Human Rights in Armed Conflict

Gerd Oberleitner

ISBN 10: 1107087546 / ISBN 13: 9781107087545

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2015

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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. It presents the benefits and the drawbacks of using international human rights law alongside humanitarian law and discusses how the idea, law and policy of human rights influence the development of the law of armed conflict. Based on legal theory, policy analysis, state practice and the work of human rights bodies, it suggests a human rights-oriented reading of the law of armed conflict as feasible and necessary in response to the changing character of war.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Rights in Armed Conflict
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107087546
• ISBN 13: 9781107087545
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 250W x 175H x 28D millimeters 250 millimeters width by 175 millimeters height by 28 millimeters depth
• Weight: 924 grams

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Synopsis

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. It presents the benefits and the drawbacks of using international human rights law alongside humanitarian law and discusses how the idea, law and policy of human rights influence the development of the law of armed conflict. Based on legal theory, policy analysis, state practice and the work of human rights bodies, it suggests a human rights-oriented reading of the law of armed conflict as feasible and necessary in response to the changing character of war.

About the Author

Gerd Oberleitner is Associate Professor of International Law and the Law of International Organisations at the Institute of International Law and International Relations, University of Graz. His publications include Global Human Rights Institutions: Between Remedy and Ritual (2007).