Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention by Elizabeth Bruch - 9781138477728

Taylor & Francis

Human Rights and Humanitarian InterventionLaw and Practice in the Field\nAuthor(s): Elizabeth Bruch\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138477728, 978-1138477728\nSynopsis\nHuman rights, peacekeeping, and humanitarian intervention have emerged in the past decades as important components of international law and practice. Adopting a methodology of Institutional Ethnography informed by Actor-Network Theory, this book traces the practices of law and expertise from global IGO headquarters to the field and back again, and through various contemporary field missions from Bosnia to Afghanistan and East Timor to Sierra Leone.\n\nIt answers several fundamental questions: \n\nHow is human rights law engaged in establishing the peace, rebuilding the nation, and restoring the rule of law in post-conflict situations?\nHow do human rights experts use law in their everyday work in the context of humanitarian intervention?\nHow ar.