The relationship between economic, social and cultural rights and international humanitarian law an analysis of health related issues in non-international armed conflicts
By: by Amrei Muller
Series: Nottingham studies on human rights -- vol. 2
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers; Martinus Nijhoff; Brill - Nijhoff
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9789004245273; 9789004245280
Subjects: Humanitarian law; Right to health
Description: In The Relationship between Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and International Humanitarian Law, Amrei Müller offers a detailed analysis of the legal consequences of the parallel application of economic, social and cultural rights and international humanitarian law to non-international armed conflicts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-322) and index.
Table of contents: title: The development of the relationship between IHL and IHRL and the role of the lex specialis maxim; title: International humanitarian law applicable to non-international armed conflicts; title: Economic, social and cultural rights and the notion of progressive realisation; title: Limitations to and derogations from economic, social and cultural rights; title: Situations of active combat : integrating the right to health in IHL military-target decisions; title: IHL and the right to health: mitigating the adverse public health impact of armed conflicts; title: Humanitarian assistance; title: Concluding remarks.