OUVRAGE : R. Kolb, G. Gaggioli, P. Kilibarda (eds.), Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Further Reflections and Perspectives

Robert KOLB, Gloria GAGGIOLI, Pavle KILIBARDA

Providing up-to-date discussions of both evolving and novel debates in human rights law and humanitarian law, this timely new edition of the Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law complements, rather than replaces, its predecessor with fresh perspectives from leading scholars on the controversial and crucial topics within these fields.

Examining the application of international law to armed conflict situations, contributors present contemporary reflections on a variety of issues that have evolved and emerged in recent years. Chapters integrate a multitude of converging and diverging perspectives on international law in armed conflict, giving voice to stakeholders from academic, humanitarian, judicial, and military backgrounds. Grounded in the results from extensive cutting-edge research on various topics pertaining to the interplay between human rights law and humanitarian law, this Research Handbook illuminates the role of international law in topics such as counterterrorism, tribunals, detention and detainee transfer, sexual and gender-based violence, and torture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction to the Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Robert Kolb, Gloria Gaggioli and Pavle Kilibarda

PART I
CONVERGING AND DIVERGING PERSPECTIVES

SECTION A ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES

1 Co-application and harmonization of IHL and IHRL: are rumours about the death of lex specialis premature?
Yuval Shany

2 Are IHL and HRL still two distinct branches of public international law? 
Vaios Koutroulis

3 Treaty interpretation: international humanitarian law and international human rights law
Eirik Bjorge

4 The principles of military necessity and humanity in light of international human rights law
Marco Pedrazzi

SECTION B MILITARY PERSPECTIVES

5 UN peace operations, international humanitarian law and international human rights law
Marten Zwanenburg

6 Private military and security companies under international humanitarian law and human rights law
Marie-Louise Tougas

7 Naval warfare: a role for international human rights law?
Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg

8 NATO, self-defence and its interplay with international humanitarian law and human rights law
Camilla Guldahl Cooper

SECTION C JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVES

9 The International Court of Justice, international humanitarian law and human rights law
Pavle Kilibarda and Robert Kolb

10 Human rights bodies: a comparative approach
Walter Kälin and Jörg Künzli

11 International criminal courts and tribunals
Yasmin Naqvi

SECTION D HUMANITARIAN PERSPECTIVES

12 Developing and clarifying international humanitarian law: the role and legacy of the ICRC
Knut Dörmann and Andrea Raab

13 International human rights law and non-State armed groups: The (de)construction of an international legal discourse
Ezequiel Heffes

PART II
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: CAPITA SELECTA

SECTION E OLD TOPICS, NEW CONCERNS

14 The use of less-lethal weapons for law enforcement during armed conflict
Stuart Casey-Maslen, Christof Heyn and Thomas Probert

15 What role for IHL and HRL in the fight against terrorist networks?
Gloria Gaggioli and Ilya Sobol

16 Investigations in armed conflict
Claire Simmons
17 Taking the next steps on sexual and gender-based violence in international humanitarian law: embracing complementarity and mainstreaming gender
Helen Durham and Vanessa Murphy

SECTION F FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

18 Partnering in detention and detainee transfer operations
Tilman Rodenhäuser

19 Non-discrimination under international humanitarian law and human rights law
George Dvaladze

20 Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in international law: towards a generic definition?
Pavle Kilibarda

21 The rights to privacy and data protection under international humanitarian law and human rights law
Asaf Lubin

List of treaties
List of cases
Index

Robert KOLB, Gloria GAGGIOLI, Pavle KILIBARDA (eds.), Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Further Reflections and Perspectives, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022 (552 pp.)