Responsibilities of the non-state actor in armed conflict and the market place : : theoretical considerations and empirical findings / / edited by Noemi Gal-Or, Cedric Ryngaert and Math Noortmann.

• Author: Conference on The Responsibilities of Non-State Actors in International Law Richmond, B.C.)
• TeilnehmendeR: Gal-Or, Noemi.; Ryngaert, Cedric.; Noortmann, Math.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, [2015]
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (405 pages)
• Notes: "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"--Acknowledgements.

The central question of this pioneer work on the responsibility of non-state actors (NSAs) and the consequences thereof, is: To whom are such actors, in particular armed opposition groups and business corporations, accountable for their actions in armed conflict and in peace times? Does responsibility in international law apply to these NSAs qua groups? While much has been written about NSAs’ rights and participation in the global theatre as well as the responsibility of the state and international organisations for wrongful acts by NSAs, scant attention has been paid to questions of NSA organizational responsibility, in spite of their potential to wreak international havoc. This volume offers innovative insights into this unexplored territory by analyzing responsibility questions from both theoretical and empirical perspectives.

Table of Contents

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.