Rural and Remote Communities as Non-State Actors

While entities as different as armed groups, multinational corporations, political parties, megacities, labour unions, terrorist organisations or indigenous peoples are mentioned as Non-State Actors in the relevant literature, rural communities are never referred to.

Ciprian Nicolae Radavoi has a background in human rights law (lawyer in a firm with cases at the European Court of Human Rights) and diplomacy (consular positions in Northern Africa and Asia). Since 2012 he has taught international law and social justice subjects in China and in Australia and has published extensively on these matters. David Price has researched and published widely on intellectual property protection in the Arabian Gulf States, including the intersection with international law and international trade. This extends to investor-state dispute settlement in the Gulf States, Indonesia, and Australia. He has worked in institutions in Australia, China, Europe, Indonesia, Oman, and the United Kingdom.

Introduction 1 Developing Dialogues on the Non-State Actor Dynamic Defining Non-State Actors Non-State Actors in the Changing World Non-State Actors and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine The Individual as a Non-State Actor: New Directions The Covid-19 Pandemic and Non-State Actors The Fourth Industrial Revolution and Non-State Actors 2 Rural Communities: Non-State Actors? The View From Positivism: Rural Communities in International Law Regimes The View From New Haven: Mobilised Rural Communities in International Law The View From Constitutionalism: Rural Communities' Moral Standing Taking the Argument Further: Remote Communities in International Law Conclusion