Violations of the rules applicable in non-international armed conflicts and their possible causes [electronic resource] : the case of Somalia / by Omar Abdulle Alasow.
Series: International humanitarian law series ; v. 21.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston, Mass. : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010.Description: xxxii, 362 p. : mapsISBN:- 9789004164758 (hardbound)
- 9004164758 (hardbound)
- 9789004189881 (e-book)
- 967.7305/3 22
- DT407.4 .A43 2010eb

"This book started as my doctoral thesis at the Law Department of the University of Essex, U.K., 2005."--Acknowledgement.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The background and root causes of the conflicts in Somalia -- Characteristics of conflicts in Somalia -- Traditional Somali customary rules -- Rules of international law applicable to non-international armed conflicts -- Evidence of humanitarian law violations in Somalia -- Possible causes of violations of humanitarian rules -- Appendix one : The war in the Northwest regions (1988-1991) -- Appendix two : The war in the central and Southern regions (1989-2003).
"To the innocent victims of the armed conflict in Somalia."--P. [v].
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.