving compliance with international human law by non-State armed groups in the Great Lakes region of Africa

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