Andrew Clapham

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

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The Rights and Responsibilities of Armed Non-State Actors: The Legal Landscape & Issues Surrounding Engagement

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Mar 2010
Andrew Clapham
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non-state actors, international humanitarian law, armed conflict, human rights, international criminal law, ownership of norms, rebels, insurgents

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Human Rights Obligations for Non-State-Actors: Where are We Now?

Forthcoming in Doing Peace the Rights Way: Essays in International Law and Relations in Honour of Louise Arbour, edited by Fannie Lafontaine and François Larocque, to be published by Intersentia
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 12 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2017
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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non-state actors, international criminal law, corporate accountability, armed groups, human rights

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Non-State Actors (in Postconflict Peace-building)

POSTCONFLICT PEACE-BUILDING: A LEXICON, Vincent Chetail, ed., pp. 200-212, Oxford University Press, 2009
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2016
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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non-state actors, peacebuilding, rebels, corporations, international organizations

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Human Rights and International Criminal Law

The Cambridge Companion to International Criminal Law, edited by William Schabas, and has been reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press.
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 22 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2018
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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human rights, international criminal law, crimes against humanity, war crimes, universal jurisdiction,

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United Nations Charter-Based Protection of Human Rights

'INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, A Textbook,' C. Krause and M. Sheinin, eds, pp. 79-103, Institute for Human Rights, Abo Akademi University, 2009
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 04 May 2009 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2015
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteurs, Human Rights, High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Extending International Criminal Law Beyond the Individual to Corporations and Armed Opposition Groups

Journal of International Criminal Justice, Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 899-926, 2008
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Feb 2009
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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Torture by Private Actors and ‘Gold-Plating’ the Offence in National Law: An Exchange of Emails in Honour of William Schabas

Arcs of Global Justice: Essays in Honour of William Schabas, edited by Margaret M. deGuzman and Diane Marie Amann, Oxford University Press, OUP, pp 287-295, 2018
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 18 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2019
Andrew Clapham and Paola Gaeta
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and Independent
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torture, international crimes, state actors, non-state actors, public official

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Weapons and Armed Non-State Actors

Weapons Under International Human Rights Law, edited by Stuart Casey-Maslen, Cambridge University Press, 2013
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 03 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2015
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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armed groups, human rights, humanitarian law, international crimes, crimes against humanity, weapons, torture, extrajudicial execution, right to life, civilians, fighters

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The Role of the Individual in International Law

European Journal of International Law, Vol. 21, Issue 1, pp. 25-30, 2010
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 10 May 2010 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2015
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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The Concept of International Armed Conflict

in A. Clapham, P. Gaeta and M. Sassòli (eds) "The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary" (Oxford: Oxford University Press) (2015) 1-26.
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 May 2017 Last Revised: 25 May 2017
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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war, armed conflict, humanitarian law, self-determination, armed forces, violence

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Issues of Complexity, Complicity and Complementarity: From the Nuremberg Trials to the Dawn of the New International Criminal Court

This material has been published in From Nuremberg to The Hague: The Future of International Criminal Justice edited by Philippe Sands, and has been reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press. 2003
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 May 2015
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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Human Rights Obligations of Non-State Actors in Conflict Situations

International Review of the Red Cross, Vol. 88, No. 863, pp. 491-523, 2006
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 06 Feb 2009
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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The Complex Relationship between the Geneva Conventions and International Human Rights Law

in A. Clapham, P. Gaeta and M. Sassòli (eds) The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary (eds) (Oxford: Oxford University Press) (2015) 701-35.
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 May 2017
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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war, conflict, human rights, humanitarian law, terrorism, hostage-taking, detention, internment, killing, prisoners of war.

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Corporations and Criminal Complicity

This material has been published in Human Rights, Corporate Complicity and Disinvestment edited by Gro Nystuen , Andreas Follesdal and Ola Mestad, and has been reproduced by permission of Cambridge University Press.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 26 May 2011 Last Revised: 14 May 2015
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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complicity, corporate social responsibility, international criminal law, human rights, non-state actors

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The Use of International Human Rights Law by Civil Society Organizations

ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, Sir Nigel Rodley and Scott Sheeran, eds., Routledge, November 2012
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Apr 2012
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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On Complicity

LE DROIT PENAL A L'EPREUVE DE L'INTERNATIONALISATION, M. Henzelin and R. Roth, (eds), pp. 241-275, LGDJ, Paris/Georg, Geneva/ Bruylant, Brussels, 2002
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Apr 2009
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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complicity, corporate social reponsibility, international criminal law

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Article 6. Prohibitions

in "The Arms Trade Treaty: A Commentary", S. Casey-Maslen, Andrew Clapham, Gilles Giacca and Sarah Parker, (Oxford, Oxford University Press) 2016, 204-43
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 31 May 2017
Stuart Casey-Maslen, Andrew Clapham, Gilles Giacca and Sarah Parker
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford and Independent
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war crimes, genocide, crimes againt humanity, arms, Geneva Conventions, arms trade

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The Subject of Subjects and the Attribution of Attribution

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE QUEST FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION: LIBER AMICORUM VERA GOWLLAND-DEBBAS, pp. 44-58, V. Gowlland-Debbas, L. Boisson de Chazournes and M. Kohen, eds., Brill, 2010
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 28 May 2010
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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Subjects of International Law, Attribition of Acts, International Organizations, Human Rights, Complementarity

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Detention by Armed Groups Under International Law

93 International Law Studies (2017) 1-44
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2017
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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Challenging the Myths which Suggest that Human Rights Bodies Cannot Address Armed Non-state Actors in Situations of Armed Conflict

Forthcoming in Gloria Gaggioli (ed) The Role of Human Rights Mechanisms in Implementing International Humanitarian Law (Elgar)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2023
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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human rights, war crimes, international humanitarian law, armed groups, non-state actors, conflict

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Rights and Responsibilities: A Legal Perspective

FROM RIGHTS TO RESPONSIBILITIES: RETHINKING INTERVENTION FOR HUMANITARIAN PURPOSES, PSIS SPECIAL STUDY 7, O. Jütersonke and K. Krause, (eds), pp. 61-85, Geneva: Programme for Strategic and International Security Studies, 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 24 Apr 2009
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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responsibility to protect

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Article 7. Export and Export Assessment

in "The Arms Trade Treaty: A Commentary", S. Casey-Maslen, Andrew Clapham, Gilles Giacca and Sarah Parker, (Oxford, Oxford University Press) 2016, 255-271.
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 26 May 2017
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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human rights, humanitarian law, arms transfers

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The Limits of Human Rights in Times of Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Armed Violence

Knut Traisbach and Bardo Fassbender (eds) The Limits of Human Rights (Oxford University Press), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 15 May 2019
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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human rights, international humanitarian law, non-state actors, detention, killing

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On the War Path

in Brianna Rosen (ed) Perpetual War and International Law: Legacies of the War on Terror (OUP Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 16 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2024
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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war, armed conflict, terrorism, human rights, humanitarian law

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The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

P. Alston and F. Mégret (eds) 'The UN and Human Rights', 2nd edn (OUP) (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Dec 2012
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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human rights, United Nations, High Commissioner, field operations

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Non-State Actors (French translation) (Acteurs Non-Étatiques)

LEXIQUE DE LA CONSOLIDATION DE LA PAIX, pp. 73-89, V. Chetail, ed., Bruylant, Brussels, 2009
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 26 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2010
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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acteurs non-étatiques, rebelles, entreprises, organisations internationales, consolidation de la paix

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Defining Armed Conflicts Under the Additional Protocols: Is There a Need for Further Clarification?

The Additional Protocols 40 Years Later: New Conflicts, New Actors, New Perspectives 40th Round Table on Current Issues of International Humanitarian Law (Sanremo, 7th-9th September 2017)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 13 Sep 2019
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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Detention and Prosecution as Described in the DoD Manual

This material has been published in M. N. Newton, (ed), The United States Department of Defense Law of War Manual: Commentary and Critique, (Cambridge: CUP, 2018) 282-297
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Sep 2019
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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war, armed conflict, human rights, humanitarian law, international law, terrorism, security

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The General Assembly

P. Alston and F. Mégret (eds) 'The UN and Human Rights', 2nd edn (Oxford University Press) (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Dec 2012
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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human rights, United Nations, General Assembly, peacekeeping, field missions, treaties

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War and the Prohibition on the Use of Force

in Tom Dannenbaum and Eliav Lieblich, (eds), Research Handbook on International Legal Theory and War (Elgar, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2023
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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war, use of force, law of war, armed conflict, territory, UN Charter, human rights

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Booty, Bounty, Blockade, and Prize: Time to Reevaluate the Law

97 International Law Studies (2021) 1200-1268
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 13 Sep 2021
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
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war, armed conflict, international humanitarian law, human rights,

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Non-State Actors

Clapham, 'Non-State Actors', in Binder, Nowak, Hofbauer, and Janig, (eds), Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights, Forthcoming
Posted: 09 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2021
Andrew Clapham
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

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non-state actor, human rights, corporations, armed groups

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War (Clarendon Law Series)

War (Oxford University Press, 2021)
Posted: 08 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2023
Andrew Clapham
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war, armed conflict, humanitarian law, war powers, treason, blockade, booty

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Non-State Actors

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, Daniel Moeckli, Sangeeta Shah, Sandesh Sivakumaran, & David Harris, eds., 3rd edn Oxford University Press, Forthcoming
Posted: 18 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2018
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Non-State Actors, Human Rights, Corporations, Corporate Responsibility, Armed Opposition Groups, International Organizations, UN Human Rights Council, Security Council