04318nam a22004575i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001600153072001600169072002300185072001500208100008200223245012500305250001800430264007200448300004300520336002600563337002600589338003600615347002400651490007800675505038800753520222301141650002903364650002903393650002203422650003603444650002903480650005903509710003403568773002603602776003603628776003603664776003603700830007803736856004603814978-981-97-6418-1DE-He21320251030114600.0cr nn 008mamaa241202s2024    si |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97898197641817 a10.1007/978-981-97-6418-12doi 4aJZ5587-6009 7aJPS2bicssc 7aPOL0120002bisacsh 7aJPS2thema1 aIgarashi, Motomichi.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aWar and Data on Armed Conflictsh[electronic resource] :bGlobal Networks Examining Casualties /cby Motomichi Igarashi.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aSingapore :bSpringer Nature Singapore :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXIV, 142 p. 4 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aEvidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies,x2730-566X ;v140 aPreface -- Introduction: Doubting Expert Opinions -- International Standardization of Combatant Protection -- Evolution of Civilian Protection Norms -- Emergence of Conflict Witnesses -- Counting the Dead: War and Statistics -- Unearthing the Bodies: War and Forensic Science -- Chasing Chemical Weapons: War and Chemistry -- Conclusion: Is It Possible to Know the True Face of War?.  aThis book is the first to provide a comprehensive examination of the entities responsible for the production of data on armed conflicts (DAC), the processes by which it is generated, and the international norms that govern it. While numerous studies have focused on the statistical aspects of armed conflicts, this book distinguishes itself through its historical analysis of the relationship between actors, data generation methods, and international norms. The book begins with an examination of the nature of data in international politics. The vast scale of the subjects being analyzed presents significant challenges to accurately measuring international political data, with war being particularly difficult to assess. This raises the question of how DAC has been structured and generated. The book highlights the existence of specific international norms as a basis for DAC. It explores the history of international norms for the protection of war dead in collecting casualty information, as well as norms for civilian protection. The book posits that DAC has been generated not only by sovereign states but also by global networks comprising international organizations and NGOs. It thus analyzes the historical development of such global networks. In the latter part of the book, the methods by which global networks generate DAC are analyzed. First, it clarifies when and how statistical analysis has been used in generating DAC. Second, it elucidates when and how forensic analysis, primarily of corpses, has been employed. Thirdly, the book reveals when and how chemical weapons analysis has been utilized. This book offers a valuable investigation into the generative structure of DAC and mechanisms for ensuring compliance with international humanitarian law. It will appeal to a broad audience of policymakers, human rights activists, humanitarian practitioners, and academics. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. 0aSecurity, International. 0aInternational relations. 0aHumanitarian law.14aInternational Security Studies.24aInternational Relations.24aInternational Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978981976417408iPrinted edition:z978981976419808iPrinted edition:z9789819764204 0aEvidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies,x2730-566X ;v1440uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6418-1