Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Edited by Robert Kolb, Professor of Public International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva, Gloria Gaggioli, Director, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and Associate/SNF Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva and Pavle Kilibarda, Research and Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva and the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Switzerland

Contents:

Introduction to the Research Handbook on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law 1
Robert Kolb, Gloria Gaggioli and Pavle Kilibarda

PART I CONVERGING AND DIVERGING PERSPECTIVES
SECTION A ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES
1 Co-application and harmonization of IHL and IHRL: are rumours about
the death of lex specialis premature? 9
Yuval Shany
2 Are IHL and HRL still two distinct branches of public international law? 29
Vaios Koutroulis
3 Treaty interpretation: international humanitarian law and international
human rights law 57
Eirik Bjorge
4 The principles of military necessity and humanity in light of
international human rights law 76
Marco Pedrazzi

SECTION B MILITARY PERSPECTIVES
5 UN peace operations, international humanitarian law and international
human rights law 91
Marten Zwanenburg
6 Private military and security companies under international
humanitarian law and human rights law 111
Marie-Louise Tougas
7 Naval warfare: a role for international human rights law? 131
Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg
8 NATO, self-defence and its interplay with international humanitarian
law and human rights law 144
Camilla Guldahl Cooper

SECTION C JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVES
9 The International Court of Justice, international humanitarian law and
human rights law 168
Pavle Kilibarda and Robert Kolb
10 Human rights bodies: a comparative approach 188
Walter Kälin and Jörg Künzli
11 International criminal courts and tribunals 209
Yasmin Naqvi

SECTION D HUMANITARIAN PERSPECTIVES
12 Developing and clarifying international humanitarian law: the role and
legacy of the ICRC 240
Knut Dörmann and Andrea Raab
13 International human rights law and non-State armed groups: The (de)
construction of an international legal discourse 265
Ezequiel Heffes

PART II CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: CAPITA SELECTA
SECTION E OLD TOPICS, NEW CONCERNS
14 The use of less-lethal weapons for law enforcement during armed conflict 290
Stuart Casey-Maslen, Christof Heyn and Thomas Probert
15 What role for IHL and HRL in the fight against terrorist networks? 309
Gloria Gaggioli and Ilya Sobol
16 Investigations in armed conflict 340
Claire Simmons
17 Taking the next steps on sexual and gender-based violence in
international humanitarian law: embracing complementarity and
mainstreaming gender 362
Helen Durham and Vanessa Murphy

SECTION F FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
18 Partnering in detention and detainee transfer operations 387
Tilman Rodenhäuser
19 Non-discrimination under international humanitarian law and human rights law 411
George Dvaladze
20 Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
in international law: towards a generic definition? 436
Pavle Kilibarda
21 The rights to privacy and data protection under international
humanitarian law and human rights law 463
Asaf Lubin
List of treaties 493
List of cases 496

Index