The Right To Life In Light Of The Integration Between The Norms Of International Humanitarian And Human Rights Law

Vera Rusinova ()
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Abstract: This paper casts doubts on the existence of a contradiction between the norms of International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law in the sphere of the protection of the right to life and concludes that the wording and systematic interpretation of international treaties, and the subsequent application allowing the inference of an integrated approach to the determination of the negative and positive obligations of states in respect of the right to life

Keywords: right to life; armed conflicts; International Humanitarian Law; International Human Rights Law; legal contradiction; investigation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2014
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Published in WP BRP Series: Law / LAW, May 2014, pages 1-19

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