TY - BOOK AU - Alasow,Omar Abdulle TI - Violations of the rules applicable in non-international armed conflicts and their possible causes : the case of Somalia T2 - International humanitarian law series SN - 9789004164758 AV - DT407.4 .A43 2010 U1 - 967.73053 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Leiden PB - Martinus Nijhoff KW - Civil war KW - Somalia KW - War KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Ethnic conflict KW - Humanitarian law KW - War (International law) KW - History KW - 1991- N1 - 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) N2 - "To the innocent victims of the armed conflict in Somalia."--P. [v] ER -