I feel truly honoured to see such rich posts by a range of great scholars and practitioners, each raising important and though-provoking questions on and criticism of my book Organizing Rebellion. This leaves me with the intimidating task of ‘organizing responses’. While I will not be able to engage with each question or disagreement (and …
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What merit lies in the strict adoption of a statist approach to crimes against humanity? According to Rodenhäuser, very little. In Part III of this important book, Rodenhäuser tackles the state or organizational policy requirement of crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute, notably the capability of a non-state actor to commit an attack. His …
Up at Opinio Juris, you can find the latest post by Sareta Ashraph “Organizing Rebellion Symposium: Who Can Commit Genocide? A Discerning Analysis of Non-State Entities as Perpetrators” in our co-hosted book symposium on Organizing Rebellion. Check it out here!
I want to thank the editors of the symposium for the opportunity to comment on Dr. Tilman Rodenhäuser’s book. Organizing Rebellion, which covers three neighbouring, but distinct fields of international law, is a comprehensive, well-researched, nuanced piece of scholarship which is firmly grounded in practice and reality. Tilman’s work has greatly enriched my thinking and …
Up at Opinio Juris, you can find the latest post by Melanie O’Brien, ‘The Second-Fiddle Perpetrators–Non-State Genocidaires’ in our co-hosted book symposium on Organizing Rebellion. Check it out here.
Organising Rebellion: Non-State Armed Groups under International Humanitarian Law, Human Rights Law, and International Criminal Law should be essential reading for anyone working on issues relating to conflict classification, or the role of non-State armed groups. I have prepared a more detailed review highlighting the many strengths of the book, and this is forthcoming in …
Up on Opinio Juris, you can find my latest post, ‘Non-State Armed Groups’ Organizational Structures: Some Thoughts and Inquiries’ in our co-hosted sympsium on Organizing Rebellion. Check it out here.
I am delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to this engaging online symposium on Dr. Tilman Rodenhauser’s impressive new book, Organizing Rebellion. Tilman’s analysis of the notion of non-state armed group and the concept of organization is timely, sophisticated and remarkably thorough, resulting in what will no doubt be a go-to resource for many …
Up on Opinio Juris, you can find latest post by Katharine Fortin, ‘A Multi-Faceted Study of Armed Groups and International Law‘ in our co-hosted book symposium on Organizing Rebellion. Check it out here.
1. Introduction This contribution has nothing to do with sex and only partly deals with crimes, but mainly reacts to Tilman Rodenhäuser’s book. I read Tilman Rodenhäuser’s book with great interest, full of admiration for the wealth of research and nuanced argument lines on a subject, which until now, has not received sufficient scholarly attention. …