International Humanitarian Law in Areas of Limited Statehood: Adaptable and Legitimate or Rigid and Unreasonable?

Cover -- Introduction: International Humanitarian Law and Areas of Limited Statehood -- A. Areas of Limited Statehood -- B. Legal Issues when other Actors Step in -- C. International Humanitarian Law's Lack of Responsiveness -- D. About this Volume -- Part I: Fundamental Considerations -- A History of Division(s): a Critical Assessment of the Law of Non-International Armed Conflict -- A. Introduction -- B. What's in a Name? The Different Denominations of the Jus in Bello -- C. The Current Jus in Bello: Its Humanitarian Present and Military Past -- D. In Lieu of a Conclusion: Thoughts on the Global War on Terror and the Search for a New Concept -- Sunken Vessel or Blooming Flower? Lotus, Permissions and Restrictions within International Humanitarian Law -- A. Introduction -- B. Theoretical Background -- C. Existence of an International Humanitarian Law-Specific Approach? -- D. Conclusion -- Comment: neither Sunken Vessel nor Blooming Flower! The Lotus Principle and International Humanitarian Law -- A. Introduction -- B. The International Law on Jurisdiction -- C. The International Law on Jurisdiction and International Humanitarian Law -- D. Conclusion -- Part II: Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict -- Detention for Security Reasons by the Armed Forces of a State in Situations of Non-International Armed Conflict: the Quest for a Legal Basis -- A. Introduction -- B. Does International Humanitarian Law Provide a Legal Basis for Detentions for Security Reasons? -- C. Human Rights Law Applicable to Detention in Non-International Armed Conflicts -- D. Potential Legal Bases for Detentions for Security Reasons in Situations of Non-International Armed Conflict -- E. Summary and Conclusions -- Comment: Detention in Non-International Armed Conflict by States - Just a Matter of Perspective on Areas of Limited Statehood?

Areas of limited statehood, in which the territorial State lacks effective control, either completely or in part, challenge International Humanitarian Law in various ways. This volume explores if and how the law adapts to these challenges on the basis of mainly two legal issues: detention and investment protection in (non-)international armed conflict. Does a sufficient legal basis exist for the former? Is it International Humanitarian Law that determines what the investor is owed under a 'full protection and security' standard? More fundamentally, the contributions strive to shed light on these practical legal issues in a manner that is also historically and theoretically informed. How can international law be effective in areas of limited statehood, in particular as regards non-State actors? Can the law provide incentives for compliance? Is it in need of being developed? If so, who enjoys the legitimacy to do so?