The Grey Zone

Civilian Protection Between Human Rights and the Laws of War
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5099-0863-9
Verlag: Hart Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 839 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lattimer, Mark

Sands, Philippe

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Rights
1. Who Is a Civilian? Membership of Opposition Groups and Direct Participation in Hostilities

Emily Crawford
2. The Duty in International Law to Investigate Civilian Deaths in Armed Conflict

Mark Lattimer
3. Protection by Process: Implementing the Principle of Proportionality in Contemporary Armed Conflicts

Amichai Cohen
4. Regulating Armed Drones and Other Emerging Weapons Technologies

Stuart Casey-Maslen
5. The Globalisation of Non-International Armed Conflicts

Pavle Kilibarda and Gloria Gaggioli
6. Administrative Detention in Non-International Armed Conflicts

Françoise J Hampson
7. The Crime of Rape in Military and Civilian Jurisdictions

Lois Moore and Christine Chinkin

Part II: Remedies
8. The Right to Reparation for Victims of Armed Conflict

Carla Ferstman
9. Arguing International Humanitarian Law Standards in National Courts-A Spectrum of Expectations
Sharon Weill
10. The Death of Lex Specialis? Regional Human Rights Mechanisms and the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

Bill Bowring
11. Extraterritorial Obligations under Human Rights Law

Cedric Ryngaert
12. What Duties Do Peacekeepers Owe Civilians? Lessons from the NuhanovicCase

Liesbeth Zegveld
13. Civilian Protection and the Arms Trade Treaty

Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh

Part III: Developments
14. A Path Towards Greater Respect for International Humanitarian Law

Valentin Zellweger and François Voeffray
15. The Responsibility to Protect and Non-State Armed Groups

Jennifer M Welsh
16. Protecting Civilians by Criminalising the Most Serious Forms of the Illegal Use of Force: Activating the International Criminal Court's Jurisdiction over the Crime of Aggression

Carrie McDougall
17. Elements and Innovations in a New Global Treaty on Crimes Against Humanity
Leila Nadya Sadat

Über Autor(innen)

Lattimer, Mark
Mark Lattimer is Executive Director of The Ceasefire Centre forCivilian Rights.

Sands, Philippe
Philippe Sands KC is Professor of Law at University College London, and has also taught at Boston College School of Law, Cambridge University and New York University Law School.

Mark Lattimer is Executive Director of the Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights.

Philippe Sands KC is Professor of International Law at University College London.