Violations of the rules applicable in non-international armed conflicts and their possible causes
Subtitle: the case of Somalia
By: by Omar Abdulle Alasow
Series: International humanitarian law series -- v. 21; International humanitarian law series -- v. 21.
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9789004164758
Description: "To the innocent victims of the armed conflict in Somalia."--P. [v].
Notes: This book started as my doctoral thesis at the Law Department of the University of Essex, U.K., 2005.--Acknowledgement

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The background and root causes of the conflicts in Somalia; title: Characteristics of conflicts in Somalia; title: Traditional Somali customary rules; title: Rules of international law applicable to non-international armed conflicts; title: Evidence of humanitarian law violations in Somalia; title: Possible causes of violations of humanitarian rules; title: Appendix one : The war in the Northwest regions (1988-1991); title: Appendix two : The war in the central and Southern regions (1989-2003).