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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 March 2015
      05 March 2015
      ISBN:
      9781316103869
      9781107087545
      9781107456938
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316103869
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.89kg, 431 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.78kg, 434 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Law, Human Rights, Humanitarian Law
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    It is now widely accepted that international human rights law applies in situations of armed conflict alongside international humanitarian law, but the contours and consequences of this development remain unclear. This book revisits, organizes and contextualizes the debate on human rights in armed conflict and explores the legal challenges, operational consequences and policy implications of resorting to human rights in situations of inter- and intra-state violence. It presents the benefits and the drawbacks of using international human rights law alongside humanitarian law and discusses how the idea, law and policy of human rights influence the development of the law of armed conflict. Based on legal theory, policy analysis, state practice and the work of human rights bodies, it suggests a human rights-oriented reading of the law of armed conflict as feasible and necessary in response to the changing character of war.

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    'This is a formidable undertaking … The care [Oberleitner] takes in considering the competing arguments, coupled with his lucid style, make for instructive as well as enjoyable reading.'

    Source: Human Rights Law Review

    'In Human Rights in Armed Conflict, Gerd Oberleitner offers a meticulous analysis and asks profound questions about the ‘purpose, nature and scope of the whole jus in bello’ … a very welcome addition to the literature on human rights in armed conflicts.'

    Ezequiel Heffes Source: International Review of the Red Cross

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