International Law and Changing Perceptions of Security

The traditional conception of security as national security against military threats has changed radically since the adoption of the UN Charter in 1945. The perceived nature and sources of threats have been widened as well as the objects of protection, now including individuals, societies, the environment as such and the whole globe. In International Law and Changing Perceptions of Security the contributors reflect on whether and how changing concepts and conceptions of security have affected different fields of international law, such as the use of force, the law of the sea, human rights, international environmental law and international humanitarian law. The authors of this book have been inspired by Professor Said Mahmoudi to which this Liber Amoricum is dedicated.

Jonas Ebbesson is Professor of Environmental Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law, Stockholm University. He is also Chairperson of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee and Director of Stockholm Environmental Law and Policy Centre.Marie Jacobsson is Ambassador and Principal Legal Adviser on International Law at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She is an Associate Professor of International Law at Lund University and a Member of the United Nations International Law Commission.Mark Klamberg is a senior lecturer at Uppsala University and fellow at Stockholm Center for International Law and Justice. He has previously been a lecturer at Stockholm University and is the author of several publications on international criminal law.David Langlet is Associate Professor at Stockholm University and research fellow at Stockholm Faculty of Law and Christ Church College in Oxford (2013–2014). He has previously been senior lecturer at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg.Pål Wrange is Professor of public international law at Stockholm University and the Director of the Stockholm Centre for International Law and Justice. He previously served as principal legal advisor at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.