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Held Hostage? A Legal Report on Hostage-Taking By States in Peacetime and the Victim Protection Gap

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September 2018: This report investigates the international and domestic legal frameworks that govern hostage-taking and aims to identify the protection gap in the law. It also reveals some of the actions States have taken during their attempts to free nationals of the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, Austria and the Netherlands.

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United KingdomUnited StatesCanadaFranceGermanySwedenAustriaNetherlands

Languages

English

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