OUVRAGE : S. Gholiagha, The Humanisation of Global Politics. International Criminal Law, the Responsibility to Protect, and Drones

Sassan GHOLIAGHA

This book observes a growing humanisation of global politics relating to the appearance of individual human beings in discourses of global politics. It identifies a mismatch concerning International Relations theory and International Law and the study of the humanisation of global politics. To overcome this mismatch, Sassan Gholiagha proposes a novel theoretical framework based on feminist and constructivist International Relations theory and non-statist theories of International Law scholarship. The book applies this interdisciplinary framework together with an interpretative analytical framework to three cases: the discourse on prosecution, studying international criminal law and the work of the International Criminal Court; the discourse on protection, focusing on the Responsibility to Protect; and the use of drones in targeted killing operations. Drawing on these case studies and the frameworks, the book identifies how individual human beings as participants in global politics position themselves and are positioned by others in these various discourses.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Figures page
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Materials Used
List of Abbreviations 

1 The Humanisation of Global Politics

1.1 The Appearance of the Individual Human Being in Global Politics
1.2 Prosecuting, Protecting, and Killing the Individual Human Being
1.3 The Individual Human Being in IR and IL: A Double Mismatch
1.4 Research Questions and Arguments
1.5 Contribution
1.6 Abductive Research Logic, Interpretative Methodology, Interdisciplinary Approach
1.7 Outlook: The Chapters of the Book

2 Humanisation in IR Theory and International Law

2.1 Introduction
2.2 The Humanisation of IR Theory
2.3 The Humanisation of International Law
2.4 Conclusion

3 The Social Construction of the Individual Human Being: A Conceptual and a Theoretical Framework

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Feminism: Individual Human Beings, Gender, and Bodies
3.3 Critical Constructivism: Norms and Language
3.4 International Law Participants, Positions, Human and Other Rights, and Duties
3.5 Conclusion

4 Guilty and Innocent: The Individual Human Being in International Criminal Law

4.1 Introduction
4.2 International Criminal Law and the ICC
4.3 The Situations in Libya and Kenya before the ICC
4.4 Developing Heuristics of Innocence and Guilt
4.5 Conclusion

5 Heuristics and Positions: A Framework for Analysing Discourses of Humanisation

5.1 Introduction
5.2 Interpretative Methodology, Abductive Research Logic, and Heuristics
5.3 Research Design
5.4 Conclusion

6 Protecting the Individual Human Being from Mass Atrocities

6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Development of R2P
6.3 A Critical Discussion of R2P Literature
6.4 The Individual Human Being in R2P
6.5 R2P in Libya and Syria
6.6 Conclusion

7 Killing the Individual Human Being via Drones

7.1 Introduction
7.2 Legal Issues
7.3 Ethical and Moral Issues
7.4 Analysis
7.5 Three Themes in the Discourse on Targeted Killing via Drones
7.6 Conclusion: The Individual Human Being as a Targeted De-humanised Body

8 The Individual Human Being as a Theoretical Category: A Conclusion and an Outlook

8.1 Summary and Results
8.2 Contribution and Value Added
8.3 The Humanisation of Global Politics: Implications for IR, IL, and Global Politics
8.4 Outlook on Further Research

Appendices
References
Index

Sassan GHOLIAGHA, The Humanisation of Global Politics. International Criminal Law, the Responsibility to Protect, and Drones, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2022 (280 pp.)