OUVRAGE : R. Mackenzie-Gray Scott, State Responsibility for Non-State Actors: Past, Present and Prospects for the Future

Richard MACKENZIE-GRAY SCOTT

This book investigates how State responsibility can be determined for the wrongdoing of non-State actors. Every day, people, businesses and societies around the world pay a price arising from interactions between States and non-State actors. From insurrections that attempt to create new governments, to States arming belligerent proxies operating overseas, to companies damaging natural environments or providing suspect services, the impact of such situations are felt in numerous ways. They also raise many questions relating to responsibility. In answering these, State Responsibility for Non-State Actors provides a picture of what the law governing this area is, what it could be, and what it should be in light of past histories, present realities and future prospects.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

1. Non-State Actors and the Applicable International Law on Responsibility 

2. Non-State Actors that Exercise Governmental Authority 

3. Attribution based on Perceived State Control over Non-State Actors 

4. State Responsibility for Previous Conduct as a Non-State Actor 

5. Conduct of Non-State Actors that is Acknowledged and Adopted by States 

6. State Complicity in the Wrongdoing of Non-State Actors 

7. Due Diligence Failings of States that Contribute to the Wrongdoing of Non-State Actors 

8. New Tests for New Futures

Conclusion

Richard MACKENZIE-GRAY SCOTT, State Responsibility for Non-State Actors: Past, Present and Prospects for the Future, Oxford, Bloomsbury, 2022 (304 pp.)