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"The role and position of non-state actors in international law is the subject of a long-standing and intensive scholarly debate. This book explores the participation of this new category of actors in an international legal system that has historically been dominated by states. It explores the most important issues, actors and theoretical approaches with respect to these new participants in international law. It provides the reader with a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the most important legal and political developments and perspectives. Relevant non-state actors discussed in this volume include, in particular, international governmental organisations, international non-governmental organisations, multinational companies, investors and armed opposition groups. Their legal position is considered in relation to specific issue-areas, such as humanitarian law, human rights, the use of force and international responsibility. The main legal theories on non-state actors' position in international law - neo-positivism, the policy-oriented approach and transnational law - are covered at the beginning of the book, and the essential political science perspectives - on non-state actors' role in international politics and globalisation, as well as their soft power - are presented at the end."--Bloomsbury Publishing

"The Committee of Non-State Actors of the International Law Association (ILA), The Institute for Transborder Studies (ITS) at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, Oxford Brookes University, in collaboration with the ILA-Canada, the Flemish Scientific Research Fund (FWO, 'the network'), and the Canadian Bar Association-British Columbia Branch are acknowledged for their support and sponsorship of the Conference on The Responsibilities of Non-State Actors in International Law, held at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 27-28 June 2013, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada at which the papers in this anthology were first presented and discussed."

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Responsibilities of the Non-State Actor in Armed Conflict and the Market Place /Noemi Gal-Or , Math Noortmann and Cedric Ryngaert -- A View from the Trenches /Geoffrey Harris -- 1 Non-State Actor Responsibilities: Obligations, Monitoring and Compliance /Barbara K. Woodward -- 2 Shared Responsibility of Non-State Actors: A Human Rights Perspective /Wouter Vandenhole -- 3 International Legal Personality, Collective Entities, and International Crimes /Joanna Kyriakakis -- 4 Responsibilities of Armed Opposition Groups and Corporations for Violations of International Law and Possible Sanctions /Jordan J. Paust -- 5 MNEs as Enterprises in International Law /Robin F. Hansen -- 6 Markets as an Accountability Mechanism in International Law /Anne van Aaken -- 7 International Corporate Criminal Liability for Private Military and Security Companies—A Possibility? /Pauline Collins -- 8 Investors' Responsibility towards Host-States? Regulation of Corruption in Investor-State Arbitration /Dai Tamada -- 9 Responsibility of Private Entities in International Environmental Law: Transport of Oil by Sea and Nuclear Energy Production /Manuel de Almeida Ribeiro -- 10 ITLOS Case No. 17 and the Evolving Principles for Corporate Accountability under International Law /Sara L. Seck and Anna Dolidze -- 11 Establishing Direct Responsibility of Armed Opposition Groups for Violations of International Humanitarian Law? /Veronika Bílková -- 12 International Responsibility of Armed Opposition Groups: Lessons from State Responsibility for Actions of Armed Opposition Groups /Sten I. Verhoeven -- 13 Establishing the Direct Responsibility of Non-State Armed Groups for Violations of International Norms: Issues of Attribution /Annyssa Bellal -- 14 Beyond Attribution: Responsibility of Armed Non-State Actors for Reparations in Northern Ireland, Colombia and Uganda /Luke Moffett -- 15 International Responsibility of the AOG in International Law: Is there a Case for an African Approach? /Francis Kofi Abiew and Noemi Gal-Or -- Conclusion: Can the AOG and MNC Be Liable in International Law? /Noemi Gal-Or , Math Noortmann and Cedric Ryngaert -- Index.