Investigating the transformation of the Kurdish liberation movement in Iraq this book
explores its development from an armed guerrilla movement, engaged in a war for liberation …

This volume aims to provide a detailed explanation of the effects of cooperation and
coordination on international multiparty mediation in conflicts. Contemporary scholarship …

International Organizations and the Idea of Autonomy is an exploratory text looking at the
idea of intergovernmental organizations as autonomous international actors. In the context …

Socio-economic indicators and human-rights reports all suggest that the situation of Roma,
Ashkali and Egyptian minorities (RAE) in Kosovo is extremely severe and only limited …

In 1991, following its defeat in the first Gulf War and out of fear of a humanitarian
catastrophe, the Iraqi army and state-apparatus were forced to withdraw from the three …

From the vantage point of international law, the role and status of non-state actors, despite
being the objects of much scholarly attention, remain a topic of significant complexity, for …

The idea of the autonomy of international organizations classically reflects the political
independence of the organization when it comes to making its own decisions. 1 Autonomy …

The United Nations Charter-based international order sought to reconcile the self-
determination of peoples with the inviolability of state boundaries by presuming sovereign …

After 1999, democratization, normalization and Europeanization were the key processes
through which Kosovo's final political status was expected to take shape. All three …

This paper argues that the rule enshrined in Article 10 of the International Law Commission's
articles on State responsibility, according to which violations of international law by rebels …