Human Rights In War
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Author | : Gerd Oberleitner |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2015-03-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107087546 |
A comprehensive analysis of the legal challenges and practical consequences of applying international human rights law in armed conflict situations.
Author | : Chandra Lekha Sriram |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2014-01-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1135019460 |
"War, Conflict and Human Rights is an innovative, interdisciplinary textbook combining aspects of law, politics, and conflict analysis to examine the relationship between human rights and armed conflict. This second edition has been revised and updated, making use of both theoretical and practical approaches. Over the course of the book, the authors: - examine the tensions and complementarities between protection of human rights and resolution of conflict, including the competing political demands and the challenges posed by internal armed conflict; - analyse the different obligations and legal regimes applicable to state and non-state actors, including non-state armed groups, multinational corporations and private military and security companies; - explore the scope and effects of human rights violations in contemporary armed conflicts, such as those in Sierra Leone, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the former Yugoslavia, and Cambodia, and reflect on recent events of the "Arab Spring"; - assess the legal and institutional accountability mechanisms developed in the wake of armed conflict to punish violations of human rights law, and international humanitarian law such as the ad hoc tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and the International Criminal Court, as well as other mechanisms of transitional justice; - discuss continuing and emergent global trends and challenges in the fields of human rights and conflict analysis. This volume will be essential reading for students of war and conflict studies, human rights, and international humanitarian law, and highly recommended for students of conflict resolution, peacebuilding, international security and international relations, generally"--
Author | : Jens David Ohlin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2016-08-04 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1107137934 |
A theoretical examination of the tense and uncertain relationship between the laws of war and human rights law.
Author | : Julie Mertus |
Publisher | : US Institute of Peace Press |
Total Pages | : 586 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781929223770 |
'Human rights and conflict' is divided into three parts, each capturing the role played by human rights at a different stage in the conflict cycle.
Author | : United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : |
International human rights law and international humanitarian law share the goal of preserving the dignity and humanity of all. Over the years, the General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and, more recently, the Human Rights Council have considered that, in armed conflict, parties to the conflict have legally binding obligations concerning the rights of persons affected by the conflict. Although different in scope, international human rights law and international humanitarian law offer a series of protections to persons in situations of armed conflict, whether civilians, persons who are no longer participating directly in hostilities or active participants in the conflict. This publication provides a thorough legal analysis and guidance to State authorities, human rights and humanitarian actors and others on the application of international human rights law and international humanitarian law for the protection of persons.
Author | : Todd Burkhardt |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2017-02-21 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1438464045 |
Warfare in the twenty-first century presents significant challenges to the modern state. Serious questions have arisen about the use of drones, target selection, civilian exposure to harm, intervening for humanitarian reasons, and war as a means of forcing regime change. In Just War and Human Rights Todd Burkhardt argues that updating the laws of war and reforming just war theory is needed. A twenty-year veteran of the US Army, Burkhardt claims that war is impermissible unless it is engaged, fought, and concluded with right intention. A state must not only have a just cause and limit its war-making activity in order to vindicate the just cause, but it must also seek to vindicate its just cause in a way that yields a just and lasting peace. A just and lasting peace is motivated by the just war tenet of right intention and predicated on the realization of human rights. Therefore, human rights should not only dictate how a state treats its own people but also how a state treats the people of other countries, insulating them and protecting innocent civilians from the harms of war. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to Knowledge Unlatched—an initiative that provides libraries and institutions with a centralized platform to support OA collections and from leading publishing houses and OA initiatives. Learn more at the Knowledge Unlatched website at: https://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/, and access the book online at the SUNY Open Access Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7135 .
Author | : Richard Wilson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2005-10-03 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780521853194 |
This book reviews the war on terror since 9/11 from a human rights perspective.
Author | : Damien Rogers |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 485 |
Release | : 2022-03-20 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9789811621154 |
This volume is the most comprehensive and up-to-date compilation of in-depth analyses on human rights violations committed in war. It offers myriad perspectives on the content and application of legal protections offered to civilians, including women, children and the elderly, and to others who are ‘no longer active in the fight.’ A series of carefully researched case studies illustrates the extent to which human rights violations occur in recent and current armed conflict, and signals the ways in which these violations are dealt with. Each of the contributing authors has been selected on the basis of their international academic reputation and/or professional standing within the human rights field. Given the alarming numbers of people harmed in recent and current armed conflict, this book will be of great interest to researchers, policymakers and opinion-shapers alike.
Author | : Francesco Francioni |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 2011-01-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019960455X |
The conduct of armed conflict is increasingly being outsourced to private military and security companies, whose legal position remains unclear. This book identifies and analyses the human rights and humanitarian law framework applicable to these companies, examining how they can be held to account and how victims can obtain remedies.
Author | : Mark Lattimer |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 459 |
Release | : 2018-07-26 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 150990865X |
The high civilian death toll in modern, protracted conflicts such as those in Syria or Iraq indicate the limits of international law in offering protections to civilians at risk. A recent conference of states convened by the International Committee of the Red Cross referred to 'an institutional vacuum in the area of international humanitarian law implementation'. Yet both international humanitarian law and the law of human rights establish a series of rights intended to protect civilians. But which law or laws apply in a particular situation, and what are the obstacles to their implementation? How can the law offer greater protections to civilians caught up in new methods of warfare, such as drone strikes, or targeted by new forms of military organisation, such as transnational armed groups? Can the implementation gap be filled by the growing use of human rights courts to remedy violations of the laws of armed conflict, or are new instruments or mechanisms of civilian legal protection needed? This volume brings together contributions from leading academic authorities and legal practitioners on the situation of civilians in the grey zone between human rights and the laws of war. The chapters in Part 1 address key contested or boundary issues in defining the rights of civilians or non-combatants in today's conflicts. Those in Part 2 examine remedies and current mechanisms for redress both at the international and national level, and those in Part 3 assess prospects for the development of new mechanisms for addressing violations. As military intervention to protect civilians remains contested, this volume looks at the potential for developing alternative approaches to the protection of civilians and their rights.