Asia-Pacific Perspectives on International Humanitarian Law

Place is inextricably linked to history by way of culture, language, philosophy, faith and the development of worldviews. The richness and depth of experience of the Asia-Pacific region has been under-studied, over-simplified and under-appreciated. This book addresses that lacuna in the subject area of international humanitarian law. Drawing on authoritative perspectives and interviews with experts in and on this topic, including four of the region's most distinguished international judges, forty-one chapters thematically examine the development of international humanitarian law; practice and application of international humanitarian law; implementation and enforcement of international humanitarian law; and looking to the future and enhancing compliance with international humanitarian law. The expert contributors draw out unique features, providing fresh insights to scholarship. Contributions on and from the area also grapple with the regional commitments to humanitarianism generally, illuminating how and why international humanitarian law might be more readily accepted or ignored in armed conflicts in the region.

Part I. Interviews; Part II. Development of International Humanitarian Law; Part III. Practice and Application of International Humanitarian Law; Part IV. Implementation and Enforcement of International Humanitarian Law; Part V. Looking to the Future and Enhancing Compliance with International Humanitarian Law.

Suzannah Linton is a Thousand Talent Professor at Zhejiang Gongshang University, China and holds a West Lake Friendship Award. She has published widely on international criminal justice and the practice of international courts and has previously held the Chair for International Law at Bangor University.
Tim McCormack is the Special Adviser on International Humanitarian Law to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He is also Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Tasmania. He has previously held positions as Charles H. Stockton Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the US Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island and as James Barr Ames Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School.
Sandesh Sivakumaran is Professor of Public International Law at the School of Law, University of Nottingham. He has published widely on a variety of topics in public international law.