Peace studies & conflict resolution
Civil Defense Groups
by Bruce "Ossie" Oswald
Description
This report addresses the increasingly common practice
of state-sanctioned civil defense groups—groups that
governments have established or supported to provide
security to communities when state security forces are
unwilling or unable to do so. Given the perverse results
that many communities experience from armed militias
breaching domestic and international law, this report
recommends developing better accountability of such groups.
More specifically, it argues for developing an international
normative instrument that enhances accountability of
both states and civil defense groups by restating the
rules of international law, establishing a due diligence
policy, and developing a code of conduct.
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Author Biography
Bruce “Ossie” Oswald is an associate professor at Melbourne Law School and the director of the Asia Pacific Centre of Military Law. This report is based on his research while at the United States Institute of Peace, where he was a Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow in 2012–13, and his military experience, serving on operations in Rwanda, East Timor, Iraq, and, most recently, Afghanistan.
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Bibliographic Information
- Publisher United States Institute of Peace
- Publication Date August 2014
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781601272324
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Pages12
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- SeriesSpecial Report
- Series Part350
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