5 octobre 2013

OUVRAGE : R. Kolb, G. Gaggioli (eds.), Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Catherine MAIA

This fascinating Handbook explores the interplay between international human rights law and international humanitarian law, offering expert analysis on the increasingly complex issues surrounding their application in armed conflicts across the world. Contributors to this volume provide a comprehensive treatment of the ongoing relationship between human rights law and humanitarian law, from the historical background and origins of the two bodies of law to their various applications today. Divided into four parts – Historical Background, Common Issues, The Need for a Combined Approach, and Monitoring Mechanisms – the Handbook presents a rich and varied spectrum of original research and thought from some of the brightest minds in the field.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


Preface
PART I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 

Chapter 1: The history of international human rights law - Maya Hertig Randall 
Chapter 2: Human rights law and international humanitarian law between 1945 and the aftermath of the Teheran Conference of 1968 - Robert Kolb 
Chapter 3: Theories on the relationship between international humanitarian law and human rights law - Hans-Joachim Heintze 
Chapter 4: The position of individuals in public internationallaw through the lens of diplomatic protection:the principle and its transfiguration - Giovanni Distefano

PART II: COMMON ISSUES 

Chapter 5: The relationship between international human rights and humanitarian law: an overview - Vera Gowlland-Debbas and Gloria Gaggioli 
Chapter 6: Extraterritorial application of the human rights tolife and personal liberty, including habeas corpus, during situations of armed conflict - Robert K. Goldman 
Chapter 7: Proportionality in the European Convention on Human Rights - Enzo Cannizzaro and Francesca De Vittor 
Chapter 8: Human rights obligations of non-state armed groups: a possible contribution from customary international law? - Jean-Marie Henckaerts and Cornelius Wiesener 
Chapter 9: Positive obligations in human rights law during armed conflicts - Sandra Krähenmann 
Chapter 10: Some reflections on the principle of humanity in its wide dimension - Antônio Augusto and Cançado Trindade 
Chapter 11: Specificities of human rights law and international humanitarian law regarding state responsibility - Christian Tomuschat 
Chapter 12: The quest for a non-conflictual coexistence of international human rights law and humanitarian law: which role for the lex specialis principle? - Jean d’Aspremont and Elodie Tranchez 
Chapter 13: A lex favorabilis? Resolving norm conflicts between human rights law and humanitarian law - Anne-Laurence Graf-Brugère

PART III: THE NEED FOR A COMBINED APPROACH 

Chapter 14: The law of occupation and human rights law: some selected issues - Tristan Ferraro 
Chapter 15: Humanitarian assistance to protect human rights and international humanitarian law - Roberto Giuffrida 
Chapter 16: The prohibition of enforced disappearances: a meaningful example of a partial merger between human rights law and international humanitarian law - Gloria Gaggioli 
Chapter 17: ‘Humanitarian rights’: how to ensure respect for human rights and humanitarian law in armed conflicts - Dan Kuwali 
Chapter 18: Human rights law and international humanitarian law as limits for Security Council action - Michael Bothe 
Chapter 19: UN territorial administrations: between international humanitarian law and human rights law - Ivan Ingravallo 
Chapter 20: International humanitarian law and human rights rules in agreements regulating or terminating an internal armed conflict - Luisa Vierucci

PART IV: MONITORING MECHANISMS 

Chapter 21: Universal human rights bodies and international humanitarian law - Robert Kolb and Gloria Gaggioli 
Chapter 22: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and international humanitarian law - Hélène Tigroudja 
Chapter 23: The European Court of Human Rights and international humanitarian law - Lindsay Moir 
Chapter 24: The African Union and international humanitarian law - Djacoba Liva Tehindrazanarivelo 
Chapter 25: A new World Court of Human Rights: a role for international humanitarian law? - Manfred Nowak 
Chapter 26: The International Committee of the Red Cross and human rights law - Godofredo Torreblanca 
Chapter 27: The International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission and the law of human rights - Eric David 
Chapter 28: Human rights in the context of international criminal law: respecting them and ensuring respect for them - Damien Scalia 
Chapter 29: Is there a need for new international humanitarian law implementation mechanisms? - Paolo Benvenuti and Giulio Bartolini 
Chapter 30: Reparation for individual victims of armed conflict - Elke Schwager

Index


Robert KOLB, Gloria GAGGIOLI (eds.), Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Cheltenham Glos, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013 (704 pp.)

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