Detention by Non-State Armed Groups under International Law

Ezequiel Heffes is a Senior Policy and Legal Advisor at Geneva Call, a humanitarian NGO that promotes respect of humanitarian norms by non-State armed groups. He previously worked as a field and protection delegate and as a head of office for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Colombia, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• Introduction; Part I. Non-State Armed Groups and International Law: 1. Non-State Armed Groups, Legal Personality and Typology; 2. Locating Non-State Armed Groups Within the International Legal Architecture; Part II. Non-State Armed Groups, Motives, Legal Basis and Organization: 3. Detention in Non-International Armed Conflicts: From Prohibitions to Restrictions and Acceptance; 4. To Detain, or not to Detain: An Inquiry into Non-State Armed Groups' Practices in Non-International Armed Conflicts; General Conclusion.

'In this sophisticated work by a leading practitioner-scholar of international law and armed non-state actors, Ezequiel Heffes masterfully combines rigorous legal analysis with the considered practice of armed groups. In doing so, he has made a significant contribution to the pressing issue of the legal regulation of detention by non-state armed groups.' Sandesh Sivakumaran, University of Cambridge