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International humanitarian law and human rights law : towards a new merger in international law / edited by Roberta Arnold and Noëlle Quénivet. - Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008. - vii, 596 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
Fundamental standards of humanity : a common language of international humanitarian law and human rights law / Marco Odello --
End justifies the means? : post 9/11 contempt for humane treatment / Agnieszka Jachec-Neale --
Legal conclusion or interpretative process? : lex specialis and the applicability of international human rights standards / Conor McCarthy --
Legal reasoning and the applicability of international human rights standards during military occupation / Conor McCarthy -- Triggering state obligations extraterritorially : the spatial test in certain human rights treaties / Ralph Wilde --
DRC v. Uganda : the applicability of international humanitarian law and human rights law in occupied territories / Tom Ruys and Sten Verhoeven --
Individuals as subjects of international humanitarian law and human rights law / Cátia Lopes and Noëlle Quénivet --
Concurrent application of international humanitarian law and human rights law : a victim perspective / Jean-Marie Henckaerts -- The implementation of international humanitarian law by human rights courts : the example of the inter-American human rights system / Emiliano J. Buis --
"Collateral damages" of military operations : is implementation of international humanitarian law possible using international human rights law tools? / Giovanni Carlo Bruno --
The role of the UN Security Council in implementing international humanitarian law and human rights law / Gregor Schotten and Anke Biehler. The right to life in international humanitarian law and human rights law / Noëlle Quénivet -- Protection of women in international humanitarian law and human rights law / Anke Biehler -- Protection of children in international humanitarian law and human rights law / Vesselin Popovski -- Unaccompanied minors and the right to family reunification in international humanitarian law and human rights law : the Iraqi experience / Kyriaki Topidi -- Crossing legal borders : the interface between refugee law, human rights law and humanitarian law in the "international protection" of refugees / Alice Edwards -- Fair trial guarantees in occupied territory : the interplay between international humanitarian law and human rights law / Yutaka Arai-Takahashi -- Terrorism in international humanitarian law and human rights law / Roberta Arnold -- Judging justice : laws of war, human rights, and the Military Commissions Act of 2006 / Christian M. De Vos -- Targeted killings and international law : law enforcement, self-defense, and armed conflict / Michael N. Schmitt -- Implementing the concept of protection of civilians in the light of international humanitarian law and human rights law : the case of MONUC / Katarina Månsson.

ISBN: 9789004163171 (hardback : alk. paper) 9004163174 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008019606

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA869521 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014622316 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Humanitarian law.
Human rights.

LC Class. No.: KZ6471 / .I5687 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 341.6/7