The right to life [[electronic resource] /] / Christian Tomuschat, Evelyne Lagrange and Stefan Oeter (editors)
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| Titolo: |
The right to life [[electronic resource] /] / Christian Tomuschat, Evelyne Lagrange and Stefan Oeter (editors)
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| Pubblicazione: | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 341.6/7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Right to life |
| Humanitarian law | |
| Altri autori: |
TomuschatChristian
LagrangeEvelyne
OeterStefan
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| Note generali: | "Papers from the conference held in Hamburg in October 2008 by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Volkerrecht (German Society of International Law) and the French Société française pour le droit international"--P. viii. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The right to life : legal and political foundations / Christian Tomuschat -- 'Death is different' : the death penalty and the right to a fair trial / Walter Kälin -- Le recours à 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 génocide dans la jurisprudence internationale : débats et hypothèses / Rafaëlle 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 irréguliers " en situation d'occupation militaire / Philippe Weckel -- Targeted killings : a challenge for international law? / Stefanie Schmahl -- Assassinats ciblés et droit à la vie dans la jurisprudence de la Cour suprême israélienne / Hélène Tigroudja -- Le tyrannicide en droit international / Jean d'Aspremont -- Le droit à la vie et le droit à une alimentation suffisante / Emmanuel Decaux -- The right to life and the right to health, in particular the obligation to reduce child mortality / Eibe Riedel -- 'Réfugiés écologiques' et droit international / Astrid Epiney -- Conclusions générales : " le droit à la vie en tant que jus cogens donnant naissance à des obligations erga omnes? " / Pierre d'Argent. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The right to life |
| ISBN: | 1-282-95259-5 |
| 9786612952593 | |
| 90-04-18965-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785586503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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