Human Rights and Humanitarian Norms As Customary Law
Theodor Meron - Clarendon Press, 1991
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Although the protection of human rights
has seen a rapid growth in many areas, little attention has been paid in
scholarly literature to the place of human rights in the discipline of
international law. This book is an attempt to fill that gap. The inquiry is
divided into two principal areas of discussion. Firstly, it looks at the
relationship of human rights and humanitarian norms with customary law.
Secondly, it concerns itself with the relationship of human rights and
humanitarian norms with the law of state responsibility. The author examines how
the contemporary human rights and humanitarian law meshes with the general
principles of international law and particularly with the principles governing
the international responsibility of States. The author clarifies the status of
international human rights and humanitarian norms in public international law,
and examines the sources, evidence, and process of creation of such
rights.
