Gilles Giacca
Biographic Data
| ID | 6598006 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gilles Giacca |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gilles |
| FAMILY NAME | Giacca |
| SIGNATURE | GIACCA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Positive Obligations of the Occupying Power
Military occupation can have a detrimental impact on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights by the population of an occupied territory. All aspects of civilian life risk stagnation in a prolonged occupation, an outcome that is difficult to reconcile with the obligation on the Occupying Power to ensure civil life in the occupied territory. A protracted occupation, such as that of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, challenges the …
The Arms Trade Treaty
"The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty became binding international law in late 2014, and although the text of the treaty is a relatively concise framework for assessing whether to authorize or deny proposed conventional weapons transfers by States Parties, there exists controversy as to the meaning of certain key provisions. Furthermore, the treaty requires a national regulatory body to authorize proposed transfers of conventional weapons covered…
The Preamble
This chapter analyses the preamble of the ATT. The preamble of an international treaty typically sets out its purpose and the context of its adoption. The ATT is unusual in that in addition to eighteen preambular paragraphs it contains a set of eight principles in accordance with which the states parties are ‘determined to act’. This right, however, does not create any obligation for states to do so and such rights must be exercised in accordance…
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in International Law
Recent years have seen an expansion in the scale and importance of economic, social, and cultural rights within international law. This has led to the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in December 2008, giving individuals and groups the ability to bring complaints about violations of these rights before the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. In this context…
International law and armed non-state actors in Afghanistan
An effective legal regime governing the actions of armed non-state actors in Afghanistan should encompass not only international humanitarian law but also international human rights law. While the applicability of Common Article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions to the conflict is not controversial, how and to what extent Additional Protocol II applies is more difficult to assess, in particular in relation to the various armed actors operating in …
Sylvie Sarolea, Droits de l'homme et migrations
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Sylvie Sarolea, Droits de l'homme et migrations
International law and armed non-state actors in Afghanistan
An effective legal regime governing the actions of armed non-state actors in Afghanistan should encompass not only international humanitarian law but also international human rights law. While the applicability of Common Article 3 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions to the conflict is not controversial, how and to what extent Additional Protocol II applies is more difficult to assess, in particular in relation to the various armed actors operating in …
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in International Law
Recent years have seen an expansion in the scale and importance of economic, social, and cultural rights within international law. This has led to the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in December 2008, giving individuals and groups the ability to bring complaints about violations of these rights before the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. In this context…
The Arms Trade Treaty
"The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty became binding international law in late 2014, and although the text of the treaty is a relatively concise framework for assessing whether to authorize or deny proposed conventional weapons transfers by States Parties, there exists controversy as to the meaning of certain key provisions. Furthermore, the treaty requires a national regulatory body to authorize proposed transfers of conventional weapons covered…
The Preamble
This chapter analyses the preamble of the ATT. The preamble of an international treaty typically sets out its purpose and the context of its adoption. The ATT is unusual in that in addition to eighteen preambular paragraphs it contains a set of eight principles in accordance with which the states parties are ‘determined to act’. This right, however, does not create any obligation for states to do so and such rights must be exercised in accordance…
Positive Obligations of the Occupying Power
Military occupation can have a detrimental impact on the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights by the population of an occupied territory. All aspects of civilian life risk stagnation in a prolonged occupation, an outcome that is difficult to reconcile with the obligation on the Occupying Power to ensure civil life in the occupied territory. A protracted occupation, such as that of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, challenges the …
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · International Law and Human Rights (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Human rights (3 works) · International human rights law (3 works) · Law and economics (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Cultural rights (2 works) · International law (2 works)