Responsibilities of the Non-State Actor in Armed Conflict and the Market Place: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Findings

Noemi Gal-Or (PhD 1982, IUHEI, Geneva) is Professor of Politics and International Law, Department of Political Science, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, in British Columbia, Canada, and Editor-in-Chief, journal Canadian International Lawyer, Canadian Bar Association. She has published extensively in matters including public international law, international organisations, and international political economy. She authored International Cooperation in the Suppression of Terrorism (2nd ed. Routledge 2015 hard copy and e-book) and edited Tolerating Terrorism in the West: An International Survey (Routledge hard copy 1991, e-book 2003).Cedric Ryngaert (PhD Leuven 2007) is Chair of Public International Law at Utrecht University (Netherlands). He is the research team leader of a project on unilateralism and global values, funded by the European Research Council and the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research. Among other publications, he authored Jurisdiction in International Law (2nd ed OUP 2015.) and co-edited The International Prosecutor (OUP 2012). Math Noortmann (PhD Utrecht 1997) is Research Professor in Transnational Law and Non-State Actors. Before joining Coventry University in 2014, he taught international law and international relations at Oxford Brookes University and in the Netherlands, Germany and Singapore. His research interests lie in the areas of non-state actors, the relationship between law and politics, global governance, regionalism, trans-nationalism and human security.

To whom are armed opposition groups and business corporations accountable for their actions in armed conflict and in peace times? Are they responsible as a group? This pioneer book offers innovative theoretical and empirical analyses to these questions.