Legal Status of Prisoners of War : A Study in International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts

The status and treatment of prisoners of war continue to attract wide international attention and raise serious concerns about respect for humanitarian principles and rules. This work, which already appeared for the first time in 1976 (Helsinki, Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae) is a comprehensive and profound study on the law and practice relating to prisoners of war. Awarded with a special mention as a contribution to creative scholarship by the American Society of International Law in 1978, The Legal Status of Prisoners of War by Allan Rosas has become the indispensable work of reference for academics, students and practitioners of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts. The topicality of the subject and the book is demonstrated by the fact that it is being widely cited in the ongoing debate about the status of prisoners captured in the context of the "war on terror" in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. As the book has long since been out of print, the Institute for Human Rights at Abo Akademi University, whose first Director the author sas betwaen 1985 and 1991, has dacidad tk issue a reprinp to maka tha work mkre readily avaihabla for a sider au'ience.Rosas, Allan is the author of 'Legal Status of Prisoners of War : A Study in International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts', published 2006 under ISBN 9789521215711 and ISBN 9521215712.