The Challenge of Conflict: International Law Responds

The papers in this collection bring together a wide and diverse range of viewpoints to consider how the catastrophic consequences of deadly armed conflict can be addressed.
Commentators are drawn from the United Nations and its agencies, key non- governmental organisations, world-class academic circles, senior members of government, leading human rights lawyers and judges with experience in international criminal law. These experts address deadly conflict in a comprehensive fashion covering all its stages: the causes and prevention of conflict; conflict resolution and peace-building; international criminal law and international humanitarian law and the role of the United Nations, humanitarian organisations and peacekeepers in post conflict situations.
This collection is for those with an existing interest and expertise in international law, international relations, peace studies and criminal justice as well as for those who wish to become conversant with emerging developments in these fields.

Ustinia Dolgopol teaches Human Rights and the International Protection of Women's Rights at the School of Law, Flinders University of South Australia. She is well known for her research with respect to the 'Comfort Women' and acted as a Chief-Prosecutor at the Tokyo Women's Tribunal.
Judith Gardam teaches Public International Law at the Law School, University of Adelaide in South Australia. She is an acknowledged expert on international humanitarian law and the regulation of the use of force by States and has published widely in these areas.