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The Academy's Bruylant Series The Academy has established a collection of its French-language publications in partnership with the publisher Bruylant. Four important publications have already been released and four more are currently being prepared. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Kolb & Sylvain Vité. Le droit de l’occupation militaire. Perspectives historiques et enjeux juridiques actuels, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2009, 482 p.

Marie-Claire Caloz-Tschopp & Pierre Dasen (dir.), Mondialisation, migration et droits de l’homme : un nouveau paradigme pour la recherche et la citoyenneté Globalization, migration and human rights : a new paradigm for research and citizenship, vol. I, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2007, 747 p.

Vincent Chetail (dir.), Mondialisation, migration et droits de l’homme : le droit international en question / Globalization, migration and human rights : international law under review, vol. II, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2007, 728 p.

Robert Kolb, Gabriele Porretto & Sylvain Vité, L’application du droit international humanitaire et des droits de l’homme aux organisations internationales. Forces de paix et administrations civiles transitoires, Bruxelles, Bruylant, 2005, 500 p.

Collection of research projects The Academy also makes available to all interested persons a collection of research projects in electronic form. This collection comprises research reports and the best Master's theses, which stand out for their academic excellence. The first two issues were published in 2006.

The application of international humanitarian law and human rights law to international organisations by Gabriele Porretto & Sylvain Vité Research Paper Series / No1 2006

The Legal Regime Applicable to Targeting Military Objectives in the Context of Contemporary Warfare by Alexandra Boivin ; préface de Yves Sandoz Research Paper Series / No 2/ 2006

Important Publications by Academy Faculty Members of the Academy have also been publishing their academic works in English with other publishers, in particular Oxford University Press.

Susan Marks’ and Andrew Clapham’s 2005 International Human Rights Lexicon is now available in Italian, Lessico dei diritti umani, edited by Professor Andrea Bianchi of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. A detailed review of Lessico dei diritti umani is available on the Graduate Institute website. The English and Italian versions are available for purchase at a discounted student rate of 30 CHF from the Graduate Institute, Voie-Creuse-16, Room 308.

The UN Genocide Convention: A Commentary, edited by Professor Paola Gaeta This commentary represents an in-depth analysis of the. The book explores and analyses each Article of the Convention drawing on preparatory works and national and international case law, and examining all aspects of the Convention, including its legacy and future. Highly respected international experts on the topic have contributed to this book, which is aimed at academics and students in the fields of international criminal law and human rights; international criminal practitioners and judges; staff of NGOs dealing with genocide and other international criminal law issues. Genocide Convention, which is undoubtedly one of the most important instruments in international law For further information, please visit Oxford University Press

"Realizing the Right to Health", edited by Andrew Clapham and Mary Robinson, co-edited by Claire Mahon and Scott Jerbi was published in April 2009. This book, which is Volume III in the Swiss Human Rights Book series, focuses on the right to health. The book contains 40 chapters by 60 leading health care practitioners, human rights advocates, health officials, and other authorities in the international right to health movement. The chapters address various aspects of book's eight core topics: the human rights perspective on health, prioritzing women's health, the right to health in emergencies, people and groups at risk, key health challenges, multilateral institutions and responses, the role of health care practitioners, and strengthening health care systems. Realizing the right to health requires a strong focus on strengthening health care systems and transforming health systems for women. Taking a human rights approach to health means understanding the underlying social determinants of this right, as well as ensuring the right to health is realized in times of emergency and armed conflict, and for all groups in society, including migrants and refugees, LGBTI persons, prisoners and detainees, and others. In this third volume of the Swiss Human Rights Book series, leading international experts in human rights and health address issues such as access to essential medicines, HIV/AIDS, trade and health, SARS and malaria, and human rights approaches to other key health challenges. They address the role of governments, non-state actors and healthcare practitioners, the responses of multilateral institutions, and highlight some of the most promising strategies for realizing the right to health. The book is available directly from the publishers, Rueffer & Rub, for CHF 48.00 / EUR 32.60 / GBP 24.00 / USD 47.00 each plus postage. For further info, please see the website: www.swisshumanrightsbook.ch or contact Rueffer & Rub at info@ruefferundrub.ch, www.ruefferundrub.ch

Professor Vincent Chetail has recently edited "Post-conflict and Peacebuilding: A Lexicon", published by Oxford University Press. The Lexicon on Post-Conflict Peacebuilding comes at a critical time for post-conflict peacebuilding. Its rapid move towards the top of the international political agenda has been accompanied by added scrutiny, as the international community seeks to meet the multi-dimensional challenges of building a just and sustainable peace in societies ravaged by war. Beyond the strictly operational dimension, there is considerable ambiguity in the concepts and terminology used to discuss post-conflict peacebuilding. This ambiguity undermines efforts to agree on common understandings of how peace can be most effectively ‘built’, thereby impeding swift, coherent action. Accordingly, this Lexicon aims to clarify and illuminate the multiple facets of post-conflict peacebuilding, by presenting its major themes and trends from an analytical perspective. To this end, the Lexicon opens with a general introduction on the concept of post-conflict peacebuilding, followed by twenty-six essays on its key components (including capacity-building, conflict transformation, reconciliation, recovery, rule of law, security sector reform, and transitional justice). The essays were entrusted to international experts from a range of disciplines, including political science and international relations, international law, economics, and sociology. Contributing authors from the Institute include Riccardo Bocco, Gilles Carbonnier, Andrew Clapham, Marwa Daoudy, Louise Doswald Beck, Victor-Yves Ghebali, Vera Gowlland-Debbas, Pierre Hazan, Keith Krause, Thania Paffenholz, Daniel Warner, Achim Wennmann and Vincent Chetail as the Editor of the Lexicon. In reflecting a diversity of perspectives the Lexicon sheds light on many different challenges associated wit post-conflict peacebuilding. For each key component a generic definition is proposed, which is then expanded through discussion of three main areas: the meaning and origin of the concept; its content and essential components; and its means of implementation, including lessons learned from past practice.

PUBLICATIONS CATALOGUE The Academy's Bruylant Series Publications by Academy Faculty