Chapter 1 – The Humanisation of Global Politics – provides an overview of the books central claim of a growing humanisation of global politics. Humanisation denotes the growing reference to and the appearance of the individual human being in global politics. The chapter describes the apperance of the individual human being in global politics with reference to the three discourses on prosecution, protection, and killing the individual human being which the book studies. The chapter presents the research questions and the three arguments the book makes. The chapter also presents the books's contribution, and outlines the abductive research logic and the interdisciplinary approach as well as the books interpretative methodolgy. Finally, the chapter gives an overview of the books structure and the chapters of the book.