The Law of the List

Un Counterterrorism Sanctions and the Politics of Global Security Law
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-49192-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 406 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 679 g

Reihe: Global Law Series

The spread of violent extremism, 9/11, the rise of ISIL and movement of 'foreign terrorist fighters' are dramatically expanding the powers of the UN Security Council to govern risky cross-border flows and threats by non-state actors. New security measures and data infrastructures are being built that threaten to erode human rights and transform the world order in far-reaching ways. The Law of the List is an interdisciplinary study of global security law in motion. It follows the ISIL and Al-Qaida sanctions list, created by the UN Security Council to counter global terrorism, to different sites around the world mapping its effects as an assemblage. Drawing on interviews with Council officials, diplomats, security experts, judges, secret diplomatic cables and the author's experiences as a lawyer representing listed people, The Law of the List shows how governing through the list is reconfiguring global security, international law and the powers of international organisations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sullivan, Gavin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Vereinte Nationen, UN Organisationen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The law of the list; 2. Global listing technologies and the politics of expertise; 3. The list as multiple object: the UN Office of the Ombudsperson; 4. Complexity in the courts: the spatiotemporal dynamics of the list; 5. Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Sullivan, Gavin
Gavin Sullivan is a lecturer in law at the University of Kent. His research focuses on the politics of global security law and global data infrastructures, and has been published in journals such as Transnational Legal Theory, the Leiden Journal of International Law, the American Journal of International Law and Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. Gavin is a practising lawyer with experience in human rights litigation. He coordinates the Transnational Listing Project and has represented numerous individuals in delisting proceedings before the UN Office of the Ombudsperson. He is a member of the Law and Society Association, the European Society of International Law, the Socio-Legal Studies Association and the Law Society of England and Wales.