The accountability of armed groups under human rights law /

Today the majority of the armed conflicts around the world are fought between States and armed groups, rather than between States. This work brings significant new insight to the questio of whether and when armed groups are bound by human rights law.

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Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Added value of application of international human rights law to armed groups --
Legal Personality of Armed Groups Under Human Rights Law -- 3. Evaluative framework : legal personality under international law -- 4. The law of belligerency and insurgency, and international legal personality -- 5. International humanitarian law and international legal personality -- 6. International legal personality of armed groups under human rights law --
How and when are Armed Groups Bound by Human Rights Law? -- 7. How are armed groups bound by international humanitarian law? -- 8. Armed groups and treaty law -- 9. Control of territory and human rights obligations of armed groups -- 10. Armed groups and crimes against humanity -- 11. Armed groups and customary international human rights law --
Conclusions -- 12. Conclusions.
1. Verfasser:
Fortin, Katharine
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Today the majority of the armed conflicts around the world are fought between States and armed groups, rather than between States. This work brings significant new insight to the questio of whether and when armed groups are bound by human rights law.
Umfang:
1 online resource
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-253607-9
0-19-184610-4
Schlagworte:
Liability for human rights violations.
Non-state actors (International relations)
Human rights.
War crimes (International law)
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