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Reserving the objectionable: reprisals against enemy civilians, the United Kingdom and 1977 Additional Protocol I (2023)
Journal Article
Moir, L. (in press). Reserving the objectionable: reprisals against enemy civilians, the United Kingdom and 1977 Additional Protocol I. The Military Law and the Law of War Review, 61(2),

Belligerent reprisals are a largely discredited method for the enforcement of international humanitarian law, which have been progressively limited and prohibited. Additional Protocol I of 1977 prohibits reprisals against enemy civilians but the Unit... Read More about Reserving the objectionable: reprisals against enemy civilians, the United Kingdom and 1977 Additional Protocol I.

Protecting non-heterosexual rights in Africa: reformed universalism, the African Charter and domestic constitutions in Africa (2022)
Thesis
Ezeah, F. (2022). Protecting non-heterosexual rights in Africa: reformed universalism, the African Charter and domestic constitutions in Africa. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224498

The right of non-heterosexual people to dignity, liberty and equality is an inviolable right that has gained momentum globally and has become a cornerstone of human rights movements around the world. But for non-heterosexual people in a majority of A... Read More about Protecting non-heterosexual rights in Africa: reformed universalism, the African Charter and domestic constitutions in Africa.

Israeli air strikes in Syria, 2003 and 2007 (2018)
Book Chapter
Moir, L. (2018). Israeli air strikes in Syria, 2003 and 2007. In T. Ruys, O. Corten, & A. Hofer (Eds.), International law and the use of force: A case-based approach (662-672). Oxford: Oxford University Press

The concept of non-international armed conflict (2015)
Book Chapter
Moir, L. (2015). The concept of non-international armed conflict. In A. Clapham, P. Gaeta, & M. Sassòli (Eds.), The 1949 Geneva Conventions: A Commentary (391-414). Oxford: Oxford University Press

Action against host states of terrorist groups (2015)
Book Chapter
Moir, L. (2015). Action against host states of terrorist groups. In M. Weller (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of the use of force in international law (720-736). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780199673049.003.0033

This chapter examines the problems that could arise when a state invokes self-defence to justify action against terrorist groups in another state. It first considers indirect armed attack against armed groups and the controversy surrounding the use o... Read More about Action against host states of terrorist groups.

‘It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a non-international armed conflict!’: cross-border hostilities between states and non-state actors (2014)
Book Chapter
Moir, L. (2014). ‘It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a non-international armed conflict!’: cross-border hostilities between states and non-state actors. In C. Harvey, J. Summers, & N. D. White (Eds.), Contemporary challenges to the laws of war (71-94). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107478725.007

© Cambridge University Press 2014. All rights reserved. A contention may, of course, arise between armed forces of a State and a body of armed individuals, but this is not war. [M]odern conflict often does not appear to fit nicely into the strict tra... Read More about ‘It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a non-international armed conflict!’: cross-border hostilities between states and non-state actors.

Grave breaches and internal armed conflicts (2009)
Journal Article
Moir, L. (2009). Grave breaches and internal armed conflicts. Journal of International Criminal Justice, 7(4), 763-787. https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqp050

International law has historically been more concerned with the regulation of international, rather than internal, armed conflict. As an integral part of this regime, aimed specifically at the violation of particular rules relating to international a... Read More about Grave breaches and internal armed conflicts.

Women's rights in Islam and current discourse of international human rights law (2007)
Thesis
Tehrani, M. M. Z. (2007). Women's rights in Islam and current discourse of international human rights law. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213799

The international norm of non-discrimination on the basis of sex as reflected in the UN human rights instrument culminated in 1979 with the adoption of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. With the adopti... Read More about Women's rights in Islam and current discourse of international human rights law.

Margins of appreciation, cultural relativity and the European Court of Human Rights (2003)
Thesis
Sweeney, J. A. (2003). Margins of appreciation, cultural relativity and the European Court of Human Rights. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4210223

This thesis is about establishing a balance between universal human rights and particular cultures or local conditions. It examines the universality debate with reference to the "margin of appreciation" in the jurisprudence of the European Court of H... Read More about Margins of appreciation, cultural relativity and the European Court of Human Rights.

Peaceful modes of defining international boundary disputes with particular reference to the practice of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its neighbouring states regarding the settlement of their land boundary disputes (2002)
Thesis
Al-Zahrani, H. A. (2002). Peaceful modes of defining international boundary disputes with particular reference to the practice of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its neighbouring states regarding the settlement of their land boundary disputes. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212570

[From the introduction] The main purpose of this thesis is to analyse and assess the practice of Saudi Arabia and its neighbouring states with regard to the settlement of their land boundary disputes in the light of the principles of international... Read More about Peaceful modes of defining international boundary disputes with particular reference to the practice of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its neighbouring states regarding the settlement of their land boundary disputes.