Independence and impartiality under IHRL

Andrea Joy Harrison

Chapter 4 in Detention in Extraterritorial Non-International Armed Conflicts, 2026, pp 50-88 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Chapter 4 addresses the gaps in IHL laid out in Chapter 3 by analysing the concepts of independence and impartiality under IHRL, drawing on public international law norms and jurisprudence regarding the principles of independence and impartiality with respect to both administrative and judicial review. The chapter identifies six basic criteria that must be met to achieve independence and impartiality in the context of the kind of administrative review process envisioned under IHL. It identifies three legal criteria of independence: i) decision-making authority and/or the possibility of judicial or appellate review; ii) the personal independence of the judge or adjudicator; and iii) the perception of independence. The chapter then identifies three legal criteria of impartiality, namely the absence of i) personal bias; ii) functional bias; and iii) perception of bias.

Keywords: Independence; Impartiality; Decision-making; Perception; Bias; Review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035392735
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