Human Rights in Armed Conflict
Law, Practice, Policy
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:14th Jun '18
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A comprehensive analysis of the legal challenges and practical consequences of applying international human rights law in armed conflict situations.
This book revisits, organizes and contextualizes the debate on human rights in armed conflict from a historic as well as a contemporary perspective. It considers and explores the legal challenges, practical consequences and policy implications of resorting to human rights in situations of armed conflict.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.
'This is a formidable undertaking … The care [Oberleitner] takes in considering the competing arguments, coupled with his lucid style, make for instructive as well as enjoyable reading.' Human Rights Law Review
'In Human Rights in Armed Conflict, Gerd Oberleitner offers a meticulous analysis and asks profound questions about the 'purpose, nature and scope of the whole jus in bello' … a very welcome addition to the literature on human rights in armed conflicts.' Ezequiel Heffes, International Review of the Red Cross
ISBN: 9781107456938
Dimensions: 245mm x 172mm x 24mm
Weight: 780g
432 pages