International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law: Towards a New Merger in International Law Hardcover - 2008
by Hotei Publishing
From the rear cover
The book addresses the current issue of the applicability and application of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in times of armed conflict. Scholars chronologically argued that only international humanitarian law was applicable, that both legal regimes were applicable, and eventually that international humanitarian law was the "lex specialis" of human rights law. The most recent trend is to state that international humanitarian law and human rights law are merging into a single set of rules, a proposition that is the focus of the investigations carried out in this book. The book examines general issues relating to applicability and the implementation of the two legal regimes as well as provides case studies focusing on specific rights or persons. [The cover of this publication displays a patchwork symbolizing the merger between international humanitarian law and human rights. Neither the publisher nor the editors intended the design to reproduce the protected Red Cross emblem. Any resemblance to the Red Cross emblem is purely coincidental]
Details
- Title International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law: Towards a New Merger in International Law
- Author Hotei Publishing
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 600
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brill - Nijhoff
- Date 2008
- Features Index
- ISBN 9789004163171
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Citations
- Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2009, Page 211