Video
Using Noncambatants as Shields
Legal Philosophy Between State and Transnationalism Seminar Series
Document Type
Video
Publication Date
2-19-2010
Keywords
- War--Moral and ethical aspects,
- Combatants and noncombatants (International law),
- Civilians in war
Disciplines
Abstract
Cécile Farbe, Chair in Political Theory, University of Edinburgh, talks about the coercive use of civilians as shields "a depressingly familiar feature of contemporary wars."
Respondent: Idil Boran, York University, Philosophy
Citation Information
Cécile Fabre, Idil Boran and François Tanguay-Renaud. "Using Noncambatants as Shields" (2010) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/francois_tanguay-renaud/28/
Presented by Jack & Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime, and Security and Osgoode Hall Law School.