Foreign Fighters under International Law and Beyond

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: De Guttry, Andrea (Editor), Capone, Francesca (Editor), Paulussen, Christophe (Editor)
Summary:XXIII, 533 p. 1 illus.
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Language:English
Published: The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-099-2
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Foreign Fighters’ in the Syria and Iraq Conflict: Statistics and Characteristics of a Rapidly Growing Phenomenon
  • Foreign Fighters’ Involvement in National and International Wars: A Historical Survey
  • Foreign Fighters as a Challenge for International Relations Theory
  • Foreign Fighters: Motivations for Travel to Foreign Conflicts
  • The Emerging Role of Social Media in the Recruitment of Foreign Fighters Gabriel Weimann
  • Analysing the Recruitment and Use of Foreign Men and Women in ISIL through a Gender Perspective
  • The Military Impact of Foreign Fighters on the Battlefield: the Case of the ISIL
  • The Status of Foreign Fighters under International Humanitarian Law Emanuele Sommario
  • Foreign Fighters and International Criminal Law
  • Child Soldiers: the Expanding Practice of Minors Recruited to Become Foreign Fighters
  • Armed Opposition Groups’ (and Foreign Fighters’) Abidance by Human Rights Law: the Issue of Compliance in Syria and Iraq.