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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449780603321

Autore

Provost René <1965->

Titolo

International human rights and humanitarian law / / René Provost [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-12440-9

1-280-91755-5

0-511-29695-9

9786610917556

1-280-41923-7

0-511-17634-1

0-511-04186-1

0-511-15712-6

0-511-32954-7

0-511-49517-X

0-511-04435-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxix, 418 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; ; 22

Disciplina

341.4/81

Soggetti

Humanitarian law

Human rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-387) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Rights and procedural capacity -- 2. Obligations and responsibility -- 3. Formation -- 4. Application -- 5. Sanction -- 6. Areas of legal indeterminacy -- 7. Legal effect of characterisation.

Sommario/riassunto

How do international human rights and humanitarian law protect vulnerable individuals in times of peace and war? Provost analyses systemic similarities and differences between the two to explore how they are each built to achieve their similar goal. He details the dynamics of human rights and humanitarian law, revealing that each performs a task for which it is better suited than the other, and that the fundamentals of each field remain partly incompatible. This helps us understand why their norms succeed in some ways and fail - at times



spectacularly - in others. Provost's study represents innovative and in-depth research, covering all relevant materials from the UN, ICTY, ICTR, and regional organizations in Europe, Africa and Latin America. This will interest academics and graduate students in international law and international relations, as well as legal practitioners in related fields and NGOs active in human rights.