The accountability of armed groups under human rights law /

"This book addresses the debate on this topic by employing a theoretical, historical, and comparative analysis that spans international humanitarian law, international criminal law, and international human rights law. Embedding these different perspectives in public international law, this book...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fortin, Katharine (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Liability for human rights violations. Non-state actors (International relations) Human rights. War crimes (International law) Human Rights Responsabilité pour violation des droits de l'homme. Acteurs non étatiques (Relations internationales) Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Crimes de guerre (Droit international) LAW > Constitutional. LAW > Public. Human rights Liability for human rights violations Accountability. Non-State entities. Legal personality. Armed conflicts. International humanitarian law. International criminal law. Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law. Law. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

I. Introduction. 1. Introduction ; 2. Added value of application of international human rights law to armed groups
II. 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
III. 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
IV. Conclusions. 12. Conclusions.