Full Description
Providing up-to-date discussions of both evolving and novel debates in human rights law and humanitarian law, this timely new edition of the Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law complements, rather than replaces, its predecessor with fresh perspectives from leading scholars on the controversial and crucial topics within these fields.
Examining the application of international law to armed conflict situations, contributors present contemporary reflections on a variety of issues that have evolved and emerged in recent years. Chapters integrate a multitude of converging and diverging perspectives on international law in armed conflict, giving voice to stakeholders from academic, humanitarian, judicial, and military backgrounds. Grounded in the results from extensive cutting-edge research on various topics pertaining to the interplay between human rights law and humanitarian law, this Research Handbook illuminates the role of international law in topics such as counterterrorism, tribunals, detention and detainee transfer, sexual and gender-based violence, and torture.
Breaking down major and recent international and domestic jurisprudence in an accessible format, this Research Handbook will prove invaluable to students and scholars of human rights and international humanitarian law. With practical examples, it will also act as a useful reference guide to practitioners and humanitarian workers in the field.
Contents
Contents:
Introduction to the Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 1
Robert Kolb, Gloria Gaggioli and Pavle Kilibarda
PART I CONVERGING AND DIVERGING PERSPECTIVES
SECTION A ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES
1 Co-application and harmonization of IHL and IHRL: are rumours about
the death of lex specialis premature? 9
Yuval Shany
2 Are IHL and HRL still two distinct branches of public international law? 29
Vaios Koutroulis
3 Treaty interpretation: international humanitarian law and international
human rights law 57
Eirik Bjorge
4 The principles of military necessity and humanity in light of
international human rights law 76
Marco Pedrazzi
SECTION B MILITARY PERSPECTIVES
5 UN peace operations, international humanitarian law and international
human rights law 91
Marten Zwanenburg
6 Private military and security companies under international
humanitarian law and human rights law 111
Marie-Louise Tougas
7 Naval warfare: a role for international human rights law? 131
Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
8 NATO, self-defence and its interplay with international humanitarian
law and human rights law 144
Camilla Guldahl Cooper
SECTION C JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVES
9 The International Court of Justice, international humanitarian law and
human rights law 168
Pavle Kilibarda and Robert Kolb
10 Human rights bodies: a comparative approach 188
Walter Kälin and Jörg Künzli
11 International criminal courts and tribunals 209
Yasmin Naqvi
SECTION D HUMANITARIAN PERSPECTIVES
12 Developing and clarifying international humanitarian law: the role and
legacy of the ICRC 240
Knut Dörmann and Andrea Raab
13 International human rights law and non-State armed groups: The (de)
construction of an international legal discourse 265
Ezequiel Heffes
PART II CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: CAPITA SELECTA
SECTION E OLD TOPICS, NEW CONCERNS
14 The use of less-lethal weapons for law enforcement during armed conflict 290
Stuart Casey-Maslen, Christof Heyn and Thomas Probert
15 What role for IHL and HRL in the fight against terrorist networks? 309
Gloria Gaggioli and Ilya Sobol
16 Investigations in armed conflict 340
Claire Simmons
17 Taking the next steps on sexual and gender-based violence in
international humanitarian law: embracing complementarity and
mainstreaming gender 362
Helen Durham and Vanessa Murphy
SECTION F FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
18 Partnering in detention and detainee transfer operations 387
Tilman Rodenhäuser
19 Non-discrimination under international humanitarian law and human rights law 411
George Dvaladze
20 Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
in international law: towards a generic definition? 436
Pavle Kilibarda
21 The rights to privacy and data protection under international
humanitarian law and human rights law 463
Asaf Lubin
List of treaties 493
List of cases 496
Index
