Constructing peace within war: Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law

Constructing peace within war: Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law

Authors

  • Claudio Cicuzza Mahidol University

Abstract

“Review Article” on the following publications:

  1. Bartles-Smith, Andrew (et alii) (2020). Reducing Suffering During Conflict: The Interface beetween Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law. Contemporary Buddhism 21 (1-2): 369–435.
  2. Harvey, Peter (2022). Buddhist Motivation to support IHL, from Concern to Minimise harms inflicted by Military Action to both those who suffer them and those who inflict them. Contemporary Buddhism. DOI: 10.1080/14639947.2021.2037892: 1–21.
  3. Premasiri, P.D. (2022). Implications of Buddhist Political Ethics for the Minimisation of Suffering in Situations of Armed Conflict. Contemporary Buddhism. DOI: 10.1080/14639947.2021.2037893: 1–16.

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Trew, N.M. (2022). ‘Not Knowing is Most Intimate’: Koan Practice and the Fog of War. Contemporary Buddhism. DOI: 10.1080/14639947.2022.2038026: 1–30.

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2023-01-06

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Cicuzza, C. (2023). Constructing peace within war: Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law: Constructing peace within war: Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law. Sahasat: Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 22(2), 2–9. retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sahasart/article/view/258204

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