Human rights in armed conflict : law, practice, policy /
Oberleitner, Gerd, 1967-
Human rights in armed conflict : law, practice, policy / created by Gerd Oberleitner - xx, 412 pages ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICT : HISTORY OF AN IDEA: From medieval sources to modernity --
The science of warfare and the progress of civilization --
1945 : whither war? --
Human rights in armed conflict --
HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW : THEORY: Exclusivity : the misconceived idea of lex specialis --
Complementarity : maximizing protection --
Integration : the transformative influence of human rights --
HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW : CHALLENGES AND COMMONALITIES: The right to life : the limits of human rights in armed conflict? --
The extra-territorial application of human rights : functional universality --
War as emergency : derogation --
Human rights and humanitarian obligations --
Operationalizing human rights in armed conflict --
THE DYNAMICS OF WAR AND LAW: The changing character of war --
Governing internal armed violence --
Human rights in situations of occupation --
Context : the humanization of international law --
ENFORCEMENT : PRACTICE AND POTENTIAL: United Nations Human Rights Council : monitoring armed conflicts --
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights --
United Nations human rights treaty bodies --
The Inter-American human rights system --
The European Court of Human Rights --
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights --
Monitoring and litigating humanitarian rights : prospects.
"It is now widely accepted that international human rights law applies in situations of armed conflict alongside international humanitarian law, but the contours and consequences of this development remain unclear. This book revisits, organizes and contextualizes the debate on human rights in armed conflict and explores the legal challenges, operational consequences and policy implications of resorting to human rights in situations of inter- and intra-state violence."
9781107456938
Humanitarian law.
Human rights.
War.
KZ6471 OBE
Human rights in armed conflict : law, practice, policy / created by Gerd Oberleitner - xx, 412 pages ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICT : HISTORY OF AN IDEA: From medieval sources to modernity --
The science of warfare and the progress of civilization --
1945 : whither war? --
Human rights in armed conflict --
HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW : THEORY: Exclusivity : the misconceived idea of lex specialis --
Complementarity : maximizing protection --
Integration : the transformative influence of human rights --
HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN LAW : CHALLENGES AND COMMONALITIES: The right to life : the limits of human rights in armed conflict? --
The extra-territorial application of human rights : functional universality --
War as emergency : derogation --
Human rights and humanitarian obligations --
Operationalizing human rights in armed conflict --
THE DYNAMICS OF WAR AND LAW: The changing character of war --
Governing internal armed violence --
Human rights in situations of occupation --
Context : the humanization of international law --
ENFORCEMENT : PRACTICE AND POTENTIAL: United Nations Human Rights Council : monitoring armed conflicts --
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights --
United Nations human rights treaty bodies --
The Inter-American human rights system --
The European Court of Human Rights --
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights --
Monitoring and litigating humanitarian rights : prospects.
"It is now widely accepted that international human rights law applies in situations of armed conflict alongside international humanitarian law, but the contours and consequences of this development remain unclear. This book revisits, organizes and contextualizes the debate on human rights in armed conflict and explores the legal challenges, operational consequences and policy implications of resorting to human rights in situations of inter- and intra-state violence."
9781107456938
Humanitarian law.
Human rights.
War.
KZ6471 OBE