The Humanitarian Civilian: How the Idea of Distinction Circulates Within and Beyond International Humanitarian Law

ISBN-13: 9780198863816 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 256 str.

Rebecca Sutton

Recenzje

In this compelling book, Dr. Sutton adroitly analyzes the ways in which the concept of distinction was established, legitimated, and circulated. She convincingly shows how the actions of humanitarians have helped efface rigid doctrinal lines, often with significant implications for whom the law serves in practice. In Dr. Sutton's subtle analysis, the usual classroom clarity surrounding a core concept of international humanitarian law evaporates into a much more complex haze - one that more accurately and fully reflects the diverse experiences of civilians in war. In applying an innovative methodology, Dr. Sutton's reassessments throw clarifying light on the promise and the perils of law in war. The Humanitarian Civilian should become a model for combining rigorous research, critical self-reflection, and unblinking appraisal of the people and institutions charged with developing and applying legal protections in war.

O autorze

Rebecca Sutton is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of Edinburgh Law School, where she teaches human rights and conflict resolution subjects at the graduate level. Rebecca has previously been a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Law at McGill University, a Kathleen Fitzpatrick Fellow at Melbourne Law School, a SSHRC Fellow, and a Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellow. She holds a PhD in International Law from the London School of Economics, a JD from the University of Toronto and an MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development from SOAS. Rebecca is a licensed Barrister and Solicitor in Canada, having been called to the Ontario Bar in 2014. She spent a decade working for humanitarian and human rights organizations and she has worked or conducted research in Darfur, Sudan; South Sudan; Ghana; South Africa; Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; Indonesia; India; Central African Republic.