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Interview with Emily Crawford

Author of Non-Binding Norms in International Humanitarian Law (2021)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 October 2022

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Abstract

Emily Crawford is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney Law School, where she teaches and researches in international law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. She has published widely in the field of international humanitarian law, including three monographs (The Treatment of Combatants and Insurgents under the Law of Armed Conflict (Oxford University Press, 2010), Identifying the Enemy: Civilian Participation in Hostilities (Oxford University Press, 2015) and Non-Binding Norms in International Humanitarian Law (Oxford University Press, 2021)), and a textbook (International Humanitarian Law (with Alison Pert, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2020)). She is an associate of the Sydney Centre for International Law, and a co-editor of the Journal of International Humanitarian Studies.

Keywords

International humanitarian lawnon-binding normsregulation of armed conflicts
Type
Interview
Information
International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 104 , Issue 920-921: How International Humanitarian Law Develops , August 2022 , pp. 1561 - 1570
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the ICRC.

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Footnotes

This interview was conducted by Bruno Demeyere, Editor-in-Chief of the International Review of the Red Cross.

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12 San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea, 12 June 1994 (entered into force 12 June 1994) (San Remo Manual).

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14 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, New York, 7 July 2017 (entered into force 22 January 2021).

15 Crawford, Emily, Non-Binding Norms in International Humanitarian Law: Efficacy, Legitimacy, and Legality, Oxford Academic, Oxford, 2021CrossRefGoogle Scholar; online edition 20 January 2022, pp. 150, 158 and 173.

16 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, 18 September 1997 (entered into force 1 March 1999) (“Ottawa Treaty”).

17 Jean-Marie Henckaerts and Louise Doswald-Beck (eds), Customary International Humanitarian Law, Vol. 1: Rules, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005, available at: https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1.

18 HPCR Manual on International Law Applicable to Air and Missile Warfare, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013.

19 Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian Consequences arising from the use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas, Geneva, 17 June 2022, available at: www.dfa.ie/media/dfa/ourrolepolicies/peaceandsecurity/ewipa/EWIPA-Political-Declaration-Final-Rev-25052022.pdf.

20 Safe Schools Declaration, Oslo, Norway, May 2015.

21 E. Crawford, above note 15.

22 See University of Adelaide, The Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Activities and Operations, available at: https://law.adelaide.edu.au/woomera/.