The Conflict in Syria and the Failure of International Law to Protect People Globally: Mass Atrocities, Enforced Disappearances and Arbitrary Detentio

ISBN-13: 9781032056630 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 290 str.

Jeremy Julian Sarkin

Opis

This book explores, through the lens of the conflict in Syria, why international law and the United Nations have failed to halt conflict and massive human rights violations around the world. It will be valuable in the areas of Public International Law, International Human Rights Law, Political Science and Peace and Security Studies.

O autorze

Professor Jeremy Julian Sarkin teaches human rights, transitional justice and a research methodology course to doctoral students at NOVA University of Lisbon in Portugal. He is a Research Fellow in the Department of Criminology at the University of the Free State Bloemfontein, South Africa. He has a master’s in law degree from Harvard Law School and a doctorate in comparative and international law. He served as an acting judge in South Africa. He was a member (2008-2014) and served as Chairperson-Rapporteur (2009-2012) of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. He is admitted to practice as attorney in the United States and South Africa. He has published 18 books and more than 300 journal articles. He serves on a number of non-governmental organisations and journal editorial boards.