Brill Anti-Personnel Mines under Humanitarian Law : A View from the Vanishing Point

Product Description Anti-Personnel Mines under Humanitarian Law: A View From the Vanishing Point considers in depth the various customary and conventional legal regimes applicable to the use of anti-personnel mines. All involved with the global effort to control and eliminate anti-personnel mines as well as the policy-makers who are concerned about the devastation resulting from the widespread deployment of these arbitrary weapons need to familiarize themselves with the information presented in this timely volume. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint. About the Author Dr. Maslen is an expert and consultant on humanitarian demining, protection of the rights of children in armed conflict, and the use of children as soldiers. He has been writing on these subjects since 1994. Most recently he co-edited The Banning of Anti-Personnel Landmines: The Work of the International Committee of the Red Cross 1955-1999. Co-published with Intersentia.