Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: The Quest for Universality

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-90-411-0407-6
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 29, 160 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 245 g

Reihe: Nijhoff Law Specials

The question of the universality and relativity of human rights and the relationships between human rights, humanitarian law and refugee protection are the subject of theoretical debates that concern international lawyers, academics, and international organizations. But, most importantly, it should be stressed that these debates are among people who are trying to understand ways of constructing strategies for dealing with the fundamental issue: helping people who are victims of abuse.

This volume, which has emerged from a colloquium organised by the Graduate Institute of International Studies and its Program for the Study of International Organization(s), attempts to project an integrated approach for helping those who are in need and to discuss ways of guaranteeing greater protection of certain universal values that underlie such help.

It is the result of ideas shared between the major three organizations in this field, the UN Center for Human Rights, The International Committee of the Red Cross, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and outside experts on the relationship between the different protection regimes.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Warner, Daniel

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; D. Warner. Introduction; G. Abi-Saab. The Universality and Relativity of Human Rights. Islam and Human Rights; M. El Sayed Said. Hinduism and Human Rights; V.P. Nanda. Asian Concepts of Human Rights; Y. Onuma. Universality and Relativity of Human Rights from the Perspective of the World Conference; I. Fall. The Universality of Human Rights; J. Ayala-Lasso. Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. The Convergence Between Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; T. Meron. Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Internal Conflicts; R. Abi-Saab. Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in the Legal Arsenal of the ICRS; C. Sommaruga. Human Rights, Humanitarian Law and Refugee Protection; S. Ogata.