International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-521-80697-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 460 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 899 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law

How do international human rights and humanitarian law protect vulnerable individuals in times of peace and war? Provost analyses systemic similarities and differences between the two to explore how they are each built to achieve their similar goal. He details the dynamics of human rights and humanitarian law, revealing that each performs a task for which it is better suited than the other, and that the fundamentals of each field remain partly incompatible. This helps us understand why their norms succeed in some ways and fail - at times spectacularly - in others. Provost's study represents innovative and in-depth research, covering all relevant materials from the UN, ICTY, ICTR, and regional organizations in Europe, Africa and Latin America. This will interest academics and graduate students in international law and international relations, as well as legal practitioners in related fields and NGOs active in human rights.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Provost, Rene

Provost, René

Crawford, James

Bell, John

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Gewalt Revolutionäre Gruppen und Bewegungen, Bewaffnete Konflikte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Part I. Normative Frameworks: 1. Rights and procedural capacity; 2. Obligations and responsibility; Part II. Reciprocity: 3. Formation; 4. Application; 5. Sanction; Part III. Application: Law and Facts: 6. Areas of Legal Indeterminacy; 7. Legal effect of characterization; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Provost, René
RENE PROVOST is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law and the Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University. He has published in such journals as British Yearbook of International Law, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, and University of Miami Inter-American Law Review.