Ceasefire Negotiations in Syria: Case Study

This case study outlines the Syrian Civil War, which began in 2011 as part of the Arab Spring uprisings and spread into an armed insurrection. It investigates the ceasefire efforts to resolve the conflict that have included local level ceasefire negotiations and international peace processes, such as the Arab League, the United States, the United Nations and Russia.

The Syrian Conflict’s Impact on International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

Written as the decade-long Syria conflict nears an end, this is the first book-length treatment of how the Syrian war has changed international law. In The Syrian Conflict's Impact on International Law, the authors explain the history of the current conflict in Syria and discuss the principles and process of customary international law formation and the phenomenon of accelerated formation of customary international law known as Grotian Moments. They then explore specific examples, including how use of force against ISIS in Syria has changed the law of self-defense against non-state actors, how the allied airstrikes in response to Syria's use of chemical weapons have changed the law of humanitarian intervention, and others. This book seeks to contribute both to understanding the concept of accelerated formation of customary international law and the specific ways the Syria conflict has led to development of new norms and principles in several areas of international law.

*Received Association Internationale De Droit Pénal (AIDP) 2022 Book of the Year Award for Scholarly and Theoretical Contributions to the Field*