LEADER 04415nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910820816703321 005 20210521004037.0 010 $a1-282-95259-5 010 $a9786612952593 010 $a90-04-18965-3 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004183919.i-424 035 $a(CKB)2670000000067350 035 $a(EBL)635120 035 $a(OCoLC)701704170 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000441843 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11925817 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000441843 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10406932 035 $a(PQKB)11496223 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC635120 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004189652 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL635120 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10439331 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL295259 035 $a(PPN)174399227 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000067350 100 $a20100125d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe right to life$b[electronic resource] /$fChristian Tomuschat, Evelyne Lagrange and Stefan Oeter (editors) 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cMartinus Nijhoff Publishers$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (432 p.) 225 0 $aNijhoff eBook titles 300 $a"Papers from the conference held in Hamburg in October 2008 by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fu?r Volkerrecht (German Society of International Law) and the French Socie?te? franc?aise pour le droit international"--P. viii. 311 $a90-04-18391-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aThe right to life : legal and political foundations / Christian Tomuschat -- 'Death is different' : the death penalty and the right to a fair trial / Walter Ka?lin -- Le recours a? la force par la police / Paul Tavernier -- The duty to investigate the death of persons arrested and/or detained by public authorities / Vera Rusinova -- The bundesverfassungsgericht on the German Aerial Security Law : a sonderweg from the perspective of international law? / Georg Nolte -- Le crime de ge?nocide dans la jurisprudence internationale : de?bats et hypothe?ses / Rafae?lle Maison -- The right to life and the relationship between human rights and humanitarian law / Vera Gowlland-Debbas -- The ICRC's clarification process on the notion of direct participation in hostilities under international humanitarian law / Nils Melzer -- Collateral damages : military necessity and the right to life / Stefan Oeter -- The status of captured fighters in non-international armed conflict / Michael Bothe -- Les " combattants irre?guliers " en situation d'occupation militaire / Philippe Weckel -- Targeted killings : a challenge for international law? / Stefanie Schmahl -- Assassinats cible?s et droit a? la vie dans la jurisprudence de la Cour supre?me israe?lienne / He?le?ne Tigroudja -- Le tyrannicide en droit international / Jean d'Aspremont -- Le droit a? la vie et le droit a? une alimentation suffisante / Emmanuel Decaux -- The right to life and the right to health, in particular the obligation to reduce child mortality / Eibe Riedel -- 'Re?fugie?s e?cologiques' et droit international / Astrid Epiney -- Conclusions ge?ne?rales : " le droit a? la vie en tant que jus cogens donnant naissance a? des obligations erga omnes? " / Pierre d'Argent. 330 $aThe right to life stands at the heart of human rights protection. Individuals cannot enjoy any of the rights guaranteed to them unless their physical existence is ensured. All human rights instrument list the right to life as the first one of their safeguards. Nonetheless, in many situations human life finds itself under structural threat. Although obligated by law to protect the right to life, State authorities time and again engage in deliberate acts of killing. Fortunately, international review bodies have devised many imaginative counter-strategies. Another one of those structural threats 606 $aRight to life$vCongresses 606 $aHumanitarian law$vCongresses 615 0$aRight to life 615 0$aHumanitarian law 676 $a341.6/7 701 $aTomuschat$b Christian$0231011 701 $aLagrange$b Evelyne$0563802 701 $aOeter$b Stefan$0231637 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820816703321 996 $aThe right to life$94090658 997 $aUNINA