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 International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law: Towards a New Merger in International Law

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (1-8)   (3M)
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    • Contents
  • Introduction the History of the Relationship between International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (9-22) by Noëlle Quénivet   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. IHL and HRL as Separate and Distinct Bodies of Law
    • 3. Human Rights in Armed Confl Icts
    • 4. Commonalities between IHL and HRL
    • 5. IHL as the Lex Specialis
    • 6. IHL and HRL as Complementary or Distinctive Regimes
    • 7. A Regained Interest in the Lex Specialis Rule
  • Fundamental Standards of Humanity: a CommonLanguage of International Humanitarian Law andHuman Rights Law (23-64) by Marco Odello   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Justifi Cation for Fundamental Standards of Humanity
    • 3. The Work of the International Community
    • 4. Developments in International Law
    • 5. Defi Ning Fundamental Standards of Humanity
    • 6. Conclusion
  • End Justifi Es the Means? Post 9/11 Contempt for Humane Treatment (65-108) by Agnieszka Jachec-Neale   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Counter-terrorism in the Framework of International Law
    • 3. Humane Treatment
    • 4. Sowing the Seeds and Reaping the Harvest
    • 5. Conclusions
  • Legal Conclusion or Interpretative Process? Lex Specialis and the Applicability of International Human Rights Standards (109-126) by Conor McCarthy   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Nature of the Problem
    • 3. Th E Role of Lex Specialis in International Legal Reasoning
    • 4. Lex Specialis as an Interpretative Process
    • 5. Consentualism and Teleology in the Interpretative Process
    • 6. Effi Cacy and Relevancy in the Interpretative Process
    • 7. Conclusion
  • Legal Reasoning and the Applicability of International Human Rights Standards During Military Occupation (127-140) by Conor McCarthy   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Interpretative Reasoning and the Law of Military Occupation
    • 3. Specialized Human Rights Standards
    • 8. Conclusion
  • Triggering State Obligations Extraterritorially: the Spatial Test in Certain Human Rights Treaties (141-162) by Ralph Wilde   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Jurisdiction Test in the Main Human Rights Treaties on Civil and Political Rights
    • 3. The Trigger in the Law of Occupation
    • 4. Attenuating Human Rights Law Applicability
    • 5. Conclusion
  • DRC v. Uganda: Th E Applicability of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law in Occupied Territories (163-206) by Tom Ruys and Sten Verhoeven   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Synopsis of the Judgement
    • 3. Occupation
    • 4. Extra-Territorial Applicability of Human Rights Instruments
    • 5. Interplay between IHL and Human Rights Law in Occupied Territory
    • 6. Conclusion
  • Individuals as Subjects of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (207-244) by Cátia Lopes and Noëlle Quénivet   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Individuals as Right-holders
    • 3. Individuals as Duty-holders
    • 4. Conclusion
  • Concurrent Application of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law: a Victim Perspective (245-276) by Jean-Marie Henckaerts   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Historic Origin
    • 3. Judicial Enforcement
    • 4. Scope of Application
    • 5. Concurrent Application
    • 7. Conclusion
  • The Implementation of International Humanitarian Law by Human Rights Courts: the Example of the Inter-American Human Rights System (277-302) by Emiliano J. Buis   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. IHL and HRL: Convergence And/or Opposition
    • 3. IHL in the Experience of the Inter-American Human Rights System
    • 4. Conclusion: Th E Need to Implement IHL by Means of Interpretative References or Contextualizing Guidelines
  • Collateral Damages of Military Operations: Is Implementation of International Humanitarian Law Possible Using International Human Rights Law Tools? (303-316) by Giovanni Carlo Bruno   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Violations of the Obligation of Protection of Civilian Population and Civilian Objects, Prohibition of Attacks against Civilians, and Article 91 of the 1977 Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions
    • 3. The Varvarin Case
    • 4. The Markovic Case
    • 5. The Markovic Case before the European Court of Human Rights
    • 6. The Possibility of Using International Human Rights Tools to Ensure the Respect of International Humanitarian Law
  • The Role of the UN Security Council in Implementing International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (317-338) by Gregor Schotten and Anke Biehler   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Practice of the U.N. Security Council
    • 3. Evaluation
    • 4. Conclusions
  • The Right to Life in International HumanitariaLaw and Human Rights Law (339-362) by Nolle Qunivet   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Application of International Humanitarian Law by the ECHR
    • 3. Justifying the Use of Force under Article 2 ECHR: Th E Principle ofNecessity?
    • 4. Th E Principles of Distinction and Proportionality
    • 5. Precautionary Measures
    • 6. Conclusion
  • Protection of Women in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (363-390) by Anke Biehler   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. International Humanitarian Law
    • 3. Human Rights Law
    • 4. Enforcement Mechanisms and Their Eff Ectiveness
    • 5. Adequate Protection of Women in IHL and HRL
    • 6. Conclusion
  • Protection of Children in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (391-410) by Vesselin Popovski   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Codifi Cation of IHL with Regard of Children
    • 3. Implementation of IHL and Protection of Children
    • 4. Development of the Rights of the Child in HRL
    • 5. Regional Human Rights Law
    • 6. Prohibition of Recruitment of Child Soldiers in IHL and HRL
    • 7. Conclusion
  • Unaccompanied Minors and the Right to Family Reunifi Cation in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law: the Iraqi Experience (411-428) by Kyriaki Topidi   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Protection of Separated Children During Armed Conflict and Their Right to Family Reunifi Cation: the Current Legal Regime
  • Crossing Legal Borders: the Interface between Refugee Law, Human Rights Law and Humanitarian Law in the International Protection of Refugees (429-454) by Alice Edwards   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Refugee Law and Human Rights Law: the Same Legal Family?
    • 3. Refugee Law and Humanitarian Law: Natural Allies?
    • 4. Th E Concept of International Protection: a Term of Art or Ambiguity?
    • 5. Conclusion
  • Fair Trial Guarantees in Occupied Territory the Interplay between International Humanitarian Lawand Human Rights Law (455-482) by Yutaka Arai-Takahashi   (3M)
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    • 1. Overview
    • 2. Normative Status and Weight of Evidence for Ascertaining Customary International Law
    • 3. The Elements of the Rights of the Accused Expressly Contained in Article 75(4) Ap I
    • 4. The Elements of the Rights of the Accused, Which Are Implied from the General Terms under Article 75(4) Ap I
    • 5. Conclusion
  • Terrorism in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law (483-506) by Roberta Arnold   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. What Is Terrorism?
    • 3. Th E State of Emergency
    • 4. Torture as a Special Case
    • 5. Th E Attitude of the Bush Administration and the American Courts
    • 6. Th E Attitude of the European Organs and the European Courts
    • 7. Conclusions
  • Judging Justice: Laws of War, Human Rights, and the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (507-532) by Christian M. De Vos   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: Th E U.S. Position
    • 3. A History of Military Commissions and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
    • 4. Impartial and Independent: Th E Right to a Fair Trial and the Military Commissions Act of 2006
    • 5. Conclusion
  • Targeted Killings and International Law: Law Enforcement, Self-defense, and Armed Conflict (533-562) by Michael N. Schmitt   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Law Enforcement Targeted Killings
    • 3. Self-defense Targeted Killings
    • 4. Targeted Killings During Armed Confl Icts
    • 5. Conclusion
  • Implementing the Concept of Protection of Civilians in the Light of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law: the Case of MONUC (563-598) by Katarina Mansson   (3M)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. U. N. Peace Operations, International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law
    • 3. Protection of Civilians in the Light of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law
    • 4. Implementing the Concept of Civilian Protection: Monuc
    • 5. Conclusion
  • Conclusions (599-600)   (3M)
  • Index (601-608)   (3M)