Human Rights in Armed Conflict: Law, Practice, Policy
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.
